What could a guy make out of this piece of brass?

[tbone8]

Stopped by our local scrapper today and picked up this brass gem. Its a 20"x24"x1/4" thick brass plate. Story goes, some place used it as, of all things, flooring! Evidently they coated it with epoxy after laying it down to protect it. Not sure what to do with it, it is super cool...

 

[Firstram]

Place it where you can see it every day and the project will reveal itself. Or, you could send it to me for proper disposal!

 

[Ulma Doctor]

if you were so inclined,
the brass would be an excellent base for a model steam engine.

if you were to watch Clickspring on Youtube,
you may become inspired to make your own version of the Antikythera Device

 

[MrWhoopee]

Place it where you can see it every day and the project will reveal itself.

 

[MikeInOr]

if you were so inclined,
the brass would be an excellent base for a model steam engine.

if you were to watch Clickspring on Youtube,
you may become inspired to make your own version of the Antikythera Device

A base for a steam engine is the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the picture.

 

[Richcan22]

Stopped by our local scrapper today and picked up this brass gem. Its a 20"x24"x1/4" thick brass plate. Story goes, some place used it as, of all things, flooring! Evidently they coated it with epoxy after laying it down to protect it. Not sure what to do with it, it is super cool...

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You can make some barn door wheels and cut out the spokes on roto ray table and the back of the wheel make of steel I’m going to try with my machine soon. Also mill out stamping stuff like hot stamping leather pics or alphabet for pantograph

 

[Winegrower]

How about a sundial for the garden.

 

[RJSakowski]

Brass plate is something that I treasure and tend to hoard. Especially larger pieces. At over $1 per square inch, I wait the just the right project to come along.

Here is what I did with some brass plate. Gifted them for some of our neighbors. A description of the machining process is here in post#3444.

Potd - Project Of The Day- What Did You Do In Your Shop Today?

Have I mentioned just how much I dislike machining cast iron? What a mess, but I figured I may as well hurry and get this project completed rather than clean it up just to make the same mess again. Last night I quite work on customer work so I could complete the rotary table adapter plate and...

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