Sameness!
Yep – I can make a pile of parts that are all identical. I have made a bunch of these handles over the years. 2 bends, 6 holes, repeat. Nothing…
Read moreMaking a Bend Die
Here is the process I used to make a bend die for 3″ OD tube on a 4″ center line radius. I used a 4140 series alloy steel blank.
Read moreMaking a Nylon Mandrel for Aluminum
I needed to make a mandrel for bending 3″OD x .065 wall aluminum tube. Using nylon drastically reduces the friction during bending, so here is how I made one for…
Read moreSetting up for more marimba resonators
Time to turn this large crate of tubing into 100 resonator tubes for marimbas. The tooling is so large and heavy that it takes a scissor lift to get it…
Read moreWhat is it??
This is something I fabricated late last fall using 3/8″ plate, 1/4″ plate, and some 3″ OD x .125 wall tubing. I will post more pics of it in action…
Read moreResonator Tubes for Marimbas
The large tooling in the previous post was made to bend resonator tubes for marimbas. This is where my wife’s percussion world meets my fabrication world, as the marimba was…
Read moreLong Overdue Update!
Ok, so it’s been a crazy year since the last update. I changed day jobs and went from a 10 mile rural commute to a 45 mile commute to downtown…
Read moreTrying to catch up on posts!
Ok, so I got way behind on updating the projects list. I added several posts with galleries this evening covering the major projects I’ve had lately, and there are a…
Read moreMail Order Tubes
This job found me thanks to Google. The customer was Colorado State University, and the tubes were some kind of air sampling device for a laboratory. So, the entire project…
Read moreHigh pressure welding…
These are some kind of manifolds for a plastic injection molding equipment. They are made of chromoly and were brought to me to be welded together. Ran a root then…
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