3:18 am
August 2, 2010
Bruce, I can see the muffler gun and your mounted air hammer are two different things doing two different operations. I just mentioned the handle as an alternative after John mentioned his pin guide. I doubt you are headed to blacksmith hell- you didn't suggest cold veining for the leaves after all (grin). I'd be just as guilty- I only recently sold a vibro shear I used to use for veining and texturing sheet metal. It wasn't doing any paying work any more so it was time for it to go. (Now its making Jaguar body parts) I like the feel of moving the metal with a hammer but when it's time to make money efficiency rules (within reason of course). Grant's ball end tool will work in any direction but for me I just like the look of the tracks from a longer tool with more contact area for veining. I will some times even make a curved female backer to form into if I have repetative shapes to vein. I find that a polyurethane backer can work too for some air hammer (or even hand hammer) work. Steve G
3:22 am
January 18, 2011
J Wilson;10717 wrote: Bruce> I didn't find a scaler/chipper listed. Do you have a stock number?
Thanks,
Jeff
...........Grainger #'s
foot pedal...........zg525.....$133
scaler/chisel..........3AAH7.......$193........HF has got cheap ones and they're ok
chisels (that I use for blanks).......4MHA1........$12ea
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3:42 am
January 18, 2011
Grant;10724 wrote: Need to come up with something rigid enough to steer the tool yet flexible enough to avoid transmitting the shock.
........I think most of us are familiar with the twist handle......Round shanks could be fitted with round lugs forming a cross then wrapped......Are we talkin apples or oranges here......long day............:sleep:
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3:49 am
March 18, 2010
Bruce Macmillan;10727 wrote: ........I think most of us are familiar with the twist handle......
I was just trying to think of something even more forgiving. Maybe a piece of wire rope, forge-weld an inch an so of the end, bend it down at a 90 and put hose clamps on it. Just thinking out loud - Mental masturbation.
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but then there are others who, with the help of their art and their intelligence,
transform a yellow spot into the sun.” ~ Pablo Picasso ~
12:35 pm
January 18, 2011
Grant;10728 wrote: I was just trying to think of something even more forgiving. Maybe a piece of wire rope, forge-weld an inch an so of the end, bend it down at a 90 and put hose clamps on it. Just thinking out loud - Mental masturbation.
The wire works pretty well, but most shanks are round........
How bout welding a stub of re bar to the shank and clamping a stout piece of say; hyd. hose to that.
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12:56 pm
May 13, 2010
The roll pin setup is not that hard to do. The drill bushing was just a piece of 1/2" square that I bent in a U that fit tightly around the thread on the end of the muffler gun. I then ground a flat on the bend of the U laid out the location of the hole and drilled it in a drill press. I then took this drill bushing clamped it in a vice with the muffler gun in the U and and drilled the hole. You only need a slight flat. I will try to take some pictures later today.
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