just going to chime in and say nice work dish. that last job is beautiful.
Boaties and car owners are one in the same. Some will pay thousands for it and some will laugh at you. It's a specialised field, you've really got to crank out some repetetive items to make your dough. We have hundreds of items jigged and traced and we love doing artistic/different shit on the side for people that will pay for it.
I think our linisher was about $1,000. Best machine I've ever used. Takes a while getting used to scalloping and doing everything on it. But if you end up using it in a business and you persist, it pays for itself in no time.
Any good tool shop should be able to track one down. All I know is that it's called 'The radiusmaster".
just going to chime in and say nice work dish. that last job is beautiful.
I can't take all the credit for it. I make all the parts and polish most of our unique items but the boss is a gun welder.
I'm fairly new to this fabrication caper, but what about a band saw? A mate has an exhaust shop and the band saw makes everything so fast & easy.
Obviously an industrial one like his would be ridiculously expensive, but there are smaller ones you can get for this kinda stuff.
the problem isn't the cutting so much as lining everything up with the right pieces. Besides I am unsure if any bandsaws are available under 1000 that won't sway all over the place when cutting. I really want one though
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Think about a power hacksaw then Sam. I bought one off ebay for <$50, and it works a treat for tube, and even round up to 100mm (biggest ive tried). Just needs a bit more steel welded to the base so it sits flat when cutting something that is heavy on one end (tends to tip otherwise).
Is yours an air one or 240v?
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240v. Ill take a photo of it if i remember.
Bit like this:
Without the stand though.
I got this:
Needs work
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Should one buy a power hacksaw or a bench mount belt sander considering I need to cut straight lines in sheet as well? Must be small too.
or make a bench a bench sander out of a 1050W vacuum cleaner motor, 2" pipe, a plank of wood, metal and some bearings? bad idea?