Material is 45cm long piece of 54kg/m rr-track.
https://youtu.be/ZxR-sRFAzYw
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Material is 45cm long piece of 54kg/m rr-track.
https://youtu.be/ZxR-sRFAzYw
Gorgeous work, Tuomas. The finish is fine enough to use the anvil for making jewelry; no marks left in the gold by the anvil. You're a real artist with that grinder too.
Thank you very much.Quote:
Originally Posted by mklotz
Nice that you have same toughts. I like that anvil in this size, needs to have a smooth surface, then it doesn't leave " stamps " to the workpiece.
Pure talent!
What kind of cut off wheels did you use ?
thanks
animal
It was mentioned in first pinned comment.Quote:
Originally Posted by animal12
Tools and abrasives used:
Metabo WE 2200-230 230mm angle grinder with 2mm thick 3M cubitron 2 cut off wheels. For making the cuts. Making all cuts took about 3 wheels.
Metabo WEV 11-125 Quick 125mm 1100W angle grinder with 3M cubitron fibre disc. For rough shaping and smoothening. Used two 36grit wheels.
METABO W 750-125 125mm 750W angle grinder with 3M Roloc pad.
Used: 60,80 and 120 grit Roloc cubitron papers. Two pcs each.
Brown, red and blue 3M Scotch brite finishing pads. One pcs each.
Anvil was made during two days.
Thank you . I need to get some of those
animal
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Thanks Tuomas! We've added your Anvil to our Anvils category,
as well as to your builder page: Tuomas's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:
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Beautiful work Tuomas
beautiful finish
Doug
Thank you very much Doug. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by rossbotics
To some, artwork happens with a brush, film, chisel, or maybe just imagination. Their [all of us] concept has limits, purely from lack of exposure.
Well, here is proof that art is possible via angle grinder and correctly used abrasives.
But the real energy is NOT in the implement used, but who wields it; through deft hand and sharp eye.
This is a work of art. How do I enter to win it?
Win?Quote:
Originally Posted by mountiebuff
Easy. Just write a description and appraisal better then mine :lol:
We've admired Tuomas's skill, hand guided at that, for quite awhile.
Add a comment to the video. No matter what, just something that YouTube doesn't consider as a spam, otherwise it will be automaticly filtered. ( Links, etc ) https://youtu.be/ZxR-sRFAzYw Video behind the link.Quote:
Originally Posted by mountiebuff
Winner will be choosed with raffle, First comment gets a ticket number one, second number two... And so on.
Comment doesn't need to be positive, of course it would be weird if one that hate's it would be winner. But, that's possible too. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
Oh, I HATE it alright. That being how much effort it would take for me to approximate it, let alone copy.
Same time though, clearly need to upgrade my wheel selections.
Grinder wheels sure have changed since i made my first cuts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
These new ones are lighter to use, when you only need to
guide grinder, without need to push it at all.
I got some new wheels for to be tested. Flexible "hard" grinding wheels. Those are like grinding with flap wheel, but lasts much longer.
Video about making the stand comes after holidays, heat treating the anvil is included to that same video too. I cut it out from this, because its actually somewhat long process.
Abrasives in general like belts are better, but wheels certainly have evolved; in both shaping and finishing grades. Your videos running at normal speed, ideal proof, and not on simple low carbon but far tougher steels.
Stand in progress:
Attachment 38117
Once that's painted, wondering percentage of people would not believe this is hand made, or produced by a private shop.
I'd feel sorry for them, but it'd be a lost cause.
Thanks. Its still missing some parts. I will integrate leg vise to it too. Video comes when its ready.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
Btw. While welding it, i got an idea about simple aid that makes easier to learn " walking the cup " with tig.
Simple octagon shaped cup.
Its easier to " walk " with the edged, than round shape.
Short clip shows the use:
https://www.facebook.com/45637460180...3932313711744/
Note that camera is on the way, so i need to feed additive over it.
It would be better to feed it in lower angle.
Results:
Attachment 38118
Attachment 38119
Attachment 38120
Attachment 38121
Attachment 38122Attachment 38123
I haven't used that method earlier, just the " traditional " way.
Actual cup is a shaped copper pipe on top of the size 6 ceramic cup.
Attachment 38124
Octagon shape is made by pressing pipe around suitable sized nut head.
Helped me to learn the method.
Those are some really pretty welds, one of these days I am going to learn tig welding.
I'd like to see some pictures of the weld being cut sorta like picture 5 but cut through the weld with a close up of the weld.
Ralph
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Thanks Thomas! We've added your TIG Welding Aid to our Welding category,
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To nice to use! if I made it I would have it as an ornament on a shelf. Great work Tuomas
Clever idea, nice work & beautiful TIG welds.
Minor correction...it's a hexagon shape...6 sides....octagon would be 8 sides, and I'm not aware of any 8 sided nuts or bolts, but I've not seen it all yet.
That looks like a great idea. I tig weld quite a bit & find that my "distance moved" varies too much with the round & can see this helping me to make better looking welds. Will give it a try.:dance:
Sir, you are an artist with an angle grinder. Far better than I when I used those 22 pound monsters when I worked in metal building fabrication. Of course I was 36 years younger!
