[Amps] Workshop Danger

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 9/13/2013 10:22 PM, Manfred Mornhinweg wrote:
> Peter,
>
> I like your point of view!
>
> What do you use grinding wheels for, when they are worn down almost to
> the hub? I have quite a few of them, and I hate throwing them away...!
>
> And the last two centimeters of a welding electrode? That's good steel!

Last centimeters?  No Problem.  I use a MIG welder.
>
> I re-use the solder that comes out of my solder sucker. I always empty
> it into a small container, and when that container is full, I melt the
> solder in an old pineapple can, sweep off the dirt and oxides from the
> top, and pour it into bent aluminium sheet molds to make long bars with
> triangular cross-section. I use those for coarse soldering work, along
> with some paste flux, on stuff like copper piping and zinc plated rain
> gutters. Since working in electronics, I have never needed to buy
> plumber's solder.

And here I don't even reuse PL259s.

>
> Some kinds of thin metal saw blades are hard and elastic enough to find
> a second life as springs.
>
> And living in Chile, I use one peso coins as washers. They are small
> coins, made from a pretty good aluminium alloy, it's easy to drill a
> hole into them or even just drive a nail through, and at 500 pesos to
> one dollar they are far cheaper than real washers! That's the good side
> about inflation.
>
> Manfred
>
>>> many just cant seem to throw a worn out tool away.<

That's why I have so much junk out in the shop, or suffer from that TMS 
malady. TMS = Too Much Sh...er Stuff.


BTW I just put new filter in my all shop fans/filters.  Instead of 
$300-$500 for an all shop fan/filter, I purchase inexpensive 20 X 20" 
window fans.  Then tape a 4" X 20" X 20" pleated, 1 micron furnace 
filter to it.They move a lot of air and two of them do a really good job 
of keeping the air in the shop clean.  I had used 5 micron filters and 
they lasted about 6 months even with the welding.  I'm trying the 1 
micron which work very well, but I'm afraid they aren't going to last 
anywhere near 6 months and they run about $34 each.


>>
>> Depends on the tool. An old worn file grinds down real well to make a
>> scraper. Broken drills and small end mills and taps grind down well
>> to make the tool bits for a boring bar or even fly cutter bits.

So far, I use carbide inserts on fly cutters and face mills and there's 
not much to salvage once those are worn out.


73

Roger (K8RI)


>> broken end mill or slot drill can be ground down to make a D bit -
>> while an old file can also be ground to make a spade bit. Old hacksaw
>> blades are good for packing. A broken end mill or drill can even with
>> suitable annealing be ground to make a suitable fly cutter tool to
>> cut an involute gear tooth form - after re-hardening.
>>
>> Waste not, want not!
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Peter G3RZP
>
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