When you were milling the transfer port on the drill press, and it got ripped out of your hands and thrown away. I cringed. It reminded me of one time I was drilling holes into a 6"x3"x1.5" lead casting. The bit caught, pulled it from my hand, and then I had a 5lb offset weight spinning in the bench drill press. I automatically backed away. The drill press was moving because of the offset weight. I was afraid that the lead was going to come flying off and hit me. It was scary. I quickly moved in and hit the power switch. This kind of thing happens so easily. The spindle shaft was bent and had to be replaced, but I was lucky I didn't get hurt. I'm looking forward to seeing your progression with this engine. Thanks for posting.
I'll try to remember to not drill lead in the drill press. Drill press work is dangerous. Even with small drills. That's why I kept that in the video so anyone that sees it remembers to always be ready. And no baggy sleeves or gloves around spindles of any kind.
OK I wasn't going to mention this. I figured the above was enough. I had the same thing happen at home a couple of months ago. (the one above was years ago at work) I was given some balance scale weights. Nice shell with the center filled with lead. I wanted the brass for casting and I thought I could drill out the lead, maybe pry it out with the help of the holes. Same thing happened. The weight was smaller than the above one, maybe under two pounds. But the drill caught and then the off center weight was spinning around. This drill press is a smaller one so it tipped over. And like the work one, it bent the spindle shaft. With a lot of work I was able to get it straight again. I swore that I would never drill lead again without the work secured. I have some 20kg bricks of lead that I wanted to use as weights to hold down the cope in casting. I welded up some handles. I was going to use 3/8" bolts to attach the handles to the bricks. I just needed to drill some holes through the lead for the bolts. Drilling down about an inch was okay. Had to stop and clean out the lead from the flutes. But when I tried to go deeper it would bind. This was not working. :( So off to the internet to find a solution. And of course the solution was WD40. I had not wanted to use a lubricant because I didn't want a pasty lead mess. But at that point I didn't care, and it worked great. No binding. So for drilling into lead, secure the work and use WD40.
You might want to incorporate a Dead Man's Switch as a pedal variant for the main power cable of all the bigger working machines you have. Simply, a pedal switch is either inserted to the machine's cable or you use a ready made part. The aforementioned way is very easy and cheap. Operation: in addition to the normal power ON etc. controls you also have to keep a foot on the Pedal Switch. If something bad happens you lift your leg from the pedal and the machine's power is cut off. I have 12 years from game design, programming, electronics, robotics and automation and I am not allowed to work for the next 13 years or all my income will be confiscated due to Finland's policy towards alimony. The alimony that was ordered was so excessive that I could not pay my own existing debts and with loss of all credit rating etc.. Long story short, I am only allowed to earn unemployment benefits and if I accept work I will be allowed to keep less than I get when I am unemployed and I will not afford to go to doctor or actually own a car to go to work with. I hope this advise will help you avoid any unpleasantries during your pursuits.
Both. The glow has better chance of getting in the air sooner. I might not get the spark ignition to make good power soon enough to get in the air. And there's the extra weight of the ignition components.
Fuck yeah this is the kind of stuff we need to be doin. Love it
Very nice model. Thanks for showing us how you did it. 👍👍😎👍👍
Nice, looking forward to seeing the corebox!
Should have the core box done tomorrow or Monday. I'll have a casting next week for sure!
Nice work, pattern making is a real art.
Awesome, thankyou
When you were milling the transfer port on the drill press, and it got ripped out of your hands and thrown away. I cringed. It reminded me of one time I was drilling holes into a 6"x3"x1.5" lead casting. The bit caught, pulled it from my hand, and then I had a 5lb offset weight spinning in the bench drill press. I automatically backed away. The drill press was moving because of the offset weight. I was afraid that the lead was going to come flying off and hit me. It was scary. I quickly moved in and hit the power switch. This kind of thing happens so easily. The spindle shaft was bent and had to be replaced, but I was lucky I didn't get hurt.
I'm looking forward to seeing your progression with this engine. Thanks for posting.
I'll try to remember to not drill lead in the drill press.
Drill press work is dangerous. Even with small drills. That's why I kept that in the video so anyone that sees it remembers to always be ready. And no baggy sleeves or gloves around spindles of any kind.
OK I wasn't going to mention this. I figured the above was enough. I had the same thing happen at home a couple of months ago. (the one above was years ago at work)
I was given some balance scale weights. Nice shell with the center filled with lead. I wanted the brass for casting and I thought I could drill out the lead, maybe pry it out with the help of the holes. Same thing happened. The weight was smaller than the above one, maybe under two pounds. But the drill caught and then the off center weight was spinning around. This drill press is a smaller one so it tipped over. And like the work one, it bent the spindle shaft. With a lot of work I was able to get it straight again. I swore that I would never drill lead again without the work secured.
I have some 20kg bricks of lead that I wanted to use as weights to hold down the cope in casting. I welded up some handles. I was going to use 3/8" bolts to attach the handles to the bricks. I just needed to drill some holes through the lead for the bolts. Drilling down about an inch was okay. Had to stop and clean out the lead from the flutes. But when I tried to go deeper it would bind. This was not working. :(
So off to the internet to find a solution. And of course the solution was WD40. I had not wanted to use a lubricant because I didn't want a pasty lead mess. But at that point I didn't care, and it worked great. No binding. So for drilling into lead, secure the work and use WD40.
You might want to incorporate a Dead Man's Switch as a pedal variant for the main power cable of all the bigger working machines you have.
Simply, a pedal switch is either inserted to the machine's cable or you use a ready made part. The aforementioned way is very easy and cheap.
Operation: in addition to the normal power ON etc. controls you also have to keep a foot on the Pedal Switch.
If something bad happens you lift your leg from the pedal and the machine's power is cut off.
I have 12 years from game design, programming, electronics, robotics and automation and I am not allowed to work for the next 13 years or all my income will be confiscated due to Finland's policy towards alimony. The alimony that was ordered was so excessive that I could not pay my own existing debts and with loss of all credit rating etc.. Long story short, I am only allowed to earn unemployment benefits and if I accept work I will be allowed to keep less than I get when I am unemployed and I will not afford to go to doctor or actually own a car to go to work with.
I hope this advise will help you avoid any unpleasantries during your pursuits.
la madera de eucaliptus ,alamo o arce se prestan para estos trabajos de molderia .Excelente trabajo amigo ,felicitaciones
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This is getting really interesting. Are you thinking spark or glow ignition?
Both. The glow has better chance of getting in the air sooner. I might not get the spark ignition to make good power soon enough to get in the air. And there's the extra weight of the ignition components.
Would love to see what you could do if you had a real lathe brotha