Butcher's Hook - Day 09 - frame grinding & star tests
set up the frame by the door, for what would be a grinding marathon
1.5 hours later I was ready to get into some nooks and crannies with the dremel aluminum oxide stones (orange)
swapped out the cone shaped one for the wide cylinder
lots of work later...
decided to knock out the feet taps, 8-32 for the mnpctech aluminum knurled feet (which will be chromed also)
tap action
test fitted some 8-32 screws
fruits of thy labor
time to do some start tests. laid out one of the 6' rods to cut some test pieces
after cutting I realized the chop saw is too brutal for this rod, I will use the dremel for the real cuts. I cut a test piece with the dremel just to see and it only took 45 secs or so to cut thru, so that will be cool, plus I will have way better control of the angles
Made a squash-clamp to do some test welds
used 1/16" stick at lowered amps (75-80 or so) This settings allowed the metal to flow but not vaporize the base material, or cause any blow-thru
not perfect but I am glad I tested. Thats a lil 6" triangle, aint she cute
wanted to make more progress today but, as always, things took longer than planned. More work asap.
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