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Making flanges
 Grunterhunter  2006/12/18 5:01  Tell a friend
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| this is a mission. cutting these out of 10mm plate is very time consuming. I have used about 12 cutting disks so far for these manifolds and I'm only halfway through the job. |
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Posted: 2006/12/18 20:22 Updated: 2006/12/18 20:22 |
No life (a.k.a. DattoMaster)   Joined: 1998/12/6 From: Sydney, Australia Posts: 5806 |
 Re: Making flanges My old man has a plasma cutter in the shed. So if you live in Sydney give me a buzz.
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Posted: 2006/12/18 23:45 Updated: 2006/12/18 23:45 |
Home away from home   Joined: 2005/3/28 From: Stray-ya Posts: 528 |
Re: Making flanges Quote: My old man has a plasma cutter in the shed. Man, some people are just spoiled...... I am about 4000km west of sydney which is a shame cos I would like to trade beer for plasma. Do plasma cutters do stainless? Quote: but now ive put a kybosh on the s/c Hey pepper, WTF is a kybosh? |
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Posted: 2006/12/19 2:03 Updated: 2006/12/19 2:03 |
Home away from home  Joined: 2003/3/21 From: Tamworth, NSW Posts: 850 |
Re: Making flanges Quote: Man, some people are just spoiled......
I am about 4000km west of sydney which is a shame cos I would like to trade beer for plasma. Do plasma cutters do stainless?
I am pretty sure i can knock up some Cad files for you the get them CNC 'ed and posted to you i dont think CNC 'ing is that expensive?? |
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Posted: 2006/12/19 3:00 Updated: 2006/12/19 3:00 |
No life (a.k.a. DattoMaster)  Joined: 2004/5/28 From: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1817 |
Re: Making flanges Quote: I am pretty sure i can knock up some Cad files for you the get them CNC 'ed and posted to you i dont think CNC 'ing is that expensive?? Not really becuase what has happened is that a lot of work has gone to china so only really top end work is being done here. So they dont really like putting down 100k dies to do other stuff.Oh yeah and it cost $50 an hour anyway. If it was me I would just cut them with a ban saw then hand finish them. |
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Posted: 2006/12/19 5:11 Updated: 2006/12/19 5:11 |
No life (a.k.a. DattoMaster)  Joined: 2002/8/25 From: Canberra, Australia Posts: 1618 |
Re: Making flanges Ha ha ha.... you said "flange"  OK... Why not buy one of these machines... apparently only 200K Would do a bang up job with the flanges *MACHINE* |
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Posted: 2006/12/19 5:14 Updated: 2006/12/19 5:14 |
Home away from home  Joined: 2003/6/11 From: Perth Austarlia Posts: 295 |
Re: Making flanges If it costs $50 an hour...those flanges would cost like .....$10 to make!!!...max $25.
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Posted: 2006/12/19 5:48 Updated: 2006/12/19 5:48 |
No life (a.k.a. DattoMaster)  Joined: 2003/1/5 From: campbelltown (sydney) australia Posts: 1802 |
Re: Making flanges 50 an hour yeah, thats for anything to do with the job, so it wont be 10 bucks itll be more like 300 u have to take into account programming and job setup, this is where it is expensive and time consuming cutting them would take 40 seconds of machining.the money is in the set up.
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Posted: 2006/12/19 18:32 Updated: 2006/12/19 18:32 |
No life (a.k.a. DattoMaster) Joined: 2004/5/28 From: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1817 |
Re: Making flanges Quote: If it costs $50 an hour...those flanges would cost like .....$10 to make!!!...max $25. Nah thats not the case is right kegs. First you need to get the cad file or drawing then put it in to a machining program then find out what size stock you can get you can't do it with 10mm it needs to be over sized.Then you make a tool path go out to the workshop block out the stock set up the stock then run the tool path and then mill off the extra stock then surface grind it. Always more work than you think as well. |
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Posted: 2006/12/19 7:14 Updated: 2006/12/19 7:14 |
No life (a.k.a. DattoMaster) Joined: 1998/12/6 From: Sydney, Australia Posts: 5806 |
Re: Making flanges kybosh...I'm not sure, but wifes tend to use kybosh to stop husbands from having fun.  As for the plasma, it'll cut through anything..I've not used it to cut off any of my fingers yet. If the material conducts electricity, it'll cut it. It uses a water stream and REALLY high current. Using wooden templates, the cutter is quite easy to use. |
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Posted: 2006/12/19 7:17 Updated: 2006/12/19 7:17 |
No life (a.k.a. DattoMaster)  Joined: 2004/5/30 From: Tamworth , NSW Posts: 2484 |
Re: Making flanges put a kybosh on it,
put a stop to it.
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Posted: 2006/12/19 8:04 Updated: 2006/12/19 8:04 |
Home away from home Joined: 2005/3/28 From: Stray-ya Posts: 528 |
Re: Making flanges fair enough.
what blower were you planning to use and
why the kybosh?
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Posted: 2006/12/18 12:36 Updated: 2006/12/18 12:36 |
No life (a.k.a. DattoMaster)  Joined: 1999/12/6 From: Castro Valley,CA USA Posts: 1191 |
Re: Making flanges Quote: welder, drill press, angle grinder, bastard file, large hammer Dude, I'd be using the large hammer right about now. |
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Posted: 2006/12/18 6:31 Updated: 2006/12/18 6:31 |
Home away from home  Joined: 2006/6/3 From: South Africa Posts: 281 |
Re: Making flanges try to find "slimline disks" they are only 1mm thick, they cut much faster and last allmost 3 times longer, if used properly... is all I use for cutting thick stuff.... else find a laser cutter close by.... it's worth the dow....  just imagine all this cutting done by hand... |
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Posted: 2006/12/18 7:08 Updated: 2006/12/18 7:08 |
Home away from home Joined: 2005/3/28 From: Stray-ya Posts: 528 |
Re: Making flanges  is all that stuff yours? I see what look like dcoe adapters.... and lots of other carefully finished bits. I found the virtues of the skinny cutting disk early on in the project, but I was going to look into getting things plasma cut if there was any interest in a blower kit. Fortunatley there wasn't so its saved me the hassle  |
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Posted: 2006/12/18 7:32 Updated: 2006/12/18 7:32 |
No life (a.k.a. DattoMaster) Joined: 2003/1/5 From: campbelltown (sydney) australia Posts: 1802 |
Re: Making flanges helps to use the right tools, i know some people dont have access but ud cut these in no time with a bandsaw....and milling the holes would be simple.
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Posted: 2006/12/18 7:42 Updated: 2006/12/18 7:42 |
Home away from home Joined: 2005/3/28 From: Stray-ya Posts: 528 |
Re: Making flanges Quote: helps to use the right tools Its cheating to use the right tools. Backyard, budget upgrades are all about getting a good result through using your noggin, and making do with the tools you have..... welder, drill press, angle grinder, bastard file, large hammer. |
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Posted: 2006/12/18 7:55 Updated: 2006/12/18 7:55 |
No life (a.k.a. DattoMaster)  Joined: 2004/2/10 From: torquay, victoooooria, australia Posts: 2246 |
Re: Making flanges 2 words ....... laser cut |
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Posted: 2006/12/18 8:04 Updated: 2006/12/18 8:04 |
No life (a.k.a. DattoMaster)  Joined: 2002/8/22 From: Adelaide, SA Posts: 1991 |
Re: Making flanges Yeah man,
Laser3d here in Adelaide quoted to do me some brake caliper brackets out of 8mm mild steel for $18 each. Cheap as and no messing about!
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Posted: 2006/12/18 8:29 Updated: 2006/12/18 8:29 |
No life (a.k.a. DattoMaster) Joined: 2004/5/30 From: Tamworth , NSW Posts: 2484 |
Re: Making flanges haha, your in for a job there grunterhunter.
i did exactly the same thing, cutting out flanges for my supercharger, took me a month of sundays. but now ive put a kybosh on the s/c i did it all for nothing!!!!haha
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