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Post by jamesp on Dec 10, 2013 13:31:51 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2013 15:05:10 GMT -5
Way cool.
What is the cannon looking thing that starts by the 'M' in Maersk and is aimed to the left and down a bit?
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Post by Pat on Dec 10, 2013 15:13:43 GMT -5
Way cool. What is the cannon looking thing that starts by the 'M' in Maersk and is aimed to the left and down a bit? Yes, curious minds are awhirl with possibilities, but want to know. |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 10, 2013 16:05:04 GMT -5
That is a steel tumbler. You can put up to 42 inch pieces of steel in there and it will roll the rust off of whatever you fit in there. Saves wire brushing. Tired of picking wires stuck 1/2 inch in my hide.
The stand was a found item.
The 2 inch solid steel shaft with the vucanized blue rubber roller was a found item and serves as a counter balance. Bearings were on it and reused.
The 7 inch steel pipe was welded to a sprocket w/a 2 inch hole in it.
Gear box is a junker Morse 45:1 reducer. I had to buy a new sprocket machined to fit on the 2 inch shaft. At $75 it cost about the same as the rest of that machine.
It tilts forward and dumps it's contents into a barrel. (presently in dump position) . It runs w/water and the road gravel around it. The water is nasty so stay back when dumping. Grit size is -4 haha.
Also used to shoot pumpkins at curious minded Californians. awhirl?
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Post by jamesp on Dec 10, 2013 16:20:46 GMT -5
It started as an excellent open end drum tumbler. For rocks.  I needed a steel tumbler so i alterfied it. All the legs that are welded to the fire pits are tumbled in that machine. I can put 30-40 rusted 1/2 to 3/4 inch water pipes in and remove all their rust overnight.   |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2013 16:34:22 GMT -5
I see you put handle for tilting it up and dumping that also serve as legs to lean it up onto for spinning.
So you sping the gravel water steel mix to remove the rust for welding?
Then put the final product out in a swamp for 'patina'? seems awkward, but efficient.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 10, 2013 17:39:09 GMT -5
Instead of wire brushing. That is the main reason. And i pressure wash the whole batch over several dumps to clean the rust. It is clean enough to get a flash rust
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2013 18:51:57 GMT -5
Instead of wire brushing. That is the main reason. And i pressure wash the whole batch over several dumps to clean the rust. It is clean enough to get a flash rust and a good weld I am certain. |
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Post by panamark on Dec 10, 2013 21:33:51 GMT -5
I have to say that when I first read the title of your post James, I thought to myself " Oh lordy, what is James gonna dream up now?" LOL
Well they certainly are big, but it wasn't a shocker since I have seen you with them before. But the work yard view was neat, and wow, no snow and only coveralls on! (camo at that!) Gonna be about -7 degrees tonight here.
How about a cannon James. Maybe a smallish 30 pounder to start? You could break coral with it.
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Post by grayfingers on Dec 10, 2013 22:09:09 GMT -5
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Post by quartz on Dec 11, 2013 0:04:19 GMT -5
Satisfying to take a bunch of other peoples cast-offs and made something really usable out of it. A bit of beating the system.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 11, 2013 6:32:33 GMT -5
I would say that we could be called ' Land of Cast Off's ' Larry. Cheapest way to go- "design what you need from what you can get cheap"
Been doing that for 30 years. If i can build it out of salvage and employ myself building it then two birds were struck w/one stone.
The building in the foreground was built out of scrap steel, 4' x 8' x 5" thick freezer panels and oversea shipping containers. And whatever...
I qualified for a huge tax cut for building out of recycled materials.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 11, 2013 6:41:48 GMT -5
Two shipping containers, 1/4 mile I-beam, 1/2 mile angle iron, footings, 300 pounds welding rod, 4 months and a very fit 48 year old Jamesp for less than $10,000.  Another $12,000 in 5 inch thick R40 freezer panels for 2nd and attic floor, walls here and there, roofing.  |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 11, 2013 7:04:42 GMT -5
I have to say that when I first read the title of your post James, I thought to myself " Oh lordy, what is James gonna dream up now?" LOL Well they certainly are big, but it wasn't a shocker since I have seen you with them before. But the work yard view was neat, and wow, no snow and only coveralls on! (camo at that!) Gonna be about -7 degrees tonight here. How about a cannon James. Maybe a smallish 30 pounder to start? You could break coral with it. Did you say neat Mark? Neato..or neatly arranged? Try to work out doors as much as possible. Rusty tools work almost as well. Hopefully order will come from chaos  I see that Grayfingers has picked up an infatuation with that canon. He is east of Yellowstone and in range of a 7 inch pumpkin.... It is 22F this morning. Yesterday windy, cold drizzly and low 40's. Have seen better days... |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 11, 2013 7:06:09 GMT -5
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Post by connrock on Dec 11, 2013 8:50:30 GMT -5
I like your style James and try to do the same on a MUCH smaller scale!
I just got a wheel from a tractor trailer to make a fire pit for the back yard but after what I read about the EPA banning 80% of the wood stoves being used in the Country I don't know if it's a good idea to make a fire pit now?
The building you made is awesome but I bet you were one tired guy after you finished it,,,I'm tired from just looking at the photos! LOL
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Post by jamesp on Dec 11, 2013 9:43:24 GMT -5
EPA bans are my favorite motivation. Please build that fire pit. We are part time wood burners here in the south. It is different in cold country where so much wood is required.
Build those when you are young. LOL. About 10 years later and i would not touch that project. Thanks.
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Post by 1dave on Dec 11, 2013 11:11:25 GMT -5
Cannons reminded me of the job I worked on where the head pipefitter built a cannon out of pipe just the right size for empty pop cans to slide down. He would squirt a little acetylene down it, slide a pop can in and light the touch hole, sending the pop cans toward the shed where his apprentices were threading pipe. They got back at him but that is a long involved story.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 11, 2013 11:17:10 GMT -5
War games are the key to happiness. Especially targeting a$$ kissers. May the games begin. LOL. Best part of life-paid to have fun.
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Post by quartz on Dec 12, 2013 22:32:38 GMT -5
Working is no fun at all if you can't have a little fun, especially at the expense of someone who deserves it. Larry
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