Interesting work piece's

[ejparrott]

I think if we go that way the customer will want them fully welded. Problem is the tubes are so out of position I need to machine the band every time I do one so I'd have to have a new band for each end of each tube anyway.

[ejparrott]

I finished the nasty tube job in the end, it's been away for balancing now...better they enjoyed that, you only need to sneeze and it bent....

[vulcanbomber]

Thought you might like to see that.

The job is a piece of EN8 steel, It starts as a solid billet 105mm long by 101.6mm diameter(4 inches) 3 minutes later its 100mm diameter with a 61mm hole in it.... 95mm deep. There just a spacer for road tankers but i thought i'd show off my pile of swarf for the day.... and yes I emptied before we started...

[simplyloco]

I'm reminded of the old Popeye cartoon where a 12" cube of steel is turned into a cuff link!

I'm also reminded of some of the 'interesting' jobs I had to do when I was a serving soldier. Quite a few needed an eye welded on for the overhead crane to get the thing onto a 6' diameter faceplate!

[psp]

Just found this thread, very interesting. Reminds me of times past, as I'm sure it does for many others that use this site. Thanks and please keep posting.
Andy