Recent content by dodgedifferent2

I am a machinist by day so I created them on the lathe. Yes there are bearings in the dies

It is a pipe threader. I got a cheap Amazon one. It drives the top roller instead of human power

See it works ;-)

Rolled some heavy wall 1.75 tube. Also made two 1/2 square bar circles. Planning to make the Olympic rings.

I started building my own Pullmax a few years ago, but never finished. I have most of the head completed. I am into the auto hobby. Finished a 67 dart and slowly working on a model A

Oh geeze. I thought I was paging myself. Everyone in my "hood" calls me Chazz. Welcome from one Chazz to another ;-)

This is just plopped together. The air cleaners will be a helmet style that will come later. Stepson working on that idea. The strombergs will be a throttle body

I am in Ontario. A bit far to ship or pickup I am planning to cast a 671 blower carb adapter for 6 stromberg carb and add fuel injectors inside the adapter

This is a sand casting project. Problem with rims is they are likely forged. So it is 6061 and does not have the silicone content for fluidity and may be very porous. I have tons of extrusion but that is the same issue. May have to strip a car down for the engine block and trans. Just hope...

I want to find a356 aluminum (cast aluminum) I do collect some but not enough for an upcoming project. Thinking to purchase an ingot or two. Anybody know who carries this?

I am always creating something for another project. I am working on a 1931 model A hot rod.with a 331 chrysler hemi. Nobody makes a trans adapter for the extended bell hemi to a chrysler a833 4 speed trans. So I have to make my own adapter. I need to roll 2 inch wide 1/4 thick bar in a 14"...

I farm in the north-east quadrant. I am machinist by day, teat puller/ farmer/millwright/mechanic/veterinarian/by night. Sandy loam soil and surrounded by round ketchup (tomatoes)

Coming from chatham-kent ontario. Been playing with metal equipment for decades.