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Another welcome from Calgary Nick. Lots of helpful people here.

Just keepin' it Canadian.

Wow, good for you. It makes me smile knowing how terrific that brass will look when you introduce it to a buffing wheel. Please post your final results. I'm always jealous of people that can play instruments, even more so of people who can build their own. The closest I ever came was taking some...

Ahh...now I understand. Yes, that is an interesting challenge. Having said that your effort here looks pretty good from the pic. Almost tempting to just roll the circle from solid round stock, make a mold to hold a section at a time, and mill away half of it bit by bit. But I'm not sure results...

So that's what a neat shop looks like, eh? I always wondered....

Just noticed that PA has their min roller on clearance sale for $37. Not sure if it will work for your project's thickness of bar, but the capacity s/b higher than stated as theirs is rated for steel. I do have one of these mini ones as well as my big boy rollers, and it is great for the...

A pic would help. But if you are referring to what I think you are referring to, I did something similar with steel tubing once for a rolling ball sculpture. I solved the twist issue (once the tubing was bifurcated) by tack welding one half of the cut tube to another (solid) tube, and then...

I know you're not doing this intentionally, but you almost make it sound like a bad thing when this happens.

Tom, that's a great idea with the straps for transporting cylinders. Really clever.

Baaa Haaa Haaa.....so true :)