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  1. Chris Cramer

    Huge list of unfinished projects for the new year

    Ah, a router would definitely be easier than a milling machine, though they basically work the same way. I tried building a milling machine, and the gantry worked just fine but the spindle was definitely not powerful enough to work metal. I didn't have as much knowledge of how the spindle on a...
  2. Chris Cramer

    Huge list of unfinished projects for the new year

    That's often the case with me as well. I might get an exciting idea of something that wouldn't be too difficult or costly when doing research and end up loosing all the attention I had on the original project I had been working on which sometimes leaves that project incomplete. When you're...
  3. Chris Cramer

    Multitools

    This project seems to be coming together nicely. The main blade that sits in ne of the side channels next to the pliers is heat treated, and the linier lock lines up flush with the bottom. I should probably harden/ stiffen the linier lock a bit with a torch to prevent disformation when it's bent...
  4. Chris Cramer

    Multitools

    Yeah, I wouldn't consider combining very many tools to the same component, and the outer lock that locks the smaller tools placed next to each other might be tricky to add with such a small pivot pin. However the linier locks are more simple and robust as they are part of the frame. For a screw...
  5. Chris Cramer

    Multitools

    I've completed my model on fusion for my first multitool I want to attempt to assemble. I studied one of my old multitools for a good idea on how the device works to hold and lock all the different tools into the frame. It's not too complicated, mostly just a series of springs that are part of...
  6. Chris Cramer

    Sourcing Metal | General Discussion

    I've been trying ro find some fairly thick stainless steel flat bar and plate. I plan on putting together a stanless steel multi tool. Most tools would be made from some 1/16 - 1/8 inch tool steel or high alloy stainless steels depending on the tool. Those are sold where I buy my knife steels...
  7. Chris Cramer

    Oxy fuel brazing brass

    After filling my Argon tank, I spent a lot of time tig welding, or in some cases, tig brazing the brass with silicon bronze filler metal. It's difficult to apply the filler metal as the brass melts before the zink starts to boil. If the filler is built up along the joint it will bond to the...
  8. Chris Cramer

    Oxy fuel brazing brass

    Being heavy brass Im thinking it would probably be best to tig weld it together; but I am out of argon.
  9. Chris Cramer

    Oxy fuel brazing brass

    There is a big difference between brazing copper pipe or thin brass stock, and brazing heavy brass or copper. You need to heat almost the entire peice of brass to bring it to the right temperature, and the amount off heat that is built up in the stock is much higher than any flux will melt...
  10. Chris Cramer

    Oxy fuel brazing brass

    Ah, I figured it must have been because of the lower temperature of the base brass. I was brazing the parts of the hilt and guard of my fantasy sword that were recently cast. They are all about half an inch thick so it was very difficult to bring both parts to a high enough temperature by how...
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