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  1. DumbStudent

    Question About FLEXCUT Grinding Disks

    Was planning on doing some T joints and butt welds with flat plates. But it's TIG, so needa grind mill scale first. I was using normal a grinding wheel earlier and maybe it was just worn out, but that sucked. All it did was smoothen out the mill scale. Idk maybe the grit was too high or...
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    Question About FLEXCUT Grinding Disks

    Hi I was wonder if FLEXCUT grinding disks are actually better than normal grinding disks or flap disks. To me, they seem like they solve the issue of dust getting stuck between the grits, which I'd imagine is great for grinding flat surfaces. The main reason I'm asking is cause I'd need to...
  3. DumbStudent

    Solidworks for Makers @ CAD30.00 per year

    I would like to warn people against 3D experience. I've been using it for a student team and I'm almost wishing we didn't use it (pdm wasn't much better). Imo, it is garbage and should be avoided. It's not too bad at its main job, but it is a mess to navigate. I can't find it on browser because...
  4. DumbStudent

    How to clean inside a cylinder

    Cool. Thanks for all the advice everyone. I'm a stubborn idiot though, so I'm definitely gonna try cleaning the cylinder myself. But it seems there's some consensus that I need a honed cylinder. Do you think I can get away with one of these? https://a.co/d/02i2JgH (The second amazon link that...
  5. DumbStudent

    How to clean inside a cylinder

    Oh that looks beautiful. Thank you. Yeah. I usually read the comments sections to see if people have things to say about it, and do other research to make sure there's some consensus on the topic and methods. I guess I'm kinda lucky though since what I'm doing doesn't really matter. I'm gonna...
  6. DumbStudent

    How to clean inside a cylinder

    Oh yeah this is just a learning thing. I don't even expect this to work. I just thought it'd be cool and I wanna add stuff to my resume. Also I'm just really proud of my spreadsheets on this lol. They're probably not even that good but idk I think they look pretty. About welding distortion, I'm...
  7. DumbStudent

    How to clean inside a cylinder

    Hi. I'm thinking of planning to potentially and design a hydraulic cylinder that I may or may not end up actually making. (I'm tryna make a hydraulic cylinder). I'm going for a telescopic single acting one, and so far it's looking like there'll be a 3" x 0.25" (length TBD) 1026 MS DOM tube that...
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