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RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - doubleboost - 07-10-2014
You have found a "shiney " setting on your camera
John
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - stevec - 07-10-2014
I never finish a piece that beautifully, the stuff I do has tooling marks so people say things like "cool! didja make it yerself"
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - kenne - 07-10-2014
[attachment=8849] [attachment=8848] New job gone bad "Hate when this happens" A family brought this to the shop to be restored , (some times I do these kinds of things if it's slow in the shop ) . Anyway they said it had been in the family over 150 years . It was built in 1831 in Chicago, Ill , has been to South America , Mexico , and now back here .
I started to take it apart and found the whole back of it was packed with "Asbestos"
Needless to say I stopped work, closed it up and bagged it as fast as I could , then called the people to come and get it . What a shame , I will finish it when they get it cleaned out , but that stuff is too dangerous to mess with . Thats how it goes sometimes .....
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Mayhem - 07-10-2014
Ed - is that so you can pop the top off beer bottles without having to search around for an opener?
Looks nice.
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - EdK - 07-10-2014
(07-10-2014, 06:47 PM)Mayhem Wrote: Ed - is that so you can pop the top off beer bottles without having to search around for an opener?
...
Oops! Busted.
Ed
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - ETC57 - 07-10-2014
Looks great Ed, defiantly a job well done!!
Jerry
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - TomG - 07-11-2014
(07-10-2014, 06:38 PM)kenne Wrote: New job gone bad "Hate when this happens" A family brought this to the shop to be restored , (some times I do these kinds of things if it's slow in the shop ) . Anyway they said it had been in the family over 150 years . It was built in 1831 in Chicago, Ill , has been to South America , Mexico , and now back here .
I started to take it apart and found the whole back of it was packed with "Asbestos"
Needless to say I stopped work, closed it up and bagged it as fast as I could , then called the people to come and get it . What a shame , I will finish it when they get it cleaned out , but that stuff is too dangerous to mess with . Thats how it goes sometimes .....
Asbestos used to be everywhere. When I was younger, I used asbestos to build a foundry furnace. It was readily available at the local hardware store and it could be mixed with water and formed into any shape desired, which brings up a good point. Asbestos is only hazardous in dust form. To make it safe, all you need to do is wet it down. Silicon is the same way, which is why it is now used wet for sand blasting.
How did we ever survive?
Tom
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - awemawson - 07-11-2014
Tom, probably reasonably true with white asbestos - not quite so ok with blue asbestos.
Many is the corrugated asbestos roof I've sawn up and fire place I've blocked with asbestos cement board. When I had Launderettes years back, we had to do an asbestos survey, and the only bits they could find were in the wired fuse holders for the power distribution. Tiny bits perhaps 1/4" x 1/2". We had to have a log with a 'plan', inspect every year and report on it's condition! Needless to say I just changed the fuse holders :)
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - kenne - 07-11-2014
(07-11-2014, 06:59 AM)TomG Wrote:(07-10-2014, 06:38 PM)kenne Wrote: New job gone bad "Hate when this happens" A family brought this to the shop to be restored , (some times I do these kinds of things if it's slow in the shop ) . Anyway they said it had been in the family over 150 years . It was built in 1831 in Chicago, Ill , has been to South America , Mexico , and now back here .
I started to take it apart and found the whole back of it was packed with "Asbestos"
Needless to say I stopped work, closed it up and bagged it as fast as I could , then called the people to come and get it . What a shame , I will finish it when they get it cleaned out , but that stuff is too dangerous to mess with . Thats how it goes sometimes .....
Asbestos used to be everywhere. When I was younger, I used asbestos to build a foundry furnace. It was readily available at the local hardware store and it could be mixed with water and formed into any shape desired, which brings up a good point. Asbestos is only hazardous in dust form. To make it safe, all you need to do is wet it down. Silicon is the same way, which is why it is now used wet for sand blasting.
How did we ever survive?
Tom
I have over the years worked with asbestos in brake linings , clutches, and other such things , and a few times in construction , but after seeing my Father-in-law die from Methopheloma (not sure of the spelling) cancer , I no longer take chances with this stuff . He only lasted (8) months from diagnosis to death ,Scary !
Frankly, I am amazed any of us are still alive , but you know how that goes , what doesn't kill you ,makes you stronger
RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - kenne - 07-11-2014
(07-10-2014, 03:16 PM)EdK Wrote: Finished this piece of the new bracket for the lathe cross slide scale.Beautiful piece of work , whats next ?
Ed