Recent content by FrighteningRod

Thanks CA but unlikely enough force could be applied without heating the steel, and might strip the screw threads on my ancient vice.

I have a couple of slasher blades which got a bit bent and twisted thanks to hitting a eucalypt branch hiding in longish grass. If they were mild steel I could unbend and untwist them without a problem but they are made from a VERY hard steel and I've got nowhere bashing them with a decent...

Only have a stick welder and often need to weld rod to plate with rod lying flat on plate. I usually grind a flat on the surface of the rod which touches the plate and two flats on the sides at an angle, so in section it looks like this \___/, that's so I can get a root weld in there then...

I remember my Dad had an oxy acetyline set-up but by the time I was old enough to want to do cutting or welding it was long gone. He never told me he had another welder but after he passed away I found this- and realised why he hadn't shown it to me :) Note the name I have used for the...

Angle grinder followed by a touch up with a bench grinder or a hand file has been what I use for doing just a few pieces, but for multiple pieces which need to be the same shape/length/angle there's the metal bandsaw tool where you can stack the pieces up ( depending on their shape). If it's...

It's a McCulloch 46 cc ProMac 11, probly 25 years old, hasn't been running for over 10 years and before that was awful hard to start. I pulled it to bits and got it running again, it's a beast and guzzles fuel. I have 4 other smaller saws but needed something bigger as a large tree came down on...

Here's my welder, I'm told it's a generic version of what was sold in Australia years ago as a GMC, very much one of the cheapest and nastiest brands. Original owner was a toolmaker and had access to top of the line stuff at his workplace. This was bought for his occasional use at home. His...

Email invite from TBN

Hi all, was invited here by TractorByNet website. Have just resurrected an old inherited chainsaw. Came with a spare unused chain. The drive sprocket is badly worn and although a new or less worn sprocket can probably be sourced that could take weeks and I would like to use the saw now, of...