PLASMA CUTTING GATES AND RISERS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 มิ.ย. 2024
- Hello, my friends. This video concludes a project I have been working on for a greenhouse in West Virginia. The greenhouse is Victorian, and Chris Voleck of the Elwood Estate needed 5 different castings of numerous pieces to complete this project.
I have been missing use of the plasma
cutter due to construction, which cut off my supply of air.
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My comment may be misplaced but I wanted to mention that I saw the capstan show up for use on the Tally Ho. I hope that Leo has expressed his thanks to you and those that worked so hard to complete the top piece for it. Without you and your friends that capstan may not have been completed. So thank you Clark for you hard work.
Thanks for the kind words, Dan. It is nice to be remembered for the hard work we put into getting the casting done
Love your videos Clark. When cutting gates and risers off a flat face you can get angled 'flush cut' tips for your torch which allow a much closer cut than a regular straight tip.
Clarke, if the Elmwood Estates owner is open to it, please post a photo of the Victorian greenhouse when it’s finished. Very interesting work for your foundry.
Clark , the arc of the plasma cutter needs a solid ground to burn right. A table with grating and a finger clamp works well for a work surface. Attach the ground leaf to the table and to the finger clamp. The finger clamp can hold the part in place when you are cutting. Make the finger clamp from 1/2" rod bend legs on the fingers to an angle that suits you. Add a chunk of 1"plate for weight then Attach a long enough lead to allow the clamp to be positioned anywhere on the table. Attach the lead to the table and you will have a better chance of having a good ground. On the two other legs you will need feet to span the gaps in the grating.
#2 welding glasses work good with plasma. Not too dark so you can see, but still gives UV protection. Not eye aches.
That plasma cutter is pretty awesome. Quite the transition from cutting the gates off to the cleaned up parts ready to ship. Thanks for showing us the final product and the back story on the project.
I caught your use of "holding your mouth right", I've used one similar, that I got from my dad, that goes "holding your tounge right". people have often not understood my usage of it and I've explained, than when you are concentrating on something, you quite often hold your tounge between your teeth, often off to the side, ergo, holding your tounge right
Thanks for including the breaking brake rotors, remind us all where the iron come from. 😁
You can get covers for plasma cutters and welders....
Clean dry air in that plasma cutter Clarke........tips will last longer that way...
Good video
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Clark, try using the plasma cutter without the silver tip and a little more amperage. I only use my tip on flat metal. See if that works better for you. Thanks for the interesting videos.
Thanks for the tip, I did end up taking the skate off the torch at the end along with adding amps and yes, it helped significantly 👍
A good rule of thumb with a plasma torch is to watch the arc tail, if it is angling more than 20 degrees, up your amperage and your air pressure or go slower. For something like your risers I'd set it at 60 amps and 80 psi to start. Just a suggestion, love watching your videos!
Those castings look like junctions for gutters on the roof eaves. Nice job, keep on cuttin'
What an interesting project. Cool goggles!
Nice to see that you got that project off your list. Nice results.
Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge. Always look forward to seeing your videos. I wish I knew about you back when I lived in Madison MS.
Clarke, non ferrous metals can be re-melted and re-poured but we never see you melt sprues, risers and gates or any bad castings with iron. Perhaps on a future video you can explain why.
Hope you enjoyed the Bash Thanks for sharing
Nice looking castings. When I cut round stock. I would start at an angle and just pivot the tip through the cut.
That looks like fun!
That's pretty dang good! I know I ain't had much luck blowing iron with an oxy-acetylene torch, and it is probably a sight cheaper!
West by God!
Hmmmmm There's gates, and of course there's are gates 😉😉🙃
Be careful making parts out of ford rotors. All your parts might just decide to warp up like crazy for no reason.😅
Clarke, I know absolutely nothing about plasma torches…..you don’t need to ground your part? It works well!
Brake rotor breaking, very therapeutic!
Hello Clarke, I'm thinking that you have a ground issue. Also, I'd set the torch to auto start as if you were cutting expanded metal. Plasma makes carving easy. Try starting from the far side and work toward you just washing the mental away. That is generally the technique I use to gouge out welds.
Thanks for the tip👍
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Watching you do all that hot work? an here I am, up in the 'wilds' of Connecticut living in the same weather as my childhood in Mobile and Laurel. Its gonna hit 90+ today, with almost 100% humidity, and thunderstorms will show up late this afternoon and me to poor to have AC running. (state electric co-op is run by a stock traded company that has ZERO electric generation capability and it fights against there being any electrical generators in the state, so all the electricity is bought on the open market at an uncharged rate, and this month the CEO pay goes to $35million dollars and his service area is smaller than Jacksonville Electric Authority a public co-op.... its insane. In Jax I never paid more than $65 for a month running in AC in a 850sqft apartment and here I am in a 790sqft apt and I pay nearly $500 if I run AC)
Do those iron nails ever find any tires around the foundry? edit: Yep, i should have just listened
1 would 3D printing help in the making of molds?
2 does the included shipping work for Canada?
Those look like parts for bulletproof gutters…
I would like to know if its possible to have two items casted for a 1904 kitchen stove. I have pics of items needed..
Yes, we do stove legs👍
@@windyhillfoundry5940 whats the email. I need the grates in firebox
Did you have to bake the castings before shipping?
Crank it up you’ll get a cleaner cut.
Did you notice the plasma tail on the thicker piece that’s what you want to see on all cuts.
What went on at the Bash Pro bash this year, Clark? Are you or Keith putting up a tour of that? Thanks for these videos.
Yes and Mike Wiggins is with us also👍
Omg i cannot watch the stupidity. Arc blows out every few seconds. How can you work like that? Is your machine getting a feedback that an arc is start? I dont think so. Is the machine ground? And so and so. Also 30amp is way to low for that job.
…when I was a little kid, more than sixty years ago, I used hate it when other kids would tell me how to play with my Tonka trucks…
Is this kind of response necessary? Take a pill.
It sure got your attention 🤣
@@randymusselman4504 , yes it is. This men needs a sign next to his door "no stupid people allowed" and stay the fuck out himself. How often i see him goofing around with machines. Its just a shit show. A cartoon. I mean come on.
@@windyhillfoundry5940, you think this is fine for you like you say? Well, its not.
Clarke, I know absolutely nothing about plasma torches…..you don’t need to ground your part? It works well!
Brake rotor breaking, very therapeutic!
He knows what he is doing 😂😂😂😂