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Polishing a ripper
Steve P:
Do todays schools have that sort of liability insurance then
Nice thought but I reckon the next time Ruler sees his Ripper, it will be up for auction on the bay :'(
Waxintaxin:
I would get it ball burnished , as this was the original finish from the factory
look on the interwebby thing and find a local metal shop
It is a low maintenance way of keeping it looking new
Rich
theRuler:
--- Quote from: weston on September 27, 2005, 05:31 PM ---try your local school & ask the metal work teacher to polish it up for you for a small donation,it will come up looking like new,saves you alot of hard work.... i did this in my school years as my metal work project, i know it you can still do this as i have just taken a job at a school helping bad lads so they dont end up like me
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not sure my old metal work teacher would be charitable.
at school in metal work all we used to do, was get in the arc welding booth, weld the door up, turn the extracter fan on and smoke ciggies.
whilst welding up the vice, welding the welder to the bench etc
i got excluded from that lesson right at the start of the last school year, and wasnt allowed to take the exam.
that was because of an "incidient" where i put a hilti gun cartridge in the forge and buried it with hot coals.
the explosion shortly after sent hot rocks all around the workshop.
showtime:
did you ever turn the big lathe up onto full speed & start it with the chuck key still in?
thats always worth a laugh ;D
we did a welding course on the YTS & turned the biggest Arc welder you've ever seen up to full current while the guy who was using it was on his tea break.....................
well when he got back & struck up an arc you should have seen it!
it was like he was waving a light sabre around! he blew the piece he was making straight through the hole he'd just burnt in his thick metal bench :o
the sound & the light off it was amazing!& he came out literally shaking with freshly soiled Keks a few moments later, he caught us for it though as we were laughing so much we couldn't breathe so escape was impossible ;D
they were some funny times :D
lazychubs:
--- Quote from: showtime on September 28, 2005, 06:52 PM ---did you ever turn the big lathe up onto full speed & start it with the chuck key still in?
thats always worth a laugh ;D
we did a welding course on the YTS & turned the biggest Arc welder you've ever seen up to full current while the guy who was using it was on his tea break.....................
well when he got back & struck up an arc you should have seen it!
it was like he was waving a light sabre around! he blew the piece he was making straight through the hole he'd just burnt in his thick metal bench :o
the sound & the light off it was amazing!& he came out literally shaking with freshly soiled Keks a few moments later, he caught us for it though as we were laughing so much we couldn't breathe so escape was impossible ;D
they were some funny times :D
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man thats the funneist thing ive read in ages tears running down me face
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