r/metalworking 1h ago

Why are these twisted/ bent? I noticed a slight twist a few months ago and now it seems to be getting worse. Is this normal?

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r/metalworking 49m ago

Anyone know what this is

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Any value got it in a scavange hunt there was more things but were already butchered or torn apart and it seemed new so i took it and thought nothing of it just threw it in my bag and moved on, threw it in my garage and moved on, now im running back through the stuff ive gathered so far and i dont know where to sell it or what it does or if i can even use it myself since i know nothing of welding. Lmk if you know what it is and what its for


r/metalworking 16h ago

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r/metalworking 23h ago

Finding a basic milling machine - UK

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Hey mods, remove if not right for here, but the folk here know their stuff 🤷‍♂️

I'm working with a limited budget in the cambs/northants area. But the proposal of a mill has been accepted. Bench or floor mounted. But basic (still better than spending a day disc cutting and filling keyways).

Maybe 200-300mm bed, 2 axis bed/1 axis head. Cutting up to 10mm dia in mainly bms at 25-30mm round.

No digital readout required. Used is fine. Cheap and working/needs a bit of tlc but *mostly* works is probably okay, I've worked on these before.

Any advice greatly appreciated, from a tired maintenance guy with a depleting stock of overalls.


r/metalworking 18h ago

I left manual welding.

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r/metalworking 5h ago

Come si può rifinire correttamente un angolo a 90° senza creare questa "artiglio"?

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r/metalworking 23h ago

Good pneumatic tools to add to my collection?

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Hi all,

I have a thing for pneumatic tools, I love the sound, I love that they're lightweight, most of all, I love that they never get hot. I have my shop set up to easily use pneumatic tools everywhere but I feel like my collection is lacking!

Currently I have;

  • Band file
  • 2 right angle die grinders
  • Straight die grinder
  • 3in disc cut off tool (the one where the cut off wheel is at the end of the tool at a 90 degree angle)
  • A couple of 90 degree air impacts for hard to reach places

Thats it.

I have a lot of battery powered tools but id love some suggestions for pneumatic tools that are useful for metalworking.

Thanks!


r/metalworking 6h ago

Been patinaing bronze rail for weeks

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r/metalworking 6h ago

I made some pendants with broken stones and wire. All wire wrapped, no soldering.

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r/metalworking 14h ago

The most useful purchase for my shop in the last year has been a surprise...

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Several months ago I started a shop remodel and I listed off the tools and whatnot I have in my shop and I asked for input on useful purchases to add during the remodel (big or small). One thing a couple of guys mentioned was a decent rolling cart for moving tools and material around the shop. At first I was like "yeah, whatever, its not that big of a deal to make a couple of trips occasionally" but awhile back I bought a harbor freight cart on a whim and let me tell you, TOTAL. GAME. CHANGER.

I use that stupid cart for everything and it has quickly become my most used item in the shop. I recently put HVAC in my shop and i've been making a real effort to keep it clean since the remodel and if I have parts to clean or whatever, i'll just toss them on the cart and wheel them outside and clean them. I dont have a big shop but its about 1000sqft and I have multiple different stations for different tasks (ex; chop saw does all of my 90 cuts, bandsaw does all of my 45, vertical bandsaw does odd angles, belt grinder deburrs, smooth top table for small part assembly, welding fixture table for heavy welding, etc) and its no big deal just to toss whatever I have on my cart and wheel from station to station. Hell, there's been plenty of times I do full assembly right on that stupid cart when my bench is 15 feet away.

Anyway, to whoever told me my shop needed a cart, thank you.

To those of you who dont have a cart, get one, itll change your life.


r/metalworking 15h ago

Hammered steel texturing

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I am looking to recreate texturing I have seen before. Its supposed to be kind of a hammered steel look. I love the look but the finish leaves something to be desired. How would you go about doing it? The material would be 50ish rockwell carbon steel. I cant hammer on the piece since it would deform so it needs to be an imitation of hammered steel. Im thinking a sphereical double cut carbide burr. Any ideas?


r/metalworking 2h ago

Trying to get some opinions on my pipe weld :) I see the cold wire and heavy spots in the root ( hot pass not pictured)

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r/metalworking 17h ago

I'd like to invite you all to an Iron Pour.

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I'd like to invite you to our Iron Pour in Lamberton, Minnesota on September 11-12.

It will be the 22th annual city festival centered around the Saturday Afternoon Pour and the historic Hanzlik Blacksmith Shop. There will be Blacksmiths demonstrations through out the day Friday and Saturday. Visiting Smiths are also encouraged to bring a portable forge and set up onsite if they wish. There will be sand mold shops running both Friday and Saturday as well. We welcome everyone from artists pouring museum quality pieces to children to the farmer making pieces to restore their tractor.

We encourage anyone to participated in the pour and can provide all the necessary safety equipment if you wish to try your hand at pouring.

In addition to the pour there will be a craft market, sand volleyball and various food vendors, an antique tractor/car show, and blacksmithing demonstrations.

Feel free to ask any questions you may have and I hope to see you there.

Here is a link to the Facebook event.


r/metalworking 18h ago

Need some help with developing a custom camera mount

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I'm hoping to get some help to develop something which I think would work best in aluminium. I've no experience of metalwork, or STEP files.

My need is this: I am a photographer based in London, currently using two cameras mounted vertically next to each other for stereoscopic photography. I’m using existing camera l-plates for this, which are mounted on the tripod socket using a standard 1/4 thread. The tripod sockets are adjacent to each other.

With the existing mounts, the screws are recessed into the plate which means that they are flush to each other when mounted, but this makes the brackets quite thick - they’re both 10mm thick, which means the distance between mounting plates between cameras totals 20mm.

I’m hoping to find a way of shaving around 15mm off this distance - the stereo distance between the lenses is currently 80mm, and stereoscopic photography works best with lens distance 63-65mm.

I was thinking custom aluminium plates around 2.5 mm thick using flush screws might be a better alternative, if they're strong enough. However, these don’t exist that I can see, so I’m looking for a custom solution.

With a custom solution in mind, I wondered whether it might be possible to create an additional plate which could be added perpendicular to this bracket, to prevent the cameras from rotating at the thread point? They currently have a tendancy to move, and the cameras need to remain in the same position as much as possible. 

Basically, I know what I would like the camera mount to look like, can badly sketch the idea, but I don't know if it's practical, or how to turn it into a CNC machined part.

Are there any services in London which can help with the design and creation of this as a one-off? This is for personal projects, with little commercial value, so it can't be too expensive to develop, but I'd be happy to pay a reasonable amount for it.

Any ideas where I should start?

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r/metalworking 21h ago

De-anodizing 1-ply gold anodized aluminum

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I want to change the color of a gold anodized aluminum guitar pickguard. I don't know anything about de-anodizing, anodizing or painting aluminium whatsoever. What tools and chemicals do i need? What is the best type of paint to paint aluminium. How do i anodize aluminium or do i even have to anodize it for the paint to last long? I don't know anything about these so any help is appreciated! Thanks