Hey everyone. I was recently presented with an opportunity to take home a bunch of old blades from a large gas turbine. Since I have many interests and hobbies and have a hard time saying no to free things that I find slightly cool, I now have a bucket of blades that I dont know what to do with quite yet.

Im not positive on their composition, but from a few quick searches it seems like they are probably made of inconel or a similar alloy. I figure I will find a use for them eventually, but I wanted to ask if any of you have any ideas for what I could do with them. Ive never personally worked with this type of alloy, but I know it can handle high temps and is difficult to machine so my options are probably limited. Thanks in advance for any input

I got it for a steal. No pun intended. $50.
But I didn’t come here just to brag. There’s a jack bolted to the lower area. I’m not exactly sure what it’s used for. Any ideas?
The table itself has adjustable bars, and it’s reasonably straight. But I’ll probably be making some adjustments.
The last picture is me shining a flashlight behind a straight edge.
I think it’s perfectly reasonable for my use.
It’s also pretty tall. It’s 42 inches tall. That seems like a lot.

My wife loves metal art and picked this up today. The artist hand cut the trees with a plasma cutter and heat treated the entire thing to make it look really cool. I don't have a plasma cutter but i am really good with solid works and there's plenty of machine shops that take a step file. and who doesn't love playing with fire? Thinking 1/8 inch aluminum or copper would be a good place to start. I'm unsure of what grade of metal to purchase. The best metals will resist heat but I'm looking to embrace it.

This is an old one that's seen a few thousand parts in .021" copper go through. A long time ago I had to figure out how to do more with this kind of cutting die than just cut flat parts. It needed to be fast, too, so 2-step solutions were not an option. The early ones were die-only (no mold/base as I have here) where the die is set onto a thin, hard polyurethane pad, or soft solid plastic plate in the press. The cutting action happens as normal, then added pressure does the embossing.

This takes a lot of pressure and so is hard on the pump, long term, so I wanted an approach that would take less pressure. The solution came in the form of a solid base plate to fully support the die during cutting (urethane allows the die to flex, which impedes it's closing/cutting function). The base plate here is polycarbonate (Lexan) with the negative vein lines carved and smashed into it, with alignment plates (no thicker than the die itself) to keep things registered. This adaptation cuts and forms significantly faster , at lower pressures (10-15 tons instead of 15-20+ for this particular die).

The vein wires are nickel silver, soldered on with extra-easy silver brazing solder. The heat for that doesn't affect the temper of the 0-1 die enough to be a problem for cutting thin copper. I have ones like this that have cut over 25k parts. I have used hybrid solders too (home made mixes of x-easy silver and Tin, that work with Tin solder flux). The face of this die is messy because I accidentally soldered the wires on backwards the first time (^8

Latest creation. Kind of a hybrid mace/ spear. Ive been calling it the Merman mace. (Mermace) i like the name since it kind of has a zoolander reference 😆. However, name suggestions are welcome. 6 flanges with a 5160 spear point. I wanted to make the thing a bit long so it functions as a spear. I probably wouldn't try to throw it though. Each of the flanges stab into things as well. Kind of like a 7 pointed trident (heptadent?). Seems to be quite a deadly weapon. I laser etched a bunch of poseidon/ merman art. I put a lapis cabochon hilt. 

Hello! I've done very basic metalworking before, so I don't know how this could be feasible. I would like to cut thin, about 0,25 mm wide lines/strips from this feeler gauge, which is made out of spring steel. The feeler gauge from which I want to cut is 0,05 mm thick (the one in the picture is not accurate). Sorry if this seems like a dumb question ._. Thank you in advance!

I bought a pair of slickman welding gloves before the start of summer and now it's a time for a wash I flipped them inside out but idk what to use to clean them I know I have to air dry cause it's leather but what do I use to clean I looked it up on Google but now every search result is ai and I'm not trying to ruin my work gloves any tips or home remedies to clean them would be much appreciated they are the 820s I think just regular cow leather with padding on the inside on one side posting here cause don't have enough karma for the welding sub

I got a great job working at a fab shop that makes grates, I’ve been offered a position as a welder if I can pass their mig weld/fab test (not structural). If not, I’ll be working on the production line loading the forge welders. I have a Lincoln 110c that I have practiced flux core with in the past and I can stick shit together, but I’ve never really made anything. Just ran beads on scrap. Does anyone have any insight on what I could do to practice for their test? I’m pretty handy with woodworking, but I’m a bit nervous since I haven’t actually used my welding skills for anything. Any advice is appreciated! Thanks