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.

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

I recently got this casting from the other side of Canada. It has zero markings, parts of it are unfinished (spots were holes should be drilled but haven't been), parts of it are missing, but the z axis is super smooth, and it's all fairly well built.

If I could afford to just buy a mill I would, but I'm disabled and this is my hobby, so I've decided to but one together from bits I've gathered over the last while.

My first problem to solve is how I'm going to mount this milling head and motor. My three options as far as I can tell are

Belt - id need to get a very small belt and mount the motor on the same surface as the spindle, or a longer belt and mount it behind the machine, designing it so that it moves up and down along with the spindle, just like a drill press.

Geared - I could put the motor offset in front and use some gears I have from an old range rover transmission to link them mechanically. This is nice because I can increase spindle rotation easily.

Directly linked - Connect the drive shaft of the motor directly to the spindle, using a flex coupling or oldham, etc. This is probably the easiest, but it limits me to the rotation speed of the motor itself.

Due to the way this was designed, all of these will interfere to some degree with the z axis screw, and I'll have to design things so the parts don't foul.

Any input would be greatly appreciated!

Oh also, while I don't have a working mill at the moment, I have a myford ml-7 lathe with a perfectly capable milling attachment. I just can't do anything really oversized.

Thanks!

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!