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Old 11-22-2011, 06:01 PM
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Default Always Room for Jello!! And More Weight!!
I have been looking for for a month for wheel weights for my QL 1000, SW Virginia ain't Central PA. No luck finding weights.

Saturday I was putting the sleeve hitch on my "new" 1000 and noticed there is some wasted space between the frame and the fenders.


I went to the shop today (20 miles from the Cub) and noticed I had a "drop" of 3/4" x10" steel bar. I thought , what the heck, that might make a weight.

From my memory and what was left of that drop I cut some weights.

I put the part in the torch and did a quick program to cut two parts out of each drop I had.

The torch moves to the start position and preheats.

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After 15 seconds, the oxygen comes on, the torch starts cutting 20 inches per minute.

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Cutting in the second direction, the parts fall off.

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The finished parts ready to drill mounting holes.

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Old 11-22-2011, 06:29 PM
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Cadplans,
That is a nice cutting machine. I would love to have something like that for heavy fab work. Interested to see how you finish and mount them too.
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That looks like the PERFECT tool for ones neighbor to own :-)

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A close up of the "as cut" edge. No clean up needed!!

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Three years after I built this machine, I added a plasma torch for 1/4" and thinner parts.

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The plasma also cuts stainless and aluminum.

The plasma also cuts with 3-4 times faster IPM speeds.

Building this cutting machine was my favorite all time "do it yourself" project.
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The edge you show is cut by oxy/acet?

What a nice smooth cut!
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The edge you show is cut by oxy/acet?

What a nice smooth cut!


Almost, Oxy/propane, that is why it has a cleaner cut.
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Sweet machine! Love that smooth cut edge!
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I am a retired boilermaker and was a welder, burner for 35 years. Mostly all free hand burning with some track burner set up. Would like to see you set up, looks interesting.

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