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Bill Shields wrote: and a # of water is 4# (give or take)

Not sure what this means. Is there a typo embedded therein?

-- Russ

Here's another related video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLYdhfgF6Pg
Again, it's hard to know if this process will work for what you're doing.

And then there's Mr. Shields, who clicked over 10,000 a week or so ago. Another milestone!

Harold_V wrote: 26" x 54" and 30" x 58", each about 2-7/8" thick

Almost 63 board feet for $50. A bargain indeed!

There was a thread earlier this year on the same subject. Does that help?

Another "Oh wow!" from me. Always a pleasure to see what you've been up to.

I thought the same thing. But looking back, I see that wally318 is talking about a 12" diameter clock, not a wristwatch.

Welcome to the forum! I don't think I would cut the column off at all, because as soon as you do, you'll want to mill something that's too tall to fit and you'll be stuck. Better to do what you're doing already and somehow raise the workpiece as necessary. Or if you're really ambitious (and it looks...

Thanks for that, Rich. As I said, I'm ignorant of such things. I've used a cutting torch maybe twice ever, and I've never even seen a plasma cutter in operation.

RSG, Good to see you're still at it, and thanks very much for posting this info about your watches. They're just stunning! For now I planed to use existing movements as that's a bit beyond my capabilities at the moment. Really? What's harder about making a watch than what you've already done with th...

I'm asking from a position of complete ignorance, but could this maybe be done with a cobbled-together jig to somehow guide a plasma cutter? Or maybe even an oxy-fuel cutting torch? I'm guessing since it's going to be eventually welded, that A) a rather rough hole may suffice, and B) the guy doing i...

GlennW wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 5:22 pm The only way you are going to figure any of this out is to bend a test piece.

Amen!