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- by braderfitter
- Wed Apr 02, 2014 3:46 pm
- Forum: Member Introductions
- Topic: Newbie from the Philippines!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1255
Re: Newbie from the Philippines!
welcome to the forum " pare ko"
This is a very useful forum I assure you that.
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- by braderfitter
- Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:50 pm
- Forum: Metal Cutting
- Topic: Oxygen/Acetylene Safety please chime in
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6452
Re: Oxygen/Acetylene Safety please chime in
I think I have to recalibrate my brain from metric to English unit because I have to pause for a while to convert every number but I will get along I just need little time. i find all information here as very helpful kudos to everybody
- by braderfitter
- Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:39 pm
- Forum: Metal Cutting
- Topic: Oxygen/Acetylene Safety please chime in
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6452
Re: Oxygen/Acetylene Safety please chime in
we use unitor equipment onboard and the central distribution pipes are all stainless still so I'm not worried and besides the ships is already 10 years old . but i have to admit reading so much information sometimes scares me
even though i am in this job for 20 years
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- by braderfitter
- Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:25 pm
- Forum: Metal Cutting
- Topic: Lathes and Mills
- Replies: 91
- Views: 18282
Re: Lathes and Mills
I was reading every post on this thread to make sure i understand what is happening. i was looking online what this BV20 lathe might look like so in what i have seen is that the headstock spindle has a tapered thread adapter for the chuck and in my experience if you do heavy machining in this kind o...
- by braderfitter
- Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:56 pm
- Forum: Welding Forum General Shop Talk
- Topic: New old to me drill press
- Replies: 9
- Views: 864
Re: New old to me drill press
maybe you could attached a picture of your drill press. I repair some old drill press and other workshop machine (lathe , milling, etc) before i work on the ship (25 years ago more or less)The oldest drill press I handled is a Y type flat belt pulley driven Southbend drill , maybe i can contribute s...
- by braderfitter
- Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:20 pm
- Forum: Welding Forum General Shop Talk
- Topic: Best Drill press chucks?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 631
Re: Best Drill press chucks?
i use Rohm keyless drill chuck onboard our ship, it is 13mm/1/2" cap. it is very precise and can put the 1mm drill in it
- by braderfitter
- Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:30 am
- Forum: Metal Cutting
- Topic: Oxygen/Acetylene Safety please chime in
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6452
Re: Oxygen/Acetylene Safety please chime in
i have a question, if decomposition do occur can it be prevented or contained by flashback arrestor and non return fittings from reaching the bottles? Our gas welding system here on board is a centralize distribution system. The hoses fitting are non return connected to flashback arrestor which is c...
- by braderfitter
- Thu Mar 27, 2014 5:10 pm
- Forum: Welding Forum General Shop Talk
- Topic: Drill and tap?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 441
Re: Drill and tap?
I use 3 phase motor drill press in my workshop with reversing switch at the lever (it automatically reverses when you release the down force of the spindle) I put the tap directly in the drill chuck after i made the hole but did not tighten it so much so the tap would just slide from the chuck if ja...
- by braderfitter
- Thu Mar 27, 2014 4:52 pm
- Forum: Metal Cutting
- Topic: Oxygen/Acetylene Safety please chime in
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6452
Re: Oxygen/Acetylene Safety please chime in
c2h2 decomposition heard anything about it? Yep. That's why acetylene gauges have a red line above 15 PSI. Here's a quote from the Wikipedia article: "Acetylene is not especially toxic but when generated from calcium carbide it can contain toxic impurities such as traces of phosphine and arsin...
- by braderfitter
- Thu Mar 27, 2014 4:23 pm
- Forum: Member Introductions
- Topic: New onboard an oilchem tanker in Baltic region
- Replies: 6
- Views: 597
Re: New onboard an oilchem tanker in Baltic region
we will be on drydock on roughly 2 weeks from now in Falkenberg Sweden it will be interesting. Though the major welding job will be done by the shipyard the ship's crew would do some of the minor jobs (well its not a minor job as I see it) like overhauling our 7500 hp main engine, that's our major c...
- by braderfitter
- Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:24 pm
- Forum: Metal Cutting
- Topic: Oxygen/Acetylene Safety please chime in
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6452
Re: Oxygen/Acetylene Safety please chime in
c2h2 decomposition heard anything about it?
- by braderfitter
- Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:52 pm
- Forum: Member Introductions
- Topic: New onboard an oilchem tanker in Baltic region
- Replies: 6
- Views: 597
New onboard an oilchem tanker in Baltic region
Hi to everyone out there. I am new to this forum so i am very excited read all the exciting post and get some good advices from you guys since here onboard there is no fix job it is always different everyday
Ariel
Ariel
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