Damon Brantley's Blog – February 2016 Archive (3)

Corvair Core

Picked up my Corvair Core today. Probably be a good year

before I really start tearing into it, but the seller was relatively close by and the price reasonable.…

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Added by Damon Brantley on February 27, 2016 at 11:08pm — No Comments

Panel Hack Saw

A panel hack saw is a special kind of hacksaw that uses a spring steel sheet as a back to support a standard hacksaw blade. This allows the saw to make long cuts in metal where a normal hack saw would be stopped by the bar.

When I first found out about them I wanted to buy one, but no one seems to make them anymore. So I had to make one of my own.The spring steel is .032 sheet and the hacksaw blade is a standard blade.

The saw can be a little tricky to use.  The…

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Added by Damon Brantley on February 20, 2016 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Homemade Tucking Forks

A homemade set of tucking forks for fluting parts. While I have used this on only two parts, I like the control these give me over creating flutes compared to the fluting pliers I have used for just about everything else.…

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Added by Damon Brantley on February 13, 2016 at 9:09pm — 2 Comments

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