Comments on: Nelson-Lodefink Ball clock Phase 1 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/ A tinkerer's journal and look at life's debris. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:50:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Preeti http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-266381 Preeti Sat, 07 May 2011 05:12:23 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-266381 It is a Very Nice Blog It is a Very Nice Blog

]]> By: seema http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-257318 seema Sat, 12 Mar 2011 11:08:43 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-257318 wow cool clock. wow cool clock.

]]> By: Welding Machines http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-228988 Welding Machines Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:38:22 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-228988 I found informative as well as useful Blog here. As an industrial analyst, I would like to share about welder in Australia. They provide welding machines, welding helmets, mig/tig welding, equipments tools & accessories etc... I found informative as well as useful Blog here. As an industrial analyst, I would like to share about welder in Australia. They provide welding machines, welding helmets, mig/tig welding, equipments tools & accessories etc…

]]> By: HairyMan http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-205889 HairyMan Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:17:16 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-205889 Not bad... Not bad. Not bad… Not bad.

]]> By: vladimer kerchenko http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-720 vladimer kerchenko Sat, 13 Aug 2005 07:08:28 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-720 Peter Says: my girlfriend could lay down a half-decent bead with the right feed rate. WHAT! are you talking about??!!! sounds sexy. Peter Says: my girlfriend could lay down a half-decent bead with the right feed rate.

WHAT! are you talking about??!!! sounds sexy.

]]> By: Greg http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-717 Greg Thu, 11 Aug 2005 02:37:58 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-717 Good for you! Beautiful. A MIG welder is like a coffee grinder. A person shouldn't go through life without one. Dad in law and I built what we like to consider as a small travel trailer with a 115 volt MIG. Fun project. Except when the mitre saw fitted with metal cutting blade caught fire and charred a good chunk of the lawn. Beware hot metal and plastic parts! Keep going. Greg Good for you! Beautiful. A MIG welder is like a coffee grinder. A person shouldn’t go through life without one. Dad in law and I built what we like to consider as a small travel trailer with a 115 volt MIG. Fun project. Except when the mitre saw fitted with metal cutting blade caught fire and charred a good chunk of the lawn. Beware hot metal and plastic parts! Keep going.

Greg

]]> By: tom http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-716 tom Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:24:20 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-716 hey wow cool clock. i have an original ball clock. i believe from 1947. says on the back trademark not registered so i guess it dates it love your wrk. did lots of welding in artschool in the 80's stay with it. tom hey

wow cool clock.
i have an original ball clock. i believe from 1947.
says on the back trademark not registered so i guess it dates it

love your wrk. did lots of welding in artschool in the 80’s

stay with it.

tom

]]> By: pjimmyb http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-711 pjimmyb Tue, 09 Aug 2005 18:48:23 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-711 Hey Martoon, he was welding with a flux core mig, don't need a chipping hammer for those welds, the slag isn't thick like that left by a stick, just wire brush the welds, the flux core have a tendency to spatter a lot but most of that can be knocked off with a hand brush or a cup brush in a grinder or drill. Hey Martoon, he was welding with a flux core mig, don’t need a chipping hammer for those welds, the slag isn’t thick like that left by a stick, just wire brush the welds, the flux core have a tendency to spatter a lot but most of that can be knocked off with a hand brush or a cup brush in a grinder or drill.

]]> By: martoon http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-709 martoon Tue, 09 Aug 2005 14:23:53 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-709 if your going to weld like that, do yourself a favor. splurge an extra 3 dollars and buy yourself a a chipping hammer. <div class="typewriter"> steve says: Haha! Yeah, hopefully I won't always weld like that.</div> if your going to weld like that, do yourself a favor. splurge an extra 3 dollars and buy yourself a a chipping hammer.

steve says:

Haha!

Yeah, hopefully I won’t always weld like that.

]]> By: Payday http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-707 Payday Tue, 09 Aug 2005 13:40:17 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-707 I tried making a clock once- the face of the clock rotated instead of the hands. It turned out ok, and i used the exact same pre-made quartz doodad you're using. The only problem was the little doodad that moves the hands didn't have enough strength to move the posterboard circles (about the size of a dinner plate) used for the faces. Scaling up your ball clock to 27 inches would require larger hands, and i dont know if that little quartz doodad will work right. Cool idea though. I tried making a clock once- the face of the clock rotated instead of the hands. It turned out ok, and i used the exact same pre-made quartz doodad you’re using. The only problem was the little doodad that moves the hands didn’t have enough strength to move the posterboard circles (about the size of a dinner plate) used for the faces. Scaling up your ball clock to 27 inches would require larger hands, and i dont know if that little quartz doodad will work right. Cool idea though.

]]> By: Peter http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-706 Peter Tue, 09 Aug 2005 13:06:56 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-706 Cool, keep up the good work. MIG is by far the easiest way for people to learn how to weld, even my girlfriend could lay down a half-decent bead with the right feed rate. Tell me when you make one out of aluminum and you TIG it, that'd be really beautiful :D Cool, keep up the good work. MIG is by far the easiest way for people to learn how to weld, even my girlfriend could lay down a half-decent bead with the right feed rate. Tell me when you make one out of aluminum and you TIG it, that’d be really beautiful :D

]]> By: Gill http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-704 Gill Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:29:56 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-704 I like the clock. I wouldn't mind one my self. I like the clock. I wouldn’t mind one my self.

]]> By: Phill http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-701 Phill Tue, 09 Aug 2005 07:06:46 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-701 The patent is going to be expired on this. You don't need a license to build it (and sell it on ebay). FYI The patent is going to be expired on this. You don’t need a license to build it (and sell it on ebay). FYI

]]> By: Darg http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-700 Darg Tue, 09 Aug 2005 05:01:54 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-700 Adam, sounds cool. And if anyone gives you trouble, a detachable faceplate makes it a shuriken (throwing star)! Then again, it'll catch on clothes and a thousand other things, the spokes will probably bend too easily, etc. And flex your wrist wrong and you jab yourself in the back of the hand. Not so cool. What is the rule... form follows function? Adam, sounds cool. And if anyone gives you trouble, a detachable faceplate makes it a shuriken (throwing star)!

Then again, it’ll catch on clothes and a thousand other things, the spokes will probably bend too easily, etc. And flex your wrist wrong and you jab yourself in the back of the hand. Not so cool.
What is the rule… form follows function?

]]> By: Adam http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-699 Adam Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:08:37 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-699 I wanna wristwatch version. I wanna wristwatch version.

]]> By: Eric http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-698 Eric Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:07:51 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-698 Man, your welding needs work. I swear, this is not a troll. I'm just slightly drunk. Man, your welding needs work.

I swear, this is not a troll. I’m just slightly drunk.

]]> By: dave http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-697 dave Tue, 09 Aug 2005 03:36:38 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-697 sweet! it's going to be fab when it's done. you might need a heftier movement, though, if you're going to be using large hunks of maple for the hands. sweet! it’s going to be fab when it’s done. you might need a heftier movement, though, if you’re going to be using large hunks of maple for the hands.

]]> By: hank http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-696 hank Tue, 09 Aug 2005 03:28:37 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-696 But do your research and wear an adequate respirator. Those who do not read epidemiology are the ones who contribute to the sample size for the later research. Results 1 - 10 of about 11,500 for welding manganese Parkinson's. (0.41 seconds) WELDING, MANGANESE AND PARKINSONISM -For Forensic Toxicology ... Two welders from two different companies had the two highest manganese exposures. ... Manganese as possible ecoetiologic factor in Parkinson's disease. ... www.environmentaldiseases.com/article_wmp.html - Everyone I know who's been welding for 20 or more years has shaky hands. This is just beginning to surface as a problem. <div class="typewriter"> steve says: Hank, That's interesting, thanks. I'll take precations. steve </div> But do your research and wear an adequate respirator. Those who do not read epidemiology are the ones who contribute to the sample size for the later research.

Results 1 – 10 of about 11,500 for welding manganese Parkinson’s. (0.41 seconds)

WELDING, MANGANESE AND PARKINSONISM -For Forensic Toxicology …
Two welders from two different companies had the two highest manganese exposures.
… Manganese as possible ecoetiologic factor in Parkinson’s disease. …
http://www.environmentaldiseases.com/article_wmp.html –

Everyone I know who’s been welding for 20 or more years has shaky hands. This is just beginning to surface as a problem.

steve says:

Hank,

That’s interesting, thanks.

I’ll take precations.

steve

]]> By: vladimir kerchenko http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-686 vladimir kerchenko Wed, 03 Aug 2005 02:38:41 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-686 hello clock-o-holics and welding junkies... george nelson actually did produce a larger ball clock, if you get the dimensions you can emulate it. see link: http://www.jetsetmodern.com/clocks.htm it is not being re-produced by vitra or anything, though they should re-produce it in my humble opinion. vitra is the only authorized and licensed mfg of the nelson clocks, so don't be fooled by imitations, unless of course it is a handcrafted piece from finkbuilt. if you want the real-deal and don't have your welding chops down you can purchase one hassle free here: (sorry steve) http://hivemodern.com/products/?cid=81&cid2=209 hello clock-o-holics and welding junkies… george nelson actually did produce a larger ball clock, if you get the dimensions you can emulate it. see link: http://www.jetsetmodern.com/clocks.htm it is not being re-produced by vitra or anything, though they should re-produce it in my humble opinion. vitra is the only authorized and licensed mfg of the nelson clocks, so don’t be fooled by imitations, unless of course it is a handcrafted piece from finkbuilt. if you want the real-deal and don’t have your welding chops down you can purchase one hassle free here: (sorry steve) http://hivemodern.com/products/?cid=81&cid2=209

]]> By: Phill http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/comment-page-1/#comment-684 Phill Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:01:31 +0000 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52#comment-684 Wow, that's gonna be clocktacular! Wow, that’s gonna be clocktacular!

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