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Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:33 pm

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bsaride · Post by **bsaride** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:10 pm

Reminder to self: Do NOT tailgate Sixgun!

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:07 pm

Great idea!!!

Ben_Rumson · Post by **Ben_Rumson** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:45 pm

Hmmmm Wonder how my Sawz All would work

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:13 am

The question is, where do you get a huge chunck of Lino like that?

Poohgyrr · Post by **Poohgyrr** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:25 am

Ysabel Kid wrote:Great idea!!!

Which part? The saw or the tailgating?

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:02 am

Poohgyrr wrote:
Ysabel Kid wrote:Great idea!!!

Which part? The saw or the tailgating?

Both!

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:58 am

TedH wrote:The question is, where do you get a huge chunck of Lino like that?

Ted,
In its day, thats the mould design that was used to melt down linotype. Then it was made into type. (and melted over and over) Its a pain in the butt to put in a casting furnace, hence, the bandsaw method.

------------------Sixgun

w30wcf · Post by **w30wcf** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:14 am

Sixgun,
Great idea!

For those of us that don't have a bandsaw:
You can break up a linotype bar with a sledge hammer by placing a 2x4 under either end and also as the pieces get smaller.

A number of years ago I aquired several bars (like Sixgun's picture) of what was supposed to be linotype. They all broke up nicely with the exception of one

. All it would do was bend regardless of which way I hit it. Turned out that it was a lead / tin alloy masquerading as a bar of lino.

w30wcf

Steelbanger · Post by **Steelbanger** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:57 pm

TedH,

I know where to get bars like that . . under my basement stairs. I have 'em layered about 8 across and stacked 7 layers high.

And like w30wcf I too break them up using the hammer method. A bit noisy and the pieces aren't as neat looking as Sixguns but I bet our bullets look the same.

As for tailgaters, I think we just learned a practical use for zinc wheelweights.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:13 pm

Steelbanger wrote:TedH,

As for tailgaters, I think we just learned a practical use for zinc wheelweights.

Ted, Been there and done that. The zinc wheelweights tend to only crack glass. I prefer to have items of heavy mass for complete penetration

(i only hope no one takes this seriously

)

MikeS. · Post by **MikeS.** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:21 pm

So where do you get linotype?

El Chivo · Post by **El Chivo** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:37 pm

just make sure you don't inhale the dust!

handirifle · Post by **handirifle** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:46 pm

OK this is a little OT of the OT post but what the heck. Has anyone ever converted or modifyied their bandsaws to cut metal. I'd like to cut aluminum on mine, on occasion, and I tried it once. Blade speed must be too high cause it just burned up the blade and didn't cut worth a hoot.

I see about the slow cut blade, but I was even using a metal cutting blade.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:06 pm

MikeS. wrote:So where do you get linotype?

Mike, 'ya gotta be real lucky to get linotype as it is not used anymore. A couple of years ago I got lucky when I was in this gunshop shooting the bull about casting and this guy came up to me and said he had 5 or 6 thousand pounds of the stuff. I followed him home and bought $400 worth for .60 a pound. I think I'm gonna head on down there again and I hope he is still alive as when I saw him he was drunker than heck and an old timer toboot-------------Sixgun

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:09 pm

handirifle wrote:OK this is a little OT of the OT post but what the heck. Has anyone ever converted or modifyied their bandsaws to cut metal. I'd like to cut aluminum on mine, on occasion, and I tried it once. Blade speed must be too high cause it just burned up the blade and didn't cut worth a hoot.

I see about the slow cut blade, but I was even using a metal cutting blade.

Handirifle, I just don't know as I had the same problem. I burnt up a metal blade cutting up a piece of conduit. I cut off two pieces and that was it. I think you have to buy a quality blade and go real slow. For cutting metal, I use a 12" cut off wheel mounted on a motor-----Sixgun

handirifle · Post by **handirifle** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:33 pm

I have a cheap cutoff saw, but am not happy with the sloppy cuts. I need something to make more accurate cuts with.

Lloyd Smale · Post by **Lloyd Smale** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:54 am

I lean them against a cement block and smack them with a sledge hammer.