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2020-08-25 at 12:18 PM UTC
Originally posted by aldra Anyone know if you actually can use a propane torch with MAPP (MAPP-type I guess, the original MAPP mixture isn't produced anymore) gas? The connector is the same, there are warnings not to do it but I've looked online and the complaint just seems to be that MAPP burns hotter so it might overheat the tip.
I want to try out MAPP because it's difficult to keep a large piece of titanium red-hot with the propane torch, but I don't want to spend another $80 or so on a torch head I probably don't need. I also don't want to blow up a MAPP canister and have to be in hospital for a week while they fish pieces of canister out of my chest cavity.
I will confirm that the yellow canisters with the false term 'MAP' are NOT MAPP gas. The first time i realized it was when I was soldering some copper pipe joints then after swapping the yellow tanks from MAPP to MAP that the time to make the solder flow was noticeably longer.
They continue to sell yellow canisters because the profit margin is exponentially higher. There is no noticeable difference in time for melting something between using a yellow canister and a blue propane canister.
You won't blow up a yellow canister. Theyre designed to work with anything with a compatible attachment fitting.
Buy a cheapo harbor freight torch....the big one...for like $30...hook it to a 20lb propane tank...then surround the knife in firebrick to keep the heat somewhat focused.
I use a similar method....cept with an actual furnace...to melt aluminum and copper. I just use a literal cooking pot to melt lead.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2020-08-25 at 12:53 PM UTC
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2020-08-25 at 1:18 PM UTC
Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson I bought it yesterday on Steam, 92gb download…it crapped out at about 70gb…now it wont continue/update so I have to uninstall it and try again. It says I've played it for 8hrs because I left it "updating" overnight (which as mentioned it just sat there)…so no Steam refund now either.
I think I have a 1tb download cap a month, there goes 20% of it assuming it doesn't crap about again. What a fucking farce.
dont waste your time on MS junk. The only reason its in the 'news' so often lately is because kike gates is paying to have it advertised. x-plane is better and more realistic in flight performance. I can confirm that through first hand experience.
i used to play with that game (x-plane) before i actually went out for my license and the instructors commented on how well i was doing, which was the result of 'practicing' on the flight sim.
the trick to making the sim work best is using multiple computers to compartmentalize different aspects of the process. ive seen videos of people using high-end computers exclusively to manage the weather process...then a separate, smaller computer for the instruments, another computer for graphics, then another computer for the flight parameters. I've played on a cheap-ass 2010 vintage PC and a top-of-the-line paid simulator with actual yoke and controls and it was almost like two different sets of software. -
2020-08-25 at 2:25 PM UTC
Originally posted by aldra I meant to take some photos of the actual process but I forgot how hard it'd be to hold the metal in one hand and torch in the other and take photos.
In order to get a nice, dark finish you need to get the metal glowing-hot and then quench it (a few times). The problem I had was that even though this was a small knife, I couldn't get the whole thing hot enough before one end cooled down. So I heated in three zones, ie. get the top red hot, dip it, get the middle red hot, dip it, get the bottom red hot, dip it, repeat. I was afraid it'd come out uneven, but I actually like the finish - it looks like a solid dark grey until the light hits it, then it's kind of like a galaxy or clouds at night:
I dont know how titanium reacts to that sort of tempering...or annealing...or whatever it is that type of heating would do to it. I do know titanium alloys lose a lot of their ideal properties at high temperatures...as the Russians found out on their subs. Who thought welding titanium plates would make them fall off at 800 feet underwater.
For something that needs high working strength I suspect its not healthy. I do know that something like brass wouldn't like it very much at all. As a matter of fact...pretty much exactly what you're doing is similar to what lapua does to its high-pressure cartridge brass to give it optimal properties. Ie...base hard as a rock and zero maleability...the body/center annealed just enough to be flexible enough to expand and seal a chamber...and the mouth annealed the most to just be able to hold a bullet but not too hard that it can't expand well enough to let it out before the bullet explodes.
But...if its working for you and doesn't affect its working strength, might as well carry on.
If it were me I'd do what I mentioned earlier...bigger torch, bigger fuel tank. Plus...those little tanks lose pressure and effectiveness once they cool too much from excessive use. Thats why I use dual 100-lb tanks for copper and aluminum. I've literally had ice on a 20-lb tank just from melting lead. -
2020-08-25 at 2:28 PM UTC
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2020-08-25 at 2:55 PM UTC
Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson 11.
Too much pissing around with 3rd party addons. MS 2020 is just good to go and a world apart from anything prior. Try it.
I've got a yoke but havent dug it out yet, it's in a storage container somewhere.
Yea...xplane needs the addons. I have tons of them. But the add-ons make it more customizable. The way I look at it i can adjust the software to however I want instead of being forced into what the developer wants.
I had to get a yoke. The plane I fly has a yoke and using the joystick setup on the game was screwing me up in an actual plane. -
2020-08-25 at 3:02 PM UTC
Originally posted by aldra Oxidising in this case, I normally prefer to electrically anodize it but I don't know of any other way to get a black finish without harsh chemicals.
And yeah I'd be worried about the strength of the metal if it were part of a plane or submarine, not so much in this case. I was concerned it might warp but I don't think I got it hot enough for that
Harsh chemicals are the best way to do anything.
Isocyanates are the best. Whoever invented that shit needs to get a nobel prize.
From what I can tell, the most toxic and hazardous a chemical is, the better and more effective it is.
My favorite thing about ceracote is the smell. Probably kill half my brain cells every time I use it. -
2020-08-25 at 3:04 PM UTC
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2020-08-25 at 3:07 PM UTC
