DICKEYBIRD
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In the auto dealer I work for, we fill up a 4' x 4' x 4' box with used brake discs and misc. iron & steel scrap every couple of months. It ends up at the local scrap yard and we feed everyone a "scrap lunch" in the dealer occasionally with the money made. I'm sure the iron comes back after a while as H/F lathes & mills. ;D
I picked out a few of the larger solid ones and cut them up on the bandsaw to put in my stockpile of metal. It's a little under a half-inch thick and machines beautifully. I reckon you could say they're work hardened & heat-treated what with all the heat cycles they go through in a few years of hard use. The pieces can be squared up and used to make engine frames, tooling brackets, etc. I guess a feller could bling 'em up a little and use a pair for a big ol' model engine of some sort as well.
I used 2 of the big vented ones and the outer rim of a solid one to make a counterweight for my X-3. It didn't come with a gas strut and would wear out my shoulder cranking the head up & down until I made the "crane" with compound pulleys. It spins up & down with one finger now.
Recently, I discovered the vent holes make a handy place to store often used tools & widgets. ;D
I picked out a few of the larger solid ones and cut them up on the bandsaw to put in my stockpile of metal. It's a little under a half-inch thick and machines beautifully. I reckon you could say they're work hardened & heat-treated what with all the heat cycles they go through in a few years of hard use. The pieces can be squared up and used to make engine frames, tooling brackets, etc. I guess a feller could bling 'em up a little and use a pair for a big ol' model engine of some sort as well.
I used 2 of the big vented ones and the outer rim of a solid one to make a counterweight for my X-3. It didn't come with a gas strut and would wear out my shoulder cranking the head up & down until I made the "crane" with compound pulleys. It spins up & down with one finger now.
Recently, I discovered the vent holes make a handy place to store often used tools & widgets. ;D