wheels 543 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 I built myself an electropolishing tank to polish SST. I can also Anodize Aluminium parts in it as well. It's been a lot of Fun. It is capable of producing 600A at 12V Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Cool! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dtwo 157 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Are those anchor chain hooky things being polished there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,591 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 a lot of effort to make fancy beer can holders??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,239 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Cool wheels, well done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 Are those anchor chain hooky things being polished there? shhhhh, top secret...but yes. 8mm ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 a lot of effort to make fancy beer can holders??? Close...bottle top openers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clive 13 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Nice bit of kit! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freedom GBE 27 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Very cool 600 amps at 12 V. Does it draw 7000+ watts. That's my limit with electronic knowledge. A bit scary. That would blow a few fuses and heat up the wires. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Nice work wheels. Not sure about the TIG welding on those hooks. Looks a bit like MY efforts!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 Looks worse than they are smithy. Although on the little ones shown, they are very difficult to get into to weld. But that pic is before polishing, so it is showing all the crap. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 Wheels just isn't a pretty face you know.......... errr, not too sure he's even that Some may say Rugged and Windswept Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dtwo 157 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Do you make 10mm chain hook thingies? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John B 106 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I didn't realise Wheels made those for Knots. I have a 10mm one I've been using for 3 seasons or so( plus or minus a year or two cos I can't remember). Very nice thing that it is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 Do you make 10mm chain hook thingies? Yes there is a 10mm. 8mm is the smallest I make. Simply because it is too hard to get inside to weld anything smaller. Plus there are cheaper alternatives for the small chain brigade and often anyone using less than 8mm chain have rope to chain. 8mm and up tends to be more the all chain brigade. KM sells 8 right right up to 26 and the 26 is a hell of a lump of SST. The 8mm which are in the Pic are not made with quite the same love of finish as the bigger ones. Once again, due to size and also due to the real flash boats that want to show off " bling" tend to have chain of 14mm and up. They are not the cheapest thing, but there are hrs and hrs of work and every part is hand made from flat SST and then shaped and ground and welded and ground and then polished. I decided to try electropolishing because I was hoping I could get the things close to finish and drop the final hand polishing part. But I have found that is not possible. You have to get the surface down to 320grit to get a good finish. So that means you end up polishing them anyway. I will still EP them because it leaves a superior hard chrome rich surface over hand polishing. And it has been fun learning about EP. An expensive learning experience, but a lot of fun. I have made small changes every time I do a batch to make improvements. We put lots of time into developing them in the beginning. They are not just a simple hook as such. They have a specific break out loading, with the idea that the hook should let go just before the Chain (if it is a real chain, not Chinese) distorts. So the weld on the inside that smithy doesn't think is flash, is actually laid in there in a specific way to " cup" the link and support the side wall. When it does let go, it doesn't actually fail. The teeth splay outward and let the chain go and then you can press it back to shape with not too much loss in strength. If it is done once or twice at most that is. All other forms of hooks on the market tend to damage the chain once the limits are reached and there is nothing worse than a chain damaged part way down it's length. Hopefully this saves the chain, but if one is in that kind of blow, there may well be other problems anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 very nice - I see KM is giving away your big ones! http://www.chainsropesandanchors.co.nz/Anchor-System-Accessories/24mm-snubber-hook Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 I tool a couple of pics of the hooks today as I was wrapping them up for courier. Dang it's hard to take a pic of something so shiney. I could not get the camera to focus. Or it was something i was doing wrong.So here is the small 8mm and the big'un. Which can also be used for protection should someone sneek aboard one night The second pic is the inside of the big one, but it didn't focus properly. So you will have to squint and cross your eyes and pretend you are looking at the Welds. It is showing the welds in case anyone is concerned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snail 1 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Serious bing with a useful purpose. Impressive! Now if I could just afford the boat to show them off on..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 You could always buy the Bling and just use it to stare at and dream of the day of owning the Boat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snail 1 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I think there's enought boat porn being viewed already.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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