On Tuesday 15 April 2014 21:36:08 andy pugh did opine: > On 15 April 2014 21:25, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not a bad idea, but how many tons needed for the bottle jack? > > That's not how the ones I have seen work. They just had a falling > weight in something looking a bit like a guillotine. > > > I assume the dies would be good hardened steel. Can that be edm'd? > > I would use Silver Steel (O1 In the US, I think). Machine it soft, > then harden it.
So I would have to build a rocket stove. or cobble up a charcoal forge. Humm. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
