jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Dec 4, 2013 20:09:28 GMT -5
Scott is the smart one.
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Daniel Green
off to a rocking start
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Post by Daniel Green on Dec 4, 2013 21:06:44 GMT -5
Here's the ones my grandfather made back in the day. The First and Last one are the same buckle I just interchange the button on it. The middle two are some blanks he made and never did anything with.    |
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Post by connrock on Dec 5, 2013 9:25:47 GMT -5
Shotgunner,,,
Do you think a belt buckle like this can be completed from start to finish in 30 minutes?
It seems to be a lot of work,,,,especially with stainless steel.
connrock
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Post by connrock on Dec 5, 2013 9:27:05 GMT -5
Daniel,
Your grandfather did some awesome work!
connrock
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Post by rockpickerforever on Dec 5, 2013 10:38:34 GMT -5
Shotgunner,,, Do you think a belt buckle like this can be completed from start to finish in 30 minutes? It seems to be a lot of work,,,,especially with stainless steel. connrock Tom, having worked with metal (and having an idea of cutting, assembly and welding times), I wondered the same thing. I can easily see it taking 10 to 15 minutes just to get a nice polish on one. And besides metal costs (even if it is scrap picked up for next to nothing), you have all the incidentals - blade wear on saw, use of welding equipment, electricity, polishing equipment. And then there's your actual labor time. There are so many costs involved that you end up eating if you don't account for them. I'd love to see someone make a batch of these, and let us all know what they can be done for! |
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Post by 1dave on Dec 5, 2013 12:46:51 GMT -5
That has to weight a pound or two?? TSA approved tactical belt buckle. Swing that like a mace knock----- that fugger out! You deserve better than my flippant answer, so I dug out my AWS-600 digital scale: 4.19 oz, 118.6 grams. Really not that heavy . . . unless it is slapping you upside the head. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2013 18:07:06 GMT -5
huh? I guess four ounces is more solid looking than I thought! haha! I wonder what the one mentiuoned above that is made of rod, not tube weighs.
Maybe I'll get the flippant answer next time!
Tom & Jean - I do believe a well set up shop with welder handy, proper bench & saw ready to chop could chop up an entire length in under four hours. Weld, chop, weld, chop, lather rinse repeat until all you have is pre-buckles. Bend wire on a jig for the belt loop and hook, weld, weld weld. Yes, I believe it could all be done in a single work week, definitely not more than two.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Dec 5, 2013 18:20:29 GMT -5
Four hours to weld and chop 375 times? I dunnnnoo... Think it would take just a tad longer than that. 38.4 seconds per part? I'd really like to watch someone do that!
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Rock Guy 275
having dreams about rocks
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Post by Rock Guy 275 on Dec 9, 2013 15:38:58 GMT -5
I love the ideas I get off these boards!
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Post by bobby1 on Dec 15, 2013 11:37:05 GMT -5
Back in the mid 1960's when I was in the Navy I got this buckle made for me by one of the shipyard workers at the Groton Connecticut Shipyard. The submarine that I was stationed on was undergoing a reactor refuel, upsizing the missile tubes and reinforcing many seawater connections (these reinforcing changes were the result of the loss of the USS Thresher a couple years before). Because the reactor was all stainless steel they had a lot of metal workers that specialized in work on stainless steel. If I remember right it cost me a large can of coffee from the mess hall. The worker attached our standard US Navy issued brass belt buckle on the back and my submarine dolphin pin on the front and added the lettering. Military standards and regulations on the sub were quite relaxed so I routinely wore the buckle. When I was on any other Navy base or installation obviously I didn't attempt to wear it. It brings back many fond memories. Bob   |
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Post by pghram on Dec 16, 2013 12:43:34 GMT -5
Great buckle & an even better story, thanks.
Rich
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Post by 1dave on Jan 21, 2018 10:17:51 GMT -5
An oldie, but a goody.
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Post by toiv0 on Jan 21, 2018 10:53:10 GMT -5
Yep Genius I say, and more work than I would want to do, bib overalls don't require a belt or buckle.
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Maybe you can post some pictures here
Maybe you can post some pictures here