Recent content by iamironman

Had my kids for the weekend so we made a Halloween decoration for the shop on Saturday. I came up with the spider idea, my daughter said it needs a web and laid it out. My son said it needed big fangs so it could eat a bug. From preconceived notion to done was about 5 hours including lunch...

So they're done and gone a few weeks now. As far as I know they're ready for public consumption. Anyone in the DC area who cares to stop by and check I'll pay your admission. ;)

Thanks, I will. Here's a short promo produced by the hi tech video outfit (www.elumenati.com) that I'm sub contracting for, they do some really cool stuff. The promo is for The Science Panorama at the Nature Research Center at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, NC...

I'm just a tad excited about this job. These are stands for a semi hemispheric video screens for an immersive interactive installation, spnsored by NASA and JPL, for the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Yes I admit I am like totally geeking out. I mean some of my work will be in the same...

Thanks. 1)set 3-1/2" pipe on rotisserie stands. 2) lay out risers using a pipe wrap and a little math to get riser height. 3)tack treads in using a jig that locates and holds them. Overlap about an inch. When all are there use an able gauge to compare entry and exit points. Redo or proceed if...

Finished this last week. Waiting for powder coat shop to finish it, then go install it. Sent using the power of electro-magnetism.

That Caddy intake is fuggun' sweet.

Just finished this dog box for some bear dogs.

If you have the o/a set and can get a helper to preheat while you're ready and waiting to weld it should be no problem. In a pinch a small part like that can sometimes be welded successfully without the preheat. While I can only guess by your pics I'd be willing to bet it is cast iron, it's a...

If it is cast iron, (most grades anyway) and is NOT a structural item, but purely ornamental, you may be able to mig (GMAW) weld it, too. While not one of the best methods it is doable with a little care. Preheating and stress relieving (gently peening immediately after welding) and slow...

Yes a bit dated, but that model, and its badge engineered cousin, the Airco Heliwelder, truly deserve top billing in the welder hall of fame. Great machines.

4 done 4 to go. I wish I had made an extra to keep, be a nice job box.

Yup, I use the econo-jig system™. I tack up the 1st piece of each part's run then tack down some scrap pieces to jig up the 4' x 10' x 3/8" layout table. At the end of each run just break them off and grind the table smooth again. They're welded only on one side to make this easy with a big...

I'm ready to be done now. Still have shelves, skins and latches to go. Front and rear cabinet doors closed. Rear doors open, this will be for product storage. Front doors open, this will have product display racks on the inside wall and inside the doors. A bay full of buggies. I made a...

Got 8 of these to build and skin by the 31st. Sunglass display carts for a NASCAR event vendor. Cut over 2000' of 1" tube so far.