Recent content by paulwolf350

Awesome work, I might use some of your ideas in my own workshop:rocker:

those welds dont look too bad.... Weldiing thinner material is harder to control the heat try welding the same pipe in smaller beads say 8 instead of 4 I normally weld about 3/4 - 1 inch beads, missing every second one, then filling in the gaps Paul

I have the exact ratchet pictured, and fint it very useful as a nut driver. the black do you mentioned is actually an allen head screw for adjusting side tension, mine is set so that it can move when you want it to but is not floppy I still use a normal ratchet for the initial break and final...

I bought some sockets off VintageFan too Arrived well wrapped and very happy with the deal, there were some shipping dramas but he sorted them out and got the stuff as promised. I am half way round the earth, so sometimes things happen as i said well packaged, great deal on shipping, happy...

cheers Taddy, it is the normal P1000 strut. I had some mega duty rollers that will it this strut somewhere, and the swivel mechanism i built to take these, but they are missing at the moment. I have some unistrut trucks, I might use them in place of my contraption until the rollers can be found

More done on the welder gantry this weekend, got the mounting frame finished forgot to take construction photos so it is finished and painted gantry all painted and sliding track installed its mounted to the shed purlin with 8 purlin bolts, plus braced to the top hat to stop it...

Thanks man, I really love wheeling it. Just need to sort out my workshop so I can work on it. Worhshop revamp thread coming real soon Paul

Got a bit more done on my gantry today, started off with an idea for a swivel, so i machined this 3 piece one with 12mm rod inside it is welded together on each end then built a frame to mount onto my welder in place of the carry handle, welded to the swivel and a piese of plate which...

Well, the next installment is my fix for something that has been bugging me for a while, I know these projects are pretty basic, they are not really meant as instructional. They are however what I am using as learning to use my tools properly. I have one of the chinese trolleys, this is...

Thanks, I tend to use them a lot (maybe I'm cheap, maybe I see the value in junk), either way I keep way too much. But the only thing I bought in the photos is the 1.5x 1.5 tube for the gantry. I have come across some great ideas on GJ for some improvements to my workshop so will start a garage...

Cheers, and welcome to the board. Gantry is 2.4m and I have 2m of stainless unistrut to go on it. My welder is 53kg with the wire so I was looking to build my own trolley to fit in the unistrut, but not 100% sure how yet Paul

Been a bit busy with the family this weekend but I did manage to get 1/2 a day today in the workshop managed to fabricate the hinges and installed onto the gantry Also decided to make something i saw at work, they had a stand for all their grinding discs, mine live in an icecream container...

Workshop is crazy disorganised at the moment, needs a way big cleanup lathe and mill are both taiwanese, same company that makes Hafco (the mill actually is a hafco, RF-30. Lathe is a 300mm gap bed) will post some pictures of my mess shortly

Hello, I have been lurking around GJ for a bit, was introduced by a friend who found GJ from Jalopy journal. Anyway I am a tool geek who has a 7m x 6m (23 x19.5 feet) workshop and 6m x 6m (19.5 x 19.5 feet) storage shed. Both are iron frames with coloured iron sheeting, as is the norm over here...

Yes, I think this thread (and 12 guage) has inspired me to do something with my own garage. It is completely un organised and unusable. Unfortunately no vintage tools though, will have to make to with some 'modern stuff' and my sanity relieving fabrication projects. Thanks for sharing Paul