Recent content by RedTailHawk

Re: Diy welding/fabrication table This might be one of my favorite designs for my situation. Will you post final design and parts list? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

After a weekend pondering this project, I’m thinking about breaking up the project. Instead of one large assembly spanning the entire 17’ wall. I’ll break it into two sections. I won’t connect it in the center with square steel shelves but instead I’ll use 1 1/4” slabs of oak cut from my...

Calculating weight and cost...(gulp) Using 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 16 ga, 72" long (40qty) square steel, I estimate 303lbs at a cost of $884.55 delivered. Not too bad For the glass shelf inserts, a very loose calculation of 20 sheets of 36'x12'x1/2" frosted tempered glass would be $190.18 each, for...

lots of great things to consider. I like the idea of drilling straight thru the tubes at every stud and joist. Should I drill a larger hole on the topside of the steel so that the bolt can be recessed inside the square tube? I guess its either have a exposed hole or the actual bolt head...

Yep. Glass inset shelves and LED lights tucked in to illuminate the glass shelf and bourbon bottles. I’m thinking about breaking up the steel shelves into 2 sections (left and right side) and in the middle use Alaskan chainsaw milled slabs for shelves that link the 2 steel sections. Behind...

All great feedback so far. I am planning to secure it to the ceiling and the back wall. Haven't figured out exact details of how, but the first thought that comes to mind to weld little metal tabs to the sides of the square steel tubes, drill a hole in them and use lag bolts to secure to the...

I just got started with welding and have a few small projects under my belt. Now I'm planning a larger project and would like some guidance. I've attached a picture of a square steel tube frame suspended shelving that I saw at a restaurant in DC. (I'm planning to build something in this style...

Nothing wrong with it. It was a free-standing wood stove in a tiny 1850s log cabin that also had a beautiful stone fireplace. I wanted to free up some space in the room so I installed a wood stove insert in the fireplace. It's located in Capon Bridge, WV. (And the wood stove is a...

any idea what price to list it? Is best place to sell it on Craigslist?

I recently removed an old wood stove from my log cabin and temporarily stored it in my workshop. I'm looking for suggestions on what to do with it next. Here are some of the ideas that come to mind: Use a plasma cutter to cut it into steel shooting plates Use it for constructing a welding...

Figured it out. Correction...got them separated but still haven't figured it out. Not sure how it seemed so solidly attached before. I was lifting the entire combo chest from the top toolbox handles and they seemed welded together. Laid it down in back of truck and they gently came apart...

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As I'm setting up the work area at my barn workshop, I'm reappropriating items from my home garage. I'm planning to take my Craftsman rolling combo tool chest, but can't figure out how to separate them for transportation purposes. I don't see any bolts, clamps, etc that holds the top tool box...

subscribed! I'm looking for a similar setup, but rather than the ability to remotely let someone in, I'd prefer to have a gate opener remote for my car and a couple of my guests. Otherwise a visitor would have to get out of their vehicle and push a button on the gate to open it (and in theory...

Cool. I guess that means we'll soon get to see another 'barn build' thread. Post lots of pictures. Heck, start posting some drawings of your plans and let people help refine it. No matter how big it is, I guarantee everyone will tell you to make it bigger. Though my barn was already built...