Recent content by ZTFab

Awesome Bill! That piece was done with short circuit MIG. .030" ER70S-6 wire with 75%/25% Argon/CO2 gas. Keep practicing...you'll get it! :rocker:

I just bought it and should have it by next week. I hope I like it A LOT for what it cost! :lol: I use a JMR TN-1000 Tubing notcher.

No, unfortunately not yet. Other things keep popping up...new bandsaw, new StrongHand BuildPro table...I'll be getting around to it eventually. It's all "smoke and mirrors" :lol::evil:

Yep, Solidworks 2012.

Thanks everyone. :beer: He picked it up today and loves it.

Thanks Claude. I had thought of doing that but the bottom had been previously ground flat and the combined weight of the two pieces is about 150lbs so I figured that the more stable I could make it, the better. Thanks!

LOL...thanks!

Thanks A_P! That was my intent with the design. Modern, yet simple, to contrast the 20 million year old fossil. Yes, he will be affixing the fossil to the stand...(not quite sure what he will use yet).

Thanks guys! :beer:

My wife's Uncle is a High School Biology/Physiology teacher and he called me last week and said he had a project for me. He shows up with this Fossil that he believes is part of the femur of a Brontosaurus that he bought at an Estate sale. The Fossil is in two pieces and and he wants to...

Thanks Ollie! :thumbup:

Thank you! I would take a look at Weldingtipsandtricks.com Jody makes some great, no-nonsense, welding videos for all sorts of processes and projects. He does a great job of showing and explaining things. As far as equipment placement in my shop goes there is no particular rhyme or reason. I...

That's going to be an awesome shop!!

LOL, thanks Steve. :beer: Yes, I use SW for almost all of my design work unless it's a simple job then I just wing it old school. Yes, that is a manual Bridgeport. 9x42 Series 1, 2 HP with DRO and power feed on the x axis. I use it for prototype work as I have a local machinist who does great...

Thanks Mike. 90% of the time I run constant but there are times when pulsing the peddle can help. The above welds were all done with a constant peddle and a standard dip/move technique. On thin outside corner joints or when you run across a small bit of contamination, pulsing the pedal can...