Gravedigger
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Nice Shop and excellent fabrication
26x27 detached in So Cal
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Thanks.
Quick Update:
I spoke with an Engineer from the Company that built my roof trusses about modifying them for more ceiling height above my lift. He told me that they just finished a job up the street from me doing the same thing and knew exactly what needed to be done.
He told me it would be $250 for them to come to my house and provide me with approved and stamped plans for the modification(s) to the trusses.
I set an appointment for them to come by on Wednesday....we'll see how it goes.
So I met with the engineer Wednesday morning and he just called me with the estimate.
They want/need to build me 9 new trusses. They will build each truss in two pieces and sister them to my existing trusses, then cut out the offending pieces of the old trusses. This will give me a tray of 11' wide x 20' long with 22" more than my existing ceiling height of 10'1".
They will do all of this for $1960. $1160 for the trusses and $800 for labor. Sounds reasonable to me. What do you think?
They want/need to build me 9 new trusses. They will build each truss in two pieces and sister them to my existing trusses, then cut out the offending pieces of the old trusses. This will give me a tray of 11' wide x 20' long with 22" more than my existing ceiling height of 10'1".
They will do all of this for $1960. $1160 for the trusses and $800 for labor. Sounds reasonable to me. What do you think?
Zengineer
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Sounds decent to me. 22" extra ceiling height will be pretty killer!
5lima30
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That is a VERY well equipped fab shop. I would love to have some equipment like that!
klean63
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Your shop is amazing, but your fab skills are absolutely off the hook
I'm envious of people that have metal fabfrication skills like yours
I'm envious of people that have metal fabfrication skills like yours
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medicwarrior
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nice welds
zmotorsports
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ZT, nice to see you posting here. I have followed a lot of your work on other sites and your work inspires me to constantly improve my welding skills. Nice shop and setup that you have. Mike.
johnnybentwrench
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awesome welds. it's nice to see that people do quality work
Stuntmonkey
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Just popping into say those welds are absolutely gorgeous, don't think I've seen anything that purdy is a long time.
dykstra
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Agreed!!
neonnblack
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I'm a little turned on
jk unlimited
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that is some of the best welding I hve seen, a work of art
muibubbles
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are you a robot?
Motown 454
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That looks beautiful! Awesome work.
harvey4804
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Are you familiar with Clint Precision in San Diego?
chris bsopke
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Hi ZT
Your work is truly inspiring , but if you don't mind me asking how do you dress your tungstens, what sort of angle etc etc . I like many look forward to you showing us more of your work.
Cheers Chris Cant
Your work is truly inspiring , but if you don't mind me asking how do you dress your tungstens, what sort of angle etc etc . I like many look forward to you showing us more of your work.
Cheers Chris Cant
Thanks Chris..I dress my tungstens on my Burr king belt sander with the Tungsten mounted in my cordless hand drill. I sharpen them to about a 15* angle and to a sharp point. I have tried truncated grinding but find that I like a very sharp point to aid in puddle control.
Here's a nice article on tungsten grinding. My tungstens look like the ones on the far left of the angle diagram.
http://www.weldlikeapro.com/pdf/GrindingTungsten.pdf
Hope that helps.
- Paul
Here are some other pieces I made today.
These are radius rods for the new Polaris RZR XP UTV. The stock ones are 3/4" diameter solid rods and these are 1.125" x .095" tubing and will use 1/2" FK rod ends.
TIG welded using my Aircrafter welding positioner and a 4x4 block of wood as a steady rest for my hands.
These are radius rods for the new Polaris RZR XP UTV. The stock ones are 3/4" diameter solid rods and these are 1.125" x .095" tubing and will use 1/2" FK rod ends.
TIG welded using my Aircrafter welding positioner and a 4x4 block of wood as a steady rest for my hands.
chris bsopke
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Thanks for the link Paul , info I already know but I was interested in what you did , my tig welding isn't quite up to your standard but I tend to go for a sharper grind myself same reason's seem's easier to keep good control of the puddle.
Cheers Chris Cant
Cheers Chris Cant
1Garageman
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I do not even currently weld and I am subscribing to this because I am amazed at your welding abilities. I welded in college back in 96' for a cool class but not since then. Your welding is amazing! You truly have an amazing skill.
impala_631
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Very Nice place u have there,it looks like u know how to work a tig!!!
Thanks impala!
I need to update this thread with some new pictures as I've moved a lot of things around in the shop but I haven't had the time to take any good pics yet.
In the meantime, here are some other projects that I've done.
Got my bandsaw in and made a mobile cart for it:
Scuderia-F1
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That is a VERY nice shop you have there, & I have NEVER EVER seen welds like that!
Lewisthepilgrim
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<---- Jealous !
that is the SICKEST mobile cart i have ever seen. im have been lucky to have spent time around F1 indycar and some nascar, i have NEVER seen welds that nice. have you ever thought about teaching some of those mad skills??? im talking private lessons,im sure people would PAY good money to learn from you.....just a thought ....
that is the SICKEST mobile cart i have ever seen. im have been lucky to have spent time around F1 indycar and some nascar, i have NEVER seen welds that nice. have you ever thought about teaching some of those mad skills??? im talking private lessons,im sure people would PAY good money to learn from you.....just a thought ....
Thanks...I appreciate all the compliments.
I have taught a handful of people already and am always wiling to help teach others what I know. (It's better when they can teach me something at the same time!).
Here is another bandsaw cart I did for a 23" Pehaka bandsaw that was formerly mine but is now my brother's.
chris bsopke
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Hi Paul
Just reread your thread , did you get your roof trusses swapped out above your lift . If so it's about time you showed us all a few pics.
Cheers Chris C
Just reread your thread , did you get your roof trusses swapped out above your lift . If so it's about time you showed us all a few pics.
Cheers Chris C
UncleDirty
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Very sanitary work space and amazing fab work.
Toolman12
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Impressive to say the least. You are a welding GOD! never seen anything like it
I bow in envy for i am just a mortal
I bow in envy for i am just a mortal
Hey Chris...unfortunately I haven't had the trusses modified yet. I paid for and still have the stamped plans and will do it in the future, just not sure when.
I actually sold my Weaver twin post lift and bought an Atlas SLP-7k full rise scissor lift so that I can mount it flush to the floor. Since my shop is quite small I need to keep it as modular and adaptable as possible.
I still haven't even had time to install my scissor lift and I've had the damn thing for almost a year.
Very sanitary work space and amazing fab work.
Thanks....I appreciate the compliments.
LOL....yes, sort of. It's an oven that I use for preheating parts before welding.
I used to mainly use it on these...
They are the cutting blades for Champion Rescue's "Beast" cutter/spreader. They are made from S7 tool steel and need preheat before any welding can be done.