Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT My Mini Garagemahal

[fouckhest]

Keep practicing and post up your pictures.

Thank you so much for the feedback, it is greatly appreciated! Looking forward to putting the big cup on and giving it another go!

 

[Trapps]

This is why I love Garage Journal. Not just people doing cool ****. People sharing and teaching cool ****.

 

[gearhead1960]

...I've always wanted to learn to weld. This is giving me motivation to check out welding classes at the local community college. For those less young folk.....the classes are free....just need to figure out what the right machine to buy would be (has to be 110v though).

 

[fouckhest]

This is why I love Garage Journal. Not just people doing cool ****. People sharing and teaching cool ****.

It is so great! Love that aspect of this community

...I've always wanted to learn to weld. This is giving me motivation to check out welding classes at the local community college. For those less young folk.....the classes are free....just need to figure out what the right machine to buy would be (has to be 110v though).

Honestly, go buy a entry level machine, sit down and weld, then go to YouTube University and you’ll get good enough to identify what you need to work on

Look into everlast welders, that is my MiG and if I bought a new TIG I’d look there too

 

[loganb]

...I've always wanted to learn to weld. This is giving me motivation to check out welding classes at the local community college. For those less young folk.....the classes are free....just need to figure out what the right machine to buy would be (has to be 110v though).

Primeweld gets strong reviews as well for machines and their US based customer support.

@fouckhest the progress on the car is awesome! And love those back seats and not needing to mess with actual booster seats going in and out depending on who is being hauled around....they turned out great!

 

[fouckhest]

Primeweld gets strong reviews as well for machines and their US based customer support.

@fouckhest the progress on the car is awesome! And love those back seats and not needing to mess with actual booster seats going in and out depending on who is being hauled around....they turned out great!

Thanks Logan, I am beyond happy with the seats! The rears are just for show, we have no intentions of having kids, these are just a rare european only option that was only available in Jettas, so getting a set here and then recovering them is big VW car **** OEM+ mod, I know of 2-3 other cars with them, and a one more guy just got a set, so I think my that will bring the total number of sets in the US 4-5.

Also, Everlast is a good entry level welder, Ive heard some good/bad, I was fortunate and my machine has been solid.

 

[fouckhest]

Hope everyone had a good weekend, it was rather busy in our little world. Saturday was full of chores, built some shelves for my step-daughters house, gave the silver car a good wash, then headed over to some friends for a white elephant gift exchange. The cold was already, so Sunday morning started slow, before offering to help my buddy who was my ride to get the silver car with a couple things on his old VW. Welded a resonator into his exhaust, unfortunately forgot to take any photos of the whole project.

Finished the day by rearranging cars and getting them parked before closing up for the night. Looking forward to getting back out to the shop tonight and back on my welding practice!

It certainly nice to be able to get all the cars in here and still have some ability to work, but some additional space might be needed sooner than later!
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[gearhead1960]

Honestly, go buy a entry level machine, sit down and weld, then go to YouTube University and you’ll get good enough to identify what you need to work on

Look into everlast welders, that is my MiG and if I bought a new TIG I’d look there too

Honestly, I know less than nothing about welding. I'm like @zmotorsports, I want to know the how and why, not just the repetition of it. My thought on the CC class is that it's going to teach me about the types of gases, the purpose, the situations and the applications. While YT might be able to present most of this, it will not be interactive....some of us might be a little dense....

 

[larry4406]

...I've always wanted to learn to weld. This is giving me motivation to check out welding classes at the local community college. For those less young folk.....the classes are free....just need to figure out what the right machine to buy would be (has to be 110v though).

I am a little west of you in Warrenton!

What community college classes are you referring to? I would be interested as well.

Years ago (~2005?), I attended an adult education class at the Fauquier High School, and we learned MIG, stick, and brazing. No TIG. Was a very informative class at minimal cost. Sadly, they have discontinued these classes. Way way back in high school (1978-81) we did stick welding and brazing in auto-shop class.

 

[gearhead1960]

I am a little west of you in Warrenton!

What community college classes are you referring to? I would be interested as well.

Years ago (~2005?), I attended an adult education class at the Fauquier High School, and we learned MIG, stick, and brazing. No TIG. Was a very informative class at minimal cost. Sadly, they have discontinued these classes. Way way back in high school (1978-81) we did stick welding and brazing in auto-shop class.

Larry,

NVCC in Manassas is where I was thinking. I checked into it a while back, but haven't done anything about it. Time to look back into it. I'll pass along the info once I find it.....and over 65 are free....you just audit the class.

 

[gearhead1960]

@fouckhest Sorry to hijack your thread...

@larry4406 Here's the basic welding course description I'm would start with:
WEL 120 - Introduction to Welding (2 CR.)
Course Description
Introduces history of welding processes. Covers types of equipment, and assembly of units. Stresses welding procedures such as fusion, non-fusion, and cutting oxyacetylene. Introduces arc welding and plasma arc cutting. Emphasizes procedures in the use of tools and equipment.

General Course Purpose
WEL 120 is a one semester course designed to provide the student with a basic knowledge of oxyacetylene welding, shielded metal arc welding, and MIG welding. The student will develop an understanding of safety, setup and the practical application of the processes. The student will also have an understanding of equipment, procedure and technique as applied to industry and personal use. This course will introduce the beginning welder to the welding field and also be useful to future automotive and diesel technicians in relation to their desired occupations.

Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
Students should have adequate, high school level reading and comprehension skills in English. Students also should have the ability to perform basic math skills including fractions and be able to use a tape measure.

Course Objectives
Upon completing the course, the student will be able to:
-describe career choices for which welding is important
-set up equipment correctly and use it safely
-weld and braze sheet metal using an oxy-fuel torch(SLO)
-weld carbon steel plate using shielded metal arc welding(SLO)
-weld carbon steel plates and sheet metal using MIG equipment(SLO)
-cut carbon steel plate using an oxy-fuel cutting torch

Major Topics to Be Included
-Careers in welding
-General safety as related to a welding shop
-Oxyacetylene welding/brazing, set-up and techniques
-Oxyacetylene cutting
-Shielded metal arc welding, set-up and techniques M
-IG welding, set-up and techniques
-Filler metals and gases pertaining to each welding process
-Welding vocabulary

Here's a list of welding classes they offer, scroll down to Welding.....

and Virginia residents who meet the following criteria may AUDIT credit classes free of charge regardless of income. To be eligible for free tuition for audit of credit classes, you must:

-Be 60 years of age or older
-Be a legal resident of Virginia
-Be admitted to the college as an in-state student
-Provide supporting documentation as required

My next step will be to register and find a spring class....

 

[fouckhest]

@gearhead1960 & @larry4406 - buy the welder, sign up for the class! I would also do some searching around for "beginner welding projects" these can be anything from building your first welding table, to little hold down fixtures, and then evolve into things like metal art and beyond....

this was a fun/simple project making a grinder stand out of scrap metal

My Mini Garagemahal

Wow, you are just smoking along now... those windows are exactly what I wanted to do too....I see his point about the "long wall" esthetic. I think he/you may be right that this looks better - it would work better on my layout too, now that I think about it. I don't know if I have a setback...

www.garagejournal.com

or you can look into something like doing metal art, chain and sheet metal are cheap if not free if you look close enough

My Mini Garagemahal

Mark, it is certainly worth looking into! You and add that to the list of thing to discuss at some point! BTW - poster showed up yesterday, I haven't had a chance to open it yet, but can't thank you enough! Look forward to meeting in person at some point and discussing all things over a cold...

www.garagejournal.com

here is a link to my chop saw build, this might be a bit advanced, but the concept can be scaled down for a simple welding table

My Mini Garagemahal

Figured I'd post up my initial impressions of the new Evo chop saw....after cutting some mild steel 1-1/4", 16ga square tube.....THIS THING ROCKS! I see the abrasive saw collecting dust for the foreseeable future Cart material order was placed at 8am'ish, picked up around 3pm'ish....really...

www.garagejournal.com

Regardless of the project(s), I would recommend getting a welder of your own so that after you are enrolled in the class you can go home and apply the new skills you learned! Technique only comes with practice and repetition, so get out there and melt some metal!!!

 

[fouckhest]

In other news, those that follow have likely seen too many times over the past year my Pecan tree beside the garage has begun to drop an unfortunate amount of limbs, some too big for my comfort level to trust that it isnt going to end up putting a hole in my garage roof. I had a tree guy come out this summer, we talked and after a couple rounds of fertilizer, things are not improving and the number of limbs breaking off has become increasingly concerning.

So, he came back out yesterday after work, we talked again, luckily they are slow, so next Tuesday, down comes my much loved Pecan tree I wont miss cleaning the gutters, but it was a nice big pretty tree, and in general, I love trees.

RIP ole friend....but this does free up an interesting amount of ground beside the garage ....2026 is a new project year!
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Once the tree guy left, I finished up some work and had to go meet a guy to pickup my latest FBMP treasure. I've been looking for a flammables cabinet for quite some time, so they pop up in my searches occasionally, this showed up last week, struck a deal and the guy was willing to meet me on his way from work.

Home and unloaded, little dirty, from the photos, it appeared to have been sitting outside a shop or something, but still not bad, this was how it looked when I unloaded it
Flammable Cabinet by fouckhest, on Flickr
Flammable Cabinet by fouckhest, on Flickr
Flammable Cabinet by fouckhest, on Flickr

Sprayed it down while I tinkered on a couple small loose ends in the garage while my hands were still clean, touched up a couple spots with some brake clean, but for $125, I am going to put a in the FBMP "W" column!
Flammable Cabinet by fouckhest, on Flickr
Flammable Cabinet by fouckhest, on Flickr
Flammable Cabinet by fouckhest, on Flickr

Its not quite wide enough to put both my Dorman cabinets on top of it side by side, but I may try and stack them on top, TBD, that might be a project for tonight.

 

[larry4406]

@gearhead1960 & @larry4406 - buy the welder, sign up for the class! I would also do some searching around for "beginner welding projects" these can be anything from building your first welding table, to little hold down fixtures, and then evolve into things like metal art and beyond....

this was a fun/simple project making a grinder stand out of scrap metal

My Mini Garagemahal

Wow, you are just smoking along now... those windows are exactly what I wanted to do too....I see his point about the "long wall" esthetic. I think he/you may be right that this looks better - it would work better on my layout too, now that I think about it. I don't know if I have a setback...

www.garagejournal.com

or you can look into something like doing metal art, chain and sheet metal are cheap if not free if you look close enough

My Mini Garagemahal

Mark, it is certainly worth looking into! You and add that to the list of thing to discuss at some point! BTW - poster showed up yesterday, I haven't had a chance to open it yet, but can't thank you enough! Look forward to meeting in person at some point and discussing all things over a cold...

www.garagejournal.com

here is a link to my chop saw build, this might be a bit advanced, but the concept can be scaled down for a simple welding table

My Mini Garagemahal

Figured I'd post up my initial impressions of the new Evo chop saw....after cutting some mild steel 1-1/4", 16ga square tube.....THIS THING ROCKS! I see the abrasive saw collecting dust for the foreseeable future Cart material order was placed at 8am'ish, picked up around 3pm'ish....really...

www.garagejournal.com

Regardless of the project(s), I would recommend getting a welder of your own so that after you are enrolled in the class you can go home and apply the new skills you learned! Technique only comes with practice and repetition, so get out there and melt some metal!!!

I bought a Lincoln Pro-Mig 175 back in 2010 and have done my fair share of dabbling with welding projects.

• First were rolling work benches with metal fire rated doors as the tops. This got me comfortable with welding tube steel.
• Second was a robust rotisserie for automotive restoration. This was a fun project as well. Used my dad's oxy acetylene torch set for cutting plate.
• There have been many other welded projects since then.

Would like to learn to try TIG but would need to buy a proper machine.

Like that EVO saw of yours!

 

[madison069]

Oh I miss smoking meat with pecan wood! I miss eating freshly fallen pecans too.

Did you keep any of the wood? Pecan wood is a highly prized wood!

 

[madison069]

Now I’m off to find a flame cabinet on Facebook marketplace.

“As I look around the garage and realize half my garage is flammable items”

maybe I should just add a few more layers of drywall in my garage?

 

[fouckhest]

I bought a Lincoln Pro-Mig 175 back in 2010 and have done my fair share of dabbling with welding projects.

Would like to learn to try TIG but would need to buy a proper machine.

Like that EVO saw of yours!

Oh Cool! Honestly, if I were to buy a new MIG, I would lean heavily towards an Everlast unit, but my old trusty Lincoln keeps doing the job....Thanks! The saw is certainly great!

Oh I miss smoking meat with pecan wood! I miss eating freshly fallen pecans too.

Did you keep any of the wood? Pecan wood is a highly prized wood!

Tree comes down next week, Tuesday.

I thought about keeping some/all of the wood, but I don't really have the space to store it, the means to move the big trunk sections around, etc. I might be able to sell it, but I don't want to deal with people coming to my house and hauling things out and tearing up my lawn. I did talk to the tree guy about people that smoke with it, what he told me is the chips his machine makes are not what the people that smoke want/like, so it just sounded like more trouble than its worth.

Now I’m off to find a flame cabinet on Facebook marketplace.

“As I look around the garage and realize half my garage is flammable items”

maybe I should just add a few more layers of drywall in my garage?

Like most things that aren't an immediate need when it comes to FBMP, play the long game, you'll find one.

 

[madison069]

Oh Cool! Honestly, if I were to buy a new MIG, I would lean heavily towards an Everlast unit, but my old trusty Lincoln keeps doing the job....Thanks! The saw is certainly great!



Tree comes down next week, Tuesday.

I thought about keeping some/all of the wood, but I don't really have the space to store it, the means to move the big trunk sections around, etc. I might be able to sell it, but I don't want to deal with people coming to my house and hauling things out and tearing up my lawn. I did talk to the tree guy about people that smoke with it, what he told me is the chips his machine makes are not what the people that smoke want/like, so it just sounded like more trouble than its worth.



Like most things that aren't an immediate need when it comes to FBMP, play the long game, you'll find one.

Regarding smoking, I use an offset smoker so I would use the 2”-9” diameter split log sections to smoke.

I’ve seen folks smoke with just some wood chips , but I prefer logs as to me it smokes longer and I get a nicer bark.

But I understand not having the space for it, just a thought.

 

[fouckhest]

But I understand not having the space for it, just a thought.

Totally get it, I was thinking of keeping it just for living room firewood, but when it comes to free time these days, I'd rather just pick up some oak cord wood and spend my free time in the garage working on my project car.

I even reached out to a good friend that does wood working as a retirement thing to see if he wanted the trunk and he even passed, so that that point, it would come down to dealing with people on FBMP, which was a non-starter for me.

 

[fouckhest]

With the upcoming holiday and my BIL coming to stay with us, the old seats from the GTi needed to get out of our spare bedroom, so time for some garage and storage room tetris....

First order of business was to get the project car up on the lift so I could move the flammable cabinet up to where it would live, then move the dune buggy under. With that done, I was able to get the seats brought down and get them put in the Recaro boxes that the new seats came in, sometimes being a packrat has its advantages (I call it thinking ahead, potato/patato)

Seats boxed and bagged up, now to find a place for them to live while I decide to keep or sell
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With that done, I moved my old roll around car to make a spot for the flammable cabinet....
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Test fit, I like it!
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Next was to find a spot for the Dorman cabinets I acquired while visiting Ohio, this seemed like a decent spot to start
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With those in place, I made my way into the parts room to see what totes aren't full, what totes have junk and decided it was a good tangent to do some cleanup, which will hopefully lead into more parts room organization/purging of "things" that at this point, I don't "need" to hang onto, this may require some intervention.

However, between picking up little brackets, tabs and spacers that I have either saved or ordered for fab projects, that put a dent in drawer #1 (guess I didnt take a good photo), then drawers #2 & #3 put a dent in the first two totes that I grabbed, which contained cushion clamps and hose clamps

My odd collection of cushion clamps is a result of getting a scrap pass from working at the fire truck plant back in the mid-2000s, then I've kept a bunch of constant torque clamps from all my VW shenanigans
Untitled by fouckhest, on Flickr

Another odd collection of hose clamps, some from my fire truck plant days (the 2-1/2" on left have Bellville washer stacks for use on charge air piping), and then a collecction of nice Breeze and Ideal clamps that used to find their way home from my dads industry supply warehouse
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All-in-all a productive evening, for some reason good organization is a soothing way to spend an evening and gets me one step closer to being ready to check out of work next Tuesday for the rest of the year and put in some time on the project car.
by fouckhest, on Flickr

 

[zmotorsports]

I have a few sections of those exact old style Dorman drawer sections. I got them about 30 years ago at an estate sale. The are definitely heavy duty. I also have a similar assortment of Adel clamps and really like using them when the need calls for it. Your flammable cabinet is just like the few smaller ones we have at work in our satellite shops, they work well for a small shop. In our main shop we have 3 of the large full-size ones, but damn, they eat up a LOT of space.

 

[fouckhest]

I have a few sections of those exact old style Dorman drawer sections. I got them about 30 years ago at an estate sale. The are definitely heavy duty. I also have a similar assortment of Adel clamps and really like using them when the need calls for it. Your flammable cabinet is just like the few smaller ones we have at work in our satellite shops, they work well for a small shop. In our main shop we have 3 of the large full-size ones, but damn, they eat up a LOT of space.

It was nice to get the Dorman cabinets up and start using them, they are pretty nice, not quite Vidmar, but they will work and the price was certainly not Vidmar/Lista

I'm excited to finally get a flammable cabinet, mainly to keep things like brake clean, engine degreaser, acetone and whatever else should not be under the house.

 

[Trapps]

I often forget how much space you have to work with; organization is looking good.

The jury is still out on my own packrat/hoarding affliction, but I have had just enough wins to keep me in the game. A bit like golf, I'm terrible, I *****, I moan, I complain. And then, the perfect drive, chip or putt. Just enough good shots each round to pull the proverbial wool over my own eyes and it keeps me coming back...

 

[fouckhest]

I often forget how much space you have to work with; organization is looking good.

The jury is still out on my own packrat/hoarding affliction, but I have had just enough wins to keep me in the game. A bit like golf, I'm terrible, I *****, I moan, I complain. And then, the perfect drive, chip or putt. Just enough good shots each round to pull the proverbial wool over my own eyes and it keeps me coming back...

Thanks, Mark....good to see you stop by, hopefully things are going well up north and you are buried in snow yet? Looking forward to seeing more 911 and well, likely snow ski content!

Yes, my space is like rope, just enough to hang myself! LOL However, my parts room and the shed roof storage area have become a little unruly, they are both on my list of things to dedicate some spare time, when this elusive spare time appears

 

[gearhead1960]

Jealous of the space...those handles on the Dorman would bother my OCD too much. I would have to straighten them to look all the same.

 

[fouckhest]

Jealous of the space...those handles on the Dorman would bother my OCD too much. I would have to straighten them to look all the same.

LOL - believe me, they "irk" me too, just haven't really looked at them much before b/c they were sitting on the floor, now that they are front and center, I am sure they will get some love

 

[fouckhest]

Hope everyone had a good weekend and is getting ready for the Christmas week and some much need time off!

We had quite the action packed weekend in our little world. Friday morning I received a txt from the tree guy asking if they could move up the day to take down the tree to Saturday. Since this would be much less disruptive to our work day on Tuesday, my wife and I were more than happy to accommodate!

First and now expedited order of business was to get the Rabbit GTi moved away from the tree, my neighbor was nice enough to bring his JD tractor over and give me a quick tow. I figured if I put the car here, I'd see it enough that maybe I would get motivated to do something with it
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They showed up a little after 8am on Saturday, so before they got started, I snapped one last photo of the Pecan tree, RIP buddy!
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They wasted no time getting equipment unloaded and setup, thought this little Bobcat tree hauler was pretty cool
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They wasted no time getting going
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The tree quickly was whittled down to just the trunk
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Then, down the trunk came...TIMBER
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Untitled by fouckhest, on Flickr

Not much later, they were cleaned up, loaded up and headed home! I think they were done a little after noon, much faster than I expected and certainly much faster than I could have ever tackled something like that. With the weather being nice, I decided to spend a little time outside with a tape measure and some spray paint to see what could be for a future garage expansion....more to come on that....
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While they were working on the tree I had been helping the wife with a couple errands and then working on some reorganization in the storage room to make room for the OEM seats from my Silver GTi. After a couple hours of organizing, reconfiguring and general cleanup, there was a space that the seats could fit
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Apparently I didn't take any photos of the seats all bagged up, but they got a good cleaning, allowed to try, then wrapped up in some heavy duty furniture bags and added a silica gel pack to each bag, ziptied them closed, put them in the boxes the new Recaro seats came in and they got tucked away for safe keeping while I decide to keep or sell.

All cleaned up
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Rear seats bagged and put up on the shelf
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Front seats are tucked away and raised up off the floor on some 2x4 scraps
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Parts room all back together and service is purpose
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We took it easy Sunday morning before I met some of the local car guys lunch, I've done this event every year for probably 5-6years now, there are a few staples and always a few new faces that show up, regardless its always a good time. While there one of my buddies snapped a couple photos of my silver car

These were my favorites!
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Hope everyone has a great short week and enjoys time with friends, family and all loved ones!

 

[Xti04]

Gti is looking great Mike! Sad to lose a nice big nut bearing tree, but if it has to go I get it. We had a beautiful 4 ft diameter trunk white oak in our yard that I had to have taken down a few years ago after we built the house. Killed me to lose that tree, but the size of branches it was dropping could have killed me too.

 

[fouckhest]

Gti is looking great Mike! Sad to lose a nice big nut bearing tree, but if it has to go I get it. We had a beautiful 4 ft diameter trunk white oak in our yard that I had to have taken down a few years ago after we built the house. Killed me to lose that tree, but the size of branches it was dropping could have killed me too.

Thanks on the car!

Definitely understand on the tree side, but like you said, had to go. It wasn't quite as big, but the widest part is right at 3ft across
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[fouckhest]

Skipped my morning update with expectations that we would get the nod to go ahead and start out holiday break at lunchtime, in hopes of sneaking a little work this afternoon followed by a GJ check in and update.

Wrapped up with work about an hour ago and was able to put the finishing touches in the Christmas gift I made for my MIL. Most who follow along know of the scrap metal art that I like to make, well my MIL is as big of a flower lover as my wife, so I wanted to make some yard art for her this year. After some random questions this summer, we honed in on her favorite flower being a Daisy, with that, I had my marching orders.

I found a photo for inspiration and was off to the shop

This all started with my trusty sheet metal scrap pile left over from the chop saw stand chute...btw my hands hurt!
Daisy flowers by fouckhest, on Flickr

Random shapes coming together, doing something a little different since Daisies are small(er)
Daisy flowers by fouckhest, on Flickr

Stripped some cheap nuts and laid out the pistils
Daisy flowers by fouckhest, on Flickr

Welded up the centers of the flowers and then started on the base, first some chain, kinda cool that last link is still red hot
Daisy flowers by fouckhest, on Flickr

This time I used some old scraps of brake/fuel line for the stalks
Daisy flowers by fouckhest, on Flickr

Got the flower heads tacked on last night before calling it a night, then went back out today, made a few more petals, got them welded on and this was the final (raw) product
Daisy flowers by fouckhest, on Flickr

I had my standing weekly meeting with my boss, called it a day around 230pm, fired up the paint shaker, setup a couple saw horses and an old coffee table that kicks around and my outdoor paint booth was ready for some action.

Here is the finished product out in the sun curing, scrap metal art in front of the yard art car as my wife calls it! LOL
Daisy flowers by fouckhest, on Flickr

And back inside on the welding table, plan to let it dry overnight and see if there is any touch up needed, if not, will get it wrapped up in some way for morning
Daisy flowers by fouckhest, on Flickr

Here was the inspiration photo






I hope everyone has a great, safe Christmas! I am sure it will be busy for everyone, but make sure to enjoy the time with loved ones!

 

[zmotorsports]

Merry Christmas to you and your family Mike.

 

[fouckhest]

Merry Christmas to you and your family Mike.

Thanks, Mike! Same to you and yours, I hope you have a great time spoiling your Grandson!

 

[413dan]

Now that I finally found this thread it has taken me a few weeks of perusing to get caught up, and I skipped a bit which I'll be going back over. It has been really cool to see how your concept has come to fruition through your labors. Great thread, keep up the great work and keep us updated as you have.
You give me inspiration for my own space in the future in that it doesn't need to be turn key ready, and that with tenacity and a vision I too can have an enviable shop space all my own.

 

[Lou's Garage]

Merry Christmas!

 

[fouckhest]

Now that I finally found this thread it has taken me a few weeks of perusing to get caught up, and I skipped a bit which I'll be going back over. It has been really cool to see how your concept has come to fruition through your labors. Great thread, keep up the great work and keep us updated as you have.
You give me inspiration for my own space in the future in that it doesn't need to be turn key ready, and that with tenacity and a vision I too can have an enviable shop space all my own.

Thanks for stopping by and catching up! Fight the good fight, nothing wrong with some busted knuckles along the way!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, neighbor!

 

[gearhead1960]

Merry Christmas!

 

[fouckhest]

Merry Christmas!

Thank you, Mark! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

 

[Xti04]

Merry Christmas Mike!

 

[BigSteve63]

...I've always wanted to learn to weld. This is giving me motivation to check out welding classes at the local community college. For those less young folk.....the classes are free....just need to figure out what the right machine to buy would be (has to be 110v though).

You will not regret the decision to downloading class! Had been a a “hobby welding” for years - class at local community college was a game changer

 

[cccoltsicehockey]

Merry Christmas! Hope you and the family had a great day and some needed time off this week.

Hate to see that tree come down, but I am intrigued about the mention of a garage expansion.

Silver GTI is looking good as always.