dave89iroc
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Water in the nozzle is pretty cool as well, gets people wet 40 feet away......
Show us your welding projects
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I think it falls into the same line of reasoning as the quote 'you can never be too rich!'
Seriously, I think for me anyway, it has to do with the look and depending on the project, maybe it's what you have available, mostly though, I'd say it's the looks of a heavy-duty project. Obviously, mass production of a commercial product is different!
It all started because my parents had cedar posts for a sign, a light pole, and the clothes lines. I replicated the cedar posts but in steel. I'll have to look for the sign and light pole then it will make sense. Lol
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Mike,
You have an educated eye, opted for the PM-727
Nice. That should serve you well. Matt is great to deal with isn't he?
Mike.
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Couple more although I can't find the ones I'm looking for, figures.
Lockup gate at my old job a friend and I built out of junk laying around
Have to have mirrors when you take the doors off in the summer so made these to just slip over the hinge
They didn't make a crate big enough for Barron so made this one for him. 4x4x4 ft and it had a latch Houdini couldn't get out of
Too cheap to buy a wall mount for the flatscreen. Got the tv for next to nothing I wasn't going to spend more money on the mount than I did on the tv.
Skullkrusher a series of weapons I made for fun from something I saw somebody else make and thought it was cool. I actually had somebody request a matching set that would bond together, which he gave as a wedding present to his family member. Evidently they were into Renaissance stuff and loved it.
Wire rack for work. Handle wasn't completed in this pic but you get the idea.
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Lockup gate at my old job a friend and I built out of junk laying around
Have to have mirrors when you take the doors off in the summer so made these to just slip over the hinge
They didn't make a crate big enough for Barron so made this one for him. 4x4x4 ft and it had a latch Houdini couldn't get out of
Too cheap to buy a wall mount for the flatscreen. Got the tv for next to nothing I wasn't going to spend more money on the mount than I did on the tv.
Skullkrusher a series of weapons I made for fun from something I saw somebody else make and thought it was cool. I actually had somebody request a matching set that would bond together, which he gave as a wedding present to his family member. Evidently they were into Renaissance stuff and loved it.
Wire rack for work. Handle wasn't completed in this pic but you get the idea.
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pepi
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Yes he is, professional and follows thru, good company all the way around. Sounds like you to are a customer, I have read he runs the machines before he ships them, that was a plus also.
Yup, I will be buying my next machine tool from him for sure.
Greg
You do know that you probably stretched the **** out of your jeep frame so you could fix another truck. Never anchor a vehicle from one end and pull from the other.
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Even better it wasn't a framed vehicle it was unit body two door Cherokee. I had third row seating when I was done so it was a win win.
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Video of the bumper for my 2001 chevy 2500hd
Man that is a great looking bumper, awesome work.
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Dugan
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You must not use winches often... I agree on a UNI-body this is could be an issue. But for a fullsize framed vehicle, as long as the mounting of the winch is secured correctly between the rails, you wont hurt anything unless your winch is 20K+ lbs... If its a straight pull your fine, now if we got into angled pulls thats a different story.
Id much rather anchor with a winch that take a hit or give a hit with another vehicle in a stuck situation offroad. Hell our mega truck makes you feel like your in a car accident with the 60 ft boat rope when you hit someone that just isnt coming out.
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Yes he is, professional and follows thru, good company all the way around. Sounds like you to are a customer, I have read he runs the machines before he ships them, that was a plus also.
Yup, I will be buying my next machine tool from him for sure.
Greg
I started communicating with him in late 2014/early 2015 when I was looking to upgrade my lathe and mill. He was great to deal with and I would highly recommend his company.
I just sold my horizontal and vertical bandsaws and have one of each on its way from Matt currently, hope to have them by the end of month or first of January.
My complete lathe and mill setup are in my "Shop Projects" thread, link in my signature, or a couple of video reviews on my youtube channel, link in my thread, or there are even more detailed pictures over on hobby-machinist.com if you get bored and want to check them out.
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I agree angles and unibody don't work. Put a load on a unibody at a angle and you see it do all kinds of things. Doors won't open/close, then your like "oh poop hope it bounces back".
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Not exactly a welding project, but the start of a project for when welding. I wanted something that could easily be broken down and stored without taking up too much space and I didn't want to spend much money on it. So far I only have $15 additional invested into it from two 20x20x1 3M Filtrete 1500 Ultra Filters.
It still needs a collector and the tubing but with all of the added gaps the air flow has actually been pretty good through the exhaust side and not very restricted. I haven't been able to see what kind of useful flow or static pressure the supply side has yet but once the hose is connected I'll put a magnehelic on it and see what it's like.
Top opening is where a rigid duct will go
Made to be easily taken apart and still use the box fans for other things
The filter slides in from the top opening. I might need to make a bigger gap between the filter and the hose inlet.
It still needs a collector and the tubing but with all of the added gaps the air flow has actually been pretty good through the exhaust side and not very restricted. I haven't been able to see what kind of useful flow or static pressure the supply side has yet but once the hose is connected I'll put a magnehelic on it and see what it's like.
Top opening is where a rigid duct will go
Made to be easily taken apart and still use the box fans for other things
The filter slides in from the top opening. I might need to make a bigger gap between the filter and the hose inlet.
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ilikedirt
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I've actually been looking into making one of those..what's the reason for using 2 fans? Better circulation?
Correct, when I had the 1 filter attached it was fine. However it wasn't very useful in tight or in closed places, such as welding in the Rally Car. So I wanted something that could get into tight areas and when the single fan was more restricted from a makeshift box with similar sized hole as a hose it lost all of it's flow.
So that's why I built this one for a cheap easy way to **** through the restrictive "straw" and not loose flow in order to still **** out the gasses to a less confined space. The air filter isn't anything special like the $200+ HEPA filters that should be used to catch all of the fine disgusting gasses that area created when using a welder. But it's better then inhaling them from having them right in your face. I might add another filter or upgrade it later.
The biggest key is making sure the box isn't too restrictive with the propeller bladed fans, because without the relief air to move they will be ineffective and burn out.
crkleve
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Thanks for that. I'd love to see it in action. I'm new to welding, but was recently thinking of a good/inexpensive filtration system.
aka Larry
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Nothing wrong with making you own stuff for sure, but the the mount I bought from Monoprice.com last week for $15 was just too damn cheap for me to bother building one.
BD1
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Like the box fan setup. My body bought a HF fan the works pretty good.
http://www.harborfreight.com/8-inch-portable-ventilator-97762.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/8-inch-portable-ventilator-97762.html
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Oh I know they have come down significantly in a few years. They wanted like 150 bucks when I got the tv. I had the metal laying there and the tv already had the hangers attached to it from where it was taken off the wall at work. I wouldn't make another one because like you said now they are dirt cheap.
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Nice Job... I like the ties...
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I've been sitting on this HD setup table I got from an auction this spring.
I was getting over the flu last week and didn't feel like crawling all over the car I should be finishing up, so I decided to attack this thing instead. The frame of the table needed to be brought down to the size of the tabletop. I got the tabletop unbolted, and started cutting. I then realize that I had not measured how much need to come off, and had to bolt the tabletop back on. I still didn't measure in the right place, but it wound up close enough.
The big cut complete:
After removing the excess frame:
Ready to start welding:
Getting creative to keep things lined up:
You can see where the two center supports don't line up quite right with the beam they stand on due to needing to line up with the bolt holes in the top. That's what I didn't measure in the right place. Finished for now though:
Now it'll probably sit for a little bit, but it's taking up way less space in the meantime. I eventually plan to add castors, a top without holes, and give the frame a coat of paint.
I was getting over the flu last week and didn't feel like crawling all over the car I should be finishing up, so I decided to attack this thing instead. The frame of the table needed to be brought down to the size of the tabletop. I got the tabletop unbolted, and started cutting. I then realize that I had not measured how much need to come off, and had to bolt the tabletop back on. I still didn't measure in the right place, but it wound up close enough.
The big cut complete:
After removing the excess frame:
Ready to start welding:
Getting creative to keep things lined up:
You can see where the two center supports don't line up quite right with the beam they stand on due to needing to line up with the bolt holes in the top. That's what I didn't measure in the right place. Finished for now though:
Now it'll probably sit for a little bit, but it's taking up way less space in the meantime. I eventually plan to add castors, a top without holes, and give the frame a coat of paint.
Hephaestus29
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Well I'm far enough along that it's actually starting to look like a little press.
I still have a little welding left to do and maybe a little more fab work, but not much.
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Broke the original step off my skidsteer's bucket. So the new step is made from 2"x3/8" mild steel with 1/2"x1/2" teeth machined in and on the bottom 3/8" deep notch to prevent water from getting stuck behind the step.
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mdbeck1
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See if this post (http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=312935) helps you any. It comes from the "Questions and Suggestions" area.
Olinrj
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hot (welding) rod motorcycle
and some proof I'm not talking out of my rear end about welding...
Nice work on the manifolds! What are they for?
Aquaticbob
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Started working on my car part Christmas tree.
Made from crank shaft, t56 main shaft, V8 cams cut in half, and random tie rod ends. Oh, and the star cut out of a radiator lol
That was the end of my scrap pile, will add more parts when I've got them. I plan on putting valve springs, valves, and other little misc parts on for ornaments
Hephaestus29
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Here's a video of my finished DIY fume hood extractor V1.0:
I'm not sure I understand the build. Maybe you could explain a little about your design. Where are you going to put it ? somewhere permanently or ?
It's the portable welding fume extractor that I was mentioning above.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5335120
Basically a cheap version of this. Total additional cost out of my wallet came to $40 since most of the stuff I already had.
spent21
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Laid this stack of dimes last night.
that is all.
that is all.