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[Chaz]

Here's a crappy video of the pond down back.. 20,000 gallons altogether.

 

[Old Man Roger]

This site has the most creative people ..lol

 

[Bears Fan]

Chaz, very cool stuff your place needs its own thread! I want to see more

 

[gmcgeo]

ford 8.8 axle swap on the jeep

 

[4 FN 27]

Progress:

Bill

Looks like your getting the hang of it...another 2000+ hours of practice will pay off in the long run.

Nice work. I am interested in seeing the completed project.

 

[LXCam]

Chaz, the skull is way cuul and I’m always blown away with your property.


Soooo you guys ever seen an air compressor with a roll cage?.....ya me neither.

I’ve got a project underway that requires a little bit of air plus I needed to make it fairly idiot proof for moving around the project. This is a 80gl 7.5hp unit that’s 100% duty cycle rated and 24cfm, just enough to do what I needed done.

I kinda tossed this together in a day so I didn’t take any progress pictures. But I figured just how much detail is needed for a big rectangle anyhow. The 2” tubing is .120 wall and the 1” is .090. All the regulators are 3/8” and so far it’s doing everything I needed done.

 

[Duker]

Chaz, the skull is way cuul and I’m always blown away with your property.





Soooo you guys ever seen an air compressor with a roll cage?.....ya me neither.



I’ve got a project underway that requires a little bit of air plus I needed to make it fairly idiot proof for moving around the project. This is a 80gl 7.5hp unit that’s 100% duty cycle rated and 24cfm, just enough to do what I needed done.



I kinda tossed this together in a day so I didn’t take any progress pictures. But I figured just how much detail is needed for a big rectangle anyhow. The 2” tubing is .120 wall and the 1” is .090. All the regulators are 3/8” and so far it’s doing everything I needed done.

Well you are certainly full of hot air... no wait that’s not is... you are a blow hard... nope... that’s a big .... no can’t say that either...

Nice compressor! [emoji51]



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[LXCam]

Well you are certainly full of hot air... no wait that’s not is... you are a blow hard... nope... that’s a big .... no can’t say that either...

Nice compressor! [emoji51]



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Tanks!

 

[shortykorte]

Chaz, awesome place with great artistic flare.

LX interesting concept on compressor. Never thought about mobile big compressor but I like.


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[Old Man Roger]

Tanks!

I see what you did there..

 

[bczygan]

Looks like your getting the hang of it...another 2000+ hours of practice will pay off in the long run.

Nice work. I am interested in seeing the completed project.

I'm learning a lot about how metal moves with heat, how porous a weld gets when you forget to turn on the gas, how to overdo tacking and how to plan a project for available materials and intended use. Plus how to simplify when a deadline looms.


Some details on the project. This is my first fabrication class, after taking some welding courses.

The project was loosely laid out by our female welding instructor, to be a 20" wide and 24" long welding cart with tube uprights and 1 1/2" angle framing for 2 shelves.

It was to hold a Miller XMT 350 multi-process welder on the bottom shelf and the wire feeder on the top shelf (See photo). We needed to build a couple of these for the extra welders in the welding lab, so we could use them at our Strong Hand tables.

I decided that my design needed to accommodate 2 full size cylinders so I decided to make it 36" long because of that. I decided to use angle for the uprights instead of tubing because the joints could be stronger and allow more space on the shelves. Shelving was to be 10" wide 16ga sheet metal, so I installed 1" angle to support it in the middle where the joint was on each shelf.

First I measured the items to be accommodated and sketched out my design. Then I cut the materials needed and ground it to exact lengths. Wire brushed the rust on all the pieces.


Laid each shelf out on the Strong Hand table and tacked the framing together and then welded it. It's all hot rolled and I've been MIGing the structure without cleaning off the mill scale as time is of the essence and it's not that critical.I've been TIGing the sheet metal joints and edges autogenously into the frame. I'll grind it later. Then I fit the sheet metal to each one and tacked the pieces in place. I went overboard with the tacks on the upper shelf.

On the lower one I did less but went too quickly and it started warping on me, so I went and added welds where it would minimize that.

Then during the next session I finally added uprights to one shelf and then added the other shelf to the uprights. The half dozen small clamps I bought at Harbor Freight came in really handy for that, alonf with a couple of large carpenters squares.

Next will be to add a piece of 12ga to support the twin cylinders. The design keeps this at 2 1/2" from to ground for easier loading of the cylinders.

Then I will add some side pieces as stiffeners and thickeners for stub axles for the 8" rear wheels and some stiffener plates for the 4" front swivel wheels. The center of the rear wheels are back of the tanks center-line for stability.

Finally I will rig up some attachments to hold work and electrode leads and other tools and supplies. And we will either prime and paint or get them powder coated.

It's very heavy construction, especially compared to the store bought carts the existing welders are on (See photo), but a good beginning fabrication project for us.

Bill

PS.....That skull is AWESOME!

 

[zmotorsports]

ford 8.8 axle swap on the jeep

Nice. Looking forward to seeing it finished up.

What brackets are you using? Ballistic Fab, Artec, Iron Rock, A to Z, Rusty's or some other shop's brackets?

 

[zmotorsports]

Chaz, the skull is way cuul and I’m always blown away with your property.


Soooo you guys ever seen an air compressor with a roll cage?.....ya me neither.

I’ve got a project underway that requires a little bit of air plus I needed to make it fairly idiot proof for moving around the project. This is a 80gl 7.5hp unit that’s 100% duty cycle rated and 24cfm, just enough to do what I needed done.

I kinda tossed this together in a day so I didn’t take any progress pictures. But I figured just how much detail is needed for a big rectangle anyhow. The 2” tubing is .120 wall and the 1” is .090. All the regulators are 3/8” and so far it’s doing

The roll cage is cool looking Cam, whatcha powering it with?

 

[f150skidoo]

With not much on the go in the shop I finally have time to do the small odds and ends that I've been wanting to do for a while. I bent up a 30" x 30" x 6" deep drawer made from 11 ga. steel with 400lb ball bearing slides so I can hide away the clutter from the bottom shelf of my welding table. Also 4 years after building the table I'm finally getting around to bolting the 1.25" plate to the frame.

 

[LXCam]

Nice. Looking forward to seeing it finished up.

What brackets are you using? Ballistic Fab, Artec, Iron Rock, A to Z, Rusty's or some other shop's brackets?

A generator for now (240 1ph) but it’s set up to run off 208v. That gray box next to the starter enclosure is a buck/boost transformer so I can compensate for whatever power situation I need too.

 

[Craftfab]

With not much on the go in the shop I finally have time to do the small odds and ends that I've been wanting to do for a while. I bent up a 30" x 30" x 6" deep drawer made from 11 ga. steel with 400lb ball bearing slides so I can hide away the clutter from the bottom shelf of my welding table. Also 4 years after building the table I'm finally getting around to bolting the 1.25" plate to the frame.

Nice work on the drawer. How do you like the Hougen 904 mag drill?

 

[Bigblue&Goldie]

With not much on the go in the shop I finally have time to do the small odds and ends that I've been wanting to do for a while. I bent up a 30" x 30" x 6" deep drawer made from 11 ga. steel with 400lb ball bearing slides so I can hide away the clutter from the bottom shelf of my welding table. Also 4 years after building the table I'm finally getting around to bolting the 1.25" plate to the frame.

I feel like evrything you build is going to survive your great grandchildren and the next 3 apocalypse!

 

[f150skidoo]

Nice work on the drawer. How do you like the Hougen 904 mag drill?

I love the Hougen, I bought the drill new about 2 weeks ago to replace my old Unibor that had one of the magnets go bad. The Hougen is a beefier and a bit better put together then the Unibor even though they have similar cutter capacity's. I was looking at the Milwaukee & Dewalt but opted to spend the extra little bit to get a made in USA product then China.

 

[PCustoms]

Not going to post today's project, something is up with the welder and I am getting **** beads. A few weeks back chalked it up to being out of practice, determined today there is definitely some issue beyond me.

Need to start with some new contact tips, and maybe a spool of wire. Seems to feed irregularly/sputtering arc. Figure tip is bad or my spool is corroded from sitting in basement garage for 1.5 yrs.

Made a 2" hitch mount/gas tank holder to bolt to the garden tractor. Welds arc garbage but it is functioning and strong enough.

 

[ClappedOutBport]

How is your liner?

 

[PCustoms]

How is your liner?

Should be fine, haven't run enough wire to kill that.

Found a less worn tip and it got better, still not smooth though. Can't find my box of .035 tips, this lack of organization and unplanned prodents are killing me. Had it been critical I would have cleaned up, found the proper tools and/or changed my wire out. But it was a rushed job to support fixing something else.

Paint hid most of it.

 

[bluebolt]

It sits in the yard as yard art. My whole place is kinda weird. I live in a barnlike building with a stone silo, I have a pond and waterwheel down back. The pumphouse is disguised as an outhouse, Theres an imaginary dog in the doghouse and so on.... Here's some pics...........

Your place is AWESOME!

 

[Chaz]

I always liked wrought iron fences, so I decided to put one around the new property.
Shitodear what a huge project it was. I cant even remember how many spools of welding wire, and how many deliveries the steel company made over that year and a half.. Boring, life sucking work. But what a great fence it turned out to be... well over 1000 feet of fence. Here's a few photos.

 

[Bigblue&Goldie]

I can see how that would be a boat load of work, but it looks great with your house!

 

[readhead]

Good job. It compliments the style of the house.

 

[zmotorsports]

I always liked wrought iron fences, so I decided to put one around the new property.
Shitodear what a huge project it was. I cant even remember how many spools of welding wire, and how many deliveries the steel company made over that year and a half.. Boring, life sucking work. But what a great fence it turned out to be... well over 1000 feet of fence. Here's a few photos.

Looks awesome. I remember when I built my 6' x 14' sliding gate at my last house separating my back yard & shop from the front. It was a lot of cutting and welding with the pickets and finials but they sure look nice when done.

You did a fantastic job and it compliments the house perfectly.

 

[Richard65Falcon]

My biggest obstacle for me to getting better weld quality had nothing to do with wire or the machine, but light; or lack of it. If you can't see your work piece, your weld quality will suffer. As we age, our eyesight diminishes, so I use a magnetic worklight on the piece, which helps see the piece better prior to striking an arc. I also practiced alot with sheetmetal, mainly because it is fairly affordable and I had alot of it. Welding thin stuff helps you think about heat control and warpage, and the more practice you can do, the better chance you have of producing better welds.

This 100%. Sometimes I have to have my wife shine a light on it to help me.

 

[mrolds88]

Nice work, Chaz!!

 

[shortykorte]

That does look like the right fence for your place. Definitely must of been a lot of shitodear.


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[86turbodsl]

This was last nights welding project completed.

 

[thejimmy]

This was last nights welding project completed.

Looks good, that machine brings back some memories...

 

[86turbodsl]

Looks good, that machine brings back some memories...

Played around with it last night. Everything works as it should. It's got a nice arc for sure. Hard to believe i only paid $100 for the welder.

 

[oldmxracer]

Damn Nice , Chaz !

 

[Brandon_oma#692]

Started working on a mount for a pickup crane for my truck. or any truck that borrows it I guess since it will go into a 2" receiver. This guy from harbor freight. I wanted it at the rear of the bed but easily removable.

Plan is 2" x1/4" wall square tubing in the receiver. 4" od gooseneck coupler tube for a riser. Plate on top with some triangle gussets to bolt crane to. decided it was time to buy a plasma cutter and start cutting.



Unbox the new plasma and cut off the coupler from the tube.Also had to cut off the locking mechanism.

Cut openings for the square tubing with the plasma cut by eye no lines no straightedge.

Fit looked good after a little more cutting.

Opened up some 1/8" 7014. Set the synchrowave to 200 amps and hooked up the remote adjustment. Tried 50% too cold. 75% or so just a little hot so I bumped it down a little. I am guessing i was around 135 amps.

Flipped it over and repeat. I need to clean off the slag and make sure I am happy with it tonight. Touch it up a little but I don't think I will be grinding too much out.

This is the top plate. Cut it out with the plasma with a straight edge but missed the lines a bit. A friend stopped by and cut some square holes. The top right I did is a little rounder.

To do list:
Weld top plate to round tube. Add gussets to this connection
Cut 2" square tube to length and make a few holes for a hitch pin.
Slap some paint on it and bolt the crane on top.

 

[86turbodsl]

I have the same crane. I made a receiver hitch adapter. What's your plan here? Something that bolts to the frame under the bed and through the bed into the crane?

On a side note, those RHC's sure are handy aren't they? I have one for my 330A/BP on a 50 ft cord. It's saved my bacon a few times.

 

[Brandon_oma#692]

I have the same crane. I made a receiver hitch adapter. What's your plan here? Something that bolts to the frame under the bed and through the bed into the crane?

On a side note, those RHC's sure are handy aren't they? I have one for my 330A/BP on a 50 ft cord. It's saved my bacon a few times.

Yes receiver hitch adapter. 2" sq tube is to go in the receiver hitch. 4" pipe is to get up above the height of the bed. My truck is a flatbed so no tailgate but the height from the hitch to the bed is more than a pickup usually is. Using the 4" pipe because it has been in my scrap pile for a few years.

First time I used the RHC. I really like it. way easier to fine tune settings. I also like the on off switch if I am setting the electrode holder down for more than a few seconds.

 

[Brandon_oma#692]

Not 100% happy with how all the weld turned out, but it is done and functional. I ground out some weld and replaced it. Picture on the bench is before I ground out some welds and redid them. I also shortened the part that goes into the truck hitch.

 

[shortykorte]

Brandon that crane looks handy. Is the crank easy to reach from the top of the bed?


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[Brandon_oma#692]

Brandon that crane looks handy. Is the crank easy to reach from the top of the bed?


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From the bed yes. I can reach it well enough to crank it from the ground to snug the cable up but need to be in the bed to really lift.

 

[banjopete]

Working on welding cart v2.0 after getting tired of working with the hackjob that was v1.0. Plan is to put a threaded rod or something to secure the bottles. I have two bottles a big 122cf bottle and the smaller 55cf? bottle and the plan is to swap to both 55s on the next fill. The smaller bottles can help me with storage options for the welding stuff. So far so fun, definitely an improvement on the fab and weld work since first welding project, flux to gas, and GJ tool addictions. Like many i have visions of a tig machine up top so trying to keep that possibility. My millermatic135 is a keeper and will reside on the bottom.

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