Show us your welding projects

[csp]

BBQ pit in back?

Hilarious! I gotta remember that one next time I run into some kid with a stack thinking he's driving a Peterbilt.

 

[Richard D]

I was actually being serious. Now I realize it's for the exhaust. I don't understand the whole stack thing. I see that stuff around here, and some are really ridiculous. Still a cool truck. I looked at the build thread and the rear rack is a neat idea. Seems that Cummins was a pain to install!

 

[LumpyMusic]

... Ah, you're in AZ and get to work all winter in comfort...

That is if Winter ever GETS HERE. We've had an unusually long summer this year. Temps still up near 100 during the day here in Phoenix.

"It's a DRY kind of heat"


Sgt Lumpy

 

[In4lo]

Hilarious! I gotta remember that one next time I run into some kid with a stack thinking he's driving a Peterbilt.

Hahaha that's a good one!

 

[TauntDevil]

That is if Winter ever GETS HERE. We've had an unusually long summer this year. Temps still up near 100 during the day here in Phoenix.

"It's a DRY kind of heat"


Sgt Lumpy

^^ This is spot on haha. Winter takes forever to arrive and rushes to leave.

Deleting the catalytic hump in a buddies car. Using flux and lowest settings to not blow through the super thing metal which is for me is super difficult. I hate working with thin metal and have no experience metal shaping thin stuff. Already dislike it and glad I wont have to do this again but really really hoping it doesn't look beyond bad in the end. Going to weld a 1/8th plate under it where the seems are to strengthen them. Picture is before I slowly welded it together, blew through a bit, closed the holes, and then grinded it down to see where the weak points are so I can weld in those areas... which I blew through again -_- Anyone think a Lincoln 180HD will work on 110? I have a 220v to 110v adapater I got with my tig and thought about trying to use it with the lincoln 180hd. Another reason I ask now is I think if I do that, it may bring down the power to make it blow through less?

 

[toelesswelder]

Here is a rx7 13b rotary engine header i just finished for my car. All 304 stainless with aa 3" vband. Back purged. Full penetration welds. Merge collector also made by me

 

[toelesswelder]

Here is another one of my custom pieces. Intake for my rx7

 

[RXtacy]

^Great looking welds! I gotta ask though why stainless on the intake? An NA FC needs all the weight reduction it can get

 

[toelesswelder]

Lol true. It is more of an experience project for me. If it doesnt give me any gains ill go back to the stock intake. But i wanted to practice doin pie cuts

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[RXtacy]

Lol true. It is more of an experience project for me. If it doesnt give me any gains ill go back to the stock intake. But i wanted to practice doin pie cuts

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Could have done it in aluminum no?

 

[toelesswelder]

I could of but i didnt have aluminum tubing the right size

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[RXtacy]

Almost done with my intercooler.

 

[Boost Creep]

recently got started on a new welding cart.

the inspiration and continuation of the red bull theme on my welder

the start

i'll be cutting the front bumper down shorter at some point when i decide how wide i want it. it will be used to wrap my ground and gun cords around. this probably won't be an overly fast build as i have to source a few parts i want and see if they'll work and some other stuff. frame will probably end up powercoated. isn't going to be a cheap build in the end but i wanna build something awesome

 

[tractordude]

Here's a sign I was asked to make for a customer. It going to be placed at the entrance to the customer's cabin. The sign is 14 ft long.
This is the fourth sign I have been asked to make. The others were much smaller, and went to a local church.
I made money on the project, but lost my a$$ on the labor time I estimated.

 

[DRRummel]

That sign looks really nice.

 

[LumpyMusic]

The Johnson Creek sign does look really well done. Did you cut the letters with something other than plasma?

Got any intermediate step pics? Template? Much finish grinding? etc.


Sgt Lumpy

 

[tractordude]

The Johnson Creek sign does look really well done. Did you cut the letters with something other than plasma?

Got any intermediate step pics? Template? Much finish grinding? etc.


Sgt Lumpy

The letters were hand cut with a plasma. I made a template using my vinyl graphic machine, and traced out the image. The trees were a issue, as I couldn't scale them correctly, so that was mostly a hand drawing.
I did grind the slag off the back side, and touched the front quick to knock down any real sharp edges.
My part is done, the customer can paint, or just leave it to rust. This sign will be hung about 15 feet in the air, so any imperfection's will harder the see.

 

[amlee]

I guess it's finished........
ended up welding t-nuts instead of zinc nuts on back of frame.

 

[DUK]

Runners for my 2 post lift...

 

[tractordude]

I guess it's finished........
ended up welding t-nuts instead of zinc nuts on back of frame.

I like it!!

 

[joeyd01]

Couple quick pics of welding a bucket solid onto the worn out tool carrier of a loader. The loader is really only used for snow removal. I told my supervisor I could have built up the pins and hooks with weld but it would take a while. I was told just make it solid. So I did.

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[stsmytherie]

Love the projects folks share here. It's inspiring.

Update on my welding course. It's going well, but 2.5 hours a week means slow, steady progress. Maybe a black Friday/cyber Monday deal could put a welder in my shop and more hands-on time. Until then, practice practice practice.

Plug welds. Lots and lots of plug welds. This will come in handy as I have lots of spot welds to cut out and panels to weld in for an ongoing project.

A small box fabricated out of 20 gauge steel.

Home-made rod-drilling guide. Hey! I made a tool!

That's all MIG. We tried TIG a few weeks ago, but it was kind of a disaster. Decided to focus on MIG for now. Try again at TIG in a few weeks with a better game plan. Will probably take Welding 2 in the spring just for the cheap shop time, nice machines, and free consumables.

 

[Heavy Metal Doctor]

A little something we whipped up with scraps in the shop - daughters boyfriend helped me and I taught him some basics since he'd never worked with with metal before. Leftover sheet tube steel, as large drive sheave (pulley) and the center post is chunk of rod from a hydraulic cylinder.

They put it to use for their wedding (that was my intention when this started):

 

[jimgood]

Edsal LP1819 18" x 19" Wall Panel (if I had to do it over I'd get the 36" x 19" panels as that would have been cheaper for the same overall size)
80 plastic bins (HF Item #41949)
20' of 2" sq tube, 3/16" wall
20" of 2" x 1/8" angle
4" casters
Primer - Self Etch Gray
Paint - Ford Tractor Blue


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[aka Larry]

Looks good Jim. I'm curious though as to why a lot of guys here seems to build such simple structures using members that would support a whole car?

 

[kkroger]

Looks good Jim. I'm curious though as to why a lot of guys here seems to build such simple structures using members that would support a whole car?

I built a small handrail for a client it was a single vertical member with a 30 degree angle and a rail cap on that, but was specified to be made from 2x2 quarter inch wall tube for the upright and 2x3 quarter inch wall for the rail and Quarter inch plate for the base and gusset, with 7/8" studs set in epoxy in the concrete 6" deep to secure the thing.... Also all welds were to be continuous.... All Around

Here is a pic of it when I finished welding it, before it went to powder coat...

 

[MarkG]

Learning to weld through a night course at a local vo-tech. Third week of hands on, second week of MIG, first weld I'm willing to show off.



It's nice using someone else's nice equipment and scrap coupons, and getting hands-on feedback from the instructor as I work. Worth the price of admission: $350 for 12 3-hour sessions, plus cost of safety equipment. Mostly MIG, but we've done a little stick welding and will cover TIG as well.

Looks good to me! Yeah, I think welding classes at a local college are a great opportunity for anyone interested------that's what I did too. (and I wasn't the oldest in the class either! )

 

[jimgood]

Looks good Jim. I'm curious though as to why a lot of guys here seems to build such simple structures using members that would support a whole car?

I can't speak for anyone else but I don't have space to store a lot of material. I had originally bought the tubing to use for building a couple of work benches. But I decided I needed this first and used what I had on hand. Thinner would have worked just as easily. It's 25 miles to the nearest steel supplier and they are only open week days so it's a bit of a commitment for me to get there and I have to try to plan ahead. You know what they say about the best laid plans.

 

[sanddan]

Looks good Jim. I'm curious though as to why a lot of guys here seems to build such simple structures using members that would support a whole car?

Can't speak for Jim but I learned early on that at my local steel yard you get one free cut per 20' stick and usually the cost of 20' is not too much more than buying 10' so I tend to have some leftover material when the project is completed. I've built benches using 1", 1.5", 2" and 3" square tubing and they all work depending on the application. Sometimes having the extra mass of bigger tubing is nice even though it might not be needed structurally.

 

[TheEquineFencer]

I am impressed. Today I went through the first 47 pages of welding projects and I am thoroughly impressed with both the quality of welding and the ambitious projects.

I thought I could kinda weld. From what I've seen just today,I'd be embarrassed to put up pictures of my welds... maybe later after a couple of glasses of Chardonnay.

If I have half the skill level and a tenth of the ambition of what I've seen today, I would not be mak'em minimum wage squirt'in ketchup on hamburger bums here a Chico's. But Chico is a good boss. He gives me half off an order of fries when I buy two burgers for dinner.

You've gotta start somewhere....

 

[Thumper68]

Been working on bumpers for the new to me truck.

Thread here

Along with that the kids talked me into doing a Youtube channel, where you can see all the projects in our shop, link in sig.

The newest video

 

[4EyedTurd]

Jimgood, where did you source the panel from?

 

[jimgood]

Jimgood, where did you source the panel from?

Amazon. Search "edsal wall panel". Got free shipping with "Prime" account.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008KABBG4/?tag=atomicindus08-20

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008KABBX2/?tag=atomicindus08-20

The same company sells the bins as well but I went with the ones from HF since I'm a cheap *******. You have to find bins that have tabs in the back for hanging this way. Not all of them do.

These are the only ones from HF that will work:
http://www.harborfreight.com/20-piece-poly-bins-and-rails-41949.html

 

[sanddan]

I've been working on a stand for my bench grinder. I am modeling mine after one I saw on "Docs shop projects". It's a fabricated stand that will look like it could be a factory cast stand. The main fab is done, the base is made using tubing, quartered, to form the rounded edge. I will add a couple of layers of bondo to blend the welded corners and smooth the rest. I will also make a bracket for a water cup.

 

[jimgood]

sanddan, nice job! A lot of work but the final product is well worth it.

 

[Crazy_Pilot]

Subaru wanted $50 apiece for the rear exhaust hangers on my SVX.

 

[Hephaestus29]

Re: Show us your welding projects/ need advice on holding

I could use some advice on holding these number stamps for welding purposes.

I'm wondering if I should deal with each one individually or try and clamp all of them at once with a flat bar and clamp or something ? Thanks

 

[Dugan]

Re: Show us your welding projects/ need advice on holding

I could use some advice on holding these number stamps for welding purposes.

I'm wondering if I should deal with each one individually or try and clamp all of them at once with a flat bar and clamp or something ? Thanks

You could do this instead of welding if it would work for you.

I would do two flat bars, a spacer on the back side (also used as a stop for the stamps) and bolt the two together.

 

[Dugan]

I love making wheels. This was our mega truck we built from the ground up. Only thing not ours is the body. Before anyone says it, yes I welded the sides of the centers after doing the faces.

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[Hephaestus29]

Re: Show us your welding projects/ need advice on holding

You could do this instead of welding if it would work for you.

I would do two flat bars, a spacer on the back side (also used as a stop for the stamps) and bolt the two together.

Yeah two flat bars on each side would probably work good. Thanks