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[PCO6]

Thanks LG63. It's the second tombstone I've owned. I had a Mastercraft from Canadian Tire for a while. It worked well but I'm happier with this one.

 

[Kracin]

eventually it will be a wildlife camera box after a hinge, latch, lock, and hole for camera are added. and some way to attach it to a tree, don't know for sure on some stuff yet as im doing these as i get word passed to me because its for a step brother in missouri, so i can only get detailed relayed to me.






might finish next week if i get time at work

 

[aka Larry]

Last night I worked on building a wall-mounted hula-hoop rack for the wife's fitness studio. One of the new programs called "Hoopnotics" uses oversized hula hoops in a workout regiment. This will be the sales rack for the hoops. I used 1-1/2" flat bar, 3/8" solid rod, and went a little artsy forming the letters from some leftover 1.75" DOM tubing. Still needs to be painted of course, but the wife was tickled pink. Here's the result:

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[IONH]

Last night I worked on building a wall-mounted hula-hoop rack for the wife's fitness studio. One of the new programs called "Hoopnotics" uses oversized hula hoops in a workout regiment. This will be the sales rack for the hoops. I used 1-1/2" flat bar, 3/8" solid rod, and went a little artsy forming the letters from some leftover 1.75" DOM tubing. Still needs to be painted of course, but the wife was tickled pink. Here's the result:

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I like it.

I hope there be some kind of padding on the rods or will it be high enough to not have someone impale themselves for your wife's sake.

 

[aka Larry]

I like it.

I hope there be some kind of padding on the rods or will it be high enough to not have someone impale themselves for your wife's sake.

Thanks.

It will high on the wall behind the check-in desk. Most of the ladies are pretty short so they will actually have to reach up to get the hoops off the rack.

 

[StumpXJ]

Every year my Jeep Cherokee off-road club holds a big off roading event called the Cherokee Crawl in Harlan Kentucky. Last year a buddy of mine brought his PVC Potato gun (Plenty of people have seen these... easy to make) and we had a BLAST shooting it all weekend after the wheeling was done. We shot 80 pounds of potatoes through that thing, and before it was all said and done we decided we needed to up the anty a little and have a competition at this years event. Just for fun, mind you. We will have two categories, accuracy (paper target with point rings) and distance. I decided to join in the fun with my own build. We have only two requirements, it must use a potato as the ammunition, and you must use Mapp gas as the propellant. Anything else goes. There was talk of Gatlin style guns, auto loaders, vehicle mounted turrets, etc....

I kept mine fairly simple and just added the final touches on SpudZILLA. I fired one test shot today and sent a small piece of sweet potato (all I had on hand) into orbit. Makes a really cool metallic ringing sound.

I had a broken crossbow with a Red Dot scope thats been sitting on the shelf for a few years. I figured Id sacrifice it to the sake of Crawl Shenanigans.

The rest is stainless steel tube. The barrel is a little smaller than I wanted, but its seamless, and the tube was free from work. Had an old outdoor propane fire pit (the kind with lava rocks) that all the steel had rotted off of it, so I snagged the igniter from that.

Gotta get a sack of taters, and get the scope dialed in. Other that, she is ready!







I dont know why the video is upside down...

 

[keithh2oskier]

Thanks.

It will high on the wall behind the check-in desk. Most of the ladies are pretty short so they will actually have to reach up to get the hoops off the rack.

I cant imagine why you would want the ladies to have to reach up... You could have just left them on the ground so they have to bend over...

 

[mtnkrake]

A lily I made for my bosses wife.

 

[steel 35]

A lily I made for my bosses wife.

I bet she like you more then he does now

 

[Hot Chop shop]

It took a week or so but I made it through this entire thread... What a great read... Lots of great info for a noob trying to learn to weld... So here's my attempt at my new workbench so far...
I stole the idea from SteveO HF bench thread and jack's 12 gauge garage and from all the great benches on this site...



So this is what I got so far.. This is about the 4th time I have cut remeasured recut then rewelded... Needless to say I am getting a lot of use out of my sawzall and a lot of practice on my welds. It seems so easy to measure a square box and then frame it then expect it to be square and fit that box.. Not so much

So I think it was a little bit too much to take on as my first welding project..l think I should have started with a bird house.. But too late now.. Now all that is left is to primer and paint then drop in the two HF boxes then cut the extra part of the bench top off then use that part as a splash guard on the back then sand and stain it... then drink a billion beers

(((Progress has been slower than expected with the 120 degree temps here in my garage... Can't wait for winter!)))

 

[LG63]

This is about the 4th time I have cut remeasured recut then rewelded... Needless to say I am getting a lot of use out of my sawzall and a lot of practice on my welds. It seems so easy to measure a square box and then frame it then expect it to be square and fit that box.. Not so much

Looking good. I feel your pain, my welds never look that great until I start trying to cut things apart. I've become really handy with the cut off wheel.

 

[excavator]

I started with this professional splitter

Then found this old junk

welded it on top

added more to it

and some more

 

[bad_idea]

Love the hoop rack Larry. I try to do projects like that for the wife every now and then. Makes her more tolerant of the countless hours I spend in the garage working on my projects.

 

[zmotorsports]

I posted a full build thread of this bumper but here are a few pictures of my front winch bumper that I built for my JKU Rubicon to match the rear one that I built last year.

Winch mounting plate and bumper attachment plates.

Bolted in place test fitting and the "D" ring mount tacked in place.

Front cover piece cut and ready to weld on.

One of my welds.

"D" ring mounts are welded to the front cover as well as the mounting plates.

Top piece welded on with an opening cut for the winch.

Outer pieces welded on and test fitting before metal finishing it.

Metal finished and almost ready for powder coating.

Grille hoop bent up and welded on. Now it is ready for the powder coater.

Back from the powder coater and installed.

I also have more pictures on the JKU bumper build thread that I created a few days ago, but this is the bulk of them.

Mike.

 

[MP&C]

Some nice fab work there, Mike

 

[zmotorsports]

Some nice fab work there, Mike

Thank you. I appreciate that. I really enjoyed throwing that together as well.

Mike.

 

[aka Larry]

Yesterday I built a pair of brackets to mount brake ducting onto the spindles of my Mustang.

I started with a piece of 3" diameter exhaust tubing and marked the portion to be removed to clear the ABS ring:

My bandsaw made short work of the cuts:

I cut the other side to match, then cut the piece in half to make the left and right pieces:

I used a couple of magnets to hold the pipe in place while I mocked up the brackets that will hold it to the spindle:

Next I drew the brackets onto some sheet stock for the bracket ears:

After cutting out the mounting ears and drilling the holes, I did a test fit, tacked it togther, then did the finish welding. Here's the result:

Bolted in place:

The rear view shows how all the air will be directed to the center of the rotor:

There is about 1/16" clearance, Clarence between the duct and rotor:

After finishing both sides I painted the new brackets and left them to dry overnight.

Next I have to build inlets into the front bumper this time using fiberglass.

 

[thinktwicez71]

Good grief man. That is beautiful!

 

[PCO6]

I recently made a stand for my Lincoln 225 arc welder (post #1440). I had to move my plasma cutter which was sitting on the floor out of the way to get to it so I figured it was time to make a stand for it too.

I started with "scrap" bits from my shed most of which are seen here. The main pieces are the remains of 2 old hand trucks.


I wanted to elevate the plasma cutter for ease of use and to be able to put an ammo box underneath for storing small tools and consumables. I made a couple of vertical brackets and put 1.5" dimples in them. Most of the pieces btw were made out of 1/8" plate steel.


Here it is assembled but without the plasma cutter, ammo box and cables. I made the 3 sided storage box out of 16 gauge sheet metal that I bent in my brake. The 4th side is the back side of the plasma cutter. The 2" nylon strap is what keeps the plasma cutter attached to the stand. I added 4 felt runners to the bottom of the stand so the ammo box won't get scratched. The ammo box is held in place by a magnet at the back end of it.


Here it is with the plasma cutter, ammo box and cables (sorry ... it's a bit out of focus).


This shot shows the cable and air line storage.

 

[sberry]

I like the bumper and the log splitter.

 

[bluebolt]

I recently made a stand for my Lincoln 225 arc welder (post #1440). I had to move my plasma cutter which was sitting on the floor out of the way to get to it so I figured it was time to make a stand for it too.

IHere it is with the plasma cutter, ammo box and cables (sorry ... it's a bit out of focus).


This shot shows the cable and air line storage.

Nice clean job!

 

[PCO6]

^^^ Thanks. Now it's time to get it dirty!

 

[DesertSparky57]

Today I got most of the frame welded up on my bender stand and got to test fit the whole assembly on it for the first time. Still got lots to do, but I make a little progress every week.

 

[W_A_Watson_II]

Today I got most of the frame welded up on my bender stand and got to test fit the whole assembly on it for the first time. Still got lots to do, but I make a little progress every week.

NICE! Did you use plans or your own design?

 

[metal1313]

Looks like a jd2 or protools bender

 

[KerryH]

This is a little project that I worked on over the weekend. It was my first time building something from scratch and purchasing square tubing to do so.









The stand is fully adjustable width and length wise as well as height so it will be able to fit other cars in the future or can be sold if ever needed.

The car is being fully restored so it will be spending a lot of time without the wheels and suspension.

The garage is a two car garage which the other spot is parked in, so we wanted mobility for the project car so it could be pushed aside when not being worked on.

I am very happy with how it turned out!

 

[porschedude996TT]

All my photos will be at a distance, until I get better. It has been decades since I have done anything but gas welding. My recent project used a lot of 7018 and 6011 to play and grind. I got better after a YouTube refresher about stick angle etc. all in all, it's like riding a bike, only the tires are flat and square. I'll have more time to practice after retiring.

 

[porschedude996TT]

My latest is another example of the fact that I'm not much of a welder -- but I never let that stop me from 'going big.'

There's been a separate thread on the deck and the pergola already, but the steel part of it might interest someone here. (If you've already seen it, accept my apologies.)

I decided to make a cover for a deck I was building -- the idea was that it would hold shade fabric so my kids wouldn't get sunburned when they played on the deck.

I started with 500' of 1-1/4" square tubing. I have a Harbor Freight tubing roller and I got some square dies.

My math on what the arches should have been was all wrong. In the end, it made sense to do them all at a 17'-radius bend.

Two of them together make a Gothic arch:

There was very little math involved in this. But a lot of it was just putting it into position and marking it.

The idea was to use the same pattern that stone arches are made with in cathedrals. I didn't have ladders high enough to do the full height of the thing, so I did the top part as it's own unit. This is 9' or 10' up in the air.

Here it is welded together. I also painted it while it was just the top section. But the problem was that this thing was 20' by 20', and it needed to levitate up about 7' so I could put the pillars in place.

My solution was to put up a mast -- or a boom. I took one of the round dies from the roll bender and used it as a pulley at the top. Then I put a hand-cranked worm-gear type winch at the base. The idea was going to be to find the center of the thing and lift it straight up. I also made a cradle to distribute the lifting force across as much of the assembly as possible so I didn't overstress it and break it.

It worked.

I got all the pillars welded and positioned under the roof before the sun went down.

Here you can see it all together. The support wires later came out.

And here it is covered with shade fabric.

Jack, you are amazing! Nice work...

 

[DesertSparky57]

Thanks WAWatsonII, I am quite proud of the bender so far and can't wait to finish it and toss some tube in there! I'm very slow at fabbing but it's all hobby for me so I learn and build at my own pace. I think this stand is my 5th welding project so far? I think? I'm just hoping that my figuring on the ram angle and drive arm relationship is good.

Metal1313, yep it's a JD2 M32. Sucker is beefy.

Not bad for a beginner? I move slow and burn in as best I can.

 

[Garage5.9]

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Acutally no welding in this project YET but it will end up as a stand for my bench grinder. It started off as a rotor from a motorcoach and a axle shaft from a E450 and a piece of bumper and a bunch of nuts and bolts

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[moonpool145]

Desert

If that's the work of a beginner I am impressed. Hell, I am impressed if its the work of an experienced fabricator.

Very nice job.

 

[aggierailroad]

Thanks WAWatsonII, I am quite proud of the bender so far and can't wait to finish it and toss some tube in there! I'm very slow at fabbing but it's all hobby for me so I learn and build at my own pace. I think this stand is my 5th welding project so far? I think? I'm just hoping that my figuring on the ram angle and drive arm relationship is good.

Metal1313, yep it's a JD2 M32. Sucker is beefy.

Not bad for a beginner? I move slow and burn in as best I can.

Looks great, don't see too much undercutting, if any. Should hold up for years to come. Great work!

 

[nonhog]

This is a little project that I worked on





The stand is fully adjustable width and length wise as well as height so it will be able to fit other cars in the future or can be sold if ever needed.

I am very happy with how it turned out!

That is cool. Is it tall enough at the cross bars to slide under with a creeper?
I suppose you could add an "arched" area to the front bar where the trans tunnel is? Maybe it doesn't need it?

Nice!

 

[e-tek]

eventually it will be a wildlife camera box

Wow - looks like it's mad for use in a rutting Buffalo sanctuary!!

PVC Potato gun (Plenty of people have seen these... easy to make)
Gotta get a sack of taters, and get the scope dialed in. Other that, she is ready!

RADICAL!! Looks like it's mounted to the roof here - now THAT'd be wicked!

 

[KerryH]

That is cool. Is it tall enough at the cross bars to slide under with a creeper?
I suppose you could add an "arched" area to the front bar where the trans tunnel is? Maybe it doesn't need it?

Nice!

Actually I haven't checked that and I'm not sure that it would be high enough for that! It's primary purpose is for use during the body work phase of the build as there is a TON of bodywork that needs to be done as well as re-done (some really poor work from the past in some areas).

Definitely something to think about if/when I build another!

 

[DesertSparky57]

Thanks a lot moonpool and Aggie. I'm just glad no one was like eww look at all the bird **** on all that steel you bought. I won't lie it is a little relieving to hear that it looks nice. It is fully my own creation, I sort of combined a few designs I've come across on welding and off road fab forums. I start on the wheel setup and Notcher mount tonight if all goes as planned. Should turn in to one mean little tube work station before long.

 

[nonhog]

Actually I haven't checked that and I'm not sure that it would be high enough for that! It's primary purpose is for use during the body work phase of the build as there is a TON of bodywork that needs to be done as well as re-done (some really poor work from the past in some areas).

Definitely something to think about if/when I build another!

If you feel the need, cut and paste, er weld!
If you end up setting it up higher post pics!

 

[HellaFab]

For those of you that haven't seen my Garage thread.... here is the pictures of some fab work I posted there.

Just finished up building some intercooler piping for a turbocharged Grand Prix GXP. Very cool car with power to back up the looks.


HellaFab Turbo GXP intercooler kit by HellaFab, on Flickr


HellaFab Turbo GXP intercooler kit by HellaFab, on Flickr


HellaFab Turbo GXP intercooler kit by HellaFab, on Flickr


HellaFab Turbo GXP intercooler kit by HellaFab, on Flickr


HellaFab Turbo GXP intercooler kit by HellaFab, on Flickr


HellaFab Turbo GXP intercooler kit by HellaFab, on Flickr

 

[Adam McLaughlin]

Purdy HellaFab

 

[HellaFab]

Thanks Adam!