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[64Trvlr]

A few more pics.

 

[jshultz78]

Raised floorboard in my s10 to clear the 1 piece driveshaft:

Bumper for my beater warrior:

 

[zmotorsports]

Here are some pics of the rear bumper I built for my camper. I also junked the cheap coupler on the tongue and battery spot. I put different battery boxes and a Bulldog couple on.

Nice job. I really like the docking lights on the sides as well.

Mike.

 

[toomanytoyzz]

I managed to find a few hours to dedicate to the sign. It's coming along slow, but I did manage to get some color on the letter "A". I think it will look great with the OEM Toyota mustard yellow I'm planning on painting the inner part of the sign.

 

[gbsmithy08]

Here is a little winch mount I made for a friend. Goes in a receiver on his trailer.

 

[raskal]

I did the same thing

 

[bad_idea]

I did the same thing. But I bolted the receiver tube to the floor of my garage for dragging in dead cars.

 

[bluebolt]

I built a winch mount too but it was before I had a welder so it was bolted together. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102867&highlight=trailer+winch

 

[IONH]

I did the same thing. But I bolted the receiver tube to the floor of my garage for dragging in dead cars.

How did you secure it? I've thought about doing that but would be concerned about the perpendicular force to the floor ripping it out.

 

[DesertSparky57]

IonH, I'm not sure what bad_idea used but I'd bet either redheads or drop-ins. Probably drop-ins so that if you remove the tugger/winch you don't have threaded studs sticking up to catch a toe on.

http://www.hilti.com/holcom/page/module/product/prca_catnavigation.jsf?nodeId=-10812

Or drop in style

http://www.hilti.com/holcom/page/module/product/prca_catnavigation.jsf?lang=en&nodeId=-10428

General rule is the anchor is only as strong as the surrounding concrete. Shape of your mount plate can play a huge part in how much lateral force the anchors will take before pulling out.

 

[JoeFin]

These Tattoo Gun frames had to be welded together and then all the crevices buffed out for hygiene

 

[Hot Chop shop]

So just finished this... It's a bar stool? Or a... Okay not sure what it is... But I used 11 gauge steel so it's pretty heavy... I stole the design from here I think? Or maybe it was the other welding form... I don't recall... But I thought it was cool... I made it to practice my welding... Been wanting to make a dedicated welding table but wanted to practice on a few smaller projects first.

 

[jmlcolorado]

So just finished this... It's a bar stool? Or a... Okay not sure what it is... But I used 11 gauge steel so it's pretty heavy... I stole the design from here I think? Or maybe it was the other welding form... I don't recall... But I thought it was cool... I made it to practice my welding... Been wanting to make a dedicated welding table but wanted to practice on a few smaller projects first.
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Yep.... It's bad ***!!!!
Would make for some cool end tables, or a large coffee table.
Would be neat to have some heavy leather sewn up, then spray adhesive on the table to, and large copper/brass solid rivets spaced spaced every few inches around the sides to affix the leather as a coffee table.
Bravo sir!!!!

 

[nonhog]

I stole the design from here I think? Or maybe it was the other welding form... I don't recall... But I thought it was cool... I made it toQUOTE]

I don't care where you got it. I'm stealing it from you!

 

[Hot Chop shop]

Yep.... It's bad ***!!!!
Would make for some cool end tables, or a large coffee table.
Would be neat to have some heavy leather sewn up, then spray adhesive on the table to, and large copper/brass solid rivets spaced spaced every few inches around the sides to affix the leather as a coffee table.
Bravo sir!!!!

Thanks!
End tables would be a great idea!
I was thinking about trying to make a butcher block top and stain it for the top but I had the sheet metal and wanted to try welding it, I have read about the difficult burning through so it was fun to play with.

I stole the design from here I think? Or maybe it was the other welding form... I don't recall... But I thought it was cool... I made it toQUOTE]

I don't care where you got it. I'm stealing it from you!

I steal all my best ideas from this thread

 

[silentpoet]

So just finished this... It's a bar stool? Or a... Okay not sure what it is... But I used 11 gauge steel so it's pretty heavy... I stole the design from here I think? Or maybe it was the other welding form... I don't recall... But I thought it was cool... I made it to practice my welding... Been wanting to make a dedicated welding table but wanted to practice on a few smaller projects first.
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Save the image to your computer and rotate the images before posting. Funny thing is on facebook they are correct. Run across it before on my images. They also look correct in gmail, but if you click view image they will be sideways.

 

[alpinewhite]

This is awesome!! If it were me, since I'm not a great welder, I would put small gussets to make the joints a bit beefier.

 

[stinkity stoink]

So just finished this... It's a bar stool? Or a... Okay not sure what it is... But I used 11 gauge steel so it's pretty heavy... I stole the design from here I think? Or maybe it was the other welding form... I don't recall... But I thought it was cool... I made it to practice my welding... Been wanting to make a dedicated welding table but wanted to practice on a few smaller projects first.

I like this a lot. What size tubing is that 1 1/2? What is the other welding site you might have found it on? can you give a link ? it seems there may be some great ideas there also.

 

[Hot Chop shop]

I like this a lot. What size tubing is that 1 1/2? What is the other welding site you might have found it on? can you give a link ? it seems there may be some great ideas there also.

Thanks!
Yes it is 1 1/2 inch tubing. I can't find the link but ill post the original picture I borrowed below. I think it was from weldingweb.com... But too be honest I search the web high and low for beginner projects so hard to keep track of the source.

 

[Hot Chop shop]

This is awesome!! If it were me, since I'm not a great welder, I would put small gussets to make the joints a bit beefier.

Thanks for the feedback! I am always looking to improve my welding skills... Like for this one I drilled little holes to make sure I didn't have a "blow out" which I guess happens as you close up the last edge? And on the last leg it pulled/separated and had some shrinkage (or my measuring was off which is very possible) so I had to figure out the right way to close the quarter of an inch gap... So I got straps and pulled it close then did a lot of heavy beads on top of each other to close it... Still haven't learned the right way to do it? I guess it would be to get a new length that fits or cut a small plate or piece to fill it?

As far as the gussets suggestion goes I think its a great idea that I will use for lots of projects to come that support heavy weight but since it's a stool and the metal is so thick just with two legs attached I could jump up and down on it.

 

[Minibike Kid]

Here is a Billy Kart I made for the kids. It is all scrap steel apart from the 2 turnbuckles.

 

[mrgm]

I like that cart. Have the kids gone down hill yet?

 

[lehr]

This is a console for a 1969 camaro it has tons of welding you just can't see it anymore.

 

[coma13]

This is a console for a 1969 camaro it has tons of welding you just can't see it anymore.

Aluminum? What did you use to blend the welds and metal finish?

 

[toomanytoyzz]

I got some more work done on that marquee sign. The TOYOTA letters are in paint. It's coming along. I like the color a lot. It will go great with the yellow I bought.

 

[Vegaman_Dan]

*I gotta feeling* that Toyota sign is going to turn out great.

 

[GSEninja]

84 pages later and not a second of my life wasted! Amazing work everyone! Ive mainly been welding on my 69 Mach 1 but you have definitely inspired me to get creative!

 

[lehr]

Aluminum? What did you use to blend the welds and metal finish?

It is welded in the center of the outside curves then vixin filed, some hammer and dollie work , then a sanding block..Yes it's aluminum.

 

[Stooge]

This is a console for a 1969 camaro it has tons of welding you just can't see it anymore.

wow, thats coming along great! hats off to you for having the patience with aluminum, i'd love to start doing more with aluminum but my clumsy hands arent as enthusiastic about it

my console attempt a few pages back, (not alum) http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=3326323&postcount=1593

 

[toomanytoyzz]

*I gotta feeling* that Toyota sign is going to turn out great.

It's been a labor of love for the last couple of months due to my time schedule. Looking forward to finishing it up and getting back to my FJ40 resto. It was probably my main inspiration for stitching this together. I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

 

[Adam McLaughlin]

Wow Aluminum project came out very nice

 

[Minibike Kid]

Thanks its a ****** ripper. The kids havent gone down hill till I sort out the Brakes. It has a disk on one rear wheel that needs to be re adjusted. Then bring on the hills.

 

[lilredex]

Here's one from the past, for rolling sheet metal. Picture shows a 3" pipe with a 1" pipe follower. The follower is removable at the ends. I simply "C" clamped the sheet metal across the 3" pipe with a bar and pulled the handle to put a smooth, kinkless curve on the metal..... beats trying to hand bend over a barrel or something. Crude looking, but effective. I had thought of making a base, for vise mounting, for it but never did. It just stands over in the corner until it is needed

I have made patch panels for vans and muffler casings with it.

 

[lilredex]

A couple of more small items, these did get painted, when the gun was out.


photo storage

Top one is for driving out ball joints on MOPAR lower control arms (70/80's). You put an anvil of some type (even a stout block of wood) under the control arm and with a couple of good hits the ball joint was knocked free. Installation was the opposite....ball joint on the anvil and a larger model driver (not shown) drove the control arm on to the B/J. The smaller driver is less than the B/J's dia. and the larger is just a bit larger than the B/J's.

The second tool is a DIY hole saw. It was used to rough out the file handle's end**, for a ferrule. I could not find a saw that would match the ferrule tubing dia. that was on hand, so a section of the actual tubing was used to make the saw. Obviously the saw will not make hundreds of cuts, but made the dozen or so that were needed.

**http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=201159

 

[Hot Chop shop]

Started work on my welding table today... I picked up a 3/8 inch plate... I wanted to go overkill (for my needs) and get an 1 inch but they didn't have it... Still need to add some cross braces on the legs and add a lower shelf and of course weld it together but I'm excited to have a table I can clamp work to...

 

[LG63]

Started work on my welding table today... I picked up a 3/8 inch plate... I wanted to go overkill (for my needs) and get an 1 inch but they didn't have it... Still need to add some cross braces on the legs and add a lower shelf and of course weld it together but I'm excited to have a table I can clamp work to...

Looking good. Those look like some nice heavy casters, ought to be an easy roller.

 

[toomanytoyzz]

Started work on my welding table today... I picked up a 3/8 inch plate... I wanted to go overkill (for my needs) and get an 1 inch but they didn't have it... Still need to add some cross braces on the legs and add a lower shelf and of course weld it together but I'm excited to have a table I can clamp work to...

3/8" will do fine. I found a piece of 1 1/2" plate for $50 on CL for my table. It was fun to move, but one of the best workbenches I've ever built. I even found a couple uses for the hole in the center in the couple of years I've stitched it together.

 

[Hot Chop shop]

Looking good. Those look like some nice heavy casters, ought to be an easy roller.

Thanks! I took those casters off my harbor freight tool box when I built two of the tool boxes into a heavy stationary steel top bench (see Stevo's awesome HF build for where I stole the idea from) so been planning to make a rolling welding/grinding bench to roll it down the drive way to grind on or ride it for fun

I got 4 more castors from the other tool box to build something else fun.

3/8" will do fine. I found a piece of 1 1/2" plate for $50 on CL for my table. It was fun to move, but one of the best workbenches I've ever built. I even found a couple uses for the hole in the center in the couple of years I've stitched it together.

That table top is sick... And for a killer price... The metal place had a 3inch plate that was 2 feet X 3feet way too small for what I wanted and building a frame to support it would have been a challenge maybe down the road for fun at the right price.... I actually got lucky on Craigslist recently and picked up 15 sheets or random gauge sheet metal and 5 sheets of perforated sheet metal (no clue what to use the perforated sheets on) and 1 of a 3/8 thick 4x4 sheet but it had the diamond plating on one side... But it was 4 feet wide and would have taken up a lot of space in the garage and flipping the sheet over to weld with the diamond plate down would have been difficult to get it level and good penetration to the frame for a noob welder like me... I'll find something to use it the diamond plate on...

 

[Angerman]

Yet another welder cart underway. My new Miller 211 will sit on the top shelf, and my plasma cutter will sit on the bottom shelf. Middle shelf will be for all the misc stuff that I always have sitting on top of the welder. I'll upload more pics when it's done in a couple days.

 

[gonefirefighting]

I have several projects going on at once but I will start with my two brawler rigs in this post. I did all the work on these myself

I am about half way done with the blazer. it started as you see below, a plain stock 1984 K5. About to start cutting and welding on this beast

I wanted a rig that I could use as a tow pig for the snowmobiles for ice fishing and getting the boats into the high country when the lakes aren't frozen. I started by slapping in a spanking fresh balanced and blueprinted 400 short block with an rv cam, roller rocker arms, eldebrock performer package, gear drive time set, and a new 700R4 trans with corvette servos and drag bands with a husrt shift kit.

https://scontent-b-sjc.**.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/1000133_10151536965183737_1488240306_n.jpg

then threw on a 6 inch full spring lift 15 inch wheels and 37x14.5" toyo mud terrains and full mandrel bent 2.5 inch welded exhaust and flowmaster super 44 mufflers.

next is a full exo cage to fit the spare, lights and the rooftop tent and new sheetmetal dash with new buckets.








the other big project I have started with a plain stock 1980 toyota hilux pickup. in this pic I threw on a 4 inch lift, 33x10 toyo mud terrains and new 15 inch wheels and converted it to propane.

I use this rig for hunting and firewood cutting and really liked the way it got around in the woods so I decided to throw some money into it. I decided to fab up a flat bed and mount the tanks inbetween the frame and bed.

took several hours to cut and grind off all the mounts and get rid of the nonsense.

I blocked and channeled the frame since I was going to put a 12k lb winch on both the front and back.

I made mounts and used forklift brackets to mount the tanks solid to the frame and used stall mat riveted to the rails to absorb vibrations and dampen sound on the bottles

I had just enough room to put in dual tanks in the mounts

once the cam locks are tightened they dont move or make a sound

I used 2x2 square tube for the flatbed frame and 2x6 for the headache rack since I will mount a 2000lb atv winch in the top for lugging logs and elk onto the bed. I only had to raise the actual bed surface 2 inches in order to accommodate the propane cylinders and still have enough clearance for wheel travel and tire clearance.

I used 1 inch square for the rest of the bed surface and pretty heavy sheet for the rear drop panel

I slapped in a fresh 22r and made room for dual 31 series batteries tethered to a 500 amp dual switch that will be mounted on the dash in order to isolate the batteries during heavy winching. these batteries barely fit after a ton of cutting and fabbing trays. each battery is rated to 1250 cca at 32 degrees.

i capped and channeled the frame on the front and recessed the front winch clear back to the radiator in order to increase my approach angle. I will finish off the rest of the front bumper with 1/8 steel to contour around the sides. you can see the old bolt holes from the stock bumper and how much clearance I gained. I also found some hellla lamps and recessed them in the grill that are wired to the brights.

I gutted the interior and am making a complete sheet metal dash. I cut down the old dash in order to keep the stock defroster set up since space is a premium. I cut down the defroster to the vents and stitch welded it to the 1 inch tube at the angle for the dash.

I found some cheap buckets on amazon for 99 bucks a piece and found they will fit perfect and leave me plenty of room for a steel center console for electronics and firearms.

should have this wrapped up by the end of the month, pics to follow shortly.