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[vartz04]

Thanks guys. Tested it out today hailing firewood. Bouncing over curbs and such. No bending or breaking.

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[Adam McLaughlin]

Welding cart came out good, liked the angle on the machine

Adam

 

[works4me]

I've finally gotten good enough with my welding that I'm not ashamed to show my projects. This is a stand for my grinder using a piece of 5" square tubing I got for free. Tig welded with 1/8" 2% thoriated:

 

[larry4406]

Works4Me - nice grinder! Details please on the motor, controls, and disc source please.

 

[Hot Chop shop]

So the coffee table is all done and it's the first welding project that made it "inside" the house!

Here was the almost finished project :

Then wet sanding the clear coat didn't go so well so I decided to just wire brush the entire thing... (Sorry for the bad cell pics)

 

[BearCuda]

Could you do an airplane?

I'm sure I could, just never have. A guy I work with that's a crew chief for A-10's in the military has been on me for awhile to make some A-10's.

 

[BearCuda]

Here's some more of my mechanimals that I have laying around. The praying mantis was the first one I made. I make way better looking mantises now.

 

[mechan]

Here's some more of my mechanimals that I have laying around. The praying mantis was the first one I made. I make way better looking mantises now.

Very neat.

 

[works4me]

Works4Me - nice grinder! Details please on the motor, controls, and disc source please.

it is a Beaumont Metal Works grinder with a 2HP motor (I had to custom order it that way) and the variable speed controller option:

http://www.beaumontmetalworks.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=5

I'm currently using Zirconia Alumina disks on it. They remove metal rapidly and last pretty well:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008J45XU6

 

[AZ Glen]

nothing on TV tonight....how about some pictures:

 

[Mazdaspeed]

Just tacked in so far?

 

[AZ Glen]

ya, those are older pics, all of the chassis was mocked up and tacked before welding.

 

[toddoky]

Down n' dirty truck cab dolly

Here's a dolly I whipped up today to support my 1979 Chevy truck cab I'm close to starting some metal repair work on. The best part about this project is that it was an exercise in cheapness as I only had to spend $65 on the wheels; the steel was from a re-purposed pallet racking end frame and two crossbeams I was able to cart home from the trash pile at work. I cut the crossbeams in half and mitered the ends at 45 degrees to form the square top frame and then cut up the end frame accordingly on my bandsaw to produce all the other members.

 

[stinkity stoink]

So the coffee table is all done and it's the first welding project that made it "inside" the house!

Here was the almost finished project :

Hot Chop nice table. You posted the end table up before and my wife liked it so I made one also. Thanks.
What did you use for the slab of wood. I know nothing about wood and I like that much better.
Thanks..

 

[Hot Chop shop]

So the coffee table is all done and it's the first welding project that made it "inside" the house!



Here was the almost finished project :



Hot Chop nice table. You posted the end table up before and my wife liked it so I made one also. Thanks.

What did you use for the slab of wood. I know nothing about wood and I like that much better.

Thanks..

Thanks! I can't take credit I'm just a copy cat that saw a pic online and tried my best to recreate it, I wish I had that Artist eye. Is yours already done? If so post some pics! Curious what you used for the top???
I know nothing of wood working but watched a few YouTube videos and read some threads around here to get the basics. It's alder wood, I went to a lumber yard and asked an old timer wood worker there what I wanted to do and my lack of experience and he suggested alder. I had 3 planks to join together but quickly realized planning the edges to match up flat is another skill that seems easy enough when reading about it but not so easy when doing it...so I ended up only jointing two boards so it wasn't as wide as I planned but I was just very happy to be done with the glueing and sanding and staining stuff and get back to the welding and grinding stuff!
There are a few more details in my garage thread on the build.

 

[Wayfastwhitie440]

you mig welded this right. If you did then what wire size do you use and what gas? Ive laid a clean weld but never do they look like this. There always just solid all the way

Got the front trans mount welded, bent, and mocked up in the car.

 

[F-117HWK]

I usually cut for miters by cutting straight pieces to length, minus 2x the wall thickness (if doing both ends, say for a square). Then I just cut the miter for a 45 right to the inside edge of the tube.

This is a great point, I honestly never thought of doing it that way.

Any tips on getting the top nice and clean? I have tried a wire cup on my angle grinder and 80 grit on disk sander, and I am not making much progress lol.

roarksupply.com
These are the ones I order

 

[kazlx]

Those feet look familar since I just bought 8 of them LOL. Did you get them from JC WInco?

McMaster.

 

[tearlessj]

you mig welded this right. If you did then what wire size do you use and what gas? Ive laid a clean weld but never do they look like this. There always just solid all the way

ZT never gives out his secrets man lol. What you do want to do is turn the heat down just a notch and slow up the wire speed. The lower the heat the more form the bead is going to have. You can try different weave patterns and see what you like the most.

 

[e-tek]

Holy **** - I've never made a weld look anything like these. It must take a VERY STEADY hand and an INCREDIBLE amount of patience to continue the bead all the way through.

I gotta go practice....as soon as I get a TIG!

 

[coma13]

Holy **** - I've never made a weld look anything like these. It must take a VERY STEADY hand and an INCREDIBLE amount of patience to continue the bead all the way through.

I gotta go practice....as soon as I get a TIG!

That's MIG!

 

[Daddyoneleg]

Looks like pulsed mig to me.Done in the flat position.Looks good.When a guy wants to get **** done Tig can be slow. Nice,nice work -Cheers

 

[Aquaticbob]

My question about the length of bead is how it doesn't warp the metal. Anytime I try and lay something as long as that, suddenly my straight piece of metal turns in a crescent. I'm very new to welding, the best I've done is weld an old framing square to some sheet metal

 

[DarkMonohue]

you mig welded this right.

I agree. But then ZT always does it right.

 

[stonewellmark]

Clamp your work to death, then wait until it cools before removing clamps. Removing them too soon will still result in a curve, im guilty of removing clamps as soon as the weld is done....bam instant curve as it cools.

Mark

 

[pepi]

That looks to be a TIG job to me, for a number of reasons.

 

[Aquaticbob]

Clamp your work to death, then wait until it cools before removing clamps. Removing them too soon will still result in a curve, im guilty of removing clamps as soon as the weld is done....bam instant curve as it cools.

Mark

Thank you for this advice! I need to buy more clamps

 

[slow50]

That looks to be a TIG job to me, for a number of reasons.

its mig forsure. you can see the golden brown stuff on the edge of most of the "dimes".

 

[welder4956]

That looks to be a TIG job to me, for a number of reasons.

ZTFab is the master of "MIG like TIG". All hail the Master!

 

[Monkey_Wrench]

Beautiful stuff guys.

I just picked up my used Lincoln 110V welder, and am getting set up.

Already had to make some tools for my "Euro Rat" to get the suspension and steering rebuilt.

 

[toomanytoyzz]

its mig forsure. you can see the golden brown stuff on the edge of most of the "dimes".

Yup!! That "golden brown stuff" is all the impurities in the metal being pulled to the surface.

Those welds are dang pretty.

 

[Daddyoneleg]

Clamp your work to death, then wait until it cools before removing clamps. Removing them too soon will still result in a curve, im guilty of removing clamps as soon as the weld is done....bam instant curve as it cools.

Mark

I find clamping straight,letting it cool,then removing clamps is not enough alot of the times.
If I want to have it come out straighter,depending on the shape and material,I like to tack it good then use clamps and shims to clamp it past straight in the opposite direction of the force then weld,cool,release. This becomes a learning game. Sometimes the weld does not even pull it to straight let alone curl up the piece.

I often back weld objects even though one weld is enough just to have the two welds counteract their forces.Or use flame straightning and quenching on the opposite side of the weld to pull it straight.

Weld forces can sometimes work in your favor if used right. -Cheers

 

[kazlx]

That looks to be a TIG job to me, for a number of reasons.

It's mig, no pulsing. Just technique.

 

[toomanytoyzz]

I find clamping straight,letting it cool,then removing clamps is not enough alot of the times.
If I want to have it come out straighter,depending on the shape and material,I like to tack it good then use clamps and shims to clamp it past straight in the opposite direction of the force then weld,cool,release. This becomes a learning game. Sometimes the weld does not even pull it to straight let alone curl up the piece.

I often back weld objects even though one weld is enough just to have the two welds counteract their forces.Or use flame straightning and quenching on the opposite side of the weld to pull it straight.

Weld forces can sometimes work in your favor if used right. -Cheers

Are you doing all this to achieve those pretty looking beads? I just slow it down to reduce on the warpage.

 

[Daddyoneleg]

Are you doing all this to achieve those pretty looking beads? I just slow it down to reduce on the warpage.

I do it to reduce warpage, it becomes fast and second nature.But I weld and fab every day at work for a living.I use mig and stick to weld alum,mild steel,AR, AND QT100.Every situation can be different if perfection is the goal. Right now I am building an aluminum river boat at home with spool gun and wish I had a pulsed mig unit like the boat companies use. Man that weld a couple of posts ago looks like its pulsed mig. Some people even take pulsed mig and hook it to a track cutter/welder with variable speed for perfection.
-Cheers

 

[sirweldalot]

Some smokers.

 

[Rated ///M]

bump... Don't let one of my regularly checked threads die!! I've noticed a couple of postings that could have easily ended up in this thread being posted as a new topic over the last couple days.

 

[WakonTonka]

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=307572&stc=1&d=1389304709

I made a series of steel railings for our last house. This set just need the feet and finish. I like this thread, let us keep it alive!

I have more photos, but am having difficulty uploading them due to size considerations. Anyone have a painless way to downrez photos before uploading?

 

[Timpala]

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=307572&stc=1&d=1389304709

I made a series of steel railings for our last house. This set just need the feet and finish. I like this thread, let us keep it alive!

I have more photos, but am having difficulty uploading them due to size considerations. Anyone have a painless way to downrez photos before uploading?

Try this: http://www.jpegreducer.com/

 

[WakonTonka]

Thanks TIMPALA for the link, I looked at that site, but I have some files over 2mb and that is their limit. Then one quick search and I found I could do it painlesslyright in MS Paint, even the TIFF files reduce nicely. So here are two more photos from the same project:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=307660&stc=1&d=1389326345 http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=307661&stc=1&d=1389326345