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[silentpoet]

Gotta have pictures or you have to turn in your 'man' card...

Here is the project in progress.





I know the weld is ugly. I just ran out of wire about the time I had the heat and wire speed figured out. But the basic plan is sound, I just sized it to the cup I had bought earlier. I just looked around the scrap pile and saw the piece of rebar and the scrap of angle iron. I broke out the chop saw and cut the two piece to length, the third piece I was waiting to cut until I had the other pieces together. I tried to shape the ends of the two pieces so the other piece would fit when I welded it in. The rebar was really melting at first, had a hard time getting a good bead on it with that gap. I think I need to maybe tack some closer in to the base of the rebar and then let it cool and then build a nice bead. I had just about got to the point where I thought I understood the weld and **** suddenly no bright spark in front of me. Didn't realize my spool was that low. To be honest as ugly as it is, it would probably serve as a drink holder but I don't want to leave sloppy ugly work.

 

[tractordude]

Here is the project in progress.





I know the weld is ugly. I just ran out of wire about the time I had the heat and wire speed figured out.

Gas less flux core? ISHY stuff

 

[silentpoet]

Gas less flux core? ISHY stuff

Yeah and not cleaned up either. I know mig would be nicer, but I don't have a tank and really can't afford one right now. I usually can do a nicer bead than this even with flux core.

 

[Fyrme]

looks great, fyrme

Really nice job on the gate.

Great job on the gate, what did you use to roll the top arch out of square tubing?

Thanks guys. This was a hired job I did for a lady. I paid to have the arches bent. $200 for the pair and I supplied the 2" square tubing. The two gates were powder coated after the welding was completed $100. I charged her $900 for the two gates, and I lost my *** on them. Should have charged $1200 to make a dime. With my time in labor, I think I made about $9 hr. But I made money on the fence I built her, so it was a wash.

 

[alpinewhite]

Impressive!! Makes me want to watch a Disney movie.

 

[wagzilla]

I made some yard art!!!rat fink kinda

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[wagzilla]

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So its a buzzard driving a tractor . This was my first try.

James

 

[Grinder Bill]

More from the bike build: saddlebag bracket from scratch: plasma to cut out the pieces which were finished on a belt grinder, lathe work to fab the bushings, welded using both mig and tig.

 

[Bob Heine]

I made some yard art!!!rat fink kinda

Nice work! That buzzard reminds me of the one I kept on my desk at work. The sign under the buzzard statue read "Patience my ***. I'm gonna go kill something!"

 

[Grinder Bill]

More of the bike build. Rear fender @ about 80% done. Made from 3 pieces of 20g welded to a frame of 3/16 round. Electrical junction box made from 5 pieces of 20g and 4 pieces of 1/8 flat bar.

 

[muckerbarry]

Thanks guys. This was a hired job I did for a lady. I paid to have the arches bent. $200 for the pair and I supplied the 2" square tubing. The two gates were powder coated after the welding was completed $100. I charged her $900 for the two gates, and I lost my *** on them. Should have charged $1200 to make a dime. With my time in labor, I think I made about $9 hr. But I made money on the fence I built her, so it was a wash.

Bummer that you didnt cover your costs, but you can certainly be proud of your work, those gates are beautiful.

 

[wagzilla]

working with rusted metal is hard and getting to do what you want is harder like some of the steel is cold rolled so it has a coating on it. had to burn it off.

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[wagzilla]

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[NAPPY]

Nothing crazy, just helpful. This is my oversized cherry picker. CL score a few years ago. Parts of it look hand made but I'm not sure. I added a plate to the bottom to set my bucket of chains, a place to put my handle and a holder for my cylinder. All made from metal in my stash. The large tubing holding my cylinder is welded to a piece of tubing that slides into a larger piece.

 

[Grinder Bill]

More of the bike build: handmade horn cover & mount. The horn itself is attached to the back cup which is machined from 3/4" aluminum plate. The cup is an interference fit to the body and secured with set screws. Powder coated gloss black in a toaster oven.

 

[wagzilla]

More of the bike build: handmade horn cover & mount. The horn itself is attached to the back cup which is machined from 3/4" aluminum plate. The cup is an interference fit to the body and secured with set screws. Powder coated gloss black in a toaster oven.

That's coming out very nice!!

 

[PCO6]

I replaced the sill on one side of my Jeep Cherokee today. Rather than go with a replacement sill I decided to fabricate a slider out of 2"x6" tubing for added off road strength.

Here is the right side with the old sill cut out and the slider I made ready to go in after a bit more rust removal.
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Here the slider is tacked in with about 50 mig welds. The new floors will go in after the sliders. I posted in another thread that I was going to leave the insides of the frame rails bare steal and apply rust proofing (Krown) but I decided to paint them with POR15.
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I then added about 50 spot welds. This is the first time that I have spot welded 18 gauge sheet metal to 1/8" metal tube and it worked well. It's also welded along the inside from one end to the other.
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The slider is now in place. I had to trim a few inches off of the rear fender flare to fit the slider. A lot of guys cut the bottoms off their front fenders and take their sliders to the rear of the wheel well. This Jeep will see a lot of winter use and I don't want to have snow build up in this area. The way I did it allows for better drainage.
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Here it is primed in black ... now on to the floor boards.
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[1953mercury]

Nicely done. Mike

 

[PCO6]

Thanks Mike. Lot's to do yet but I'm getting there.

 

[Duker]

Nicely done. Mike

Ditto on the nicely done!

 

[Grinder Bill]

More of the bike build. Cut and extended the swingarm by 2", using solid machined inserts.

 

[Muggzy]

Sweet! Have you thought about starting your own thread for the bike? Cant wait to see more.

 

[Strouty]

Mobile grinder stand, built from a truck tire rim and a piece of 8" pipe.

What does the red lever do? (Does it open a wormhole to another dimension?, if so, you need to put a warning label on it.) Is it for moving the stand or do you just tilt and roll? Or is it to allow the grinders to rotate?

Either way, can you post some more pictures, that is a nice space saving setup.

 

[Grinder Bill]

What does the red lever do? (Does it open a wormhole to another dimension?, if so, you need to put a warning label on it.) Is it for moving the stand or do you just tilt and roll? Or is it to allow the grinders to rotate?

Either way, can you post some more pictures, that is a nice space saving setup.

The red lever lowers the landing gear and raises the whole unit about 1/8", allowing for one hand moves. There's 4 x 360* casters attached to a hinged hanger.

 

[cbacres]

Grinder, neat set up.
How do you latch the hinge in the down position?

 

[cbacres]

Made a little more progress today. Welded the 1" gusset to the 2" x4" tubing. Started prepping the 4" pipe that will be on the under side of he tubing. Notched the pipe to fit around the gusset, fit great the first time, I'm real pleased with how this went. Will fit the other side next, and then add more pipe to reach the columns.Glad I have plenty of c clamps.

 

[Grinder Bill]

Grinder, neat set up.
How do you latch the hinge in the down position?

The red lever slips under a catch welded to the left side.

The trick to making this work is to first shim the stand to its final 'ride height', then build the hinged/wheeled frame and lever in place.

 

[Grinder Bill]

More bike build. 2" longer fender struts from scratch; used the original struts as templates.

 

[Man Cave]

Grinder Bill, what is your project? I widened an FL style frame to use a 180 rear. That was 7 years ago and I'm now taking the same bike back to a 130 with a round swing arm. Tired of paying for wide rear tires. Basically bored with what I built and doing something different.

 

[Grinder Bill]

Grinder Bill, what is your project? I widened an FL style frame to use a 180 rear. That was 7 years ago and I'm now taking the same bike back to a 130 with a round swing arm. Tired of paying for wide rear tires. Basically bored with what I built and doing something different.

Nice bike. And I hear ya on the wide rears; I went with 18's F&R, 140 on the front and 170 back. No one is currently making a 18x170 bias ply tire, so I'm forever searching for NOS Metzeler ME1's.

The frame is +2 up and out, +3* rake, FXWG trees, Al rims, extended swingarm and a shitload of hand made parts. 98"er with extra gonads.

 

[Man Cave]

Good looking hot rod Bill. Like the look you have going on there.

 

[wagzilla]

Nice bike. And I hear ya on the wide rears; I went with 18's F&R, 140 on the front and 170 back. No one is currently making a 18x170 bias ply tire, so I'm forever searching for NOS Metzeler ME1's.

The frame is +2 up and out, +3* rake, FXWG trees, Al rims, extended swingarm and a shitload of hand made parts. 98"er with extra gonads.

Nice I like the setup when will this be done?

I would love to build a bike Love the build from ******** in Germany I want to build the single swing are for the rear and have about 240 ish on the back.

James

James

 

[Grinder Bill]

The bike was finished about 2500 miles ago. This winters project is a 103" S&S panhead in a '88 softail frame.

 

[ClintNZ]

Finished off the spare tyre carrier for the Landcruiser:

Used a car door latch. Added some reinforcing to the rear bar too.

Another recent project was a heavy duty dining table build with Rosie. Used a couple of cheap hardwood benchtops, had some 4" pipe & 8x2 timber lying around for the legs, so decided on an industrial look & got some flanges to join it up.

Cheers
Clint

 

[Fyrme]

All right, I finally found the build pics.......

IMG_1568 by Fyrme, on Flickr
IMG_1569 by Fyrme, on Flickr
IMG_1570 by Fyrme, on Flickr
IMG_1573 by Fyrme, on Flickr
IMG_1574 by Fyrme, on Flickr
IMG_1575 by Fyrme, on Flickr
IMG_1578 by Fyrme, on Flickr
And for those of you that haven't seen the finished product and don't want to go back...
Iron and Wood Gate by Fyrme, on Flickr
Iron and Wood Gate Front Side by Fyrme, on Flickr
Iron and Wood Gate Back Side by Fyrme, on Flickr
Iron And Wood Gate Short by Fyrme, on Flickr

 

[wagzilla]

^^^^^nice work^^^^

 

[MN4x4]

Nice gate! That thing oughta last forever...

 

[Gamble]

Looks great! Is the wood screwed into the metal?

 

[Fyrme]

Looks great! Is the wood screwed into the metal?

Yes, with stainless painted screws

 

[Bears Fan]

Nice gates!!!