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Looks like your welder was a little underpowered for those big welds at the bell housing mount. Otherwise nice job
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Looks like your welder was a little underpowered for those big welds at the bell housing mount. Otherwise nice job
Wrench 2201
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Looks like your welder was a little underpowered for those big welds at the bell housing mount. Otherwise nice job
Yeah I for got to switch the output lead to the "high" lug. What you see on the top of those welds is the 4th pass, heat penetration looked ok from the backside. I'm not too worried about it coming loose.
bcbsox
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Secret Santa gift exchange at work.
cbacres
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Started a rehab of my 27 year old grill. Think I had a air control issue? The bottom is 30" x 3/8" wall pipe. I had a liner inside for about 6 years. The replacement bottom is the other half of the pipe left over from 27 years ago. And my wife thinks I hang on to stuff I dont need.
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neonnblack
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You NEED and exhaust stack on the top half.
toomanytoyzz
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RivennHewn
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Secret Santa gift exchange at work.
Caged bottle? What a perfectly cruel gift.
May have to steal the idea.
Hot Chop shop
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So the wife complains to me that I never get her flowers...
MP&C
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....and she won't have to keep them in water! Nice work 
Hot Chop shop
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....and she won't have to keep them in water! Nice work
Thanks! That's high praise from you sir! Your thread is awesome.... I had a crazy Idea to make her a dozen for Xmas but she walked in the shop and caught me tonight so the surprise is gone... Kind of a good thing since just one took way too long to make.
saceone
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One is just enough.. 12 would make it look like it takes a minute each to make, just like with the ladies, once you find the right one , you stop looking for others. Nice work!
cbacres
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Yeah, I agree 10000%. I can't see how it properly smoked anything before.
Agreed, that why I call it a grill. It's been used as direct heat since it been built. It takes a little work to cook on, but I'm pretty use to it now. Once the mass of steel is heated up, it doesn't take too much to keep it consistent.I wish I had cash value of all the ribs that's been cooked on it.
I'm going to build a smoker, a indirect heat cooker hopefully this year, with a firebox and stack.
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neonnblack
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I figured you didnt smoke with it, and used it as a grill. It still would benefit greatly from an exhaust stack to get really good temp control, if you're so inclined.
cbacres
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It does have a exhaust, it's just aflap,over the hole. Between that and the flaps on the bottom near the charcoal/wood, it responds fairly well. When I built it, I had no clue to the science of the grill drafting, fire boxes , etc. I learned on a large direct heat grill that we cooked 60 lbs of meat at a time, and didn't kill over selves.
The grill I'm going to build will have have a plate under the grating, heat will flow under this and then over the top of the meat on the way out.
I'll make the intake and exhaust vents very close in tolerance, on my friends grill you can watch the temp respond almost right away.
Low and slow, throw some meat on, tinker in the shop and 4-5 hours later dinners ready.
The grill I'm going to build will have have a plate under the grating, heat will flow under this and then over the top of the meat on the way out.
I'll make the intake and exhaust vents very close in tolerance, on my friends grill you can watch the temp respond almost right away.
Low and slow, throw some meat on, tinker in the shop and 4-5 hours later dinners ready.
Stooge
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my ongoing dash project, borrowing from chevy and ford late 40's to early 50's styling. 49 ford 5-in-1 speedometer gauge and clock. still needs alot of work but it'll get there....(center seat divider/cupholder and trans hump are not welded in yet and are just sitting there a little crooked in that picture)
how funny my daughter wants me to make her a flower.So the wife complains to me that I never get her flowers...
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Hot Chop shop
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Hahaha... Do it... I don't have any kids yet but anytime I can make something for the wife whether it be a coffee table or shoe rack etc. It helps to justify a tool purchases at a later date. "Sure babe you like that jewelry box from Pinterest? I can make it, no problem but I'm going to need some snap-on wrenches and possibly another wilton vise to make it"
Those turned out great!
Speaking of kids, my son wanted a shelf to hold his water and book up in his bunk bed. So we did the project together. Today, he did a presentation to his kindergarten class about it. These were the pictures he showed -- along with metal shavings, a cut section of steel and the shelf itself.
RivennHewn
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Good dad.
Enjoy those days, they go way to fast.
Enjoy those days, they go way to fast.
56rpm
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Way too fast is an understatement! They'll be teenagers and then gone before you know it. Jack gets my Dad of the year vote. Very cute kid btw.
Hot Chop shop
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The kid is welding in kindergarten!? Do you know how pretty my welding beads would be by now if my dad taught me that stuff early!? Very cool Jack.
saceone
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awesome idea Jack !
spent21
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No joke!
great white tj
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Out standing, and I like the cup holder or guard....
Bob Heine
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Jack that's an A+ Show and Tell in every way possible!
PCO6
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MagnumForce
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Built this on company time with company steel and laser cut pieces.
A normal roller does me no good, I need space for stuff that doesn't go in drawers. Was going to paint it red but decided blue as it could then be under the premise of it could go anywhere in the plant.
Frame is 2 x 2 by 8th angle and the sides and doors are what we had available, a little less than 14 gauge thick 0.075. 3/4 inch plate as the front surface, my vice is on my workbench but if I ever want to put it on here I can.
This stays back in the shop while the next picture rolls around the 150k foot facility. I am capital maintenance at the plant and my job consists of solutions that usually involve a lot of fab work.
This is my work area and massive 3 1/2' x 7" by 6 inches thick fab table along with a project.
I love my job!
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notabmw1
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My daughter with the 61 Morris Minor with a few alterations, and my 76 Mini Clubman Estate I was doing a slight tub to.... to get lower...
Nice. Have some idea's I love it when my girls spend some time with me in the shop.
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Joe69
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Here's a pic of the toolbox I just made, trying out my new-to-me brake.
RivennHewn
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notabmw1,
We're going to need more pics…………
Love'n that Minor.
We're going to need more pics…………
Love'n that Minor.
Hot Chop shop
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This took way too long... It's a good thing I enjoy this stuff... 
Duker
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This took way too long... It's a good thing I enjoy this stuff...
I want to see the YouTube video of you taking that thing on and off of the table!
.notabmw1
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What do you want to see pictures of? I am mainly into Classic Mini's, probably had over 90 through the garage last 3 years. When my Pops was looking for a hotrod, I thought, man I could build him a Semi-Pro Street Moggy. Been working on it for to long, started right before my daughter was born. She just turned 2. It really is a mutt, I call it hotrodding, but hotrodders bust my balls for putting a V6 in it. Mind you this car weighs in at 1800lbs... so I think it will be "fine".
It has a 86 Toyota Truck frame, Toyota power disc brakes up front, Ford Exploder 8.8 narrowed 9", 16x8 with some meats on it on the back, 15x6 up front I believe. 95 Camaro 3.4 Fuel Injected Motor with some goodies. VW Scirocco Drag Radiator. I fabricated the air suspension on it years ago, in 2 weeks I am redoing it all going to coilovers...
My Clubby has a 1098 that I am fabricating a MR2 supercharger on it over the winter. That I fabricated a one off air suspension, and just changed to coilovers... just because. I like trying new stuff.
Widening rear fenders 3"....
Shaved turn signals, rear bumper, trafficators, fuel filler, etc.
Fun exhaust.
spooler41
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Notabmw1, I'm digging that Morris, I built one about 50 years ago. It was probably one of the most fun cars I've ever owned.
Thanks for popping that memory out of my head.
......................... Jack
Thanks for popping that memory out of my head.
......................... Jack