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[jamscal]

Made this buffer stand out of 3/16" and 11 ga steel recently.

Didn't have a customer for it, just always wanted to make something like this. Figured I couldn't sell them for the amount of work in them and then saw the price on some of the large baldor grinder stands.

 

[Muggzy]

Made this buffer stand out of 3/16" and 11 ga steel recently.

Didn't have a customer for it, just always wanted to make something like this. Figured I couldn't sell them for the amount of work in them and then saw the price on some of the large baldor grinder stands.

That is incredibly beautiful. My wife might even let me keep it in the house!

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[duhicky]

Bumper for a buddies jeep

 

[jamscal]

That is incredibly beautiful. My wife might even let me keep it in the house!

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Thanks! Some one else told me it would make a good end table, so there's that.


Here is a table I made for the roller that bent the panels on the buffer stand.

It's only a 16 ga roller but I took it easy with the rolling. It's made from 3/16 steel:

 

[zmotorsports]

Made this buffer stand out of 3/16" and 11 ga steel recently.

Didn't have a customer for it, just always wanted to make something like this. Figured I couldn't sell them for the amount of work in them and then saw the price on some of the large baldor grinder stands.

Very nicely done and very unique as well. I like it.

Mike.

 

[zmotorsports]

Bumper for a buddies jeep

Nice. I'm a fan of Jeep bumpers that are NOT mass produced.

Mike.

 

[Farmall Cub]

It's not much of a project but I was glad to have the welder when the inspiration came.
I had a customer, on a weekend evening of course, that had oil pressure drop on a 16 cyl. 9,400 CUID engine.
They tore into it trying to figure out the cause, checked the main and rod bearings, all good, pump good, etc.
They put it back together and decided to start getting a swing engine in order and run this one till it goes.
To make a long story short, one of the mechanics went over to a bypass valve and whacked it with a hammer and the pressure bounced. He started hitting it and soon the pressure came back to normal. Saved them and easy $400,000 in parts and downtime.
I was in the garage and looked at a few hammers I picked up at a garage sale and the rest just started happening....

 

[duhicky]

Nice. I'm a fan of Jeep bumpers that are NOT mass produced.

Mike.

Thanks Mike!

 

[Guster]

It's not much of a project but I was glad to have the welder when the inspiration came.
I had a customer, on a weekend evening of course, that had oil pressure drop on a 16 cyl. 9,400 CUID engine.
They tore into it trying to figure out the cause, checked the main and rod bearings, all good, pump good, etc.
They put it back together and decided to start getting a swing engine in order and run this one till it goes.
To make a long story short, one of the mechanics went over to a bypass valve and whacked it with a hammer and the pressure bounced. He started hitting it and soon the pressure came back to normal. Saved them and easy $400,000 in parts and downtime.
I was in the garage and looked at a few hammers I picked up at a garage sale and the rest just started happening....

Reminds me of one of my favourite remarks - "All else fails, apply percussive adjustment.... hit it with a ****** hammer!"

 

[f150skidoo]

Threw this rack together to tidy up the garage since there was jerry cans and firewood scattered around.

 

[DRRummel]

Clean looking.

 

[06switchback]

Threw this rack together to tidy up the garage since there was jerry cans and firewood scattered around.

No there's a great combination do you keep the wood close to the stove or the fuel cans as far from the stove as possible?




O wait I get it the top shelf is for the kindling





Sorry couldn't resist

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[wagzilla]

I have not been on here in a while, so here is a short update my rotisserie needed some new casters, I got bigger casters 6x2 I welded a plate to the bottom of the rotisserie so it will be easier next time to change them out. Here are some pictures so you can see the progress.

as you can see the casters are in bad shape

You can see the casters were welded on, so I had to cut them off with a grinder and a air hammer.

here is the new casters 6x2

I will put some more up tonight

 

[wagzilla]

were you have to cut the casters off, you should never weld casters on it softens the metal.G]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/907/s0XqrW.jpg[/IMG]
here is my new plates 3/32nd galvanized, that is just what they had.

we went from 6"

to 8" bigger wheels roll over the cracks better.

junk wheels

and that is all I have for now , it rolls really easy.

James

 

[wbrian63]

You will need to provide some way to jack the frame of the rotisserie up to take the weight off those wheels. They roll really nice, but with a constant load in the same place, they will flat spot. Otherwise - agreed - never weld casters on.

 

[wagzilla]

You will need to provide some way to jack the frame of the rotisserie up to take the weight off those wheels. They roll really nice, but with a constant load in the same place, they will flat spot. Otherwise - agreed - never weld casters on.

thankyou I thought about that , I was wondering if I need to put it up on blocks? My old wheels the rubber just fell off.

James

 

[jimgood]

It's not much of a project but I was glad to have the welder when the inspiration came.
I had a customer, on a weekend evening of course, that had oil pressure drop on a 16 cyl. 9,400 CUID engine.
They tore into it trying to figure out the cause, checked the main and rod bearings, all good, pump good, etc.
They put it back together and decided to start getting a swing engine in order and run this one till it goes.
To make a long story short, one of the mechanics went over to a bypass valve and whacked it with a hammer and the pressure bounced. He started hitting it and soon the pressure came back to normal. Saved them and easy $400,000 in parts and downtime.
I was in the garage and looked at a few hammers I picked up at a garage sale and the rest just started happening....

Priceless!

 

[Griff93]

I've started putting my scrap in 55 gallon drums so I can move them around with my tractor's front end loader. We generate a lot of little scraps from the skeletons when plasma cutting. I wanted to be able to not only pick up the 55 gallon drums full of scrap steel, I wanted to be able to dump them in my truck when it's time to go to the scrap yard. I drew up a bracket in CAD and cut it out on my CNC plasma table. Cutting it out of one piece with bend lines makes it easy to bend by hand in the vise and line up for welding.


After a minute or two of work with a knotted wire wheel on a grinder they clean up pretty good.


I was planning to weld this to the side of the drums so the back of it needed to have a bend in the middle so there wouldn't be a big gap at the edges. One of the bend cuts also acted as a relief for bending the back only. The angle block makes a good digital readout so you can get them very close to the same.


I did all the other bending by hand in the vise using a crescent wrench for leverage. This stuff was 1/4 plate so a bit of help it necessary. I mig welded all the outside corners.


I welded them all the way around to the drums at the bottom of one side. This will make it where I can hook a chain after I've put the drum on it's side to lift the bottom of the drum and dump it into my truck.

 

[DieselDent]

Multipurpose fabrication table. Its set up to accept T nuts for clamping and has adjustable leveling feet. It gets used for tube chassis and frames mostly but I made some arms to mount cabs/body's on.
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[tractordude]

This, Some how they look cool on Pinterest. Mine, not so much....

 

[Bears Fan]

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You guys have some great looking welds here

 

[dans14rb]

This, Some how they look cool on Pinterest. Mine, not so much....

I like it!

 

[bsaint]

Some stainless tubing at work. Could've went better but our tig welding setup has nothing for clamps or work holding or setup. Its getting better, slowly...

I generally don't use filler metal.

 

[lakeroadster]

Welding Related Recap of my home made '27 RPU on Deuce Rails Lakes Roadster Project:

Started with this:


Made the frame starting with the front 2/3 of some '32 Ford repro rails:


Added crossmembers to pick up the stock body mount locations:


Custom made rear triangulated 4 bar with air bags:


Designed to clear stock body subframe:



Store bought front hairpin axle with transverse monospring:


Modified mid 80's Mustang clutch brake pedal configuration:


Modifying Sanderson headers. Removed exhaust flange and added tubing:


Rear Sway Bar Addition:


To the Body Shop:


Done:


It's just that easy...

 

[Fxsb103]

Custom frame for tool chests. Over 6' long. Now I need to buy the tires, motor, outriggers and other components before I weld the risers and roll bar. I already cut the top of the roll bar to fit the 52" LED light bars.

 

[ndr1968]

Done:




Better keep yer arms inside at high speed. Those tires could pick up stones and throw them really hard.

Cool RR man!

 

[fnieto]

Repaired a damaged tongue and installed new Coupler, jack and top plate.

 

[Griff93]

Did a bit of TIG welding Friday for a guy that owns a sheet metal shop. I traded around with him for this work. I got him to bend some sheet that was to big to go on my brake. It's for an air table for my CNC plasma. That's going to be my next major welding project for myself.

 

[strength_and_power]

I started this just before Christmas and worked on it Christmas Day as well. Got it all buttoned up and delivered 2 weeks agort

 

[W_A_Watson_II]

Repaired a damaged tongue and installed new Coupler, jack and top plate.

Great work, my only concern is the Jacks closeness to the hitch, I'd suggest next time place it closer to the deck to save a tailgate or two.

 

[fnieto]

Great work, my only concern is the Jacks closeness to the hitch, I'd suggest next time place it closer to the deck to save a tailgate or two.

The tailgate is 8"-10" away from the Jack when down. The area behind the jack will have a tongue box that houses a winch. I took all this into account when laying out the jack location. FWIW, the equalizing hitch is much longer than a standard hitch giving plenty of room for the TG.
Thanks for your input.

 

[A**holes Garage]

Just finished up an aquarium stand for a friend. Off to the powder coater;

 

[Strouty]

75 gallon?

 

[A**holes Garage]

75 gallon?

yes, about 48" L x 18" deep
filters, timers, outlets, and stuff will be tucked inside the cabinet

 

[bmxdad]

I started this just before Christmas and worked on it Christmas Day as well. Got it all buttoned up and delivered 2 weeks agort

Came out real nice ... what is the total height?

 

[W_A_Watson_II]

The tailgate is 8"-10" away from the Jack when down. The area behind the jack will have a tongue box that houses a winch. I took all this into account when laying out the jack location. FWIW, the equalizing hitch is much longer than a standard hitch giving plenty of room for the TG.
Thanks for your input.

Sounds good, I like the tongue box space, good move.

 

[Bansheeboy11]

I havent touched my welders in 6 years, being that im about to start the seam welding and cage for my race car id scrape the rust of my hands and stick some metal together, we ended up having some ding dong at work crush one of our hand carts with a fork lift, i straightened it and threw some 2x2 legs together. I moved around a lot, welded on my back, overhead, push/pull with both hands, came out pretty good except one leg is 1/4" longer than the rest, had to cut them by hand (lost the arbor thingy for the chop saw)

Both pics are left hand push, came out ok i guess

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[Farmall450]

Made another target. Not a ton of welds on this one.




Chains are completely replaceable.


Just needs some rusty metal primer & paint to match the other one.
Any ideas on how to utilize a few other smaller pieces of that 5/8" plate? maybe 6x4 or so. Kinda small to hang like this but I'm cutting some out of a scrap piece.

 

[racingtadpole]

Bore some holes in a couple and hang them like the others. Tape some paper over the back side of the hole.. shooting at the paper through the hole will either improve your grouping or frustrate the **** out of you

 

[Superbec]

This, Some how they look cool on Pinterest. Mine, not so much....

dude... you're not a hypster photographer , grow a beard, shave your legs and only then the pictures will look wright

I've seen this all over the internet, some metal "artists" welds some (S)**** and everybody is waving and cheering like it's the second coming...

after carefull examination of many of those cases I came to the conclusion it's about the photography not what you actually make.

all I see is bad welds..