aircommuter
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I had trouble getting more than one picture to stay here so I made an album in my profile and the pictures uploaded ok.
Show us your welding projects
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Holy Smokes great job. Do You live it in now or is your weekend get away spot?
aircommuter
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It is just a get away place or second home. We have three PWC's on the upper deck and hydraulic extendable boat ties on each side for a ski boat and a fishing boat. We can go down to it and all of our things are there. We have the refrigerator on all the time, powered by solar panels and backed up by an auto start generator if the battery voltage falls below a set level.
jhn9840
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I'm speechless. Fantastic shop. If the boat was mine I don't think I'd ever get off of it. Except to maybe go to the shop.
jhn9840
John
aircommuter
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The shop is my favorite place, but now I must finish the house.
aka Larry
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I added a panel with our team name and number. It's a piece of leftover Lexan from the windows that I painted. With that installed, it's all finished.
I added a panel with our team name and number. It's a piece of leftover Lexan from the windows that I painted. With that installed, it's all finished.
Thats awesome like the mario kart...
Hey all, looking for ideas on what to do with these metal cable reels
Been debating on trying for building a round shed roof
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aka Larry
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Hey all, looking for ideas on what to do with these metal cable reels
Been debating on trying for building a round shed roof
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Looks like a good candidate for a rustic-type chandelier.
bmxdad
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A buggy or a bike.
I do have a smaller 3 ft tall one may work for that
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Something like this
http://mastermilo.com/img/resized/S00008_Roll_golf_06.png
Lol
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zmotorsports
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I added a panel with our team name and number. It's a piece of leftover Lexan from the windows that I painted. With that installed, it's all finished.
Cart turned out great. Thanks for sharing the pictures and the build with us.
Mike.
aka Larry
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Thanks Mike! My work is no where near your level, but I do the best I can.
zmotorsports
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Don't sell yourself short. It looks pretty freakin' amazing from where I am sitting.
Mike.
nonhog
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Part of a interesting gate or fence?
steel 35
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I'm not much of a welder, but I made this rack for for an electric golf cart that I gave my mom. She uses it to haul feed and water to her miniature horses on her farm. I took the double golf club bag holder off of the back of the cart and attached it to the rack in front. It is the perfect size to hold two 5 gallon buckets.
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4 FN 27
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Welded up some Targets for this weekends plinking fun.
Prairie Dog Practice:
And some Swingers for the heavy hitting stuff:
Prairie Dog Practice:
And some Swingers for the heavy hitting stuff:
zmotorsports
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^^Nice targets.
Mike.
Mike.
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I added a panel with our team name and number. It's a piece of leftover Lexan from the windows that I painted. With that installed, it's all finished.
have always been thinking about doing something like that...isn't it a specific kind of steel you need to use that basically stops the bullet and doesn't allow it to ricochet?
Unfortunately there is no way to stop a bullet striking metal from ricocheting. Only a trap type target holder will do that. The best you can do is to make the metal target slightly convexed to deflect the bullet fragments away from the shooters instead of back towards them. Even this is not a perfect solution because the target will eventually dimple and that will cause fragments to ricochet back towards the shooters.
vintagespeed1956
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Welded up some Targets for this weekends plinking fun....
this might be a stupid question, but why not just cut the hang tabs into the plate?
mike93lx
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AR500 steel is very hard and those targets are pretty thick. Probably easier to just weld on the tabs.
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AR500 is correct. But AR500 is Armor Plate for a lack of better words and actually will ricochet "better" since it is made to deflect the bullet. This is plain old Hot Rolled Pickled and Oiled (HRP&O) steel, softer.
See above.
I refer to this material as "Freebium". These are the drops (the part we throw away) from a job we run at work. I have about 250 of these. So if they are free I use them. Heck after all they will be completely shot up at the end of the weekend. I'll put pics up. I am not bringing the 50 Cal or 338 so they may not have many holes in them but lots of dents. The P-Dogs will only be hit by 22LR and 17HMR. We do timed competition shoots on those.
Possibly but really not in the design intent. Welding Tabs on was a lot easier than drilling 500 holes. Why drill when you own 6 Lasers...LOL...
These plate targets are for 100+ yards. Anything under 100 yards we use Cardboard backers and targets.
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I was in Raton NM 2 years ago and we put 400 or so rounds down range at AR500 Plates with Barrett M107 50 Cals. We were Shooting Hornady 750 grain A-Max bullets. Parallel to the face of the Target and directly beneath the target was a trench 6 inches deep, about 9 inches wide and 5 feet of center in both directions from the bullet debris. I should add the guys shooting M33 Ball Ammo had no trenches.
Not a single dent in the plate. We were shooting from 100, 300, 400, 500, 600, 800 and 1000 yards. Now a guy a couple of lanes down from us shooting 416 Solids actually put a hole through his plate. Just one hole. This was from the 100 yard shooting line.
Now back to welding!!!
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bsaint
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The "AR" in AR500 stands for Abrasion Resistant. Just some trivia facts for you all.
shortykorte
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Not mine but thought this was an interesting welding set up. Watch the end to see how welder is put up.
p.s. Vise probably not the best for serious cranking on.
p.s. Vise probably not the best for serious cranking on.
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richeyc2000
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That's a pretty sweet set up. Just goes to show what can be achieved with a shipping container.
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zmotorsports
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A couple of TIG welds I laid down on Saturday on a couple of hitches that I repaired.
Sleeve welded in place.
Root passes around some reducers.
Couple pictures of the cover pass with a slight weave to increase the size of the fillet.
More pictures of this repair can be seen in my Shop Projects thread.
Mike.
Sleeve welded in place.
Root passes around some reducers.
Couple pictures of the cover pass with a slight weave to increase the size of the fillet.
More pictures of this repair can be seen in my Shop Projects thread.
Mike.
4 FN 27
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A couple of TIG welds I laid down on Saturday on a couple of hitches that I repaired.
Sleeve welded in place.
Root passes around some reducers.
More pictures of this repair can be seen in my Shop Projects thread.
Mike.
Nice!!!
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The targets survived the weekend. Not one broken weld...the angle iron posts did their job too. They took a few hits and not one hole.
Note the saw cut starting in the grass from the bullet fragments:
Note the saw cut starting in the grass from the bullet fragments:
zmotorsports
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W_A_Watson_II
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Great work, but what are you shooting at the AR500 Plate that's putting what looks like craters in it?
4 FN 27
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That is just plain old Mild Steel. The "drops" from a Medical Device Cart we build. I welded the Tabs on them for something to hang them from.
The one big crater is from a GA Precision FBI-HRT in 308 shooting 168 Grain Hornady BTHP.
The medium Craters are from a Savage 12 LRPV 223 shooting Hornady V-Max 55 Grain.
And the witness marks are from 17HRM and 22LR.
We had one target where I shot a an AR-15 with a 16 inch Barrel and an AR-15 with a 10.3 inch Barrel. Big difference. The craters from the 16 inch were almost twice as deep as the 10.3 barrel. Forgot to grab my Crono to check the bullet speed difference. Must be a lot.
W_A_Watson_II
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Ah, OK Thnaks for the clerification.
Duckslapper
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Flashboard riser I just welded up for a 30 acre agricultural field we flood for ducks in the fall. 
