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[dozerbuilder01]

I built a rotary weld positioner a little while ago. I had a lot of questions on how much weight it could handle and how high frequency noise would affect the arduino controller. I finally made a video that should answer those questions.

 

[A**holes Garage]

Finished up a bumper and swing away tire carrier for a friends 98 Jeep Cherokee;

 

[Gamble]

love me some aluminum tig

 

[zmotorsports]

love me some aluminum tig

Very nice job on the tank. Welds look great.

 

[Gamble]

Thanks. As long as I have been welding I still can't weld around a bung worth a ****.

 

[xyster101]

Whipped up some driveway arches to put Christmas lights on. Had to be large enough for UPS to fit under.

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[zmotorsports]

Finished my axle stand today.








More detailed pics can be seen in my Shop Projects 2.0 thread linked in my signature.




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[mr_magicfingers]

I guess this counts as a project, my first ever try at welding.

Looking for comments and critiques so I can learn. Currently playing with different settings and watching youtube videos while the steel cools down

I need a proper welding bench, which will be a project once I can weld well enough to stick things together. Currently using an old wooden bench which isn't the right height.

first welds, at the left, progessing to the ones on the right

straight push welding, torch travelling right to left.

Looking a bit more even.

using a U motion to make wider welds.

 

[mr_magicfingers]

Latest practice welds.

Settings:

Portamig 235. power coarse 6, wire speed around 5.5, I was experimenting between 5 and 6.5 during those runs. Metal angle 3.5mm thick. 0,8mm wire.

 

[machine_punk]

A hairpin-leg coffee table.

Used OA to bend the rebar.

MIG/Flux Core for the rest.

My shop didn't have 240 volts at the beginning of this project. After resetting the break 5 times in one minute, spent a month upgrading the electrical with three 240-volt outlets and four 120-volt circuits. Plenty of power now.

 

[ndr1968]

Latest practice welds.

Settings:

Portamig 235. power coarse 6, wire speed around 5.5, I was experimenting between 5 and 6.5 during those runs. Metal angle 3.5mm thick. 0,8mm wire.

For some reason, I can't see a single one of those images. Am I the only one?

I see that the first one I opened experimentally by opening the "link" to imgur.com. Still, that's a really "jump through hoops" way to have to view the photos. Looks like the cloud has turned into an impenetrable fog bank.

 

[smalltown]

Me either. Mr. magicfingers I personally think it's much better to up load your photos to Garage Journal. It's easy and they will be there for future searches.

 

[smalltown]

ndr1968 your avatar reminds me of Peter Fonda in Easy Rider !

 

[Bigwheels]

That axle stand has welds that i only dream of. Very nice. Here are some ipad frames for a yoga studio. The welds are adequate but extremely amature.

 

[code4pay]

I guess this counts as a project, my first ever try at welding.

Looking for comments and critiques so I can learn. Currently playing with different settings and watching youtube videos while the steel cools down

I need a proper welding bench, which will be a project once I can weld well enough to stick things together. Currently using an old wooden bench which isn't the right height.

first welds, at the left, progessing to the ones on the right

straight push welding, torch travelling right to left.

Looking a bit more even.

using a U motion to make wider welds.

Amperage was a bit too high when welding that piece of timber in the background.

 

[dta1984]

I guess this counts as a project, my first ever try at welding.

Looking for comments and critiques so I can learn. Currently playing with different settings and watching youtube videos while the steel cools down

I need a proper welding bench, which will be a project once I can weld well enough to stick things together. Currently using an old wooden bench which isn't the right height.

first welds, at the left, progessing to the ones on the right

straight push welding, torch travelling right to left.

Looking a bit more even.

using a U motion to make wider welds.

As others have mentioned, your photos aren't showing up.

For a table, depending on your needs, I am happy with the Harbor Freight fold up table. It's cheap (use coupon), portable, has edges and places to clamp.

 

[Furious Filipino]

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Untitled by Furious Filipino, on Flickr

Mini Rocket Stove. I wasn't too happy with the corner transitions; will use a smaller cup next time.

 

[bggrnchvy]

Gate and hinges I welded up a month ago.

Mini Rocket Stove. I wasn't too happy with the corner transitions; will use a smaller cup next time.

The biggest change for me on transitions was going to a gas lense, I use a 6 most of the time. Being able to have the extra stick out to see when I'm changing plane makes the roll so much easier.

 

[Aroberson77]

I love my gas lens set up as well, especially for round tubing, I'm a beginner and it makes a big difference seeing the puddle

 

[mr_magicfingers]

I'll see if posting photos to the journal makes it easier. Won't repeat all of them, but a few of the ones from my second go at mig welding.

Settings:

Portamig 235. power coarse 6, wire speed around 5.5, I was experimenting between 5 and 6.5 during those runs. Metal angle 3.5mm thick. 0,8mm wire.

 

[sanddan]

I'll see if posting photos to the journal makes it easier. Won't repeat all of them, but a few of the ones from my second go at mig welding.

Settings:

Portamig 235. power coarse 6, wire speed around 5.5, I was experimenting between 5 and 6.5 during those runs. Metal angle 3.5mm thick. 0,8mm wire.

Most look a little "cold". The weld sitting up in a tall narrow bead = cold, flatter and wider bead is what you should be going for. Are you "pushing" the puddle or "dragging"? Pushing will tend to give you a hotter weld than dragging, that's my preferred method for MIG.

 

[Gamble]

After weeks I had time to throw down until my tank ran out. Oh well at least I got 10 minutes in haha

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

Small and silly, but it was a fun puzzle.
Gal bought a house, and the front door didn't unlatch right from the outside.
she had some dude who thought he was the ---- look at it, then took it to the locksmith who claimed he'd brazed something, but wasn't sure if it would work.
Well it didn't, and I could not tell what he had brazed if anything.
Anyway, the outside thumb latch didn't work at all, and a little study of the geometry showed it couldn't. But a faint track in the grease and grime showed there had been a piece that we didn't have anymore....
It had to ;
be a pushrod from the top of the thumb handle to the release actuator
be roughly L shaped
have a notch to allow the mode buttons to switch it from aoutolocking the outside handle to not.
Stay in place and slide smoothly without jamming anything.

This is what I came up with. don't recognize the logo.

 

[BlueBomber]

Whipped up some driveway arches to put Christmas lights on. Had to be large enough for UPS to fit under.

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Neat idea, xyster101, and exceptionally well-made how-to video. Thanks for sharing!

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[Griff93]

I wanted to build some table legs for an oak slab. I started out drawing these up and cutting them on our cnc plasma.
1121171415 by Griffin93, on Flickr

Started adding the sides.
1121171725 by Griffin93, on Flickr

Had to get a bit creative pulling the material in at the ends. I need a plate roller.
1124171546b by Griffin93, on Flickr

This takes a while.
1124171553b by Griffin93, on Flickr

Both ends are done and working on the center.
1218171337 by Griffin93, on Flickr

The obligatory close up.
1218171756 by Griffin93, on Flickr

All finished.
1219171315 by Griffin93, on Flickr

1219171316a by Griffin93, on Flickr

 

[zmotorsports]

I wanted to build some table legs for an oak slab. I started out drawing these up and cutting them on our cnc plasma.
1121171415 by Griffin93, on Flickr

Started adding the sides.
1121171725 by Griffin93, on Flickr

Had to get a bit creative pulling the material in at the ends. I need a plate roller.
1124171546b by Griffin93, on Flickr

This takes a while.
1124171553b by Griffin93, on Flickr

Both ends are done and working on the center.
1218171337 by Griffin93, on Flickr

The obligatory close up.
1218171756 by Griffin93, on Flickr

All finished.
1219171315 by Griffin93, on Flickr

1219171316a by Griffin93, on Flickr

Table is looking awesome!! That thing is gonna be a beast.

 

[PurpleZj]

I’ve done quite a few. Making brackets for work trucks, a tire carrier for my old grand Cherokee, and I do horseshoe art.


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[VR6ix]

It's getting late in the season but I'm trying my hand at making some Christmas tree ornaments from old mountain bike parts. Well, specifically bike chain links, for now. I've got plenty of old junk parts and just this fall I sold my little Lincoln 110v MIG and picked-up a Miller Diversion 165 TIG machine.

I broke the chain down by removing all the pins and then cleaned the links, rollers and pins in paint thinner and then in acetone. The rollers and pins will be saved for some other shinanigans in the future. Tried to make a "shooting star" with a pie slice of an old brake rotor but it didn't look as good as I thought it would. So, stars and candy canes for this year.

Going to make the hanger wire from some 0.035 309 MIG wire and I want to bend some 1/16" SS rod into a "2017" and stick that to the hanger. Tick tock, running out of time!



These are all just fusion tacks, the stars went together beautifully but the candy canes showed a lot more discolouration - by the time I got the hang of them I ran out of parts! Figuring out the spacing of the guide pins and making the jigs easily took as much time as breaking-down the chain, cleaning, then welding. Now the learning curve is over.

 

[Kev In]

Love the stars, great work! I think I may borrow your idea for next year.

 

[PurpleZj]

Finished this one up last night



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[mr_magicfingers]

Most look a little "cold". The weld sitting up in a tall narrow bead = cold, flatter and wider bead is what you should be going for. Are you "pushing" the puddle or "dragging"? Pushing will tend to give you a hotter weld than dragging, that's my preferred method for MIG.

I’m pushing the puddle, I’ll try turning up the power a bit, thanks.

 

[matt_i]

This is a mildly interesting project (maybe!!) in making an overhead lifting device for an ironworker. Higher stakes than your typical welding project, to address this I purposefully undercut the parts with the milling machine. The idea is to get max penetration in the cross section for max strength, no way a surface weld is going to develop full strength in a 1/2" thick part without some mods. So I used tig to get things aligned and dimensions stabilized. Then it was outside the shop to get everything nice and hot with 7018 stick, I used a sacrificial piece of 2x6 to help protect the old chair. I stick weld outside otherwise the shop just fills with smoke and becomes sort of undesirable to work in for awhile. Still need to finish the pin and get some hairpin-cotterpins from TSC when the holiday is over.

 

[lis2323]

This is a mildly interesting project (maybe!!) in making an overhead lifting device for an ironworker. Higher stakes than your typical welding project, to address this I purposefully undercut the parts with the milling machine. The idea is to get max penetration in the cross section for max strength, no way a surface weld is going to develop full strength in a 1/2" thick part without some mods. So I used tig to get things aligned and dimensions stabilized. Then it was outside the shop to get everything nice and hot with 7018 stick, I used a sacrificial piece of 2x6 to help protect the old chair. I stick weld outside otherwise the shop just fills with smoke and becomes sort of undesirable to work in for awhile. Still need to finish the pin and get some hairpin-cotterpins from TSC when the holiday is over.

Nice job![emoji106]

Any chance of pictures of the ironworker and how you plan to attach and lift ? And determine balance point?

 

[ndr1968]

ndr1968 your avatar reminds me of Peter Fonda in Easy Rider !

Ho Man! Thanks! I am flattered!

At the risk of despoiling your mental image though, here's the photo from which the avatar was made.

It's an '08 Shadow and it's one sweet little "town bike".

 

[BD1]

VR6ix

Love the chain work. Those canes and stars turned out great.

 

[jimgood]

Probably the easiest welding project ever! The handle to my wood stove door went missing. Got tired of looking for it. Grabbed a couple different sizes of bolts to see what fit the brass knob. 3/8ths was perfect.

Put the bolt through a 3/8ths washer and welded it in place. Turned that upside down and welded the washer to the end of a scrap piece of 1" sq tube. Cut the bolt off about a 1/2" long and chamfered the edges. Wire brushed the welds and Bob's yer uncle!

I swear it took me less than 10 minutes concept to completion. Maybe tomorrow I'll make it purdy.

 

[Jlarson]

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We needed a walkway/pipe bridge made, catch was I had to design-build it out of what scrap I could pull from the pile in the lay down yard.

And I tossed in some galvy pipe top rails for max fume production.

 

[Chateau Slate 66]

And I tossed in some galvy pipe top rails for max fume production.

HA! Anyone that has welded that stuff (in a well ventilated area of course...) knows what you mean.

 

[pepi]

Nice fit of the top rails ......... Looks like he has the fume control handled.

 

[erty67]

Finished this one up last night



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Nice. Just made one myself.

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