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[shedfullatools]

Wanted a secure way to carry a chainsaw and gas/oil can on the rack of my atv, really liked the look of the saw grip style clamp but found that the body of the saw moved more than I would like. I came up with this which has a bungee around the handle of the saw as well as the clamp over the bar. A simple bungee strap secures the fuel can in its cradle. The diamond plate looking stuff is made of rubber and is epoxied to the base and also to the jaws to protect the chain. A older style vented 10 liter fuel can also fits in the carrier so it can be used to carry extra straight gas for the bike, the whole deal is held to the rack with u-bolts and could be made to fit any bike pretty easily. There is no movement at all in the saw and you can move the whole bike with the saw handle

 

[Jlarson]

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

Yeah with a little beating, come along action and good picture angle you can hardly tell how banana'ed all that **** is.

 

[ndr1968]

Wanted a secure way to carry a chainsaw and gas/oil can on the rack of my atv, really liked the look of the saw grip style clamp but found that the body of the saw moved more than I would like. I came up with this which has a bungee around the handle of the saw as well as the clamp over the bar. A simple bungee strap secures the fuel can in its cradle. The diamond plate looking stuff is made of rubber and is epoxied to the base and also to the jaws to protect the chain. A older style vented 10 liter fuel can also fits in the carrier so it can be used to carry extra straight gas for the bike, the whole deal is held to the rack with u-bolts and could be made to fit any bike pretty easily. There is no movement at all in the saw and you can move the whole bike with the saw handle

Well designed and executed!

That two headed gas can reminds me of a story.

We were cleaning up the archery club's outdoor range and one of the weedeaters ran out of gas so we decided to transfer some fuel. Of course this involved some odd body postures and awkward swinging of long poles around. One of the guys standing to the side observed: "Looks like a monkey f***ing a football!" Which made the task even harder because we were shaking and jiggling from laughing so hard!

 

[Whiskeymike]

One of the guys standing to the side observed: "Looks like a monkey f***ing a football!"

My father's favorite saying to just about everything I did as a teenager..

 

[Kenuto]

Building a wood burner for my shop from a 275 gallon oil tank, cut down to 36 inches from 65.

 

[Toxicscrew]

Welded up this 14' long display rack for a local designer showroom. Hold the carpet sample boards. They had several of the bars with the rods attached, I had to cut them to size and make them work for the most part. Needed two more and had to cut and weld all those short pieces, not the most fun ever.
Last pic is an organizer for pencils, paper pads, candy and paper clips. There were 7 of these and 6 smaller ones. Had the tops waterjet cut, the logo was laser engraved. I welded up the tops with the steel cups, made the boxes and assembled them. Project went from "Can you help us install some cabinets" to nearly 8 months of work. Need another one of those.

 

[PurpleZj]

Nice. Just made one myself.

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Nicely done! Call your local Farriers to see if they have old shoes laying around. My pieces average $3-$5 a shoe and I got a 5 gallon bucket and 6 gallon tote full of shoes from a local farrier for $25. These things don’t sell like hot cakes but they are 99.9% profit for me when they do


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[achirdo]

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.

Next time you do something similar run stringers instead of trying to weave it. For the cap a 2 or 3 bead stringer would have been better, with less undercut also.

 

[matt_i]

Next time you do something similar run stringers instead of trying to weave it. For the cap a 2 or 3 bead stringer would have been better, with less undercut also.

Thanks for your feedback, I'm fully self-taught in all forms of welding...so.....

But at the same time I'd like to learn and understand why the additional layers of straight beads are better than trying to fill up the fillet from side to side. (There are two passes/two levels on the top side of it which aren't shown but it's "woven")

I kind of **** at finishing the end of the weld at the sharp corner with stick which looks like undercut on the bottom side. I guess more dwell right there is better, it just feels to me like I'm going to have a huge molten 'drip'. With tig welding its much easier for me to fill in at the end, just push the filler faster . I have considered going back with tig to touch this up just a little bit for looks.

The ironworker in question is a CEC MetalMuncher MM-35 which is older. But its no slouch, I've punched a 1" hole thru 1/4" and the equations work out to a 7/8" dia thru 1/2". Its kind of like a Piranha but it doesn't share the irritating punch geometry of the Fish. This punch is straight axial load from a hydraulic cylinder. The shear and notcher is a rocker arm though. This rigging device goes thru a mfg-supplied hole in the shear-arm.

These days MetalMuncher is part of the Clausing lineup and sold as a MM-40 (and other bigger models as well!) Only difference that I can visually tell with this one is a higher line pressure on the hydraulics.

 

[erty67]

Nicely done! Call your local Farriers to see if they have old shoes laying around. My pieces average $3-$5 a shoe and I got a 5 gallon bucket and 6 gallon tote full of shoes from a local farrier for $25. These things don’t sell like hot cakes but they are 99.9% profit for me when they do


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Good tip. No Farriers nearby though

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[toddacimer]

I spent the last few days cutting, chopping and welding an old truck box.

Pile of parts to start with

Box cut and bumper modified to fit 3" higher than stock and 3" closer to the body

Box cut and tailgate laid in place before final welding

Lights lit for fun and wood laid out for the seat

Wet sanded and clear coated

Overall a fun few days in the shop.

 

[1953mercury]

Nice job on the Bumpside bench. Mike

 

[WestWeld]

Receiver hitch for 3.5 ton excavator







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[lis2323]

Nice job, West Weld [emoji106][emoji106]

 

[jeepinerdeep]

Made myself a little something for warmer seasons to come.

 

[achirdo]

Thanks for your feedback, I'm fully self-taught in all forms of welding...so.....

But at the same time I'd like to learn and understand why the additional layers of straight beads are better than trying to fill up the fillet from side to side. (There are two passes/two levels on the top side of it which aren't shown but it's "woven")

I kind of **** at finishing the end of the weld at the sharp corner with stick which looks like undercut on the bottom side. I guess more dwell right there is better, it just feels to me like I'm going to have a huge molten 'drip'. With tig welding its much easier for me to fill in at the end, just push the filler faster . I have considered going back with tig to touch this up just a little bit for looks.

The ironworker in question is a CEC MetalMuncher MM-35 which is older. But its no slouch, I've punched a 1" hole thru 1/4" and the equations work out to a 7/8" dia thru 1/2". Its kind of like a Piranha but it doesn't share the irritating punch geometry of the Fish. This punch is straight axial load from a hydraulic cylinder. The shear and notcher is a rocker arm though. This rigging device goes thru a mfg-supplied hole in the shear-arm.

These days MetalMuncher is part of the Clausing lineup and sold as a MM-40 (and other bigger models as well!) Only difference that I can visually tell with this one is a higher line pressure on the hydraulics.

Welding horizontal like that it's hard to keep the top edge from undercutting when you weave it. Vertical up or flat is the only position I will weave it. Running stringers is easier, and makes for a better finished product when welding horizontal. Just makes sure to hold that top edge. I typically like to run my rod at a 45 degree angle in both axis pointing at the top edge when welding horizontal.

It's also entirely possible that the entire piece was overheated. Once it's get really hot undercut becomes much harder to prevent.


If you want to learnt it weave, set up some vertical T joint with some 3/8 material. Quench it after each pass as you are learning so you aren't fighting hot material wanting to drip.

 

[erty67]

I spent the last few days cutting, chopping and welding an old truck box.

Pile of parts to start with

Box cut and bumper modified to fit 3" higher than stock and 3" closer to the body

Box cut and tailgate laid in place before final welding

Lights lit for fun and wood laid out for the seat

Wet sanded and clear coated

Overall a fun few days in the shop.

That came out awesome. Well done

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[jimgood]

Something I threw together to get this drill bit box off my work bench and next to my drill presses. (build details are in my shop thread starting with this post)

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[impala4speed]

Something I threw together to get this drill bit box off my work bench and next to my drill presses. (build details are in my shop thread]

That is really a good idea. Nice execution too.

 

[matt_i]

Welding horizontal like that it's hard to keep the top edge from undercutting when you weave it. Vertical up or flat is the only position I will weave it. Running stringers is easier, and makes for a better finished product when welding horizontal. Just makes sure to hold that top edge. I typically like to run my rod at a 45 degree angle in both axis pointing at the top edge when welding horizontal.

It's also entirely possible that the entire piece was overheated. Once it's get really hot undercut becomes much harder to prevent.


If you want to learnt it weave, set up some vertical T joint with some 3/8 material. Quench it after each pass as you are learning so you aren't fighting hot material wanting to drip.

Great thank you for the details!

 

[Jlarson]

Some quick suitcase MIG work from a while back, we retrofit some new compressors and air treatment equipment into a real hole in the wall mechanical room. We were less then thrilled putting all our new electrical on the tin. Quick framed up back panels out of 2"x11g and some plate and tied it to the slab and through the tin to building steel on the other side.

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We even rattle canned it machinery grey

One of my crew did the fan guard, when we started it was just an exposed fan, OSHA no like for some reason

 

[zmotorsports]

Something I threw together to get this drill bit box off my work bench and next to my drill presses. (build details are in my shop thread starting with this post)



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Good idea and nice job on the execution.

 

[93cummins]

Made a elevated dog bed wife and I welded the frame together then used my old work bench top as the top part and old pallets on the side and the door for that rustic look she wanted best of the dog likes it too!!


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[strength_and_power]

Made a elevated dog bed wife and I welded the frame together then used my old work bench top as the top part and old pallets on the side and the door for that rustic look she wanted best of the dog likes it too!!


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I dig the rustic look with the pallets. Nicely done


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[Jlarson]

A couple random service call repairs

What happens when you hire the challenged to run your tractor.

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Somebody thought it would be a good idea to DIY their own belt rollers, looks like it was done by a drunk monkey. This one was a rush overnight cause the shaft weld had completely cracked and spun plus the bearing spun on the shaft, I was shocked such a quality product failed

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I lopped both ends of the roller off with my dry chop saw and had the shop make new inserts then I welded it up on site with proper keyed driveshaft. Replaced the bearings and got it re-coupled after lots of cursing and some shims since nothing lined up. My millwrights ended up tearing the entire line down during a plant shutdown and redoing every roller and replacing and shimming all the bearings.

 

[cspcrx]

Mrs wanted some picture frames to go around some canvas poster size prints she got. She wanted them in raw metal to go with a bit of an industrial them. Picked up 1.5x1.5 16g bent steel for the frames. Used my Femi 782xl to cut the corners at a 45 so they would like a bit nicer when finished. Used my new stronghand 3 axis jig to hold everything square and welded them up.

I am very new to metal working. Took a 2 hour class once, watched countless hours of YouTube videos and look at what a lot of you have done. Overall very happy. Most importantly, she is very happy.

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Untitled by Victor M, on Flickr

 

[smalltown]

cspcrx looks real good. I'll bet the Mrs. is happy.

 

[Bears Fan]

Awesome job on the frames! I love the prints too

 

[Garagetime]

Here is a paper towel holder. I built for my garage yesterday.

 

[4EyedTurd]

Got a free cabinet from a friend but it only had one shelf at the top. 5 hours later and I’ve got a few more sturdy shelves. When the weather warms up I’ll try and paint it to match my tool box/work bench area.

 

[zmotorsports]

Here is a paper towel holder. I built for my garage yesterday.

Nice. I'm guessing you're either a John Deere or Arctic Cat fan.

 

[sqznby]

A little stainless

 

[Bears Fan]

sqznby

Those are some impressive welds

 

[zmotorsports]

A little stainless

Nice looking welds.

 

[cspcrx]

Thanks Bears Fan. I cannot take credit for them. That's all her, goes well with the theme.

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[sqznby]

sqznby

Those are some impressive welds

Nice looking welds.

Thanks guys, not bad for my first time

Thanks Bears Fan. I cannot take credit for them. That's all her, goes well with the theme.

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They look great, nicely done. Beautiful room.

 

[jimgood]

Thanks Bears Fan. I cannot take credit for them. That's all her, goes well with the theme.

You got them square, flat and sized consistently. I'd say you take credit for that, if nothing else. Nice work!

 

[shortykorte]

Got a free cabinet from a friend but it only had one shelf at the top. 5 hours later and I’ve got a few more sturdy shelves. When the weather warms up I’ll try and paint it to match my tool box/work bench area.

Can you provide more info on making shelves. Also are they bolted on or have slots they sit in.


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[ndr1968]

Can you provide more info on making shelves. Also are they bolted on or have slots they sit in.


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Also, maybe hold the phone sidewards for the photos next time? Thanks.

 

[ndr1968]

Mrs wanted some picture frames to go around some canvas poster size prints she got. She wanted them in raw metal to go with a bit of an industrial them. Picked up 1.5x1.5 16g bent steel for the frames. Used my Femi 782xl to cut the corners at a 45 so they would like a bit nicer when finished. Used my new stronghand 3 axis jig to hold everything square and welded them up.

I am very new to metal working. Took a 2 hour class once, watched countless hours of YouTube videos and look at what a lot of you have done. Overall very happy. Most importantly, she is very happy.

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Untitled by Victor M, on Flickr

I don't think I've seen that type clamp before. Can you show us a close up and let us know where you got it and how well it works for you? Also, the third print. I can't make it out in the photos. A close up of that too? Thanks!