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[smalltown]

Here is an update on my bed project.

Earthgoat2 that's coming out quite nice. I want to make a storage bed myself, but will do it on a saw table.

 

[earlthegoat2]

Done.

 

[steel 35]

Did some art stuff and plant holders.

Consider them stolen

 

[jimgood]

A support stand. I made it to support long items on the drill press but it could be used for a chop saw or whatever.
1" x 0.65" sq. tube
1.25" x .12" sq. tube for sleeve on the sliding part.
1/2" bolts with 1/4" rod for the thumb screws (rod bent using press and bending dies)
3/16" plate for the pivot.
3/8" carriage bolts and coupling nuts for the feet.

With the 1.25" sleeve being short, I was able to use a file to file down the weld seam on the inside. I also needed to take a few passes with a flap disc on all four sides of the sliding part so it would slide in smoothly.

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[zmotorsports]

Done.

Very nicely done.

 

[XJSuperman]

Does this count? hahaha I can lay a weave on a John Deere 2630 display with Autotrac.

 

[Fyrme]

My least favorite welding project ever is body work, and I'm all up in it right now. All this just to make a bigger tire fit with out looking like a hack job...

 

[kkroger]

Not Stainless but todays project...
I did not have the furniture this is supposed to be attaching to, the client does not have it, the End user does not have it, I received a set of dimensions from a third or fourth party... what could go wrong???

48" continuous bead on .125 5052 H32 Aluminum sheet.
127 Amps max unknown where I had backpedalled to.

AC I used 120Hz to tack the backside and 200Hz on the long weld to irritate my co-worker...

3/32 2% Lanthanated Tungsten, 3/32 ER5356 Blue Demon Filler Metal wiped off with a Bounty Selectasize paper towel and 100% Isopropyl Alcohol. Number 5 Cup... Ck20 Flex Torch, HTP Cooler, AHP AlpahTIG 200X... 25 CFH Pure Argon... Ummm I don't know what else... Sheared the face blank, Plasma Cut the topper, sanded all the edges on the belt sander with Zirconia 120 Belt...

 

[XJSuperman]

Ok, thats ^ impressive. My piddly **** should be posted in another thread compared to that. Nothing special just stuff I wanted or thought would be fun. We did need the forklift pipe cradles at work and came up with these from scrap.

The trailer rack is for my 1948 Sears&Roebuck behind my Jeep. The "roots" are the bottom of one of the jewelry trees I posted earlier. And the Jack in a Cage because who doesn't enjoy giving a bottle of alcohol welded in a cage to their boss, friends, or in-laws?

 

[XJSuperman]

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[quadrcr87]

Just bought my first bottle of gas and started on a new table project. Definitely welds better than the flux core I had but I need to practice a lot! I do not miss all the weld splatter I had with flux.

Building a 30” x 36” folding welding table from an old miter saw stand I had. It was made by Hitachi and given to me by my dad 5 years ago. I don't have the saw so its time to repurpose.

Planning on a 1” tube frame to support the 3/16” top. I may need to add some adjustable feet, I’ll decide once the top is on. The added weight may make it sit more solid. I don’t weld often so being able to fold this up and clear the garage floor for cars will be ideal.

Setup to decide on top plate dimensions. The layout of the legs should let me clear the top sitting on my shop stool and get close to the work.


Lincoln ProMig 140 w/ 80 cuft bottle of 75/25 mix and .025 solid wire


Welding up some areas missed in manufacturing. They had 3 sides of each tube welded and various other tack welds. Some looked ok others need some grinding.



Added a tube to brace the side that was open. The other side only has a steel strap to allow the legs to fold together flat


Folded up minus the top plate. The table locks together when setup by tightening that white knob that clamps to a tube


Ill update after the weekend as it comes together...
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[kkroger]

Ok, thats ^ impressive. My piddly **** should be posted in another thread compared to that. Nothing special just stuff I wanted or thought would be fun. We did need the forklift pipe cradles at work and came up with these from scrap.

The trailer rack is for my 1948 Sears&Roebuck behind my Jeep. The "roots" are the bottom of one of the jewelry trees I posted earlier. And the Jack in a Cage because who doesn't enjoy giving a bottle of alcohol welded in a cage to their boss, friends, or in-laws?

You know what is REALLY impressive? I didn't dip the tungsten or touch it with the rod in all 48"! I did regrind just before I started that weld and I did some tacks and stitch welds on the INSIDE corner behind everything to firm it up.
But then I just started on the right side did a good tack on the front working backwards to the edge, then moved to the left corner and did a good tack there... then on the right side started in from the tack backed into it then puddled dipped and started moving pause dip, pause dip, pause dip rinse lather and repeat! LOL!

 

[XJSuperman]

Yes, Id agree thats impressive. I couldn't hold the pattern for that long of a distance. I guess now we hope the original dimensions that no one has are correct?

 

[kkroger]

Yes, Id agree thats impressive. I couldn't hold the pattern for that long of a distance. I guess now we hope the original dimensions that no one has are correct?

Pretty much we hope that once this arrives in the same zipcode as the furniture that it will FIT. since no one has seen the entire thing...

See that curved roundbar in the pics? I rolled that to match the curve then installed it using two Harbor Freight Magnetic indicator stands, Magged to the steel table top, the Vise Grips are clamped to the table and just tipped in to hold the material up. Then that is my raceway to slide along to keep my interval

 

[Lahti35]

Needed to make a stand for a Pexto brake I picked up after seeing how much cast iron legs go for on ebay/craigslist...

Decided to make something like this Delta band saw stand but with the height I needed and with wheels...

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Picked up some angle iron and a small piece of tubing and got busy with the Miller 110v...

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Decided to add this old name plate I had laying around too...

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Hope to finish this weekend if time permits!

 

[jimgood]

That's cool. Where did you source those feet?

 

[Muggzy]

Needed to make a stand for a Pexto brake I picked up after seeing how much cast iron legs go for on ebay/craigslist...

Decided to make something like this Delta band saw stand but with the height I needed and with wheels...

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Picked up some angle iron and a small piece of tubing and got busy with the Miller 110v...

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Decided to add this old name plate I had laying around too...

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Hope to finish this weekend if time permits!

Sweet! Post up some progress picks. Did you fab those feet or cut 'em off something else?

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[Lahti35]

Sweet! Post up some progress picks. Did you fab those feet or cut 'em off something else?

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I used some 1/8" wall 2" dia tubing... cut it at 45 and tacked 2 together to make a corner. Split the whole thing in half so I could get 2 feet out of section I welded together. Traced out my template on each side of the original 45 cut/weld on the inside of the tubing and roughed it out with a cut off wheel. Welded the feet to the bottom of the frame legs and beat the outside flat with a BFH. Finished with a grinding when and then flapper disc... clear as mud?

They were a lot of work but I really wanted them on there!

 

[Lahti35]

That's cool. Where did you source those feet?

Fabbed 'em.... see above post

 

[Muggzy]

... clear as mud?

Crystal. Very clever, I'll be stealing that one for sure!

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[royce]

Those feet are really neat.
Great idea and well done.
Thank you

Royce

 

[BMW Rider]

My least favorite welding project ever is body work, and I'm all up in it right now. All this just to make a bigger tire fit with out looking like a hack job...

Did something along that line on my Mustang to fit larger tires with a 1 1/2" forward offset suspension setup.

 

[Fyrme]

Did you use a donor fender to fill the gap made by the stretch?

 

[Lahti35]

Crystal. Very clever, I'll be stealing that one for sure!

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I do what a can... would have been nice to have a giant press and stamp them out, lol!

 

[Djui5]

Made this today

 

[bczygan]

I did call it a BEAM... Guess you missed that right after I described the SHAPE of said BEAM with Kite SECTION...

Except it's a column...yes?

Bill

 

[ndr1968]

Just bought my first bottle of gas and started on a new table project. Definitely welds better than the flux core I had but I need to practice a lot! I do not miss all the weld splatter I had with flux.

Building a 30” x 36” folding welding table from an old miter saw stand I had. It was made by Hitachi and given to me by my dad 5 years ago. I don't have the saw so its time to repurpose.

Planning on a 1” tube frame to support the 3/16” top. I may need to add some adjustable feet, I’ll decide once the top is on. The added weight may make it sit more solid. I don’t weld often so being able to fold this up and clear the garage floor for cars will be ideal.

Setup to decide on top plate dimensions. The layout of the legs should let me clear the top sitting on my shop stool and get close to the work.


Lincoln ProMig 140 w/ 80 cuft bottle of 75/25 mix and .025 solid wire


Welding up some areas missed in manufacturing. They had 3 sides of each tube welded and various other tack welds. Some looked ok others need some grinding.



Added a tube to brace the side that was open. The other side only has a steel strap to allow the legs to fold together flat


Folded up minus the top plate. The table locks together when setup by tightening that white knob that clamps to a tube


Ill update after the weekend as it comes together...
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Love to see ya getting cranking on stuff! After my own heart with all those two/four wheelers sitting around. Which brings me to my point. Might want to move some of the nicer finished machines a little further away from the welding process. Spatter travels amazing distances (even MIG spatter). Maybe think about covering some of the nicer pieces. A little effort now could save a lot of grief later.

 

[Lahti35]

Got both a stands 99% complete...

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[BPJOOP93]

Burned this together for a guy who’s trapping all the rabbits around here.

 

[BMW Rider]

Did you use a donor fender to fill the gap made by the stretch?

The gap was just the small section at the top of the arch, I just used a small strip of metal bent to fit.

 

[Fyrme]

Gotcha. I too had a gap to fill after the pie cuts. Luckily I had some material I cut out from the front part of the fender that matched the step down profile I needed at the back. It all worked out good. Now I just have to get the motivation to do the other fender, ugh....

 

[BD1]

Made this today

Nice . I have three styles that I make. Sold pretty well at craft show.

 

[kkroger]

Thursday's project after slicking up and powder coat, Client was "Beyond Happy" but they still don't know if it will fit the furniture they still don't have!

 

[Djui5]

Nice . I have three styles that I make. Sold pretty well at craft show.

You were my inspiration! What size horse shoes are those? I used a draft horse shoe for the base, and the rest are 00 that I cut in half and welded together. Also did you make the rings out of tube? If so what size? I couldn’t find a proper size.

 

[BD1]

Great, I'm glad you tried it. The two larger ones with the rings on the inside are number " 1 " DIAMOND CLASSIC shoes . I spread the shoes open for the the rings. By spreading I can fit four rings inside. The rings I cut from 1 1/2" schedule 40 black pipe. The pipe is 1 1/2" ID.
Diamond and St Croix Lite are great for artwork. They are a thinner shoe and easy to spread or close. Let me know if you need any other info.

 

[Djui5]

Thanks!

 

[quadrcr87]

I finished my folding welding table over the weekend. 3/16 plate and 1” x 3/16 tubing. Now I’m setup to take on some fun projects I’ve been planning. Easy to setup once I kick 1 of the cars out of the garage!







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[1949 caddyman]

I’m taking a metal sculpture class. I made this last friday. The toenail clipper for size comparison. This Friday we make the leaves.

 

[quadrcr87]

I’m taking a metal sculpture class. I made this last friday. The toenail clipper for size comparison. This Friday we make the leaves.

That's really cool. How did you form the branches? It is heating solid rod with a torch and hammer into shape? Make sure to post up the finished project.

 

[Richard D]

Fabbed 'em.... see above post

Got ant "in progress" pictures? Those feet are really cool.