chickenfarmer
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Finally somebody cares! Yupp probably heavier than they need to be, but I figure this way they'll last a lifetime or two
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sqznby
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I was just fooling around.
Had a small piece of diamond plate, didn't want to waste it so I laid out as many triangles as I could and cut away. Had some silicon bronze and went to town.
Stuff like this is fun to make when you have a little down time.
Old Man Roger
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That actually makes me feel better, because I could not come up with a use..lol
sqznby
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Jeff Ivers
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Now I am disappointed! I thought he had made some really nice stands for resting items on while painting!
sqznby
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sqznby
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Here's the bunch of paint stands and a newborn
Old Man Roger
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Like a Russian doll..lol
MrSurly
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I was guessing paperweights. Are those still a thing?
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Freakin awesome weld table BTWSomeone gave me a nice older 4 lb hammer head the other day. I needed another shop hammer so I bored a hole in the head so I could fit a piece of tubing through for a handle. I took another larger piece and knurled it for a handgrip.
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sqznby
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Everyone who has seen them says the same thing hahaha
Good questionMy neighbor grabbed one and put it on a shelf by his front door. When the light hits it, between the bronze and some of clean spots of mill scale, looks pretty neat.
I think the weight surprises a lot of people too haha.
E.rodz
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been working on building a full floating rear end for my 1970 Chevelle. first rear diff built from scratch and the jig as well only 10 more miles of tig welding left to go! making progress one weld at a time!
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bmxdad
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stinkity stoink
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mike_dmt
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Theres a lot going on in this picture. The roll up door skinned to look like a wall of safes, the bead rolled paneling... cantilever suspension up on the "old" rear diff...
That build doesn't look like a pure race car... Is it for SEMA next year?
Theres a lot going on in this picture. The roll up door skinned to look like a wall of safes, the bead rolled paneling... cantilever suspension up on the "old" rear diff...
That build doesn't look like a pure race car... Is it for SEMA next year?
Bigblue&Goldie
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Anyone with a RZR or CanAm knows it's only a matter of time before you wished you had better radius rods. 1.25", .120 wall, 4340 chromo., FK bungs/heims. I need to get the right size jam nuts and hose them down with some paint.
I used a Williams rotary positioner to weld these!
I used a Williams rotary positioner to weld these!
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zmotorsports
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Anyone with a RZR or CanAm knows it's only a matter of time before you wished you had better radius rods. 1.25", .120 wall, 4340 chromo., FK bungs/heims. I need to get the right size jam nuts and hose them down with some paint.
I used a Williams rotary positioner to weld these!
Nice work. I built many of these radius arms and similar A-arms back in my sand duning and snowmobiling days. Very nice job and good job using a Rosette weld on the tube adapters. That seems to be the one little detail many people forget.
bmxdad
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... Very nice job and good job using a Rosette weld on the tube adapters. That seems to be the one little detail many people forget.
Mike and Bigblue&Goldie ... Why is it important for the rosette weld? Is'nt the full weld enough? Does it rock in the slip fit?
TTMotorsports
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Welds dont like being in tension and with this type of application I have seen them crack. The rosette weld will be in shear and keep everything together. I've seen them fully crack but the rosette kept it from fully failing
zmotorsports
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There is a possibility of the perimeter weld failing thus allowing the tube adapter to pull out of the tubing. With a Rosette weld (plug weld) it locks the tube adapter into the tube in multiple places. I like to drill straight through on smaller tubing creating a place to Rosette weld the adapter into the tube 180-degrees apart.
On a large link such as on a rock crawler or sand rail I was drilling four holes staggered providing a perimeter weld as well as four Rosette welds. That may have been a bit overkill but on buggies there can be a very large amount of force/stress at that rod end.
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Bigblue&Goldie
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What they said!
This year at King of the Hammers I was talking to the owner of a fab shop that specializes in UTV's and he said they originally weren't rosette welding their radius rods, but the tubing actually began to mushroom at the weld, so they started. I also know at the Baja 1000 this year a top racer had one fail that wasn't rosette welded; ending his race. The rosette welds are a pain in the *** with a tig (for me), but hopefully I got good enough penetration on the bung.
This is just my family cruiser, but I've been on borrowed time with the factory rods as they have a few thousand miles on them. We're headed to Moab in a month, so I wanted to beef up the rear end before we hit the rocks with 4 adults and a kid in the RZR. I tend to build everything to race spec as my dad takes the RZR out a lot with his buddies and granddaughters and he isn't mechanically inclined in the case of a breakdown. Ideally, I would've gone aluminum (weight savings) or threaded a piece of chromoly, but I don't have access to a lathe right now. I maybe saved $150 building these myself, but I was able to use good heims.
This year at King of the Hammers I was talking to the owner of a fab shop that specializes in UTV's and he said they originally weren't rosette welding their radius rods, but the tubing actually began to mushroom at the weld, so they started. I also know at the Baja 1000 this year a top racer had one fail that wasn't rosette welded; ending his race. The rosette welds are a pain in the *** with a tig (for me), but hopefully I got good enough penetration on the bung.
This is just my family cruiser, but I've been on borrowed time with the factory rods as they have a few thousand miles on them. We're headed to Moab in a month, so I wanted to beef up the rear end before we hit the rocks with 4 adults and a kid in the RZR. I tend to build everything to race spec as my dad takes the RZR out a lot with his buddies and granddaughters and he isn't mechanically inclined in the case of a breakdown. Ideally, I would've gone aluminum (weight savings) or threaded a piece of chromoly, but I don't have access to a lathe right now. I maybe saved $150 building these myself, but I was able to use good heims.
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Bigblue&Goldie
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Nice work. I built many of these radius arms and similar A-arms back in my sand duning and snowmobiling days. Very nice job and good job using a Rosette weld on the tube adapters. That seems to be the one little detail many people forget.
Thanks Mike! I have drooled over the pictures of your quads. It's a big deal you made Sand Sport back in the day. I still have my 2005 TRX450r from my racing days......I can't bring myself to sell it even though a career and family have kept me off of it for 11 years. I have always wanted to do a full frame off build with it the way I dreamed about when I was a broke college kid, but that will be down the road when I get some other projects done and I get my girl's set up with some race cars/bikes of some sort.
zmotorsports
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Thank you.
I completely understand the dream of building stuff with some kind of budget vs. when I was a broke kid. My idea of success when was I no longer had to shop for parts at the salvage yard. When I got to the point I could buy new parts I felt like I had made it.
Thank you.
I completely understand the dream of building stuff with some kind of budget vs. when I was a broke kid. My idea of success when was I no longer had to shop for parts at the salvage yard. When I got to the point I could buy new parts I felt like I had made it.
And I say, when I can shop on ebay or new vs craigslist, that is when I will know I have made it. TTMotorsports
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Strouty
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Thank you.
I completely understand the dream of building stuff with some kind of budget vs. when I was a broke kid. My idea of success when was I no longer had to shop for parts at the salvage yard. When I got to the point I could buy new parts I felt like I had made it.
You guys have it all wrong, half the fun is going to the salvage yard for parts. You never know what you will find.
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Thank you.
I completely understand the dream of building stuff with some kind of budget vs. when I was a broke kid. My idea of success when was I no longer had to shop for parts at the salvage yard. When I got to the point I could buy new parts I felt like I had made it.
My turning point was when I scrapped the Wooden Crate I stood on End, added 4 Casters I found to it, added shelves and set my Kennedy 11 Drawer Box on it as a Lower Roller Chest...scrapped it for a Kennedy Lower...1989.
I was still bottom feeding buying vehicles from the Autotrader and Sunday Paper and parting them out, basically a chop shop my BIL and I had for a few years to fund our go-fast projects...if you needed a GM Big Block, TH400 or Posi chances are we had one in stock on the rack...LOL...
I still build with a budget...just the budget is a little more forgiving now...
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sberry
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One of the reasons I do some salvage is its so fast. It can be cheaper but often can get something done quickly. (I don't have to make every piece from scratch, don't have to finish so much raw steel, don't have to wait or source stuff special.
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sberry...nice repurposing!!! You have all of my respect!!!
The Lawn Mower/Weld Cart is awesome!!! I like the Tool Tray too.
sberry
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The tool tray has had a couple touches since. Its one of those things I whipped up as a proto and had intended to get a service cart type thing once I got the floor plan worked out and it worked so well that it never got replaced.
Same with the oil drain. I made it to fit storage, did it right when I needed it and I am not a quick lube so dumping it is not a real deal. I was going to buy or make one looked like the commercial type.
The stand for the hose reel was another fast deal, found a section of product chute fit perfect. Much/most of this has had a thing or 2 added since these pictures.
Same with the oil drain. I made it to fit storage, did it right when I needed it and I am not a quick lube so dumping it is not a real deal. I was going to buy or make one looked like the commercial type.
The stand for the hose reel was another fast deal, found a section of product chute fit perfect. Much/most of this has had a thing or 2 added since these pictures.
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Not much welding was involved but it included a bit of repurposing, a touch of lathe work and a hint of welding lol
The problem: my 2 car do-everything garage has no room left for a big, heavy 12" compound saw that's used only occasionally. Moving it around is a pain. So I decided to repurpose the wheels/axle from the old BBQ I had in the backyard and add them to the saw stand I bought on sale a couple of years ago but never really used it.
I cut the axle (unknown galvanized steel) short on my bandsaw using a v-block. It had these one-time-use friction fit rings to keep the wheels in place. As an alternative I cut a few grooves into the axle and used small snap-rings I had lying around and washers against them.
Then spot welded the axle to the frame and it was as good as store bought. It only took about 40 mins and came out exactly as I'd envisioned so that's always nice (and rare in my case lol).
Now I can wheel the whole contraption to the backyard shed and back as needed without dislocating my shoulder or throwing out my back
The problem: my 2 car do-everything garage has no room left for a big, heavy 12" compound saw that's used only occasionally. Moving it around is a pain. So I decided to repurpose the wheels/axle from the old BBQ I had in the backyard and add them to the saw stand I bought on sale a couple of years ago but never really used it.
I cut the axle (unknown galvanized steel) short on my bandsaw using a v-block. It had these one-time-use friction fit rings to keep the wheels in place. As an alternative I cut a few grooves into the axle and used small snap-rings I had lying around and washers against them.
Then spot welded the axle to the frame and it was as good as store bought. It only took about 40 mins and came out exactly as I'd envisioned so that's always nice (and rare in my case lol).
Now I can wheel the whole contraption to the backyard shed and back as needed without dislocating my shoulder or throwing out my back
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Old Man Roger
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Stioc, I hate to be ''That Guy'' but you should probably cut the extra bit of axle off. That's sticking out just far enough from the wheel to scratch the hell out of everything you get close too. Including a human ankle..lol I guess a rubber cap might do the trick too.
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quadrcr87
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Sorry guys going a little off topic....
It is never too late to get back on the quad. I quit racing MX on my 2004 YFZ450 back in 2006 during college and I am lining up for my first 30+ Vet race at the Ironman National this weekend. I am glad I never sold the quad. 13 years later and I am still just as excited as I was lining up for my first race.
Bigblue&Goldie
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I hear you, I hold onto that dream. Unfortunately, my lower back is pretty destroyed. I've been racing buggies for the last 10yrs and I physically struggle with that. These days I'm only good for about 300mi before I have to get out. I was at a race this last weekend and I couldn't help but be jealous of the guys out there on their quads.
zmotorsports
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While I miss racing immensely I don't necessarily miss the costs associated. I was a drag racer so not much in the form of long races and my back really hasn't suffered much from the earlier years of racing, although I could lose a few pounds and help my back through my older years. I loved racing on the pavement as well as off-road sand drag racing but again, never got into the endurance style racing but since ramping up our Jeeping adventures about 8 years ago I am glad I have substituted my racing with the more pleasurable hobby of just off-road exploring/Jeeping. It still gives me that little bit of competitiveness without the long days or nights of thrashing to rebuild **** before a race.
I also think I discovered that I enjoy building my **** almost as much as using it and with my current hobby it still very much allows that aspect of the sport.
