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[Bigblue&Goldie]

Great video, with solid tips. Also, where did you find a girl that looks like that and fabricates?

 

[TTMotorsports]

Great video, with solid tips. Also, where did you find a girl that looks like that and fabricates? [emoji481]

Luckiest man alive right here. No idea how I found a keeper like her.

 

[sqznby]

Luckiest man alive right here. No idea how I found a keeper like her.

You certainly are

Great video to you do some awesome work. Are those trailing arms your own design? They look killer.

 

[bczygan]

That's creepy Bill. I like it

Artists Statement for "Reach Out"

Sculpture "Reach Out" 2019

My initial concept for this, my first metal sculpture project, was a box with bars on the front. Right now, with so much political divisiveness and polarization between the right and left here in the US, I am frustrated by it. Even in my own family there is a us and them mentality. I realized I also had it.

So the concept was to paint the box red, and the interior blue, to symbolize Republicans keeping Democrats in jail. And the Democrats would have blue hands reaching out of the bars.

I've found that my ideas change and the concepts I want to express and voice, also change and evolve. This first concept only exacerbated the polarization. While that appealed to my darker nature, my kinder angels prevailed.

Another idea was to have 2 boxes, one red and one blue reaching out to each other instead. The concept was now, that the opposing sides reach out to each other. I also thought about black and white and other race issues in this country, and using that. Much better and solution oriented concepts. But this was still stirring the pot, because these are hot button issues and very specific in their nature. Things worth exploring, but I wasn't comfortable with speaking on these kinds of issues yet. And practically speaking these were twice the work with a limited time for completion.

I must have wanted a simple more universal thing to talk about, but didn't know it until I read a piece about how we are all different, and how it makes us interact. The article talked about how we each have a unique set of life experiences that mold us and make us different than others. This makes it difficult to understand other people, because it is hard to "walk in their shoes". We've been walking in our own so long, we know no other paths.

Then it occurred to me, that it is like being in our own individual prisons. A horrible thought, but true. And unless we reach out to other people, people who will by definition be different from us, we will live life in that lonely prison.

So the concept formed itself. We're in a prison, and must reach out of it. A simple and universal thought.

So the box became a black foreboding place, and the hands reaching out are golden, because we are each golden, no matter our color creed, race or political affiliations.

William Czygan

 

[checkthisout]

A little work from today.

What are those for? Very steady hands you have.

 

[HotWire]

A couple recent jobs.

Lightbar mounting brackets


Bike rack


Camper van bench frame and support bracket




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[gmcgeo]

hello everyone!

been awhile since posting a pic. kid come in wanting a custom hitch set up for his sport atv.... i said id build it but dont pull to much weight.


then rust repair on a 2001 jeep wrangler

sorry for my bad pics

 

[gmcgeo]

A couple recent jobs.

Lightbar mounting brackets


Bike rack


Camper van bench frame and support bracket




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that is some good work

 

[TTMotorsports]

You certainly are

Great video to you do some awesome work. Are those trailing arms your own design? They look killer.

Yes they are my design and i sell them as a weld it yourself kit or fully welded.

 

[HotWire]

that is some good work

Thanks! I’m trying to get my TIG skills back after a few years off.


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[chevy3100truck]

Some "Ugly Drum Smoker" parts...…

 

[slowtwitch73]

Here's a railing I recently built.

 

[protegeV]

Here's a railing I recently built.

That's awesome!

Pretty simple concept, but comes out looking very intricate.

 

[checkthisout]

Here's a railing I recently built.

That is one of the most original railings I have seen. Very nice.

 

[larry4406]

Here's a railing I recently built.

My inspector would be measuring each and every opening to ensure that a 4" sphere could not pass...

Nice railing.

 

[4 FN 27]

Some "Ugly Drum Smoker" parts...…

Nice work. What are you cutting the flats on?

 

[readhead]

Doesn't need to be 4" because it is less than 30" to the deck from the ground.

 

[slowtwitch73]

My inspector would be measuring each and every opening to ensure that a 4" sphere could not pass...

Nice railing.

I don't have an inspector.

 

[MoonRise]

Doesn't need to be 4" because it is less than 30" to the deck from the ground.

Nope.

ANY railing or 'barrier' (guardrail) has to have the balusters spaced so that a 4" sphere (aka child's head) can NOT pass through (or get stuck).

Height off the ground has nothing to do with that requirement.

There is a slight caveat that the 4" sphere test only applies up to a guardrail height of 34" off the surface it is mounted on, and then from > 34" up to the full (current) guardrail height requirement of 42" minimum the sphere diameter is then 8".

http://buildipedia.com/aec-pros/construction-materials-and-methods/guardrails-and-the-building-code

Although to me, that is not such a good spacing, as then a child could get up high enough (because kids often climb things), to get their head into the larger 8" opening and then slip/fall down and then be trapped with their neck in the 4" gap.

Inspection or not, you really-really want (and flat out NEED) to build things PROPERLY. Meaning it has to meet Code (whether there is an inspector or not).

A child getting their head stuck in a railing gap is NOT a good thing at all. A wide gap tapering to a smaller gap also means even more of an entrapment hazard.

That also fails Code for being a climbable structure.

I like the aesthetics of the design, it does look nice.

Height off the ground might not require a guardrail, but once a guardrail is put in (even if it wasn't required), then it DOES have to meet Code requirements for spacing and strength. Because children (head into the gaps) and adults (leaning onto a guardrail and then the rail failing and the person falling, whether or not alcohol was involved or not).

 

[readhead]

Obviously things are different in New Jersey.

 

[joe49]

Durango is under UBC so not so different.
https://www.google.com/search?q=durango+co+have+a+building+code&rlz=1C1ASUT_enUS849US849&oq=Durango%2C+Co+have+a+buil&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j33l5.16118j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

[readhead]

No, we are using IRC. Keep in mind that any AHJ can add or subtract language to any code. And that is presuming that there is any code in place at all. The county next to me doesn't have any building department or building code.

 

[u3b3rg33k]

you could put some of those hog fence panels from tractor supply as a backing plate (on the inside).

 

[sqznby]

Yes they are my design and i sell them as a weld it yourself kit or fully welded.

Really? Very cool. Do you have a link for them?

 

[TTMotorsports]

Really? Very cool. Do you have a link for them?

https://www.tt-motorsports.com/product-page/copy-of-tt-motorsports-60-inch-trailing-arms

 

[Old Man Roger]

Here's a railing I recently built.

My inspector would be measuring each and every opening to ensure that a 4" sphere could not pass...

Nice railing.

I don't have an inspector.

Reminds me of this..lol I have to kind of agree that a kid could climb that from the ground. Imagine they stuck their head in one of the higher openings and then slipped The could hang themselves.

Maybe some stretched metal in the openings?

 

[48windsor]

SWTracing
I agree with you!
I always use 2 hands .I need all the help I can get. Use work gloves at least and do get close to weldment as well.

 

[sqznby]

https://www.tt-motorsports.com/product-page/copy-of-tt-motorsports-60-inch-trailing-arms

Wow TT, that is a very nice kit

Have you ever tig welded one?

 

[sqznby]

I think he is showing how it does not bog down like the Dremel style tungsten sharpeners. Mine will easily chew through a piece of tungsten without slowing down a bit. Not that I want to waste money on tungsten demonstrating it. It does a great job of sharpening though and I am pleased with it.

Spoke with them the other day and snatched up the last Metabo they had.
Lookin forward to getting it.

 

[TTMotorsports]

Wow TT, that is a very nice kit [emoji106]



Have you ever tig welded one?

I have not had a customer willing to pay for the 40 hours of welding on them haha. But one of my friends tig welded his set up. Lots of added time. And he cheated and mig welded the inside and everything that was covered with bash plates and overlays.

 

[Bigblue&Goldie]

I have not had a customer willing to pay for the 40 hours of welding on them haha. But one of my friends tig welded his set up. Lots of added time. And he cheated and mig welded the inside and everything that was covered with bash plates and overlays.

That's why the Mason's are going billet. The labor to tig links and arms is crazy. You then have to heat teat everything, which is added cost. It's far easier to load a machine and let it eat after hours. I can't remember if there was an actual cost savings, but it frees up guys to be doing other stuff.

 

[TTMotorsports]

Yup. Why armada uses a lot of billet items as well. Knuckles. Part of lower a arm etc. Machines run and guys work on other stuff

Plus these links without heims weigh about 50lbs each. I'm sure aluminum ones save some weight too.

 

[slodat]

Started on my material rack.. I cut all 4x8' sheet goods in thirds on the long side. The 32x48 chunks are a lot easier to work with and they fit on my laser. Rack is made of 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.065 square tubing and 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.125 angle. Drew in Fusion 360 to make sure it’s what I wanted. This is a really good way to go.







Material cut to length.





Cut a full size layout template on the laser.









Squared up and clamped down to the welding table.





Now I have a square.





I made a layout template out of scrap. This is the material setback from the edge.







This should be some good TIG welding practice. I need the practice. [emoji2357]

 

[PhantomEB]

Repurposed an old gate into overhead steel storage.

Will be adding more uprights and shelves as I go for different lengths and forms of steel.

 

[sqznby]

I have not had a customer willing to pay for the 40 hours of welding on them haha. But one of my friends tig welded his set up. Lots of added time. And he cheated and mig welded the inside and everything that was covered with bash plates and overlays.

Good point. Good idea of him to mig all the unseen sections and tig the rest haha.
How long does it take to machine an arm? What materials are used 6061 or 7075?

 

[f150skidoo]

I recently bought a 18 drawer parts cabinet and I don't want it taking up room on my workbench's so the next best option was to wall mount it. I wanted to make the shelf that holds the part cabinet out off 16ga or 14ga steel but I did'nt have enough of that material on hand so I had to use 10ga. I CNC plasma cut all the parts then bent the flats up in the press brake.

 

[slodat]

Got the material rack finished today.

 

[Bears Fan]

Slodat, nice rack! Well organized

 

[smalltown]

I recently bought a 18 drawer parts cabinet and I don't want it taking up room on my workbench's so the next best option was to wall mount it. I wanted to make the shelf that holds the part cabinet out off 16ga or 14ga steel but I did'nt have enough of that material on hand so I had to use 10ga. I CNC plasma cut all the parts then bent the flats up in the press brake.

Like what you did there with the CNC should look good on the wall out of the way.

 

[bggrnchvy]

My enclosed trailer is too low for some of the camp sites we end up at, so I need to lift the torsion axles off the frame. Dexter makes brackets for the 3.5-7k variants, but nothing for the 8k's I have. Since they're mounted in a pair, I just drew up some rails to unitize them left and right. I drew them so they could be shot out on the same pattern and then mirrored at the press brake and farmed it out to a buddy's shop. Then I cut some 2x1/4" bar stock up to make end caps and ribs and burned it together.





The hydraulic pump on their 75 ton brake was having fits, so I told them it was fine to make relief cuts on the bend line to drop the needed pressure and I just welded them up, which is why there's so much HAZ along the length.