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[MadeByMiller]

Working out of a 2 car garage every square inch counts and doing this was the best solution I could come up with that's organized by thickness.

I completely understand - my shop is 14'x24'

 

[Deadsquiggles]

Finished and everything transferred over. Just need to track down some rubber sheeting for the shelves.

 

[shortykorte]

Finished and everything transferred over. Just need to track down some rubber sheeting for the shelves.

Try big box store. See if they have rubber floor runner.


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[Deadsquiggles]

Try big box store. See if they have rubber floor runner.


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Yeah that was the first places I tried with no luck. Tried TSC thinking they might have something useful for animals but no luck there. Ended up finding a 1/8” thick generic truck bed mat at Northern Tool for $30 that worked perfectly and I have plenty of material left over. This one specifically: https://m.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200712306_200712306

 

[Monza Harry]

Next time you may consider a hydraulic industrial supplier, for your rubber sheets, they usually have thinner rubber sheets for tank gaskets. Also conveyer belt for your heavier duty requirements. EPDM is also available at garden and landscape suppliers. Usually better hours too, just not as good with petroleum based spills. Harry

 

[sick467]

This is a very cool thread. There are some great and complicated projects here. I don't know much about welding, but it doesn't take much knowledge to weld like this...I call it booger welding.

 

[Bob Heine]

This is a very cool thread. There are some great and complicated projects here. I don't know much about welding, but it doesn't take much knowledge to weld like this...I call it booger welding.

Sick467, that's pretty amazing booger welding. Are you doing it for fun or for sale? It's heirloom artwork whichever way you go.

 

[Jayman17]

This is a very cool thread. There are some great and complicated projects here. I don't know much about welding, but it doesn't take much knowledge to weld like this...I call it booger welding.

That's very impressive, your boogers look nothing like mine.
Did the horseshoe used for the base of the horse sculpture have that peened surface already or did you do that?

Jay

 

[Bigblue&Goldie]

Amazing artwork sick467!

 

[sick467]

Thanks for the compliments...I'm really glad you all like it. I get the urge once or twice a year to let the right side of my brain de-bunk and these are the results. I tried doing one for sale and it's just not the same as doing one as a gift for a close friend or family member. That one turned out OK, but not like the others do when I know the one receiving the piece. The above pieces took 30 and 60 hours respectively to complete, so it's kinda hard to make an appreciable hourly wage (unless a buyer has more money than sense which I can respect...it's just not what your common horseshoe art can pull in). Maybe at retirement I will push out some of the more simple pieces and do some showing and selling.

I use "used only" junk to make these things so all the pits and roughness are from age and abuse. I spend many hours getting started at the benchtop wire wheel peeling back the years of crust from the potential bits and chucks.

I've never been artistic until about 6 years ago (I'm going on 52) and this is what came of it. Here are some of the more simple pieces...

 

[shortykorte]

Very creative and some inspirational.


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[Old Man Roger]

I've never been artistic until about 6 years ago (I'm going on 52)

Anything specific that brought the artistic side of you out?

 

[royce]

This is a very cool thread. There are some great and complicated projects here. I don't know much about welding, but it doesn't take much knowledge to weld like this...I call it booger welding.

Beautiful work Noel
Thank you
Royce

 

[TTMotorsports]

I got rid of my gantry crane since it was a pain to use to load my plasma table. But I still needed a way to lift 100-400lb sheets of steel so I made a Davit crane from a Princess Auto (same as Harbor Freight) pickup truck crane and 440 lb AC winch. The only thing I saved from the truck crane was the hydraulic cylinder and the telescopic boom, The crane is bolted to a reinforced 6” slab


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Awesome setup I just mounted a small winch and extension on my engine hoist to lift plate onto my plasmacam table easily as well. Dont need 2 people struggling along anymore on it

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[bugnut]

Noel, sweet work!

 

[sick467]

Anything specific that brought the artistic side of you out?

Nothing specific. My brother brought over some horseshoes and said..."lets make a cowboy. He's not artistic nor a fabricator, but knew I had the tools. I had had a welder for many years at that point and had built plenty of booger welded projects...all of which required extensive grinding and weld clean-up work. At first, the cowboy was plain as could be and I just ran with it, putting holsters on, guns, and finer and finer details. It developed into a very time consuming love.

I am very happy to find folks admiring them...that feeling is new to me with regards to creativity. I would bet the locomotive and coal car will be a never ending source of "something-to-do" as I am now collecting the parts for a caboose. The train car possibilities are endless. I already have visions of a flat bed car with a model T on it, standard box car, passenger car, maybe even some circus cars...who knows!

The trick is finding the appropriate sized junk as life goes by, in the proper patina. Actually...the junk tends to find me it would seem rather than the other way around.

Thanks everyone for the encouragement!

 

[Old Man Roger]

The steam train is by all definitions, a true work of art.

 

[f150skidoo]

This is a very cool thread. There are some great and complicated projects here. I don't know much about welding, but it doesn't take much knowledge to weld like this...I call it booger welding.

Amazing work, love the detail work in the train.

 

[Deadsquiggles]

Proved out my bottle rack is capable of holding 2 80cf bottles securely without tipping.

 

[harley jim]

Making another set of handrails

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[DeeDubz]

Build a little stand for my jacks to get them off the ground. I had some used angle iron i just welded together.

 

[Bigblue&Goldie]

My 5yo daughter is trying out BMX, so I got her a legit race bike last week. I'm tired of tripping over it already so I made a stand for it today after work. I put up a garage door the other day and it came with .500" solid stock spring tensioning rods. I repurposed those into the bike stand. I added a dimple die gusset......because race bike. A coat of satin black spray paint is going to make my welds look better.

 

[Bodj Built]

My 5yo daughter is trying out BMX, so I got her a legit race bike last week. I'm tired of tripping over it already so I made a stand for it today after work. I put up a garage door the other day and it came with .500" solid stock spring tensioning rods. I repurposed those into the bike stand. I added a dimple die gusset......because race bike. A coat of satin black spray paint is going to make my welds look better.

I like that!

 

[welder4956]

Thanks for the compliments...I'm really glad you all like it. I get the urge once or twice a year to let the right side of my brain de-bunk and these are the results. I tried doing one for sale and it's just not the same as doing one as a gift for a close friend or family member. That one turned out OK, but not like the others do when I know the one receiving the piece. The above pieces took 30 and 60 hours respectively to complete, so it's kinda hard to make an appreciable hourly wage (unless a buyer has more money than sense which I can respect...it's just not what your common horseshoe art can pull in). Maybe at retirement I will push out some of the more simple pieces and do some showing and selling.

I use "used only" junk to make these things so all the pits and roughness are from age and abuse. I spend many hours getting started at the benchtop wire wheel peeling back the years of crust from the potential bits and chucks.

I've never been artistic until about 6 years ago (I'm going on 52) and this is what came of it. Here are some of the more simple pieces...

You have some real talent there Noel and an eye for detail! Thanks for sharing.

 

[harley jim]

Making some rails for the local animal shelter.

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[smalltown]

Very nice work harley jim

 

[harley jim]

Grocery getter

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[Monza Harry]

Making some rails for the local animal shelter.

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Way to step up!!!!!!!!! Jim
Not everybody is an animal lover, this a great way to help out the less fortunate pets, and you're making them look good at the same time!
THANX! Harry

 

[harley jim]

Way to step up!!!!!!!!! Jim
Not everybody is an animal lover, this a great way to help out the less fortunate pets, and you're making them look good at the same time!
THANX! Harry

We love to help them, they are good folks taking care of some good animals. We just gave them a complete new kitchen
Thanks Harry


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[royce]

We love to help them, they are good folks taking care of some good animals. We just gave them a complete new kitchen
Thanks Harry


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So generous Jim,
Well done

Royce

 

[TTMotorsports]

Custom 4x4 beams for my 1968 Ford f250 project prerunner I am building for myself


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[ez-duzit]

T--that's quite a project.

 

[Bigblue&Goldie]

Awesome, glad to see you're back at it!

 

[harley jim]

TT that is an awesome build.
Did you start a build thread, if so can you post a link. I would like to follow it.

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[zmotorsports]

Awesome, glad to see you're back at it!

X2

 

[harley jim]

Built a set of stair rails today

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[TTMotorsports]

TT that is an awesome build.
Did you start a build thread, if so can you post a link. I would like to follow it.

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I have a thread on another forum that I update everytime I work on it which has. Een daily.

https://irate4x4.com/ford/334697-1968-ford-f-250-prerunner-build/page3#post339686

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[Cue]

Stuck together some angle and 1/4" plate to make a stand for my little Finger Brake. Powdercoated it Grey to match and added casters Turned out well and now I can roll it out of the way.

 

[56rpm]

I have a thread on another forum that I update everytime I work on it which has. Een daily.

https://irate4x4.com/ford/334697-1968-ford-f-250-prerunner-build/page3#post339686

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Wow, outstanding fab work! Just checked out your thread on irate.

 

[VanderfieldArt]

Been building horsepower lately..lol my welding project