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[MrSurly]

That deserves an award....


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[R. Deschain]

I built a Juliet Balcony at home from some very old iron fence. There was a lot of beefing up and engineering that went into it aside from just the welding. Did a video of the whole process as well

 

[BukitCase]

The slotted hangers would work really well for identical batches of clamps - one of my lazy man's hangers is just a chunk of Unistrut bolted to some (already angled) braces so the open side is up - F clamps just hang over it, vise grip types get one jaw in the channel, as do a few of the grinders... Steve

 

[harley jim]

That's the only way this style works well is if they are all the same.

It's just slit pipe.

Welding helmet hooks.

Welding supplies basket.

Same.

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[shortykorte]

Jim those helmet hangers are cool. Perfect for high quality East Asian wrenches.


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[harley jim]

Best use I could find for a knuckle buster [emoji106]

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[bradpac]

Welding supplies basket.

Very cool. I like the re-use of the top portion of the cap for a pencil cup as well.

 

[Jayman17]

I built a Juliet Balcony at home from some very old iron fence. There was a lot of beefing up and engineering that went into it aside from just the welding. Did a video of the whole process as well

Hey Matt, nice job on that balcony. Nice to see a Seattle project in this thread, looks like you have a nice shop to work/paint it when the rain interrupts an outdoor project.

Jay

 

[DeeDubz]

I Added another C clamp holder. I had some scrap metal that I used.
Long over due picture of my welding helmet/glover holder.

 

[R. Deschain]

Hey Matt, nice job on that balcony. Nice to see a Seattle project in this thread, looks like you have a nice shop to work/paint it when the rain interrupts an outdoor project.

Jay

Hi Jay,

Thanks! I built the shop ion 2016 and I have just kept filling it with tools and projects since. It is a 2-1/2 Car 690sq', which was unfun to get permitted and after using it for 4 years, I could stand another 250sq' I am maxed on my lot coverage though.

A Seattle Small Lot Build

It looks like we are a go for a new garage! I am meeting our builder this weekend and passing him a check (two checks actually, one is for the City of Seattle permit office...) and I will have a real garage and wood-shop by spring. My too tiny, falling down, little carriage house will go away...

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[chickenfarmer]

Welded a bow thruster tube in the Adventure Ranger and installed the thruster. Used crack check die penetrant and none came through so it should be leak free on the welds. Fingers crossed that the hole for the prop assembly doesn't leak.

 

[wquiles]

Custom 2x72 grinder and mobile stand - 3HP, 3PH, with VFD my first Tig project:





Welded with an original 2003 HTP water cooled HTP 201 Tig system:

 

[Terra Nova]

Fairly simple one made from 2x2 16 gauge tubing and a HF rubber castor. It’s a trampoline mover, let’s me move the kids trampoline by myself when cutting the grass. Just put this on one side and pick up the opposite side and push or pull it into position.

 

[chickenfarmer]

That is awesome, simple and effective. Looks great!

 

[MushCreek]

While I wait for the big pieces of my stepside bed from the sheet metal shop, I'm working on small stuff and trying to get the hang of welding thin metal. I bought pre-made stake pockets, but decided that I wanted nice rounded bottoms instead of just cut off square. Cut, bend, weld, grind smooth. The welds are horrible, but the finished product looks good.

 

[harley jim]

While I wait for the big pieces of my stepside bed from the sheet metal shop, I'm working on small stuff and trying to get the hang of welding thin metal. I bought pre-made stake pockets, but decided that I wanted nice rounded bottoms instead of just cut off square. Cut, bend, weld, grind smooth. The welds are horrible, but the finished product looks good.

What are you building, have you started a build thread, I would like to follow it. Thanks

 

[MushCreek]

I haven't started a build thread yet. There are sometimes long periods that it sits, so I don't want to start just yet. I have a '72 F-250 that I'm fixing up. I'm taking it backwards instead of forward, with a '68 painted steel grille, painted bumpers, 300 six engine, etc. I took off all of the trim. Lastly, I'm fabricating an 8' Flareside (step side) bed. Nobody makes repro 8' beds, so I have a sheet metal shop bending up the major components out of 16 gauge steel. I'll assemble and finish it up. I have a few minor rust spots on the front sheet metal to address, too.

 

[harley jim]

That's a good project truck, I'll watch for updates on it. I just sold my 70 F100, too many projects I had to thin things out.

It was hard to let it go.

 

[MushCreek]

I love that vintage, I guess because if I could have afforded a new truck when I started driving, it would have been a 1969 Ford. Back in the 80's I built a 1970, including a Flareside bed.

 

[fordkid88]

My first 6g pipe test, I kept it and turned it into a beer mug.

 

[gearhead1]

My first 6g pipe test, I kept it and turned it into a beer mug.

You don’t cut in quarters and bend test it? LOL

 

[fordkid88]

You don’t cut in quarters and bend test it? LOL

Nope just x ray.lol I've got plenty of bend tests that Ive considered turning into hood holders.

 

[R. Deschain]

I am built a steel stand for my 4-ton English Fly Press is coming along. The SendCutSend parts I designed for the struts and bottom tray/shelf fit perfectly and I used the hydraulic bending press to bend a small lip to the bottom tray. I packed the 2” square tube legs with oiled sand for added weight, drill holes in top to bold down the fly press and torched holes in the feet for anchors. While getting ready for making the holes, I overheard “OH **** THE NEIGHBOR HAS A TORCH OUT!” My first thought was “I want to see!!”, but then I realized he was talking about me and it was not with a tone of curiosity… it was one of annoyance. WELL, I looked for other **** to cut and tried my hardest to run through two bottles of gas to assert my dominance in the neighborhood pecking order. I like how the stand turned out and will have 3 friends come over and help me set in in place, paying them with beer afterward.

 

[BukitCase]

RD, I like your attitude; when we bought our 10 acre place in 78, the entire area was zoned ART5 - Translates to Ag, Res, Timber/minimum 5 acre building sites...

Neighbors on one side were a nearly retired union carpenter and his wife, both tended to act more like "city slickers" than "country folk" - the guy mowed his perfect lawn nearly every day, we moved in with 7 horses, dairy goats (kid with dairy allergy), couple dozen meat rabbits, 3 dogs, etc -

The guy was a USER, when he found out I had a few tools he invited himself over to use my bench grinder about once a week to sharpen his mower blade(s) - one thing led to another, always him assuming I was OK with his "no fee" borrowing...

He finally brought his dump trailer (used to be a pickup bed) over, said the tail gate hinge was broken and could I weld it up for him - I flipped a coin in my head, rummaged thru the scrap bin, found some suitable donors, welded it up (took maybe a stick and a half of 6011) -

I'm not sure if he finally realized how pushy he was, but he said, "you oughta let me pay you something for that" - my response was "OK, gimme 20 bucks" - he got this funny look on his face, reached into his back pocket and pulled out his VERY FAT wallet, handed me a $20, and without another word he drove off.

The borrowing pretty much went away, but he started complaining that the couple horses we had separated on that side of the property were causing flies to land on his nice white siding and would I move them...

I said sure, relocated the horses and replaced them with two FEEDER PIGS...

Pretty sure that was the LAST conversation we had; cool... Steve

 

[BukitCase]

Well, since it appears that I managed to stall this thread with a bit OT comments it seems only fair that I try to re-start it with one of last year's projects - what more ON topic that welding up an all-terrain cart FOR a welder :=)

I have 10 acres, and things tend to happen when and where I get the chance - there's a (mostly) wood shop, several containers (one that's mostly steel and hydraulics work area), and a couple mostly welding areas (depending on size of the project)

My MM252 is fine for NON-offroad stuff, but I wanted something a bit more portable for the above reasons, so I bought my SECOND MM211 (first one was the older transformer type, got sold to a friend when I found the 252 for about half price and barely used)

Features I wanted - towable with either golf cart or ZTR, roll easy on concrete, become its own handtruck with 13" tires, crane friendly with adjustable balance to compensate for wire and/or gas bottle weight, built in "roll cage" to protect regulators, casters (woodriver, lock both swivel AND wheels) retractable when towing, and built-in hold-down for the welder.
Oh, and small enough footprint NOT to be too obnoxious when used inside a shipping container (I have 5 of 'em)

The original "donor" was a section of scrap safety cage I'd brought home from work about 10 years prior (some ideas take longer to gel than others :=) Those are the pieces that're still kinda yellow in the pics.
Can't figure out how to delete the one duplicate, sorry... Steve



There's a few pics, as usual questions are welcome... Steve

 

[BukitCase]

I can see it's gonna take a bit to figure out how pics work here...
There, that's a little better :=) And yes, the cart really IS balanced on its rear (larger) wheels in the second pic -

Also notice the hold-down keeps the rear of the welder firmly against the rear of the epdm padded angle frame - the air gap, lock washer and wing nut (along with the INTENTIONAL gap in the last pic) are so hold-down pressure can be easily adjusted.

Also intentional: there is NOTHING that has to be moved in order to get to the wire drive area of the MM211.

 

[BukitCase]

Last batch, this was maybe 1/4 of the pics I took but you get the idea - BTW, the "hand truck" handles are that tall for 2 reasons; one, this thing ain't real light so longer handles give more control, but mainly - Two, I mentioned the "roll cage" earlier - notice that the top crossbar is just a bit higher than the gauges.
Not shown - I found a heavy barbeque cover that fits the entire thing pretty well, and the "roll cage" ALSO keeps the cover from resting on the gauges... Steve

 

[TTA89]

I built an "air filter" for my garage and welded up my own wall bracket for it. I didn't want the support bracket to go up and be in the way of the fan so I went down. I needed the support bracket to fall on the studs for the lag bolts so it looks a little funky but It feels very solid lagged into both walls. Now I need someone to help me get this thing up there... Welding is fun, I'm finding all kinds of cool things I can do with the welder and some scrap steel.

 

[BukitCase]

Nice bracket; at first I thought your filter was the subwoofer that went with the speaker on the wall :=)
If you don't have the lifting gear (or a place to hang it from, or a couple of REALLY tall friends) you might find a drywall lift to rent - should be plenty strong enough to lift your filter, if it isn't cast concrete... Steve

(Or maybe that IS the sub; didn't notice the MUCH smaller item in bottom right corner :=)

 

[Bighead38]

That's a good project truck, I'll watch for updates on it. I just sold my 70 F100, too many projects I had to thin things out.

It was hard to let it go.

I wish I had known. I will own that body style someday. I pretty much grew up in one that my old man owned for 29 years. He had to replace the cab and bed twice due to rust since he used it as a plow truck. Iirc it had a 390 motor. It had a 4 speed manual with a granny first. Every time I went plowing with him the shifter would hit my knee when he shifted into reverse I believe. The truck had 490,000 miles on it when we had to junk it due to rust. He had never done a clutch in it since he only used it to start moving. I shed a tear when it went to truck heaven. I actually took the shifter out and saved it. It was a regular cab long bed f250 highboy in black. I would love to find a replica but if that isn’t possible than a hot rod version would be the other choice.

I am built a steel stand for my 4-ton English Fly Press is coming along. The SendCutSend parts are perfect I designed for the struts and bottom tray/shelf fit perfectly and I used the hydraulic bending press to bend a small lip to the bottom tray. I packed the 2” square tube legs with oiled sand for added weight, drill holes in top to bold down the fly press and torched holes in the feet for anchors. While getting ready for making the holes, I overheard “OH **** THE NEIGHBOR HAS A TORCH OUT!” My first thought was “I want to see!!”, but then I realized he was talking about me and it was not with a tone of curiosity… it was one of annoyance. WELL, I looked for other **** to cut and tried my hardest to run through two bottles of gas to assert my dominance in the neighborhood pecking order. I like how the stand tuned out and will have 3 friends come over and help me set in in place, paying them with beer afterward.

I like your style. My immediate neighbors all know me and I fix most of their stuff. When people from around the block walk past they always do a double take or give a funny look when they see the torch, welding, or grinding in the driveway.

 

[TTMotorsports]

Working on my 1968 Ford F250 i'm building into a prerunner type truck. Rear axle is a D70 from an E350 type short bus. Welded up a truss/link mounts with removable diff cover still to access the gears and such.

 

[zmotorsports]

I commenced fabricating a cart to mount my tube roller on over the weekend. Here are a few random pictures. Many more detailed pics can be seen on my projects 2.0 thread linked below in my signature.

Base completed.

Thanks for looking.

 

[XJSuperman]

Armoring my Toyota axle

 

[LeeG]

After about 3years, I finally got the drawers mounted in my welding cart.

The cart is pretty heavy duty. 14ga steel tube frame, 12 ga base, 16ga drawers with 12ga fronts. The drawers are 18” wide and 24” deep. My Miller 212 and my Plasma cutter are strapped to the top, and a 330cf 75/25 bottle is mounted to the back, above the axle.



Top drawer is only 2” high. Used for small stuff



There are two 4.5” drawers, one holds some clamps and the other has my smaller Fireball jigs.



The two bottom drawers are about 7” high. One has my larger Fireball jigs and the other has some grinders and PPE.



I still need to do the sides and back, and get it powder coated. It’s pretty nice having all that stuff organized finally.

 

[scoobyz]

This is my latest work, I turned a

Brass Sheet Into a Golden T-55 (Soviet Main Battle Tank)​

Let me know your idea, please!

 

[Outwest]

This is my latest work, I turned a

Brass Sheet Into a Golden T-55 (Soviet Main Battle Tank)​

Let me know your idea, please!

Wow, awesome work!

 

[mv213]

This is my latest work, I turned a

Brass Sheet Into a Golden T-55 (Soviet Main Battle Tank)​

Let me know your idea, please!

Absolutely fantastic!

 

[scoobyz]

Wow, awesome work!

Thank you!

 

[scoobyz]

Absolutely fantastic!

Thank you!

 

[corn chip]

bought a millermatic few months ago and figured why not make my own cart. some have said i over did it but i didnt want it to be floppy like a noodle