Show us your welding projects

[Old Man Roger]

Steampunk fish..lol I love it.

 

[BlueSteel]

A little modification to my exsisting turbo kit. Better flex bellows and v band. Modified my downpipe and also built a new coolant overflow tank. Cap kit was from Summit Racing!

 

[zmotorsports]

A little modification to my exsisting turbo kit. Better flex bellows and v band. Modified my downpipe and also built a new coolant overflow tank. Cap kit was from Summit Racing!

Very nicely done.

 

[BlueSteel]

Very nicely done.

Thank you sir. I was literally just going through your thread, really enjoy your lathe work! Makes me want one!

 

[zmotorsports]

Thank you sir. I was literally just going through your thread, really enjoy your lathe work! Makes me want one!

For doing much of any fabrication I think a lathe is a good piece of equipment to have in the shop. Even for small repair jobs it comes in quite handy. It's amazing how many little jobs end up being tweaked or approached in a different manner with a lathe and mill, however, they are a considerable investment and not to be approached lightly. Tooling will easily run more than the lathe or mill themselves.

 

[InDaRed2]

Fixed a broken mower deck on my walk behind and fixed a crack in my boat recently.

Mower deck had a bolt fall out we didnt realize which lead to the upper mounting bar breaking. I ended up welding it to the lower deck support, not sure why it wasnt from the factory.



The boat has cracked 2 previous welds so i really beefed it up this go around. If it breaks again its getting plated like ive seen others done with a crack in this same spot.

 

[zmotorsports]

Fixed a broken mower deck on my walk behind and fixed a crack in my boat recently.

Mower deck had a bolt fall out we didnt realize which lead to the upper mounting bar breaking. I ended up welding it to the lower deck support, not sure why it wasnt from the factory.



The boat has cracked 2 previous welds so i really beefed it up this go around. If it breaks again its getting plated like ive seen others done with a crack in this same spot.

Nice job on both the mower deck and the aluminum boat.

 

[selectedgrub]

Guard

 

[MP&C]

Had a job come in to replace the casters/wheels on a smoker with stationary legs to eliminate the need for tie down straps. The smoker is going to be a permanent fixture in the trailer, so casters no longer needed. 2x2 tubing, 1/8 wall and 3/16 flat sheet was used..




The rear brackets each have two bolts going through a structural member under the floor. All others used fender washers underneath the 1/4" steel diamond plate floor.





Spare parts

 

[zmotorsports]

Had a job come in to replace the casters/wheels on a smoker with stationary legs to eliminate the need for tie down straps. The smoker is going to be a permanent fixture in the trailer, so casters no longer needed. 2x2 tubing, 1/8 wall and 3/16 flat sheet was used..




The rear brackets each have two bolts going through a structural member under the floor. All others used fender washers underneath the 1/4" steel diamond plate floor.





Spare parts

Those are some nice looking TIG welds and feet Robert. Great job as usual.

 

[harley jim]

You need samples to make sure it worked

 

[Old Man Roger]

Sweet

 

[MP&C]

You need samples to make sure it worked

He owes me some brisket from the last job still.... This one was cash..

 

[harley jim]

As I sit here eating my pulled pork sandwich from Hwy. 58 bbq. I think I was hit with a subliminal response this morning

 

[chickenfarmer]

I have one customer that is particularly good at destroying things, I spent the last couple days fixing their latest goof up

 

[MP&C]

You need samples to make sure it worked

Payday!!

 

[harley jim]

Oh hell ya

 

[JackOfDiamonds]

Still not welding, but I made stroller wheels for my Burley bike trailer. And a drawbar for my cargo bike to pull it with.

 

[jwith68]

I have one customer that is particularly good at destroying things, I spent the last couple days fixing their latest goof up

Crikey!! Has that machine spent a lot of its life working in rock? Because if it's mostly doing dirt work as shown, that's some next-level f'up-ability. Of course, it may have 6-figure hours on it, too.

 

[selectedgrub]

 

[jalexl]

Still not welding, but I made stroller wheels for my Burley bike trailer. And a drawbar for my cargo bike to pull it with.

very nice job. Did you powder coat that at home?

 

[Jayman17]

Grub, don't know if anyone has told you this but you have a real eye for this type of work.

Jay

 

[f150skidoo]

Neighbour asked if I could make removable extension wings for his 60" John Deere snowplow blade. The wings are 8" wide and have a 30 degree forward angle to help hold the snow, the wings were bump bent from 3/16" mild steel.

 

[JackOfDiamonds]

very nice job. Did you powder coat that at home?

Nope, just spray paint.

 

[harley jim]

Still not welding, but I made stroller wheels for my Burley bike trailer. And a drawbar for my cargo bike to pull it with.

Looks like gas welding to me, that counts

 

[Bigblue&Goldie]

Nope, just spray paint.

I thought of you the other day, are you still making the bike cranks?

 

[JackOfDiamonds]

I just made a set of miniature ones actually.

 

[Bigblue&Goldie]

Those are miniature! What are those going on? Still working on the tapered bottom bracket mounts?

I just picked up a Micro sized BMX for my youngest and it came with 100mm cranks. Now that we're in BMX it seems cranks are the "factory Dad" component, with the ******** guys buying them for their kids in 5mm increments as they grow! Granted, these kids have $2k bikes, so it's all relative!

 

[JackOfDiamonds]

Those are for a miniature road bike, mixte-type. It also features a custom 5/8" headset and custom center-pull brakes.

 

[slowtwitch73]

Brazing... not technically welding, but close enough.

Is the miniature bike just for kicks or?

Paul Brodie on youtube has a few vids on making center pulls, levers, etc.

 

[JackOfDiamonds]

Everything I do is just for kicks.

 

[zmotorsports]

Neighbour asked if I could make removable extension wings for his 60" John Deere snowplow blade. The wings are 8" wide and have a 30 degree forward angle to help hold the snow, the wings were bump bent from 3/16" mild steel.

Very nice job.

 

[f150skidoo]

Needed to make a couple of clevis style cylinder mounts and was blown away by how good my small Hypertherm 45XP cut 1" plate

 

[BukitCase]

Those do look really nice; my previous model PM45 really struggles with 1" steel, 4"/minute means I have to set a 1/16" increment ruler next to the torch and move it 1/16" per second. Gets old MUCH quicker than the steel gets cut

The XP versions really are a plus... Steve

 

[f150skidoo]

Those do look really nice; my previous model PM45 really struggles with 1" steel, 4"/minute means I have to set a 1/16" increment ruler next to the torch and move it 1/16" per second. Gets old MUCH quicker than the steel gets cut

The XP versions really are a plus... Steve

The XP does have a bit more power then the previous PM45 but it still cuts really slow on 1". Those parts were cut at 3.5 IPM, I've previously cut as fast as 7 IPM but wasn't crazy about the cut quality.

 

[BukitCase]

Yeah; I just zoomed in on the first pic, noticed the slight but EVEN "droop" on bottom cut lines (as in, perfect cut speed :=)

Now tell me you did those FREEHAND, so I can feel EVEN MORE INADEQUATE ... Steve

 

[harley jim]

what he said

 

[zmotorsports]

Hitch stinger.





More pictures are in my projects thread.

 

[Mc8541ss]

 

[cpttuna]

My 4'X5' stainless utility trailer . It has a 2000 pound axle, 10 ply 15" tires, 18" sides, and also has a hand crank winch. The tailgate is hooked by means of a piano hinge. with cover on, it weighs in at about 500 pounds. It took about 6 months gathering all the pieces of scrap stainless to build it. All the stainless was bought at scrap prices.