I built a gantry by hand with no machinery assist such as a forklift. I did however assemble it, then used my F-450 diesel dually to stand it. Then added casters and later trailer wheels and tires for better maneuverability on uneven ground. https://forum.weldingtipsandtricks.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&a...

Hi Arno, Good suggestion! I did have that on my mind as well. I was just in a rush to finish it and so I didn't get around to that. But perhaps I need to make that a Saturday afternoon project. Whatever I come up with, I'll post back here. I made a quick video for the shop's Facebook page (I don't d...

Just a quick picture of the workbench after being in action for a while. It's working out quite well for us, so definitely a good decision to custom build one to suit our needs in our automotive repair shop. Hope all is well!

Alright fellas, I was able to connect all of the plumbing over the weekend: 20230228_193604.jpg Which meant the 90-degree fittings that thread into the bottom of the containers, the hoses that run to the bottom of the pumps, the hoses that run from the pumps to the reels and then mount the reels rig...

Alright, so I left the story off with this notion of needing to address a side mounting plate for the pumps that will draw the oil from the containers and send it to the reels. To make a start on that task, I began with some of the remnants of the 1/4" plate that I had cut and welded onto the t...

Fellas, Made progress in the last little bit. Funny how in every project such as this, there is a deadline that establishes a timeframe that you must meet. And that seems to detract from the "fun" of working on fabrication projects somehow, ya know? 'Just a part of it, but just once I'd li...

Y'all, After a good bit of tree and brush removal, I cleared the area around my outdoor work table and then put the gantry into position to do some heavy lifting: tree cleanup.jpg I lifted the top half of the table with simple ratchet straps wrapped around parts of the top half frame. Then placed it...

Fellas: The winter storm that made its way through TEXAS a couple of weeks ago put a temporary halt to the bulk oil workbench project. This is but one picture of the kind of issues that came to our doorstep: natural disaster.jpg We've pretty much cleared the property as of yesterday. Some minor clea...

Here are the containers by the way, just hanging out until the workbench is ready for primetime: tanks 1.jpg And then it was time to weld the verticals in place. Because the plate was cut to be just shy of a full 76" x 42", it didn't meet flush with the sides of the 3" x 3" frame...

Since the verticals would be 36" in height, I could only cut three of them from the 12' stick: legs 2.jpg Due to the width of the saw blade involved in each cut, the fourth vertical came in a bit short at 35.5": legs 6.jpg And so I decided to build it up to a full 36" by welding on a ...

So the next work day began with securing the plate to the top of the bottom frame. There was a slight bow to the plate, so clamps were in order: shelf 4.jpg I decided to simply tack it in several places since the upcoming welding of the verticals would involve the plate as well: shelf 5.jpg And with...

I tell ya, I sure was regretting the choice of the 1/4" plate, despite the fact that I would have needed to wait for the slightly-thinner stuff. A 4' x 8' sheet is not lift-able, at least not by me it isn't. I could get it off the ground, but not in the air. Just one side basically. I work alon...

Quick mention: I chose to utilize the SMAW process, yet again, for this project. Lincoln 7018 3/32. I did so mostly because I would build this thing outdoors and it was windy most of the time that I was working. I might actually use my Everlast MIG welder to do MIG welding one day. But not yet. :lol...

Fortunately my F-450 dually can hold 12' sticks, so that is what I went with for everything. Saves the supplier's cutting costs and you don't need to search through the drops. In the end, with the 3" x 3" HSST, the dimensions would be 76" wide by 42" deep. That will fit into the ...

So I contacted my bulk oil vendor and inquired about this configuration/product. He had never heard of it, but with one website reference to another vendor (which doesn't deal directly with the "public") he realized that this vendor was already one of his source vendors. And so he made con...

Fellas, Hope all is well with everyone in the new year. I've been away from the forum for a while (again). Lurking occasionally to see what types of projects folk have been working on however. Anyway, the primary reason for my absence has been the lack of fabrication projects, which has been due to ...

Alright fellas... I managed to polish off this little side project. Well almost. The casters for the second dolly won't arrive until tomorrow, but that is just a repeat of drilling and installing so... for all intent and purposes this one has come to a close. In the end I couldn't bring myself to sl...

So I returned to working on the wife-eee's dream car build. I'm at the point in the process of body work/paint. I have elected to do that myself and will do so within my workshop. There is limited space therein, and so I need to have the ability to move the car around every which way necessary. That...

Thanks, 'preciate it.

Well fellas I felt better enough such that an attempt to polish off the gate repair project seemed do-able. And so I primered the 3/4" tubing, installed its top cap (plastic) and then stitched it to the primary vertical member of the frame: gate repair 14.jpg Then everything received a generous...

Hi BillE- I remember you also, hope that you and yours have been doing well to include the holiday season! Thank you for the well wishes. The Covid results came back negative today, so all is well that ends well. :) The welder I used on this project? Oh boy, just pure, plain-Jane, bone-simple, nothi...

Proceeding forward ... we cut a section from the new 1.5" stock just a smidge long such that it would be a tad of a form fit. Installed that into position: gate repair 12.jpg Welded, grinded and primered: gate repair 13.jpg Then had to leave it there for the night. Unfortunately that is the con...

So the gate design has the 3/4" tubing on one side, aligned in the center of the larger tubing. While I had decided to weld in a section of the larger tubing within the existing stuff, I didn't see any reason to follow suit with the smaller variant by welding here: gate repair 9.jpg And here: g...

I decided to simply cut-and-replace the affected vertical member of the gate. That is, I didn't want to bother with an attempt to straighten the existing one, which could have been done in a variety of ways. Presumably with varying degrees of quality in the result. A couple of friends actually sugge...

Fellas- Gheez, but it has been a while since I have visited the fab forum! Hope that everyone is doing well. And also hope that you, Oscar, are still hanging tough in South TEXAS! Checking my user control panel I see that I hadn't logged in since July 2021! Wow! I posted a conclusion to the skid pla...