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Two cans of "Why Bother" welded together?

You don't want people looking at that weld and thinking, "Why bother?"

:lol:

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Made a towing point for the front of my side by side atv.
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Well, I apologized beforehand did't I :lol:

1.6mm 1.5% lanthanated tungsten (because this is the only 1.6mm I have :) ) ground to a point
No 5 cup with stubby gas lens
2.0mm 4043 filler
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60% negative
40A set max and used a foot pedal but never had to floor it.

I had another empty coke (light :lol: ) can which I have used to find my settings.

These things stink when welded. I had to stop and put on my ADFLO :?
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Paul463 wrote:Made a towing point for the front of my side by side atv.
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Nice job...Ill bet they would have bent you over at the store for that!
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You from the UK spokesy??
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Paul463 wrote:Made a towing point for the front of my side by side atv.
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Hey that's pretty cool :)

Nice use of two thin pieces combined.
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@crouchy, spokesy is long gone, haven't seen him round here for many a day.
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Been a while since I welded up a steel frame. Been mostly brazing steel and welding aluminum since March. Nice getting back in the saddle.
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zank wrote:Been a while since I welded up a steel frame. Been mostly brazing steel and welding aluminum since March. Nice getting back in the saddle.
Very nice Zank, my first thought was if the weld would distort the bottom tube enough to cause a problem with those threads on the ID, apparently not though
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Getting back in the saddle !! nice one Zank we see what you did there !
(oh & as always your welds make me wish I was not over 50 with worsening eyesight ! great work )
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This might seem like an odd project but it was different so I thought I would post it. Our dog Rudy the beagle got hit by a car, we buried him and needed a headstone so I made one out of some 1/8 inch angle 304 stainless. First time I tried to write words by padding beads. I need practice at doing that never had to do it before. I should have cut a groove to follow would have made it easier to write words.
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why use standard nozzles after gas lens where invented. Kinda of like starting fires by rubbing sticks together.
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A beautiful tribute.
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sucks loosing a good friend.
glad to see you cared enough to
do such a touching project in his
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you were a true friend.....
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That is really cool. My dog is my best friend and I don't ever want to say goodbye to him but..I feel for you. That is an awesome tribute that will last forever.
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Well done, I thought your words came out quite well. Sorry for your loss
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Thank you everyone he was a pretty neat little dog.

@Zank those are some great fit ups. Nice to see someone take time to get perfect fit ups. Great prep work leads to outstanding products.
why use standard nozzles after gas lens where invented. Kinda of like starting fires by rubbing sticks together.
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@Zanc

You continue to amaze us. You are a true artisan!

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@ Zank.
Someday I may add one of your frames to my road bike fleet. Hopefully even if you are one of the big name builders you will remember us poor and lonely welding pals and make a space on your closed by then waiting list (insert smiley of sad puppy with wet eyes).

To stay on topic, here is my second try on welding aluminum cans. I figured I needed something to top my first try of 2 alcohol free beer cans welded together so without further ado I present my second try of......

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Sh!t, I am going to take a lot of heat for this... :lol:
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At least we know where you got your nick from now Taz ;)
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Zank, do you serve a niche market, or do you have more work than you possibly can handle in a 40 hour work week? I went to your webpage, very impressive, as is your welding!
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Thanks guys! Always trying.

WJH,the challenge is being a one man band. I wish I could just make frames, but all of the other business related stuff takes up a good portion of the week. I generally have 8-10 frames worth of work lined up at any one time. My goal is to make a frame and ship a frame each week. That works pretty well for me because I decided I needed to do a little better job on the work/life balance after our second son was born. I try my best to limit my work week to 45 hours and then do some work at night when the kids and the misses are sleeping. We brought number three (a little girl!) home last week, so now I'm even more focused on being as productive as I can be during my work hours and limit my work time at home to a minimum. Mostly because I need the sleep!

Here's the gang. David (3), Luke (2), Hannah (1 week)

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Congratulations on your new arrival Mike. You've got a great little team there. Beats welding for sure!
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Thanks, Trev!!!!
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Nice work there, Taz. Funny that they brand Diet Coke as Coke Light over in Greece.
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