wow, thats a lot of stuff in there to keep you busy.RollOutWelding wrote:Purging some sanitary conduit
Made a set of railings for my front steps. I like how they turned out but they were a LOT more work than I expected. Learned a bit about blending welds, I havent really had to do that much before. Sending them off to get powder coated today. 
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Yes my LWS has a good selection, I can get single wheels of whatever they have on the shelf. And they'll order single packs of whatever they dont keep on the shelves. Or they'll even request free demos of some products like a new anti spatter spray for me when they place orders. Walter has been really good in that regard.LtBadd wrote:Very nice work Jay, like the design
Do you have a source to buy Walter abrasives in small quantities?
Thank you! I do like the design too [emoji4]
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I just matched the angle of my steps. Laid a straightedge up them and checked the angle off the ground. 33.3⁰ in my case.BillE.Dee wrote:Very nice, Jay. What was the procedure for figuring the angle on the dangle?? I've tried it on a few railings that I did and always have "tune" them a bit.
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a quick and dirty bracket the other day. one of those friday afternoon jobs.
didn't even bother to clean it up. i will probably replace it soon enough.
stainless tube bracket.
10mm stainless threaded rods to galv coated sheet. made the mistake of not grinding the galv off the back side. a few big pops and bangs. 309 tig did the old clamp the steel sheet to a chunk of aluminium trick.
didn't even bother to clean it up. i will probably replace it soon enough.
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10mm stainless threaded rods to galv coated sheet. made the mistake of not grinding the galv off the back side. a few big pops and bangs. 309 tig did the old clamp the steel sheet to a chunk of aluminium trick.
tweak it until it breaks
Pretty sure he meant online sources for the rest of us to buy from. We know you can get them.JayWal wrote:Yes my LWS has a good selection, I can get single wheels of whatever they have on the shelf. And they'll order single packs of whatever they dont keep on the shelves.LtBadd wrote:Very nice work Jay, like the design
Do you have a source to buy Walter abrasives in small quantities?
Dumpster for a dump trailer. Mostly MIG, but the lifting points were TIG, so that counts. Made me realize my shop is way too small for this size of work (about 16' x 7' x 4'). But got it done!
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I've never seen a dump trailer with the skin on the outside. What am I missing? Won't the load hang up on the verticals?
Miller Dynasty 280 DX, Lincoln 210 MP, More tools than I have boxes for and a really messy shop.
Yup. Had that conversation with the customer. They placed higher value on branding opportunities by having fully flat exteriors.Jakedaawg wrote:I've never seen a dump trailer with the skin on the outside. What am I missing? Won't the load hang up on the verticals?
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Never would have thunk that. Hope they dont regret. Good on you for knowing...looks like quite a pain building that.
Miller Dynasty 280 DX, Lincoln 210 MP, More tools than I have boxes for and a really messy shop.
It is/was a pain, especially for a smaller shop like mine. But there's decent money in jobs with that much metal. Three more to do. All of them are different dimensions, though, so that sucks for production purposes. But thankful to have the work, for sure.
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NICE, Tony. Not only are you going to be building modular dumpsters, but now designing modular jigs. Once someone sees those dump bodies, they are coming looking for YOU to make more.
Porsche exhaust retro-fit. Customer supplied material, and fit ups were harsh across the board. Lots of gaps. Did what I could. Turned out just OK. I think there's value in sharing the good stuff in addition to the remarkably average
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"new" slimmer steel rack from scrap tubing to save some floor space in the garage
1/8" 6010 on 5Hz Pulse, 50% on-time, 50% background, ~60A on average
3/32" 6010, 5Hz Pulse, 50% on-time, 50% background, ~50A on average, open-root, slight whip-n-pause.
Video to come soon.
1/8" 6010 on 5Hz Pulse, 50% on-time, 50% background, ~60A on average
3/32" 6010, 5Hz Pulse, 50% on-time, 50% background, ~50A on average, open-root, slight whip-n-pause.
Video to come soon.
Your welds look good to me on that exhaust. Actually, the re-purposed painted tubing welds look good as well.
I agree on the posting up of anything. I think we all get a bit oversensitive about this stuff comparing what we just did to something machine welded with all new parts in a controlled environment. I often make welds that don't look beautiful, it's called the real world. But I don't think one has failed in service in 25 years. My trouble is I just don't take pics of stuff. I had the fan out of my snowblower a week ago and a buddy of mine helped me with reshaping all the blades here one night after work. Then we cleaned it up and I welded it where steel had torn from impacts with rocks and debris. I wasn't so disappointed I didn't take pics of the welds, but once I saw how nice the shaping went on the bent up blades, I said it was sad I didn't have before pics to go with some after pics... I'm usually going at 110% speed trying to get stuff done and not thinking about sharing it. Working on the snowblower at 10 at night was no exception.
I agree on the posting up of anything. I think we all get a bit oversensitive about this stuff comparing what we just did to something machine welded with all new parts in a controlled environment. I often make welds that don't look beautiful, it's called the real world. But I don't think one has failed in service in 25 years. My trouble is I just don't take pics of stuff. I had the fan out of my snowblower a week ago and a buddy of mine helped me with reshaping all the blades here one night after work. Then we cleaned it up and I welded it where steel had torn from impacts with rocks and debris. I wasn't so disappointed I didn't take pics of the welds, but once I saw how nice the shaping went on the bent up blades, I said it was sad I didn't have before pics to go with some after pics... I'm usually going at 110% speed trying to get stuff done and not thinking about sharing it. Working on the snowblower at 10 at night was no exception.