[Retroweld]

Editing my post. Sorry was not trying to hijack this thread. I should have read it clearly before I posted pictures of a couple of "my" projects. Pics = deleted.

Lets start over.... I love that stool. Nice work! I wish I could do that.

[AndersK]

No worries mate, I just kept mine in a single project thread to find it easier. Dont mind at all if anybody posts anything else.

Thanks for the stool comnent. As I use to say, if I can do it so can you.
Just some planning, patience and simple tools needed. Even made this with a broken toe, steel toed shoes was the most comfortable to wear at that time so why not doing something fun to forget the pain

[AndersK]

More tank work tonight. Welded a 316 1/4" BSP fitting.

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[exnailpounder]

Hey Anders! I'm curious about your settings. I do a good bit of welding on beer kegs for homebrewers lately so I weld alot of thick fittings to 18ga.SS. What were you running?

[AndersK]

Sheet is 1,5 mm
Using a pedal, max 45 amps
1,6 mm 2% thoriated
Gaslens with #4 cup
1 mm 316 filler.

I start with the arc focused on the fitting. When it gets wet, angle down and start adding filler when sheet and fitting start to fuse together.

[AndersK]

Jeff, do you back purge those kegs when welding the fittings?

[exnailpounder]

Jeff, do you back purge those kegs when welding the fittings?

I do. I bought an argon bottle just for that purpose. I have made various purge boxes for sparge tanks and HLTs ( kegs with the top cut out) and have a nice setup for intact kegs. Been working out great. Welding thick to thin can be tricky...need to move fast but stainless welds so nice is has gotten easy. I love welding stainless. Your work looks nice.

[AndersK]

Had an idea for a work light I had to get out of my head.
Made it from aluminum and steel. It has a 5,5W LED light in it and is fully adjustable in all directions

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Some welding content

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The steel parts are 0,9 mm thick, thinner at the rear dome after all hammering.
Welded with minimum of filler and then planished.

[AndersK]

Another Metalshaping project.

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[Wood Welder]

Not any welding here, just wanted to show a box I made for my gas torches.
Made in 1,5mm aluminum with stainless handle and hatch.
Once again, I could by a cheap box but what do one learn from that?
I could have welded the lids so the rivets is just for the cool factor.

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This box is awesome. I tried metal spinning on my lathe to make an 18" Venturi and it was a disaster.

Can you guide me to a video of the process to form metal like these boxes? The details are incredible.

[AndersK]

The technique I use is called hammer-forming, used on both the box and the Porsche clock.

Good resources are Ron Covell, Peter Tommasini and David Gardiner among others.

Ron has a movie dedicated to hammer forming:
http://covell.biz/hammerforming-techniques/

The details on the lid are made differently though.

1. Make a die of the shape you want. Can be of metal, wood, plastic you name it.
2 Make a "sandwich" bottom-up : The Die, the sheet to form, a urethane pad or hard rubber, a thick steel plate
3 Place that sandwich in a press and squeeze.

Below is an example I made with a steel die in 0,5 mm stainless

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[motox]

Anders
what did you use to form the letters in the steel?
craig

[AndersK]

Bench shear, jig saw and files. All hand crafted

[motox]

anders
then you weld the the letters to the plate?
nice job by the way!
craig

[AndersK]

Yes, they are spot welded. If you zoom in you can see the darker spots.

Laser cutting would had been a lot easier but this was just a fun weekend project at a Metalmeet in Norway.

[ollie81]

Not any welding here, just wanted to show a box I made for my gas torches.
Made in 1,5mm aluminum with stainless handle and hatch.
Once again, I could by a cheap box but what do one learn from that?
I could have welded the lids so the rivets is just for the cool factor.

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Looks brilliant mate, like a heavy duty flight case!

[AndersK]

Thx mate.

It's been in my mind making one for sure

[AndersK]

Another box made, at least it has one weld in it....

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[motox]

Anders
is it 3003 or 5056?
looks sharp!!
craig

[LtBadd]

Looks real good Anders, you are quite talented!

[AndersK]

Thx guys

Top and bottom is 1050A 1,5mm
Shroud is 5052

[5th Street Fab]

Another box made, at least it has one weld in it....

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Ya I saw this on Instagram! Nice job I like it a lot!

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