I've already written this post twice and I'm not going to do it again because it keeps deleting it and telling me I've got to log in again. Enjoy the photos.
It's a 275 lb Whopper that I built on my kitchen counter in my apartment in Kennesaw Georgia. Designed by me in Blender 3D and laser cut as well as machined by action metals in Conyers Georgia.
What welding projects are you working on? Are you proud of something you built?
How about posting some pics so other welders can get some ideas?
How about posting some pics so other welders can get some ideas?
A few more shots of the project during the construction phase.
I seriously questioned my own sanity on a couple of occasions while this thing was coming together but I got it done. Putting all of that bracing inside of the roof was the most difficult part because there was so little room to move, even with a #26 torch with a stubby gas lense. I can't tell you how many times I cussed myself out for coming up with a cockamamie idea like this one. And even worse, I had to figure out how to fix a bunch of mistakes where I worked the heck out of this thing by dumping too much heat into it. I think I learned more about fabrication on this project then on all of the last 10 learning experiences combined. But I also, miraculously, managed to successfully bring this project to its conclusion.
We're moving from Kennesaw Georgia to High Point North Carolina and this place is a wreck. I'm about to clean this place up and take this thing apart and I'll let you see it disassembled for moving in a later post.
I seriously questioned my own sanity on a couple of occasions while this thing was coming together but I got it done. Putting all of that bracing inside of the roof was the most difficult part because there was so little room to move, even with a #26 torch with a stubby gas lense. I can't tell you how many times I cussed myself out for coming up with a cockamamie idea like this one. And even worse, I had to figure out how to fix a bunch of mistakes where I worked the heck out of this thing by dumping too much heat into it. I think I learned more about fabrication on this project then on all of the last 10 learning experiences combined. But I also, miraculously, managed to successfully bring this project to its conclusion.
We're moving from Kennesaw Georgia to High Point North Carolina and this place is a wreck. I'm about to clean this place up and take this thing apart and I'll let you see it disassembled for moving in a later post.
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Raymond
Everlast PowerTIG 255EXT
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