How Nice It Is!!!

rahtreelimbs · Sun Mar 26, 2017 10:50 am

I did a little welding for my day job at my home shop.....so nice to have an adjustable flat table and plenty of clamps.

Farmwelding · Sun Mar 26, 2017 11:10 am

Clamps on clamps on clamps-a good collection you have.

Now...what is it? Looks nice but I don't know what it is.

LtBadd · Sun Mar 26, 2017 1:10 pm

Nice shop, yea tell us what it is!

rahtreelimbs · Sun Mar 26, 2017 1:49 pm

This aluminum is for a mockup for a high end job my company is doing in a few months. This is to simulate an extruded piece of aluminum that will be used on that job. The actual extruded piece is a few months out.

exnailpounder · Sun Mar 26, 2017 2:22 pm

Nice! I don't see any beer bottles

Sun Mar 26, 2017 6:12 pm

To quote Jody,

"I have too many clamps... Said no welder ever."

Steve S

Popeye the old miner · Sun Mar 26, 2017 7:49 pm

Man o man.....do you hire people to do all those clamps???? That's a full time job doin em up and takin em off...then you need a forklift to carry em all!! Seriously though whatever it is looks good, and I got a toolbox full of clamps myself. That's a nice lookin workbench you've got there as well. Nice work you did there

rahtreelimbs · Sun Mar 26, 2017 8:45 pm

Popeye the old miner wrote:Man o man.....do you hire people to do all those clamps???? That's a full time job doin em up and takin em off...then you need a forklift to carry em all!! Seriously though whatever it is looks good, and I got a toolbox full of clamps myself. That's a nice lookin workbench you've got there as well. Nice work you did there

Well the R&D guy at my work was there. He fabbed all rhe pieces.......had them CNC drilled for roll pins to locate everything. In a lot of ways where i work is very primitive on equipment......thats where i stepped in to do the welding. Most of the clamp work was done by the R&D guy as i had limited idea on how it went together. I enjoyed this......much more than being back at work.

As far as my bench.....this has been a bench that has morphed 4 times. What you see is a slat table supported on 2 3/8' bolts on both sides......this allows full adjustment. It is an odd size.......37 x 76........this is what fit best in the shop. The spacing of the slats is 1 3/4".....this allows the clamps in the pics (typical vice grips.......11R style i believe) to be used as well as most strong hand style clamps.

Sun Mar 26, 2017 8:56 pm

Rich, that's one very impressive home shop. I have to confess some jealousy.

Steve S

rahtreelimbs · Sun Mar 26, 2017 9:24 pm

Otto Nobedder wrote:Rich, that's one very impressive home shop. I have to confess some jealousy.

Steve S

There is a whole lot more that you don't see in the pics.

My thoughts on a small home biz is to have good equipment and enough of it. I hate coming up short on tools.

Popeye the old miner · Sun Mar 26, 2017 11:09 pm

That's a neat table and I agree with Steve ..you got more goodies there than most top fab shops...did you build the table yourself?

rahtreelimbs · Mon Mar 27, 2017 5:07 am

Popeye the old miner wrote:That's a neat table and I agree with Steve ..you got more goodies there than most top fab shops...did you build the table yourself?

I built it myself......the adjustable top idea i got on the Internet. This is the 4th version/modifcation i made on the table.

GreinTime · Mon Mar 27, 2017 3:06 pm

If you ever need any help with anything at home, get a hold of me!

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rahtreelimbs · Mon Mar 27, 2017 3:19 pm

GreinTime wrote:If you ever need any help with anything at home, get a hold of me!

Where are you located?

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GreinTime · Mon Mar 27, 2017 3:22 pm

rahtreelimbs wrote:
GreinTime wrote:If you ever need any help with anything at home, get a hold of me!

Where are you located?

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Lower Burrell, but currently working off of Duncan/Peeble in Etna/Shaler at one of the other locations for our shop.

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rahtreelimbs · Mon Mar 27, 2017 5:34 pm

GreinTime wrote:
rahtreelimbs wrote:
GreinTime wrote:If you ever need any help with anything at home, get a hold of me!

Where are you located?

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Lower Burrell, but currently working off of Duncan/Peeble in Etna/Shaler at one of the other locations for our shop.

Funny i live about 5 min. from Duncan Manor.

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GreinTime · Mon Mar 27, 2017 6:02 pm

rahtreelimbs wrote:
GreinTime wrote:
rahtreelimbs wrote:
Lower Burrell, but currently working off of Duncan/Peeble in Etna/Shaler at one of the other locations for our shop.

Funny i live about 5 min. from Duncan Manor.

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We're actually off Bryant, down in the steel buildings by the tracks. Right before you get to Sample I guess that would be.

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