Welding Tips and Tricks

Made the wife that table and now she showed people and the phone won't stop ringing. Got 2 more done and the lady that owns the local antique shop said to bring in anything I make. This is gonna cut into my drinkin big time. I can't drink and weld cause I can't cut nothing straight.....DANG!

But will increase your drinking budget. So less time+more money=stronger liquor = same level of drunkenness. Everybody wins.

weldin mike 27 wrote:But will increase your drinking budget. So less time+more money=stronger liquor = same level of drunkenness. Everybody wins.

Hey, thats a good way to look at it. The problem is I make my own and its extremely strong so it only takes a few and Im cuttin a 1/2" short. These tables may get me through my dry spell.

Hell, at this rate, these tables could be a new career!

Take that interest in your work seriously. It's fine work, and will sell.

Steve S

If you ever do run out of ideas, have a look at Pintrest. Lots of steel/wood furniture.

Those are some great looking tables! I would like to try my hand at something like that

weldin mike 27 wrote:But will increase your drinking budget. So less time+more money=stronger liquor = same level of drunkenness. Everybody wins.

That's good logic!

Its all about the drunkenness.

nice design for inside or out?
craig

Motox...they are for indoors. I am told by my antique-guru friend that this style is all the rage right now. I took one to the local reseller/antique shop and the owner flipped out and wants all I have. I guess I am gonna hit the steel yard and load up. As stated above, this might be a new career for me. The nice thing is they are supposed to look old and rustic so it doesn't matter if the paint gets scratched up or a weld doesn't turn out perfect. I can't believe how much people(I mean women) are willing to pay for these tables. I'm fixin to be a tablemakin mofo here shortly.

ex
i have a table i built for my wife and there are some pics here.
i didn't paint it i used a blackening agent to color the hr metal
instead of painting.
did you paint the metal?
craig

Craig...yeah I painted the metal with rattlecan rustoleum primer and paint combined. Nice cause it dries real fast and is pretty durable.....Jeff

Sounds like you need to combine the concept of the drinking hat and mount a beer on each side of your welding hood with a big straw. now I might have to make myself one.

ex
here is the table i made using the blacking agent on the metal.
sanded metal then applied agent similar to gun bluing
and it give it an interesting finish. spayed with clear ploy afterwards.
craig
wood is Maranti

len40 wrote:Sounds like you need to combine the concept of the drinking hat and mount a beer on each side of your welding hood with a big straw. now I might have to make myself one.

It just hit me...A welding helmet with the beer holders on the sides! Of course the beer holders would have to be on roller bearings so you could lift the hood....to refill. OR..fill the tig torch cooler with vodka and lemonade and have a little flip up mouthpiece on the torch like a water bottle with a valve that would automatically open during post-flow that would force you to drink or quench your weld. Gosh the possibilities are endless...Im gonna be rich!

Craig...did you edge weld and grind your corner brackets or press them? Those brackets are exactly what I want to do but I have been resisting buying a finger press as I am severely out of room in my shop. I might have to buy that Swag offroad press being discussed in another thread if this table thing takes off. I think those corners look sharp!...jeff

weldin mike 27 wrote:If you ever do run out of ideas, have a look at Pintrest. Lots of steel/wood furniture.

And OMG the prices! Handmade commands a tall buck. I been spinning my wheels repairing tractors, snowplows, and farm equipment. The real money is making something the women want. Men are cheapskates(like me. Time to get on that train!

You are overcomplicating things.
Just get one of these:

http://www.thebeerbelly.com/

Yeah. It's crazy $ on there. But did you see the log with metal melted into the cracks. Good stuff,

taz wrote:You are overcomplicating things.
Just get one of these:

http://www.thebeerbelly.com/

LOL...those are too small, I would need at least DDD!

weldin mike 27 wrote:Yeah. It's crazy $ on there. But did you see the log with metal melted into the cracks. Good stuff,

That is definitly cool! I like the sculptures people make by pouring molten aluminum down a fire ant mound....If we had fire ants here, I would try it. There are some very creative people in the world.

Nice work.

I am envisioning your second pic cut down to coffee table height, with some plexi glass panels riveted onto an angle iron door, or expanded metal doors and book you have a flat panel tv stand with dvd/blueray storage. Kind of crossing old design and new technology. Would be a good seller around here.

And yes appealing to women, generally means appealing to spenders, us guys look at something and think I can build it, or it costs to much

ex
built a break to bend 6" pieces of 14 ga
craig

Rustoleum makes a 'hammered finish' paint that would look great on those shelves.

That brake is cool..Its about all I have room for right now but those corner brackets are sweet.