Welding Tips and Tricks

little story on this project:
we have a second home in delaware and it has
a large tall attic space with plywood on the beams
(approx 60' long 12' floor space).
my wife is determine to fill it from end to end
with stuff from the jersey house. (maybe I'm
exaggerating a little) but regardless the pull down
stairs are tall and steep and very hard to carry a
fair sized box up or down. so this brings me to my
project. a 36" aluminum frame and a electric hoist.
heres the starting pieces.
craig

Nice loominum weld and nice fitup shot too...you forgot to weld it though

jeff
knew i missed something....
craig

That is a good idea. If it wasn't for women collecting too much "stuff" what would us men have to do I need to invent a device to ratchet closed my kitchen cabinets that are jambed with enough cooking utensils to cook for a small country and we cook for 2 people mostly Oh well...I'm sure our collecting makes no sense to the women either. "But honey, I need three welders"

"that is a good idea. If it wasn't for women collecting too much "stuff" what would us men have to do I need to invent a device to ratchet closed my kitchen cabinets that are jambed with enough cooking utensils to cook for a small country and we cook for 2 people mostly Oh well...I'm sure our collecting makes no sense to the women either. "But honey, I need three welders" "

three is the charm!

jeff
i plan on framing out a 4x4' opening in the garage then hooking up
the electric hoist i got yesterday along with the trolley to hook it to.
ill put casters on the bottom of the platform so once in the attic
i can just move it where i please. ok wife game on
craig

Craig...nice! Make sure you post pics of the completed project. For my wife I would need something like a conveyor system that I could wheel around to overstuffed closets and kitchen cabinets and a rake to shove it all into the belt and a six wheel dumptruck to transport it to storage. Fabbing up something like that would be less time consuming than looking for something in the "utensile vortex"

jeff
my wife has the same issue with horizontal surfaces,
she believes they need something on them at all times.
so getting the house here in NJ ready to sell we have
endless boxes of horizontal stuff to store in Del. till the queen
has time to determine its just junk so i can toss it.
nothing like carting it 3hrs, putting it up in the attic
then a year from now bringing it down so i can chuck it..
think i need a new welder.......
craig

got to try out new, saw works great.
traps a fair amount of chips.
craig

Nice. That saw is cool...who makes that? I probably need a saw like that

motox wrote:jeff
my wife has the same issue with horizontal surfaces,
she believes they need something on them at all times.
so getting the house here in NJ ready to sell we have
endless boxes of horizontal stuff to store in Del. till the queen
has time to determine its just junk so i can toss it.
nothing like carting it 3hrs, putting it up in the attic
then a year from now bringing it down so i can chuck it..
think i need a new welder.......
craig

Craig, go right ahead. You deserve one...

jeff
morse makes the saw 9" blades and it can cut 3/8 steel they say.
i also have their 14" chop saw very nice tools
craig

trev
told my wife you ok'ed a new welder for me.
she asked me how much a one way ticked to Australia
would cost her.
craig

motox wrote:trev
told my wife you ok'ed a new welder for me.
she asked me how much a one way ticked to Australia
would cost her.
craig

Tell her to refuse an order on an HMS vessel. That's how half the Aussies got there...

Explain that a "Penal Colony" is NOT an "all male nudist colony".

Tell her you want HFAC.

steve
ll bite
what is HFAC

Sorry, having too much fun.

HFAC = High-frequency alternating current.

Meaning aluminum welding capability.

Steve S

thought it stood for
Harvard Financial Analyst Club
craig
i learn something every day!

Or a longshoreman with tourettes syndrome.

mike's taking funny pills again........

1 a day like his doctor said !

H@$? F€&{ A*+# C+!?# that's what I was getting at.

progress on lift
craig

Craig,

Is this part of your personal mobility project for the shop? (I've not been paying close attention for personal reasons.)

EDIT-- Never mind... I see what you're up to, now that I've read the posts I've missed.

Steve S

steve
prob never lift anything heaver than a box of dishes
or clothes but I'm not pushing it up those folding steep
stairs.
truth being i would rather give it all to goodwill.
craig