Welding Tips and Tricks

Hi,
First of, will excuse my English.. im from Denmark and im soon finish with the Danish (blacksmith/welder) 4 yr training.

My final exsame is a free choice project.
i have chosen a combined smoker and grill (BBQ)

I need to make some spring handles - but not sure how to make them correct and look alike.

Making them in Stainless steel.

Hope someone can help me out,
Cheers
Kasper

They need to look like these:

Hello Kasper and welcome to the forums, congratulations on completing the 4yr course.

It may be helpful if you could tell us what metal working equipment you have available to work on this project.

Hi Richard,
Thanks.
Well, i have the choice to heat it up byt gas/oxi to twirl it if this is the best way.
Our school has in general all kind of tools and machines for us to use.

The grill i will weld together with MIG and TIG

The company im hired in as a intern/apprentice we do most of our work for a offshore company. NOV Flexibles that make flexible oliepipes most for seabed hookup. And we 99% use MIG so its fun to make other things when im at school. i got my last test in August this year.

a small offtopic question, what do you call my kind in the US? - metalworker, blacksmith or just welder?
We learn to weld offcourse, also use hydra-press and cnc-press, rollers ect to make a product.

I found this video, and in your case you'd just need to modify the jig to get the curvature your wanting as the spring goes from the outside edge to the midway point of the spring.

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ok thanks. i will try some different ways to make them perfect. still have until August before i will begin the project. We also need to draw all part drawings in AutoCAD.