Anything welding

That’s all good stuff... I say that because I own about half of it already. Haha. My first welder I bought recently was actually that Hobart 210. It’s been an awesome machine to learn on.

Going to be fabricating some skid plates probably this weekend. Really looking forward to making some legitimate truck parts. Depending on how that goes, I’ll try my hand at building a rear bumper.

 

Awesome dude!! Be sure to post up some pictures of your stuff. Looking forward to seeing how things turn out!!

 

Welded a 1/4" thick lunch box to my rear end today.

 

I still dont get why scrap metal is something like .04cts a pound, but go buy a cold rolled steel and its like $134 for 2 10foot sticks..

 

You and me, brother.

I'm happy I can get a case of cheap beer out of my scraps.

 

Three words...Electric arch furnace.

Electric power prices are better than half the cost of steel production. Takes a hell of a lot of electricity to run a smelter.

 

Supply and demand Scrap is low now because lots is being produced

 

also was having some feed problems with my wire feed welder and thought it was a tip problem. put a new one on and same problem...turns out the welder doesnt like to run on an extension cord

 

It might not even be the cord just the added connections can be enough to cause enough line loss to drop it enough

 

Don’t have any pictures of it. I made it out of some 2”x3” rectangular tube with a short pipe nipple welded to it that fit into my shop vac hose. Just mounts at the rear underside of the blade path and is fitted pretty tight to the saw base. There is a chip deflector on the top of my saw base with a hole that lets the chips go under the saw . My chip collection thing just catches the chips from there and they are sucked out of it. Basically just an extension of the chip deflector that is built into the Evolution saw base that a I can hook a hose to.

 

Awesome!! Thanks dude. I need to do something like this

 

Here’s my first go at building skid plates. Learned quite a few lessons today. Lol. But I got a good usable product nonetheless. Still going to add a few gussets and cut off some of those sharp edges tomorrow. But it’s late and I’m tired.

 

Awesome job man! That looks legit. That skid looks like it’ll take some abuse

 

That sure is the hope. After lifting it about a hundred times to test fit I’m sure glad I opted for the 3/16 and not the 1/4 inch. Here it is with the added gussets.

 

Awesome job dude! Looks great. Pics of it on the truck next!

 

I’ll definitely get some good ones once I paint it. I absolutely love being able to build my own stuff. Makes you appreciate it a whole lot more.

 

Definitely man! I couldn’t agree more!

 

Here is the new work trailer. I will post pics in the next few days of the racks that I’ve been working on

 

Just a helpful hint from an old millwright. When you are making access holes make them round. Round holes don’t crack as easy as the corners on a square hole like you have cut for your drain plug. The square corners create stress points.a good set of hole saws is a worthwhile investment for your future fabrication. Skid looks great and should take a beating great job! I love to see when people take ownership of their stuff and build stuff the way they want it.

 

Thanks for the advice. I had originally designed it with a 2 inch round hole however my hole saw wasn't cooperating and my impatience got the better of me. I think I may square up the edges a little better, fill in the over cuts from the grinder, sand it flush then reinforce around the hole with some flat stock. That should help mitigate any cracking from future stresses, hopefully.