Anything welding

Built this ugly ass tool to remove my balljoints lol. Didnt feel like dropping $20 on a tool or even driving anywhere today so I made it work haha

 

Didn't get any pics today, but was able to weld with my new cheater. It definitely helps.

 

no problem for a band saw.

harbor freight portable bandsaw will serve you for many years.

 

Comes down to the length of your pieces .working up 48' tubing yourself is a pain

How many cuts you need to make. More then 25 my brain walks off thinking of more interesting things

Just where the work is being done . Shop or field makes a big difference at least to me.

If I could only have one saw it would be a deep cut band saw as in days past most of my prep work was in the field.

I have used Chop saws and Cold Cut Saws at times one does what you have to.

If I need many pieces 25 plus and had the lead time I would have the material supplier supply them .

 

Eastern Pa having Coffee getting ready to start the day!!

 

As long as you had fun it was worth it.

To be Young again take a shower and off to work with you.

 

Depends just how bad it is sometime a wire wheel will remove it.

sometimes those rust stripper discs .

Abrasive blasting if that is a option

I have had it so thick it needed to be ground off to even weld

 

Good thing you checked before reaching for the wallet.

Hard to cut if it does not fit in the saw`s vise.

 

you can make the cut in 2 passes. its big enough.

 

I didn't like how far the spare tire sat on the swingout to the back of the truck so I cut an inch out of the mount. I also angled the top of the tire more towards the front. Looks a lot better now with the tire tucked closer to the vehicle IMO.

 

Nicely done.

 

Start with a nice POS without a title. Seeming it worthless


Cut it in half


Weld a bar across the frame rails. 2.5” .25 wall DOM


And then just keep Welding


Dimple dyes help




Needs a lift and 35’s

 

I like it, but fear that eventually the junction between the coupler younger and the frame will start to sag. That's got to be a massive amount of tongue weight.

 

I venture that is lighter then the diesel welders I tow.

I don`t think the tongue weight will be all that great

I doubt the interior is still in.

Two people could pick it up a carry it without the axle

 

Doubt it. It’s sleeved 2.5” .25 with 2” .120 . The whole things weighs absolutely nothing. If I flipped the hitch there would be less tongue weight for sure but I can move it around solo.

 

Towed it 500 miles this morning

 

Probably close to just the weight from the B-pillars forward, the rear would counterbalance the weight from the axle to the B-pillar. Not a lot left.

 

Just picked up the front hitch I made from powdercoat. They primed it and painted it black.

 

Wanting to build something but not knowing the technical term of a part you need to buy.... PITA lol. Does anyone have any idea on what a slider/drawer/hinged system is called that slides out and at the end, down. Then back in. Like a mini retractable ramp. Only need it to be like 6” wide max. Wanting to build a little fixture for my bicycle to load onto a rack and struggling lol.

 

talking like the fridge slider setups that do that?