Anything welding

Unless it's aluminum or stainless lol

 

I have one, as well as a plasma. I would almost certainly do a worse job with that and then probably burn myself lol

 

Get a piece of angle iron. Clap it to your piece and use it as a guide. Will give you nice straight lines.


It's just practice. It doesn't require too much time ot get comfortable with it and will cut your cutting and grinding time down a ton.

 

This guy gets it... a little modification to the harbor freight unit and you will he dialed. I have built multiple complete trucks with a modified HF unit and it works really good

 

Oh I thought you were saying to notch tube with an OA torch. I use my plasma for any substantial amount of cutting. I have a 48" long aluminum ruler I used as a straight edge, it works great.

 

I really know my way around a plasma cutter and think this is a horrible idea. A HF notcher cuts perfect notches in 15 seconds with zero grinding required. You also don’t end up with slag inside the tube so it will weld much better

 

I was.

I guess I might not know the whole picture. I'll go back and read what you've got going on.

But if it's just square tube doing 90*, 45*, 30* bends then it's not bad.

@81Trekker I did it daily for the better part of my welding career making skids for pipe assemblies. It's not too bad. A wire wheel and air hose cleans it up fine.

 

I have used metal supermarkets, there is one in town here, but online order and free delivery! They are pretty awesome. I have also ordered DOM off Amazon, some metal store on there. Ruff stuff sells steel as well.

 

I'm talking about notching round tubing. This is one of the videos I've watched, but the main takeaway at 6:10 was "Most every fit is a series of straight cuts" which is why I brought up wanting a proper saw.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltn9cJqom9k

 

Gotcha. You can still do it with a torch. Just keep perpendicular to the pipe. But if you can swing a notcher go for it.


I just like to tools that make multiple processes more efficient.


For layout too, if you haven't already you can look up pipe wraps for fishmouths. They work well and you can draw / print your own.

 

Hahaha I cheat, it's a lot bigger so it's much easier.

 

Is the pricing comparable to the other major LT kits? And any first gen stuff?

 

www.jdfabrication.com

 

I'll keep you guys in mind when I can finally make the jump...

 

yup, fact.

I'd like to see a video of someone doing this on 1.75 MS or 1.625 CM tube. This is 18" pipeline technique.
Zo,

 

Not really. I've done plenty of 2" xx tests this way.







And per your request.

https://youtu.be/uYFBJEJTuOY

 

Not really. I've done plenty of 2" xx tests this way.
I can do it with 1.5” tubing no problem, the bigger question is why would you when a $40 HF notcher does a cleaner job, is way more accurate and much faster

 

Don't get me wrong. I really have nothing against getting a notcher. Just a matter of what you have kicking around.

 

Like the guy in the video said, for fence work I could see it off the back of a weld truck. Most of what we're talking about here is fit up with a +/- 0.1875 tolerance. Gap fill needs to be less here and in CM, no gap at all. Trust me I've seen magicians with O/A and I'm good freehand with plasma. I'd use a grinder if I was in a pinch. (pinch meaning my hole saw has 6 broken teeth and I'm using a quart of cutting fluid and a half a fire extingusher every cope)...lol
Zim