Anything welding

What are you doing tack tack tacking? Don't you know how cold that is? No penetration!












JK, looks sick, awesome work haha

 

The metal from my scrap pile never looks that clean. Color me skeptical...

 

'Finished' product I might find a piece of rubber or stainless for the top but it'll do for now. I've got a chainsaw to get to work on.

 

I like the rubber idea for part of it. That way if you're working on anything you don't want to scratch up, you're covered.

 

I keep my scrap pile in the shop so they’re pretty much the clean drops left over from projects. I actually built a little cart for the scraps out of the scraps so I could wheel the pile around as needed.

 

I got started on the bed rack today. I wanted the rails low (~4” above the bed rails) and I wanted the flat part that the tent sits on narrow, narrower than the tent by a couple of inches on both sides. This will make it easier to work the zipper on the rtt, and also allow me to reach in the bed with ease.

I did not take into account that once I cut the bars to sit on the bedside, they’re too long. All part of the learning process though, since I’m new to this. I ended up cutting it vertically. Basically instead of being on top of the bed rails, they will be inside the bed rails. A little unorthodox, but it’ll still be plenty strong since it will be tied into the frame too. The top of the tube ultimately end up sitting only ~3” higher than the bed rails.

 

That’s why I always draw my designs in full scale on the shop floor. It help me verify lengths and angles before I even touch steel. It’s saved me a few times.

 

That’s really clever. Adding that to the knowledge bank for next time/the rest of this rack. Do you just use soap stone?

 

Hello everyone. Wanting to purchase an AC/DC TIG welder in the near future and I’m looking for some recommendations. It will mainly be used to build my own armor for the truck that I end up getting (sliders, bumper and possibly skids). I’ve been looking at the ProTIG 205. Any other recommendations or thoughts on this?

Lots of neat projects on here btw!

 

I do. It’s easy because it usually rubs off by itself by the time the job is done.
I also have an angle finder to help take measurements. Basically a huge clear protractor that lets me measure the lines I drew on the floor and use those when I bend tube.

 

That’s clever. That, paired with my bend tech software and I should be good. Thanks for sharing that tip, thats precisely why I like to post in here. Get that group knowledge going.

 

I use chalk and a protractor instead of bend tech. The closest thing to a computer in my garage is my iPod classic.

 

I went with the primeweld 225x after seeing some good reviews.

 

Yeah the reviews seem pretty solid. How do you like it so far?

 

Not sure what you'll be using that for, but I was thinking I may have considered drilling some holes in that plate before then adding some plug welds..

 

You guys ever ordered any of these kits?
Kinda along the lines of what I had mentioned before.
Pretty cool stuff.

https://weldmetalsonline.com/collections/consumables/products/ck-worldwide-tig-torch-master-set

 

I think this is something I may be interested in... What's the scoop on your setup?
You've probably already said it in here before, if so I didn't catch it.
Were you pretty familiar with the software side before? That'd be another question I'd wanna know, what's the typical learning curve on that side of it.?

I think that's pretty cool.

 

That's actually a good idea that I hadn't thought of. It probably would've been more than enough too considering the low weights involved (400lbs capacity on the hoist).

The work is already done, but I think that this speaks to the previous posts about building to an engineered spec vs building individual pieces with what you have. A spot weld would've held for sure though, but instead, I went full lap joint. Lessons learned for sure...

 

Yeah I wouldn't try and do it now, that's why I mentioned drill holes before.. But I think I still would've did what you did, only added the spots.