Anything welding

Anyone ever build their own welder from a spare gas engine and alternator? I read something about this a while ago and may give it a whirl.

 

You can do it cheaper with a couple of 12 volt batteries, too.

I'm good with buying a welding machine.

 

Yea I hear you, I have 3 that work perfectly fine. It is more just for something to keep me off the streets. I don't think you can do anything thick and the beads don't look good and I agree it is easier and probably not much more to just buy one. Having said that I like to tinker and find things out the hard way.

 

A couple boat anchors made from some scrap dom tube.

 

Those should work great!

 

I got this in a text with," Can you make 2 of these? "I hope they work for him.

 

Pretty hard without a hard physical guide of some sort. Freehanding it comes out kinda sloppy when I try it. I can’t get nicer tighter notches than what my notcher can produce

 

Got my hands on two laser cut 16” diameter circles cut out of 1/4” plate steel (scrap from someone’s job). Now to figure out what I’m gonna do with it.

 

Pew pew practice!

 

If your good with electronics and can design and build your own control circuits that will be the challenge what good is having a welder .
With output at one set point

Plan on a Cap bank to smooth out the output ?

 

I think I’m gonna cut one up and make some u bolt flip plates out of it. I was banging my stock u bolts in rocks yesterday!

 

Weld them together and make it into a welding table. Even better if you put it on a swivel so you can sit and weld and rotate the table

 

Bent spindle on the drift boat trailer.
I couldn't have guessed any closer to where the spindle ended.

 

Cleaned up the pipe and welded on a new spindle.

 

A little stick practice/refresher. 7018 .
I my hand was steadier I would almost call it good

 

And ride that wall a little more

 

Pray tell just how did you bend the spindle ??

Was it like that when you installed the axle??

To many Hard landings ?

 

Nah. It was a used axle that I recycled. I first thought it was a bent axle. Those are easy to repair. I didn't find this had a bent spindle until I pulled the hub.

Its hard to see a bent spindle/hub without a tire attached, so I didn't find out until I was towing it, that it was bad.

 

Burning off the paint!

 

How did you clear out the propane take before cutting? Fill with water? Dry ice?

I've been too scared to cut any open!