Anything welding

This is all I've got, nothing exciting. Added some little tubes and brackets to the bumper for more rigidity

 

My buddy’s work he sent me a pic of. The eyelet part is 3” thick. I was impressed.

 

Whats it for? 2" hole(?) so something decently heavy since most 2" shackles are 35ish tons.

 

No idea, but Its most likely an oilfield skid of some nature, so maybe they are the hook up points for the truck?

 

Here's a contraption I make from time to time. No idea what it is for. I have to weld the semi discs onto the center tube, then weld that in the the ring section around it. Small, but actually pretty challenging.

 

That’s what I’m talking about... looks good!

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Did you bend the metal by cutting and welding in after the cut or did you just weld separate pieces together? I’ve always welded separate parts together for smaller brackets but I think I would have had an easier time by just bending the metal.

 

Beautiful!! Can you make a video of your process next time you weld glass? I’d love to see the process.

 

That looks incredible for flux welding.

 

Thanks man. I will try to get a video at some point but there are a couple of reasons its kind of difficult to do so. A) I might need a tripod and camera instead of my phone because I need both hands (of course). B) like a metal welding arc the light produced from the hot glass would glare the video to the point of uselessness. C) out of respect for the proprietary nature of our company's processes and the designs of our customers it may be inappropriate (or in breaching of non disclosure between us and customers) for me to video certain processes. However, much of it is very close to the process of metal welding. I cut my materials to the size and shape appropriate for whatever part I am making, leaving gaps for me to fill in with glass rod. I then set up the edges of the pieces im going to weld using blocks of graphite, and using a hand torch i heat the glass rod and the edges of the pieces im welding together and lay the rod into the seam. The deceptively difficult part of it is in knowing how to set my heat and what speed to lay the rod in at.

I dont have a photo or video of me welding currently, but here's a photo of me working at my lathe, which is where I spend the other half of my time at work. This is where we make more traditional scientific glass parts like beakers, flasks, test tubes, etc...

 

Its gas shielded FC so it makes a very smooth bead. But yes, the boy know how to weld.

 

I just cut halfway through with an angle grinder, then put it in a vice and bend it by hand. Then weld the cut and grind it smooth.

 

Trailer is coming along!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBRNmZgHvu8/?igshid=qpmbid0wve6q

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCU3U-4ApwD/?igshid=17vn1iu8x3so7

 

Makes sense on the video part. How did you get into that field? I can’t imagine it’s a widely know career. I think it’s awesome and I never knew that glass would be in a lathe.

 

I figured that’s what was done. If I ever make skids for my Jeep I’ll bend the plates like that but maybe not with a vise. I’ll probably clamp the work to my bench and use a make shift break to bend it.

 

If I was doing something that large, I would weld two separate pieces together. That's just me though, because I'm not the most precise individual. Everything would have to be cut out pretty spot-on to land where you want after bending, and I know for me that just wouldn't happen lol

 

I pretty much got in by luck. A family friend of mine mentioned the opportunity to my parents when I was 19 and I have enjoyed it so much over 8 years. Actually, lathes are used very widely in scientific glassblowing, its an excellent way to make things round haha

 

Are you blowing into the air line, or is that just an odd angle on the line? Very cool, please keep posting.

 

Damn, pretty impressive with the glass welding...

You're so good that you can hit up the hookah while working too...

 

Yep, I was blowing air into the part i was making. In that case it was an erlenmeyer flask I was making as a demonstration at our shop. Im glad you guys seem to find it interesting! I hope it isn't too much of a departure from the main vein of this thread.

 

excellent addition