Anything welding

Awesome to see the feedback here. Like I said @Kwikvette, I'm willing to pay for tooling.

Please keep in mind that it doesn't have to be perfect since it'll be buried in my bumper, but I appreciate the commitment to great craftsmanship. I just got home and wasn't able to get the parts shipped today, but will get them out tomorrow.

 

Naw you're good, no need to hurry

The bit, just like all my other tools I own, only add to my arsenal in providing work whether it's fixing or creating something

 

Table toys (blocks)

 

looks like somebody has been shopping at fireball tool..

Seen those in his video awhile back.

 

Just the blocks; they're always sold out in the size I need and they finally had several in stock so I bought 4

 

Modified these grill cart legs. The old casters were welded on so I cut them off. Whipped up these base plates to have the new and future casters bolted on instead of welded on. Welded em to the legs and job done.

 

Where are the super close-ups of your welds like all your other clean ones!

 

These were mig welded lol

 

Should be way nicer then!

 

Little bit of cutting, although it got interrupted when my work clamp started to smoke

My fault for pushing the clamp up to the braided wire, but it lasted 2 years so no biggie



Cut these pieces out, still need to model and cut more



New Harbor Freight work clamp

 

Lol nah the material was damaged from previous replacements and super thin compared to the plates I made. So I had to do a lot of filling and build up quite a bit in a few areas.

I'm going to be making him set of new legs with thicker material. I'll also draw up the base plates in fusion to have them ready to go next time. I'll tig weld that whole thing and take close ups of those lol

 

Was just messing with you at first, MIG is way easier but now you got me wondering with all the excuses

 

No excuses lol it wasn't pretty haha

 

@Gen1FTMFW

Got your goodies!

Gonna draw them up tonight



The countersink bit would be 3/8", but thinking I'll find a metric bit for drilling the hole since 5/32" is a hair smaller

Edit: Test piece done; holes will manually be drilled to prevent any hardening

 

How do I calculate ideal weld bead size? I know it depends on factors like the thickness of the material but how do I do the actual calculations?

 

Follow the blueprint; it will have specifications for the face, toe, etc.

 

I have no blueprint, I weld as a hobby.

 

Then experience.

 

lol. if it breaks, it was too small. if you don't think 1 pass will hold, make 3. if 3 won't hold, add a gusset, make 5.