Anything welding

So tempted

 

Loved one=yourself

 

Getting the welding booth dialed!
One side for steel and one for aluminum.

 

Wow! I wish I could keep things that neat.

 

Wow do people spend more time cleaning then doing real work ??

 

I barely clean. No real point. Five minutes into a project and shit is all over the place again.

 

whats good deals/products on a tubing bender?? Not looking to runa business out of it, just hobby bending, maybe to add on bumper hoops, roll cage one day....

 

Benders were discussed a few pages back.
I was actually looking into Rogue Fab.

 

Bumper build progressing slowly.
Disregard the scrap under the table and all the shit on top of it. And yes my primary cleaning method is shoving shit together to make room.

 

We might be related. That's how I clean, too.

 

Can’t wait to see that on the truck

 

check the most popular manufacturers websites and see if they're having sales. I know Eastwood gives 20% off to first buyers.

 

Plenty of real work gets done because of a clean work area

 

what kinda work do you do? look like nice truck parts!

 

Runs Dissent Offroad

 

Welded for the first time today, something I've been wanting to get into for a while. Snuck into my grandfather's shop while he is gone on a trip and used his welder. Never been taught just watched a lot of YouTube videos. Here's my results
I started out holding the gun right handed because it felt more natural holding it, but it wasn't going so well so I switched to my left hand because I write left hand so I thought it might be a bit more natural movement even though it felt goofy holding it. These were my first 5 beads.

I flipped it over and laid a few more flat beads.
Then I wanted to try and weld 2 pieces together. I prepped the bottom of this piece a little bit so I wasn't as rusty as the rest. Then just welded the back side for the hell of it without preppingthe metal.
Front backside

After this I welded 2 going downhill at roughly 45 degree slope and one with it straight up.
Overall I'm pretty happy with how it went for my first time. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

 

Not bad at all especially for your first time. Those welds will definitely hold some stuff together

 

Those welds would pass ALL DAY long at SEMA

 

So in essence the cleaning time is factored into the price of the products being sold.

Before my Divorce put the halt to Fabricating full time clean up time was factored into the jobs.

Now being only me I adhere to if it is a flat surface things seem to pile up.

Working 10 and 12 hour days telling people to read the owners manual the home projects are slowing down

 

First picture is a friends diy moonshine distille keg. He did the fit up. I just welded it. Second picture is my son getting some tig welding in. He has a interview next week at a aerospace company as a welder.