Anything welding

With help from my neighbor, yes. Lol.

Should be. Will be quite nice to have an actual flat surface to build from. Next is modifying a bunch of Harbor Freight clamps to work with the table.

 

sorry if i'm being lazy here, but do the feet have anyway of leveling ( for a sloped floor? )

 

All I bought was the table top. I’m building the legs myself. Mine will have feet that are adjustable.

 

Ladies and Gents,
Boys and Girls of all ages..... I present to you.......

D2's cheap A$$ tube bending die.









Next up is to make the actual bender and see what breaks first

 

I've got plans. I'm al most done with the build. It uses pro tools dies. If you want them hit me up.

 

I am extremely curious to see how this performs.

 

Me too

 

Thanks for the offer! I bought plans a while ago off ebay, it uses a bottle jack to get the job done. Is that similar to yours? or is yours like a JD 2 bender ( I think that's what its called )

I just need Amazon to deliver my new metal cutting blade so I can get started! ( plus its helpful when the temps go above freezing in the evenings )

 

Please tell me you have the DFX file for those die parts.

 

Probably the same or close to it. Mine uses an air/ hydrologic ram. Can do both 90deg or 180deg bends to 2" with pro tools die. I could email them to you if you want.
PM your info for pdf files.

 

I most certainly do.

Designed fully in Fusion 360

 

Awesome!

I'm in the planning stages of building a CNC plasma table.

I WILL be hitting you up. Be warned.

 

HA!
Jokes on you.... I bought a Plasma cutter after Christmas and thought " how can I make this CNC.... " I'll gladly trade you Intellectual property!

 

Any of you guys know if the jd2 model 3 dies will work with the pro tool mb105 bender? Got a lead on jd dies but i own a pro tool bender

 

Deal!

Ill post my build.

 

What rods are you using? Those look great!

I can finally participate in this thread. I have only welded mig before a few times using my friends machine, saw this on Craigslist for $60 and scooped it up. Between the welder and 15lbs of rods I'm only $100 into it. Really want to get good at it before I take on some of my smaller projects I have set aside. I figure if I can get this down, I can transfer some of the skills I learn (like patience lol) when I get a nice 220 Mig setup one day.

Garage update by Michael Halat, on Flickr

Here are the first beads at 75 amps on 6011.

Garage update by Michael Halat, on Flickr
Garage update by Michael Halat, on Flickr

And at 60 amps:

Garage update by Michael Halat, on Flickr

I clearly have a lot of practice ahead of my but I'm stoked to get going. I jumped too fast from laying a bead to trying to join two pieces together IMO. I need to practice lighting the arc a bunch first, I'm like Michael J Fox trying to get a bead going. Once it's going I can see the pool and what not, but striking the arc was very frustrating at first. So I figure I'll give a solid start stop practice, then move to filling a coupon with beads, then work on joints. I feel if I said fuck it and jumped into a project, it's going to turn out like shit.

 

7018 I think?
Nice score on the welder!

 

Congrats on the rig!
I first self learned on a stick, Great skill to have. I forget my exact method of striking an arc, but I do remember sometimes knocking off some of the powder on the sticks so that I could make a connection to my work ( right or wrong, that's what I did ) Also some one passed on to me some tips to keep the spatter down. when you are ready to work on a project, pick up some nozzle spray ( not gel ) and spray your work and surrounding area ( what you think will get spatter ). most of the spatter will just fall right off, and you can weld through the spray ( some one please pipe up if this compromises the weld, I'd hate for some one to take my advice and build something structural / life dependent and have it fail )

doing those two things I was able to produce some decent welds that are still holding up today ( 10+ years later )

Good Luck! and keep posting pics!

 

I've heard of doing that with pam cooking spray. Just helps the spatter come off easily.

 

Do you just keep them in an air tight container? No way for me to get a rod oven lol.

According to this, directly on the joint is no good.

https://www.bakersgas.com/weldmyworld/2012/03/04/tips-for-reducing-spatter-when-using-a-mig-welder/

Figure I can I always hold my finger on the joint, spray, then go to town. Awesome tips, thank's guys! I definitely plan on posting progress, I want to get really good at this since it's my only source for welding at home currently. I was hoping to be able to use it to weld a nut to a snapped stud in my motorcycle motor but I need even more practice before I can take on such a difficult task. That's where MIG would really be nice.