Anything welding

Went last night to see the tusks installed.
Hope they are bringing a crane to burning man

 

Picked up some of the Milwaukee vice grips in 11" at the Homer Depot.
They are legit.
Didn't even know Milwaukee was making hand tools until the other day.
Better then the Irwin version.

 

Nice and rusty after 24 hours, with occasional salt water dunks. Gonna keep em going for a week. Any way to make it less orange?

 

There was a google recipe that used vinegar, hydrogen peroxide and salt if I'm not mistaken.

 

Yep, called it. Will try this tomorrow if I can find a spray bottle.

 

This is like your basic fabrication thread so I’ll ask here. Anyone have a bead roller? If so which one and manual or electric? Wanting to do some panels but don’t want to break the bank with one.

 

Pretty sure @Basikbiker has one

 

Best bet is have a buddy who has one lol....I use a friends...its a mitler brothers power bead roller

 

That orange should brush off with a stiff nylon brush.

 

Played around with a HF tube notcher. Am impressed. Makes aluminum spool gun welding much easier. Actually willing to show my welds and not be embarrassed

 

Lead times are a bitch, right?

 

Not gonna lie, long welds are hard. Traced this several times before i went for it. settings are getting better.

 

They look fine to me.

I'm a lazy bastard. I most likely would have made 2" weld, skip 2" , made 2" welds and so on.

 

These some day could see quite a bit of leverage and with no crossmember between the tops I wanted to make them solid. I have no issue welding the entire thing just wanted it to look clean with one long weld.

Anti splatter is a great thing. Never used it before and it works great.

 

Got tired of my vice bogarting my fab table.

Picked up some flanges at a work auction. Might have made a mistake. Paid $5 for 120 lbs of stainless steel flanges. I thought they were carbon steel. Prolly should have drive straight to the scrap yard and sold them. I dunno what SS scrap is going for. I digress...

Regardless, I needed to make an independent vice stand. I bolted 2 flanges together with 3 bolts. This way it will never rock on uneven surfaces if I move it.

I didn't have any plate, so I improvised and welded up a cross for the vice to bolt to.

Added a hammer hanger for now. I also made it a 1/2" taller than the fab table. This way if I have long stock to cut, the cut end can fall on the table, vs me having to bend over to pick up the piece.

 

That looks cool. That beer looks a lot better right now.

 

What are we looking at 9 more days of agony?

 

6 more days

 

DJ booth for Cesar's back from powdercoat. Now gets wrapped in some kind of wood, and the upholstery guys will cover the roof.
Built a few things for a Dan Marino event. Toss the football threw the tire and some small goal posts. And some things they call Geo stands. They get covered in edge glow acrylic and get LEDs inside. Shop is busy and it was friggin 112 degrees today