Metalworking Hunttalkers!

[millerkiller77]

Did the 1" drain line yesterday, that was a fun little job. Pointless, but makes the customer happy so yee haw. Placed the $650 material order for the side work I have next week. Not sure if I'm massively overestimating what I'm capable of but there's a lot of expanded metal I'm going to have to stick weld. Probably gonna sweat to death too. View attachment 284049

Expanded steel and stick? Why do you hate yourself?

 

[np307]

Expanded steel and stick? Why do you hate yourself?

I at least practiced on some similar material. I have some 1/16 6013 that I think will work.

 

[millerkiller77]

I at least practiced on some similar material. I have some 1/16 6013 that I think will work.

No squirt gun?

 

[np307]

No squirt gun?

Negative. I own a lot of tools but the only welder I have is a 110 stick welder. I'll probably get a wire welder in the next year or so.

 

[millerkiller77]

Negative. I own a lot of tools but the only welder I have is a 110 stick welder. I'll probably get a wire welder in the next year or so.

Depending on the gauge and quantity of expanded your going to weld, a 110v mig will pay for itself in 3hrs.
When are you starting this project?

 

[Mallardsx2]

I paid for my Hobart handler 140 in the first day I owned it.


Literally…

 

[np307]

Depending on the gauge and quantity of expanded your going to weld, a 110v mig will pay for itself in 3hrs.
When are you starting this project?

Tuesday or Wednesday. If I get the frames built and the stick welding is just not going to work for the expanded metal, I'll just pay my boss some shop money to use the mig machine we have.

 

[p_ham]

Tuesday or Wednesday. If I get the frames built and the stick welding is just not going to work for the expanded metal, I'll just pay my boss some shop money to use the mig machine we have.

If you need to borrow it more than once, you need to buy it.

 

[np307]

If you need to borrow it more than once, you need to buy it.

Haven't needed to borrow it once yet

 

[np307]

Here's what the end of a lot of really dumb problems on a friend's car looks like:

Stripped the threads out of the crank. Pulled a helicoil out. So I drilled through the end of the crank and pinned a piece of all thread in there. Balancer pulled down perfectly and the car drove great.

 

[millerkiller77]

Cleaning out the welding drawers, I realize the classifieds would be the correct place to post this, but I'm doing it here because it's a specific audience.
29 pcs Victor style torch tips, mostly 1&2's. Some need the tips cleaned, some don't. Free , USPS flat rate paid by you

 

[np307]

Started on the dump trailer project today. First thing I had to do was cut all four of the hinges off and weld new ones on. This is the second time I've had to replace hinges on this trailer. Happy to see that my welds from the first time held and the hinges themselves broke.

 

[np307]

Getting closer.

 

[np307]

Project completed. The expanded metal welded up just fine, especially once I hit a rhythm. 1/16" 6013 at 30 amps running reverse polarity. Very happy with how sturdy everything is once it's all bolted together.

 

[np307]

Big day today, went on my first solo service call. The tank we worked on a few weeks back needed a temperature probe put in so I cut a tee in and welded on a ferrule. Went pretty smooth.

Then back at the shop we started work on a table for one of the plants. Pretty happy with how my fillet welds turned out.

 

[np307]

Ended the week with something new, some 6" sch10 stainless. Cap turned out pretty good.

 

[Dsnow9]

I’m the process of buying a new to me truck and the outrigger cylinders need to be rebuilt. Needed the truck for an emergency last minute when my chipper went down so I made a quick fix to hold the outriggers up on the road. Much safer and better than the ghetto fix the previous owner settled on. He had a rope system to the levers on top of the truck and running through the window. He would throw it in neutral and raise the outriggers mid drive. That’s not how I roll. This isn’t pretty but it’s safe and accomplished the goal. 11:30pm start time in pouring rain, I’ll take it…

 

[Dsnow9]

oops, double posted

 

[millerkiller77]

I’m the process of buying a new to me truck and the outrigger cylinders need to be rebuilt. Needed the truck for an emergency last minute when my chipper went down so I made a quick fix to hold the outriggers up on the road. Much safer and better than the ghetto fix the previous owner settled on. He had a rope system to the levers on top of the truck and running through the window. He would throw it in neutral and raise the outriggers mid drive. That’s not how I roll. This isn’t pretty but it’s safe and accomplished the goal. 11:30pm start time in pouring rain, I’ll take it…

Did you buy the truck from Fred G. Sanford? Lol

In all seriousness, that patch up you did is just fine. When you get some down time, rebuild the cylinders. It's so simple, I've done hundreds of cylinder rebuilds in the field and in the shop.. it's part of owning equipment.

 

[np307]

Ever wonder what happens when a tanker truck pulls off with a line still connected?

Got a new piece made up while my boss repaired the valve it also tore up.