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[np307]

41 hours total. Finally done with this steam header.

 

[Mallardsx2]

I really never thought of this. Now that you mentioned it, I’m thinking of a few projects I could use them for! To you heat them up and flatten them out or just use the flat parts and cut away the rest?

I just cut away the sharpened edges with my plasma cutter and use the flat parts.

 

[Mallardsx2]

41 hours total. Finally done with this steam header. View attachment 378369

What does that get pressure tested to?

 

[np307]

What does that get pressure tested to?

1.25x system pressure. System pressure of 100psi so 125psi test.

 

[np307]

The very first project my boss had me work on to learn sanitary welding was to try to make some letters for a company logo. The work picked up quickly and I never got to finish that project, he ended up scrapping the parts for it because it was just sitting in the way. I was asked to make some sort of sculpture that pictures could be hung on and for other things to be left on at his memorial service. I couldn't think of a more fitting project than this.

 

[Mallardsx2]

I just got my new tig (argon) bottle and gauge set up and realized that I am not the welder I had thought I was in my head....lol

Tig welding is very difficult.

Also, after blasting together a gutted exhaust with flux core SS wire a few years back...I now realized that it isnt as simple as going back over those old horrendous welds and "Washing them in" with the tig torch...I'll post up a picture later but its embarrassing what I have done to this poor exhaust....lol

I'm ashamed.

 

[shootbrownelk]

There's no substitute for a Lincoln or a Miller. Anything else is just a Chinese clone.

Hobart makes a good welder.

 

[np307]

Hobart makes a good welder.

Miller and hobart are owned by the same parent company.

 

[shootbrownelk]

Miller and hobart are owned by the same parent company.

Miller and Hobart make a good welder.

 

[np307]

Yesterday was probably the last pipe weld I'll make for the foreseeable future. Only a few sanitary jobs left before we close up. I didn't get a picture of the steam and condensate lines tied in, too many other contractors still working, but I did get a picture of the steam header that I built and installed a couple weeks ago. I also had to do some emergency millwright work because somebody forgot to order the mounting plates for the equipment we were installing. Kind of a bittersweet job to finish up. Very glad to be done with it but I hate Josh never got a chance to see it installed. He'd have been pretty happy with the way things went.

 

[dan.kirkpatrick]

im pretty handy with metal and aluminum too//my cargo trailer conversion was kind of a fun project.

 

[np307]

With this piece, I moved from professional to hobbyist. Final week of the business being open and the only thing on the docket is returning all the access cards and delivering a few pieces of equipment that the plants bought from us.

 

[np307]

One of the projects that I knew I was going to make happen when everything took place back in July was turning the frame of the truck the business got started with into a hay wagon for our church fall festival. This was on the list of down time projects but we just never had the time. I talked to his wife about it and she was in favor of making it happen. I finally got it finished up today and I'll be pulling it for hayrides all day Saturday.

First order of business was getting a front plate and a mounting location for the tongue.

Next up was a real custom steering rack.

Then the supports for the runners and all the decking.

And finally some steps at the back to make getting on and off easier.

 

[Mallardsx2]

My standard "mid-deer season project"....based on frustration and a need for backpack room...

This is going to be great.

The beginnings of “double-decker”

So far, it has only cost me three old Reese hitches that I have no use for anymore. I only slightly regret welding the balls to the hitches 20 years ago...lol

 

[Dsnow9]

My standard "mid-deer season project"....based on frustration and a need for backpack room...

This is going to be great.

The beginnings of “double-decker”

So far, it has only cost me three old Reese hitches that I have no use for anymore. I only slightly regret welding the balls to the hitches 20 years ago...lol

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Could use the balls to hang things on

 

[Redmt]

I only slightly regret welding the balls to the hitches 20 years ago...lol

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A suggestion for next time, drill the end of the threaded shank and use a castle nut and pin, or use a bigger wrench!!

 

[Mallardsx2]

A suggestion for next time, drill the end of the threaded shank and use a castle nut and pin, or use a bigger wrench!!

That or just stop being so cheap and buy tubing for projects. lol

 

[Mallardsx2]

Could use the balls to hang things on

You'll see why that isn't feasible soon enough.

 

[Redmt]

That or just stop being so cheap and buy tubing for projects. lol

There's always a practical alternative to any sub-engineerd project.

 

[Mallardsx2]

Got a bit more to do but that’s not bad for $0 cost and sub-engineering. Whatever the F that means. Lol