Metalworking Hunttalkers!

[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

 

[np307]

Got a bit more to do but that’s not bad for $0 cost and sub-engineering. Whatever the F that means. Lol
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I see no faults. I did also load a generator like this Saturday though:

 

[Redmt]

Sometimes it's tough to come up with a politically correct term on the spur of the moment.

 

[Mallardsx2]

I see no faults. I did also load a generator like this Saturday though:View attachment 389717

Those generators are such a pain. I got one and they are Heavy suckers!

 

[np307]

Those generators are such a pain. I got one and they are Heavy suckers!

You aren't joking. This one's 240lbs when the tank is full.

 

[Mallardsx2]

Scrap deer feeder legs, couple old drop hitches, old deer rack, some galvanized tubing and a couple lawnmower blades later....

Finished product. Couldn’t be happier. This will free up a bunch of space for us. I'll give it a test run this weekend.

 

[kansasdad]

Get enough weight in the back and you might be popping wheelies with every bump. I love it

Lawn mower blades are the attachment points for the upper shelf?

 

[Mallardsx2]

Get enough weight in the back and you might be popping wheelies with every bump. I love it

Lawn mower blades are the attachment points for the upper shelf?

I’m safe. That pioneer 700 is too big of a turd to ever crack a wheelie.

 

[np307]

Not a ton of fab work but when cleaning up the property at the shop I found this 6x10 tilt trailer frame. It was built pretty stout but it was just the frame and springs. I talked to my boss's widow about it and she gave it to me since it wasn't really worth anything in the condition it was in. I put a 6k lb braked axle under it which required some blocking under the spring mounts for clearance, welded on a support for a center jack, redid the ends for holding the deck boards, rattle canned it, wired it up, and decked it. Thought about diamond plate but it was already getting over budget so just 2x6s for now. Tested it out yesterday with a load and it pulled great, other than having to cut the stake pockets after this picture when I saw they were going to cut the tires down.