np307
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Finished it up today:
Metalworking Hunttalkers!
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Work of excellent art
Salmonchaser
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And I thought I was talented running a jet boat up rapids. You guys do some amazing stuff.
np307
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Some redneck ironworker stuff going in today
LIK2HNT
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Foot bridge?
Did you weld that in place, or brought it out there?
Don’t see any burn marks in the grass.
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Yeah, foot and 4wheeler bridge. No, we welded it in the shop and toted it down there with a trailer. Currently working on the handrail in the shop. That'll be the only thing that gets welded in place.Foot bridge?
Did you weld that in place, or brought it out there?
Don’t see any burn marks in the grass.
It's a crappy picture but I finished up a frame for a hosebed prop at our fire station. Had a company in town make the hosebed itself to mimic our truck so we can keep the trucks put together during trainings. Nothing fancy but a fun little project
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Been pretty slow the last few weeks, always is this time of year. We did make a prototype cart for taking parts to/from the wash area (welding every place the expanded metal touched was very tedious) and a stainless chain cover. I also welded up a few tees we are putting in a hydraulic system. They were supposed to get welded in today but we cut into the line this morning and they were still draining 8 hours later so we are coming back tomorrow to finish. 
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Plan a cargo or flat trailer? Looks like an enjoyable build!
Trying to figure your welder, first thought ESAB, (phone view) though the torch like gas lines out the top have me stumped. Is that an acetylene torch unit and the welder elsewhere or is that the shielding gas tank line?
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That’s just a cheap Flameweld 3 In 1 Plasma Cutter Welder Machine.
-50Amp Pilot Arc Plasma Cutter.
-200Amp HF TIG Welder.
-200Amp Stick Welder.
In the picture I just had the plasma cutter hooked up because I had to pop a few holes in the fender to get those eye bolts through to be able to pull that fender across to weld it.. That’s just my retractable air hose you see hooked up.
Tree branch fell on the trailer and mashed the fender so I’m fixing it. Can’t believe it bent the fender that bad as it is super heave duty fenders but it was a big branch.
Trailer has been sitting at my house for about 6 years and the deck boards were junk so I sawed a bunch of 16 foot sweet gum last weekend and I’m just about ready to paint and put boards down and oil the boards with used motor oil.
Then, I’ll put 4 new tires and I'm selling it. I’m sick of looking at it and I don’t use it. It Probobly only has 500 miles on it.
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Ya I don’t even know what something like that is worth these days. Couple grand I suppose. 2-3k?
Oh and I’ll slam 4 bearing buddies in it too.
Cheap welder > no welder.
Trailers like everything else have really went up in price. I would think a trailer like that with new decking, bearing buddies, etc you could get close to what you paid for it.
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Got a root in on both sides. Couple more passes and we're done. 
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Been running absolutely wide slap open the last month or so. Boss took a week off and I was supposed to have that time off too but everything that could go wrong at the closest dairy plant did go wrong, so I ended up working solo almost every day of that. Helper had switched to weekends only because he was taking a class but now he's quit to take another job. Bunch of projects going on all at once, not many pictures of any of it. But I finally have a week off of my own now so I can breathe a little.
This week's project has been piping in a COP tank with steam. We will run the water lines at some point in the future. Also had to run all the piping on the tank itself. I got the in-position tie-in done today.
And on the wilder side, here's a steam leak that required a complete plant shutdown to fix because none of the isolation valves held, so the boilers had to be shut down.
This week's project has been piping in a COP tank with steam. We will run the water lines at some point in the future. Also had to run all the piping on the tank itself. I got the in-position tie-in done today.
And on the wilder side, here's a steam leak that required a complete plant shutdown to fix because none of the isolation valves held, so the boilers had to be shut down.
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Running wide slap open right now. Open jobs at 4 different plants. Been just me and the owner for the last few weeks. Finally hired another helper, real green kid but he seems to have a good work ethic and is willing to learn. Today I'm out fighting the wind welding a "sanitary" conduit for 1/4" polyflow airlines. 
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