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If you were at Iola you saw the half track! Still love that build.
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What do you build?
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Thanks.
Looks like your wheelhouse is on the other end of the spectrum-big stuff with high strength design and weld. American ingenuity is alive and well.
Thanks for posting.
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I built a cart for my welder this morning.
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A device for disassembly of pallets without damage to the wood so the wood can be repurposed.
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More tables....
(Good welding skills come from experience, much of which comes from poor welding skills
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You guys do some amazing work. I can weld but nothing worth putting up here. I mainly tinker with welding. Anything structural gets done by my buddy.
The stuff I build looks like this:
The stuff I build looks like this:
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Nice work, I'm in the same field but this machine doesn't have any of my finished work on it.
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Does machine work count?
Structural test fixture for Fender Stratocaster type guitars.
Built in my garage.
Structural test fixture for Fender Stratocaster type guitars.
Built in my garage.
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Post photos of what you have fabricated! (heres a pink pig --->)
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You get bragging rights, and a good thread to serve up; thanks:
- Can you throw in a little bit of backstory though on the pieces you posted up?
Be interesting to know what some of them are all about.
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A bumper in the making... 3/8" plate + 4×4" square tubing 1/4" wall thickness.
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Pretty welds. Nice.
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I agree, nice pretty welds. I learned long ago that if you weren't good at welding you had better be good at grinding.... I am good at grinding LOL
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$70 for this one at the tractor supply - 
Or $10 in materials for this one I made today -
Or $10 in materials for this one I made today -
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This video isn't the best but this is how we make the M151 front floors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C1amAOnBy4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C1amAOnBy4
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Ok, how about custom made whiskey stills.
My buddy decided that a legitimate distillery was better than being a ferrier so off we went.
Now he did 98% percent of the work, I did the math for him on the cone flat patterns and chip formed the small cone on the swans neck for him.
Copper is fairly new to me, more used to aerospace alloys.
My buddy decided that a legitimate distillery was better than being a ferrier so off we went.
Now he did 98% percent of the work, I did the math for him on the cone flat patterns and chip formed the small cone on the swans neck for him.
Copper is fairly new to me, more used to aerospace alloys.
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.090 thick
Boy did we learn alot about working with this stuff.
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I just wanted to see what this thread is all about and I saw your welding and machining skills... I am speechless.