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Finished up another, replaced the bottom and all support round bar, straightened outer ring and welded it all back in.
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I weld stainless, stainless and more stainless...Food Industry, sanitary process piping, vessels, whatever is needed, I like to make stuff.
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My apprentice days in machine shop had to make jo blocks, 1,2,3 blocks, angle blocks and parallels, all from scratch entailed precision grinding and heat treat and use them to this day. Very good skill to learn. There was times when trigonometry was used and enjoyed the challenges.AndersK wrote:Sweet !
Like the parallel blocks, been thinking about getting a couple myself.
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How about climbing into a clarifier in a waste water plant and working/welding. My last job as part of the companies obligation to the small town they ran the waste water plant.Otto Nobedder wrote:On that note, imagine the smell if you welded the impellor on a sewage pump... Hamburgers is not my first guess.exnailpounder wrote:I had to weld a broken piece from a meat slicer , the part that deflects the meat onto the receiving tray, and it was aluminum and it smelled exactly like fried hamburgers as I was welding it. Even cooking grease penetrates metal and causes nightmares.Poland308 wrote:Oil soaked metal is the worst. I've done some SS tanks that were used for oil/ammonia/fly ash/ ??? Mix. It boiled out as you welded. You had to weld everything 4x to get one good weld.
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I'll put up a pic maybe, but I just want to thank Jody for the vids. I had to pop a 2 1/2 inch pipe plug off our air receiver today. A 3 foot wrench didn't work even with a 5 lb. hammer. Thanks to having Jody''s stuff in mind I just took a 2 x 1/4 inch piece of 302 ss and welded it on the side of the wrench with 309 rod. 8 feet long and me putting full weight on the end...maybe 1600 ft-lb on the plug...all on a ladder... did the trick.
Thing is, what are pipe wrenches made of? Wrought steel, right? I was worried about cracking but all went well... I was saying jeez... is this cast iron? Welded nice but the wrench metal glowed kinda bright near the puddle. Never saw that before.
Thing is, what are pipe wrenches made of? Wrought steel, right? I was worried about cracking but all went well... I was saying jeez... is this cast iron? Welded nice but the wrench metal glowed kinda bright near the puddle. Never saw that before.
Stone knives and bearskins.....and a NEW EVERLAST 164SI !!!
That's my newly shared work welder.
At home I got a Power Tig 185 DV. Nice, but no plasma cutting... Nice tight arc after a second.
That's my newly shared work welder.
At home I got a Power Tig 185 DV. Nice, but no plasma cutting... Nice tight arc after a second.
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Would heating said plug and then waiting for it to cool help? or would that have the opposite effect?
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Usually tools like these are a wrought/forged steel.nelson wrote:Thing is, what are pipe wrenches made of? Wrought steel, right?
They can often be made from a heat-treatable steel so they can be tempered to make a very, very tough material. Sometimes sprinkle in some extra alloys like chrome and vanadium.
Hardness of the material is often clear from the fact that when they do fail (often spectacularly! ) they tend to snap/break and not bend.
Bye, Arno.
There was no way to get comfortable on this one so i had a couple of voids on the inside. I lost one of my tig fingers which i needed for the feed wire. So much for a pretty weld.
Hydraulic cylinder end cap, TIG @160 amps. Off to be machined now.
Hydraulic cylinder end cap, TIG @160 amps. Off to be machined now.
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Everlast PowerTIG 255EXT
Everlast PowerTIG 255EXT
Here's that goof ass pipe wrench. The 1/4 x 1 1/2 stock draws a magnet so i, as usual, have no clue. But the job's done.
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Stone knives and bearskins.....and a NEW EVERLAST 164SI !!!
That's my newly shared work welder.
At home I got a Power Tig 185 DV. Nice, but no plasma cutting... Nice tight arc after a second.
That's my newly shared work welder.
At home I got a Power Tig 185 DV. Nice, but no plasma cutting... Nice tight arc after a second.
And here's what I welded today. Pretty huh?
The owner of the company collects 57 t.birds. If he'd had to drive to make money I'm sure he'd choose something a few decades newer.
This is a pic of a 16 ton press footpedal. The trip isn't adjustable but the brake kept creeping back on. (It runs continuous.. not single stroke) I just grabbed my fucks core and slapped a 1/4 rod to persuade it to play nice. Welding .
Some people don't get what nickel and diming really costs. People like us enable their ignorance by keeping shit running.
The owner of the company collects 57 t.birds. If he'd had to drive to make money I'm sure he'd choose something a few decades newer.
This is a pic of a 16 ton press footpedal. The trip isn't adjustable but the brake kept creeping back on. (It runs continuous.. not single stroke) I just grabbed my fucks core and slapped a 1/4 rod to persuade it to play nice. Welding .
Some people don't get what nickel and diming really costs. People like us enable their ignorance by keeping shit running.
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Stone knives and bearskins.....and a NEW EVERLAST 164SI !!!
That's my newly shared work welder.
At home I got a Power Tig 185 DV. Nice, but no plasma cutting... Nice tight arc after a second.
That's my newly shared work welder.
At home I got a Power Tig 185 DV. Nice, but no plasma cutting... Nice tight arc after a second.
Decided to see if these rocket stoves are all they are supposed to be, will try soon, only had 1/8 inch 3 x 4 next one will be 14 ga. 4 x 4 made with intention of carrying in a bucket with a bunch of kindling and lid on top, I will be everyone's best friend on a wet morning and coffee is not ready.
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I built a rocket stove. They are cool for 15 minutes and then....I gave mine to my best friend to take to his campsite. He amazes the neighbors by cooking sweet corn on it. He's having fun with it so it was worth it to build for him. If I still had it, it would have been cannibalized into something else by now.
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Just started building one myself today. Got bored so I figured I'd make one at school. Of course I'm too cheap so it is gonna be angle and flat stock since I am not going to go and buy tubing. Should be interesting.
A student now but really want to weld everyday. Want to learn everything about everything. Want to become a knower of all and master of none.
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Apparently you are not a camper like I am, this will allow me to make breakfast and use my pocket iso/butane stove for my coffee, while camping, then can leave camp to ride the dirt bike w/o having to snuff out a campfire in a burn ring beforehand. Probably get several hours use out of it.exnailpounder wrote:I built a rocket stove. They are cool for 15 minutes and then....I gave mine to my best friend to take to his campsite. He amazes the neighbors by cooking sweet corn on it. He's having fun with it so it was worth it to build for him. If I still had it, it would have been cannibalized into something else by now.
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If you could make a rocket stove chill a can of froths, then you'd be in business.exnailpounder wrote:I built a rocket stove. They are cool for 15 minutes and then....I gave mine to my best friend to take to his campsite. He amazes the neighbors by cooking sweet corn on it. He's having fun with it so it was worth it to build for him. If I still had it, it would have been cannibalized into something else by now.
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Some 2x.250 wall Mild steel control arms I'm welding for a buddy of mine. You boys that weld pipe have my respect, that thick stuff is no joke!
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Yeah, buts it's nice to crank up the heat and burn itGreinTime wrote:
Some 2x.250 wall Mild steel control arms I'm welding for a buddy of mine. You boys that weld pipe have my respect, that thick stuff is no joke!
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I weld stainless, stainless and more stainless...Food Industry, sanitary process piping, vessels, whatever is needed, I like to make stuff.
ASME IX, AWS 17.1, D1.1
Instagram #RNHFAB
ASME IX, AWS 17.1, D1.1
Instagram #RNHFAB
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Some stuff from the last 2 weeks.
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