Welding Tips and Tricks

Thx Jeff, yes my design. Some "engineering-on-the-fly" and hand bending the wire.
I really hate the ones one can by where you need to tilt and twist to release it. Almost like one of those metal puzzles

Ready to use now

Nice job Anders! Is that a morse taper I see on the table? You have a lathe too? I like looking around other guys shops

jeff
you can't beat a drill bit in the tail stock to bore
holes in anything you can chuck up!
craig

motox wrote:jeff
you can't beat a drill bit in the tail stock to bore
holes in anything you can chuck up!
craig

I am taking my time and looking for a small lathe to play with. I don't know alot about them and haven't used one since Highschool but more and more I am finding the need to make small parts.

Thx Jeff. Yes its a mt2, good eyes
Sadly just for the pillar drill.
Havent got the space for a lathe nor mill, otherwise there would be no end of the madness

AndersK wrote:Thx Jeff. Yes its a mt2, good eyes
Sadly just for the pillar drill.
Havent got the space for a lathe nor mill, otherwise there would be no end of the madness

The ideal workshop is a place where the madness never ends...lathe...mill...forge...3D printer...vapour blaster...etc...


Kym

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MosquitoMoto wrote:

AndersK wrote:Thx Jeff. Yes its a mt2, good eyes
Sadly just for the pillar drill.
Havent got the space for a lathe nor mill, otherwise there would be no end of the madness

The ideal workshop is a place where the madness never ends...lathe...mill...forge...3D printer...vapour blaster...etc...


Kym

What I lack in ability, I make up for in tools. I need a lathe like I need a hole in the head but I will still get one and then sit and look at it 6 months later and wonder why I bought it...Can welding fumes cause that?

I need a lathe for dozens of reasons.


* Spare knurled footpegs for rearsets

* Spare connecting rods (shift, brake) for rearsets

* Wheel spacers

* Swingarm spacers

* Disc spacers

* Frame bungs...I could go on.


...I could go on. The fact is, virtually nothing I need to make on a lathe would be very technically challenging or complex, yet all are items which, if I had to approach a local machine shop to create then, would cost me proper money.

Time to get a cheapie Siegl or similar.


Kym

Made a handrest tonight. Long enough to reach diagonally if needed.

Nice Anders! You're WAY more creative than I am...I usually steal my ideas and then take credit for it

Andersk......where did you get the legs?

Well I probably shouldnt take credit for the arm rest. Seen a coupple before, Jonathan made one I remember from a while ago. Think Jody has one in a video too.
Thx anyway.

The legs? I made them from 22 mm aluminium tubes.

if you look at some of Andersk metal projects you will
recognize hie abilities at shaping metal.
craig

Well, thank you Craig that was very kind said

andersk
i have seen your stuff, I'm not being kind i
just appreciate a craftsmen..
craig

Wow, nice table, clamps, and arm rest! Very inspirational design and build.

Nice!

That propping apparutus is a clever touch.

It looks like you have some space constraints too. A compact welding table was a first project for me when I upgraded to an AC/DC TIG unit, since nothing off-the-shelf really suited my purpose as well. The metal brake is a new addition to it.

AndersK wrote:Made a handrest tonight. Long enough to reach diagonally if needed.

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That's a nice, tidy and compact unit there.
When I'm no longer a neewb it will go well in my small shop.

I really really want a lathe in the garage, but then I need a bigger garage. But if I get a bigger garage then I can get a mill and some other tools we "need". As I say to my wife: "I only buy things we need".

Then, probably the new garage will be to small and we need a even bigger garage. Then I can get more tools that "we" need.

Oh dear, oh dear. Where is this going to end...

Nice work by the way, Anders


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I'm in the same boat. Been looking at 10x20 lathes and every time I need it I try to find room.but I've already got both vehicles outside. Plus I'll have to ad AC. Can't let stuff like that rust. Already started priming the wife last summer told her I needed a bigger shop with good power. Close to home but not visible from the house. Then I'd have room for the Hossfeld bender and a mill. And a 4ft sheer. And a 200 lb anvil. And a small forge. And an over head crain with an anchor system in the floor. And a small plaz table.

Poland308 wrote:I'm in the same boat. Been looking at 10x20 lathes and every time I need it I try to find room.but I've already got both vehicles outside. Plus I'll have to ad AC. Can't let stuff like that rust. Already started priming the wife last summer told her I needed a bigger shop with good power. Close to home but not visible from the house. Then I'd have room for the Hossfeld bender and a mill. And a 4ft sheer. And a 200 lb anvil. And a small forge. And an over head crain with an anchor system in the floor. And a small plaz table.

I know that whole system with rust on equipment. We have a mammoth dehumidifier on my school shop. When they updated the HVAC system they neglected to route it into the shop. Wisconsin summers are humid as hell so everything gets coated in a 1/8" of grease. That is one hell of a big anvil at 200 lbs. That shop you want is gonna be nice with the crane, shear, benders, machining tools. Hope your wife sees it your way. Remind the car would be back in the garage especially during the winter months in Iowa.

Nice work Anders.

The rest of you blokes need to look up Boyles law (of sheds), roughly stated as;

"The amount of equipment, tools,toys,crap will always expand to take up all available space"

You're doomed and will never have enough room.

I too am a victim of this evil, insidious physical law.

Nice job and project design. How much do you estimate if can hold, maybe 50 to 75 lbs? That's enough for many jobs.

Had my welder on it, that's 46 lbs, no worries

Maybe try sitting on it but 207 lbs might be asking for trouble