What welding projects are you working on? Are you proud of something you built?
How about posting some pics so other welders can get some ideas?
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I made a tig filler rod holder cart some years ago and once I filled it up I had to make another one. Here are the internals:
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I will be back later with a finished pic of both carts as I don't seem to have one on my pc. :roll: I'm back. :D
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Looks good, do the tubes pull out?
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Theres something wrong with some one that is that organized...must be a machinist :lol:
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LOL ... I didn't see lower bit of the bottom picture without scrolling. I WAS gonna say if you're truly organized you won't use a sharpy to write on the contents but buy a Dymo labeler or such and print labels :lol:

Looks great though. I made something similar but a single column of about 6 tubes. Outgrown it some time ago and need to revisit
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LtBadd wrote:Looks good, do the tubes pull out?
Nope, the first part of the assembly was pvc cementing the lower cap in place. :)
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exnailpounder wrote:Theres something wrong with some one that is that organized...must be a machinist :lol:
Yes, that and every other thing it seems. I am the "Jack of all trades, master of none" guy. :D
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Rupes wrote:LOL ... I didn't see lower bit of the bottom picture without scrolling. I WAS gonna say if you're truly organized you won't use a sharpy to write on the contents but buy a Dymo labeler or such and print labels :lol:

Looks great though. I made something similar but a single column of about 6 tubes. Outgrown it some time ago and need to revisit
Yeah, I had my wife write on the caps on my first one as I would have screwed it up somehow with a mistake or sloppy printing or a sharpie that had a flattened fat tip. :) Then I got the Brother P-Touch and that thing is great. I will make labels for the first one too when I get around to it.If I went down to the shop right now to do that, about 20 other things would happen and when I got there I would forget why I went down there.. :lol:
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I have to dig through the tubes on the back of my welder where I have my 308, 309, 316 and 347 all neatly shoved into the same tube. I get to try to read that little stamp on the rod. Or I go to my tube for ER70, ER80 and SilBr all mixed in...I have grabbed a SilBr rod , thinking it was ER and only noticed when I lit up. My floor is clean though :lol:
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Its my new years resolution to be more organized and stop throwing shit in boxes.

I started labeling contents and organizing into job types. It is pretty nice to walk in and find something in 10 seconds. I thought I was just being nerdy about it all till I saw some of those Festool guys.
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Rupes wrote:Its my new years resolution to be more organized and stop throwing shit in boxes.

I started labeling contents and organizing into job types. It is pretty nice to walk in and find something in 10 seconds. I thought I was just being nerdy about it all till I saw some of those Festool guys.
I have tried to organize and I have gotten better but when I get busy and focused on something, I will set something down, and I tell myself that I need to remember where I set it down, and completely forget where I set it 5 minutes later. I lost my aluminum brush and have been losing my mind looking for it...I never pay attention to it until I need to weld aluminum and then can't find it...like yesterday...I need to stop getting old :lol:
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LtBadd wrote:Looks good, do the tubes pull out?
Nope, the first part of the assembly was pvc cementing the lower cap in place. :)
So what do you do with a 1/2 or even 3/4 of a rod, if you put it back into the tube you won't be able to get it out??
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LtBadd wrote:Looks good, do the tubes pull out?
Nope, the first part of the assembly was pvc cementing the lower cap in place. :)
So what do you do with a 1/2 or even 3/4 of a rod, if you put it back into the tube you won't be able to get it out??
He sends them to me and I weld them back together and use'em :lol:
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Yes, getting old does suck...But here is what I do with the short pieces.
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Never mind the rust on the welding table as I have yet to clean it up again, but I made a little ground clamp attachment (not pictured) that works pretty well but is a work in progress. ;)
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I'm stealing your railroad spike third hand idea and claiming it as my own :lol:
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exnailpounder wrote:I'm stealing your railroad spike third hand idea and claiming it as my own :lol:
I am going to have to make a phone call. :lol:
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:lol:
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Now why would a welder use wood to make anything? :shock:
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Rudy Ray wrote:Now why would a welder use wood to make anything? :shock:
Maybe cause he's a goddamned machinist posing as a welder :lol:
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exnailpounder wrote:
Rudy Ray wrote:Now why would a welder use wood to make anything? :shock:
Maybe cause he's a goddamned machinist posing as a welder :lol:
Now why would a machinist use wood to build anything? :D
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Rudy Ray wrote:Now why would a welder use wood to make anything? :shock:
I had a lot of wood left over from building some cabinets for my wife and I didn't have any steel laying around. :mrgreen:
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Rudy Ray wrote:
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Rudy Ray wrote:Now why would a welder use wood to make anything? :shock:
Maybe cause he's a goddamned machinist posing as a welder :lol:
Now why would a machinist use wood to build anything? :D
Because he used to be a woodworker. Actually being a jack of all trades gives you many options. I bought my first TIG welder in June of 2008 and that is when I built the first filler holder (out of wood). I may have done it before the machine was delivered or shortly after. I built the second one to match the first one. :) I do powder coating too but I don't powder coat everything. ;) :lol: And I built my own powder coat oven but not out of wood. I did build the spray booth out of wood though. :P
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Just giving a hard time. As a welder, you should expect no less out of me.
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Rudy Ray wrote:Just giving a hard time. As a welder, you should expect no less out of me.
I knew that. :D So you use filler rod for tooth picks? :lol:
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Rudy Ray wrote:Just giving a hard time. As a welder, you should expect no less out of me.
I knew that. :D So you use filler rod for tooth picks? :lol:
I use a .040 pure tungsten, myself. One end is pointed, the other ground flat like a screwdriver. Works great! 8-)

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electrode wrote:
Rudy Ray wrote:Just giving a hard time. As a welder, you should expect no less out of me.
I knew that. :D So you use filler rod for tooth picks? :lol:
I use a .040 pure tungsten, myself. One end is pointed, the other ground flat like a screwdriver. Works great! 8-)

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I figured somebody was gonna say that... :evil: This guy used thoriated:
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