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millerkiller77 · Jun 25, 2023

Mallardsx2 said:
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Did it rattle out or shear off?

Mallardsx2 · Jun 25, 2023

Snapped it off. Welded on a nut, a couple times actually ……. snapped all of that off even deeper.

Then got pissed and pulled out the die grinder and went to work.

Drilled.

Tapped.

Installed bolt with high temp anti-seize and moved on with life.

np307 · Jul 12, 2023

Been a little bit slow so that has meant clearing out the projects that my boss picked up just to give me some more practice. Nothing too fun, some trailer repairs and such. I did finally get to start practicing on 3/4" sanitary tubing which is what I will certify on. We also have a sink drain tomorrow that will be 1" sanitary so I welded up some fittings for that.

millerkiller77 · Jul 12, 2023

My older son took an arc college class at the beginning of summer as kind of a hobby/ break from regular classes. He really enjoyed it and passed all requirements with 130%
He moved on and signed up for a Tig class, these are his first practice plate runs on SS. He's going to continue the Tig class through summer break, and add more welding related courses into his curriculum..it looks like he's going to be veering away from his goal of getting his masters in construction management... whatever floats his boat I guess.

FishCreek · Jul 12, 2023

Some talent in this thread. All I’ve done is rebuilt a tripod with some help. Have a bunch of equipment and tools available for me just need the time.

np307 · Jul 14, 2023

Did the 1" drain line yesterday, that was a fun little job. Pointless, but makes the customer happy so yee haw. Placed the $650 material order for the side work I have next week. Not sure if I'm massively overestimating what I'm capable of but there's a lot of expanded metal I'm going to have to stick weld. Probably gonna sweat to death too.

millerkiller77 · Jul 14, 2023

np307 said:
Did the 1" drain line yesterday, that was a fun little job. Pointless, but makes the customer happy so yee haw. Placed the $650 material order for the side work I have next week. Not sure if I'm massively overestimating what I'm capable of but there's a lot of expanded metal I'm going to have to stick weld. Probably gonna sweat to death too. View attachment 284049

Expanded steel and stick? Why do you hate yourself?

np307 · Jul 14, 2023

millerkiller77 said:
Expanded steel and stick? Why do you hate yourself?

I at least practiced on some similar material. I have some 1/16 6013 that I think will work.

millerkiller77 · Jul 14, 2023

np307 said:
I at least practiced on some similar material. I have some 1/16 6013 that I think will work.

No squirt gun?

np307 · Jul 14, 2023

millerkiller77 said:
No squirt gun?

Negative. I own a lot of tools but the only welder I have is a 110 stick welder. I'll probably get a wire welder in the next year or so.

millerkiller77 · Jul 14, 2023

np307 said:
Negative. I own a lot of tools but the only welder I have is a 110 stick welder. I'll probably get a wire welder in the next year or so.

Depending on the gauge and quantity of expanded your going to weld, a 110v mig will pay for itself in 3hrs.
When are you starting this project?

Mallardsx2 · Jul 14, 2023

I paid for my Hobart handler 140 in the first day I owned it.

Literally…

np307 · Jul 14, 2023

millerkiller77 said:
Depending on the gauge and quantity of expanded your going to weld, a 110v mig will pay for itself in 3hrs.
When are you starting this project?

Tuesday or Wednesday. If I get the frames built and the stick welding is just not going to work for the expanded metal, I'll just pay my boss some shop money to use the mig machine we have.

p_ham · Jul 14, 2023

np307 said:
Tuesday or Wednesday. If I get the frames built and the stick welding is just not going to work for the expanded metal, I'll just pay my boss some shop money to use the mig machine we have.

If you need to borrow it more than once, you need to buy it.

np307 · Jul 14, 2023

p_ham said:
If you need to borrow it more than once, you need to buy it.

Haven't needed to borrow it once yet

slatebuilder · Jul 15, 2023

I wish I could say I made the crank and gear, but I did not. This is a cool chunk though. 6 cylinder billet crank shaft 44.5” long carved out of a 9.5” diameter chunk of steel. The hub/gear is a custom made deal. The hub is a .003 interference fit onto the snout of the crank. Then it gets welded on. I had to get The hub on and welded it.

np307 · Jul 15, 2023

Here's what the end of a lot of really dumb problems on a friend's car looks like:

Stripped the threads out of the crank. Pulled a helicoil out. So I drilled through the end of the crank and pinned a piece of all thread in there. Balancer pulled down perfectly and the car drove great.

millerkiller77 · Jul 16, 2023

Cleaning out the welding drawers, I realize the classifieds would be the correct place to post this, but I'm doing it here because it's a specific audience.
29 pcs Victor style torch tips, mostly 1&2's. Some need the tips cleaned, some don't. Free , USPS flat rate paid by you

np307 · Jul 18, 2023

Started on the dump trailer project today. First thing I had to do was cut all four of the hinges off and weld new ones on. This is the second time I've had to replace hinges on this trailer. Happy to see that my welds from the first time held and the hinges themselves broke.