Metalworking Hunttalkers!

[KB_]

I got the greenlight and going to be starting a jeep project with my son this year. Going to build an YJ into a single cab truck! oh buddy am I excited.

 

[Justindrader]

Two stoves I built for my wall tents. "Small" one is 12x12x20, "large" is 16x16x24. Both have an air wash intake that keeps the glass fairly clean while burning. The bigger one will easily get a 14'×30' tent above 100° in freezing temps.View attachment 257308View attachment 257309View attachment 257310View attachment 257312

Nice work on those. What are the round discs on top of the stove? And the looped galvanized pieces on the stove pipe in the pic second from bottom?

 

[Justindrader]

Nice work on those. What are the round discs on top of the stove? And the looped galvanized pieces on the stove pipe in the pic second from bottom?

Sorry for dumb question. I just now found the puck story. I'm still curious on the loops on the stove pipe though? Thanks.

 

[Sytes]

Always installed a manual lantern sparker opposite the grill ignitor , those babies light EVERYTHING with a quick twist.
Man I can still remember that smell of opening the chamber after firing.... good times

We crafted simple though very effective mortar launchers back when we were young teens.
Tubing, point at base, and drop the bb gun CO2 cartridge down the pipe!

Then we got our asses whooped when we thought it more entertaining to see destruction up close! Sent a cartridge right though the house window when it deflected off a junker car.

Baking soda vinegar pressure...

Oh those were the days when the anarchist cookbook took precedence over hustler magazine!

Haha!

 

[Redmt]

following this thread. Didnt know there was so many guys here that weld. I learned as a kid welding my dads tractors back together when he broke them lol. I wouldnt say im particularly impressive but I can mig weld pretty good, Stick im good enough. Never done any tig welding. But I use to be pretty good with a torch and brass rod, but its been a long time.

This inspires me to work on some art pieces I've had sitting around waiting for me to get motivated.

If you can gas weld you have the basics for TIG. It's the same principle that you have your heat source in one hand and the filler metal in the other.

 

[Redmt]

Thermal powered fan, I usually have three on top of the stove and they do an excellent job circulating the air in the tent.
The little pucks are dual purpose redneck heatsinks. The stove gets way too hot to cook with cast iron directly on top, putting the "pucks" between the stove top and cast iron was my solution. Similar to adding the proper amount of coals to a Dutch oven, I can regulate the heat just as good as a gas range by simply adding or subtracting pucks. I've cooked enchiladas, fresh sourdough, cornbread, tamales, etc on my stove top this way.
The pucks are scrap aluminum bar and copper stock I had laying around. Turned them down and pressed a solid copper rod into the center, fantastic heat transfer, I leave them on top of the stove and let the fans blow across them.View attachment 257322

Brilliant!!

 

[Dsnow9]

Well, I’m diving in head first. This thread got me motivated to buy a nice welder and teach myself. Thanks @p_ham for the pointers! Building the welding cart out of an old bed frame was a lot of fun and definitely get myself progressing as I went.

 

[Redmt]

Welding bed frames can be a challenge. It's very brittle and doesn't usually tolerate much flexing in the welds. Listen for any little "tink" type noise. That's a sure sign a weld has cracked somewhere.

 

[Dsnow9]

Welding bed frames can be a challenge. It's very brittle and doesn't usually tolerate much flexing in the welds. Listen for any little "tink" type noise. That's a sure sign a weld has cracked somewhere.

Learned that for sure! Couldn’t pass up the free metal. I may redo it eventually but for now I’m very happy with how it turned out.

 

[Redmt]

Learned that for sure! Couldn’t pass up the free metal. I may redo it eventually but for now I’m very happy with how it turned out.

Wait until you try and drill through it. It's a drill bit killer for sure!

 

[Benfromalbuquerque]

We crafted simple though very effective mortar launchers back when we were young teens.
Tubing, point at base, and drop the bb gun CO2 cartridge down the pipe!

Then we got our asses whooped when we thought it more entertaining to see destruction up close! Sent a cartridge right though the house window when it deflected off a junker car.

Baking soda vinegar pressure...

Oh those were the days when the anarchist cookbook took precedence over hustler magazine!

Haha!

Influenced by the same publication, I built a PVC potato cannon-18” long 3” W chamber necked into 3’ long 1.5” W barrel. Ripped piezoelectric out of Coleman stove. Fker could launch a frozen lemon through plywood. White Rain gave us great velocity at max pressure .

 

[KB_]

We are still on the search for a YJ wrangler to do our truck conversion project. People are a tad proud of their busted up old jeeps.

 

[Addicting]

We are still on the search for a YJ wrangler to do our truck conversion project. People are a tad proud of their busted up old jeeps.

Yep, if you end up in the search for a good set of axles I have a set of 44’s out of my JK that I junked.

 

[KB_]

Yep, if you end up in the search for a good set of axles I have a set of 44’s out of my JK that I junked.

you charge the same as amazon for shipping ? lol

 

[Addicting]

you charge the same as amazon for shipping ? lol

I just saw you were in Bozeman. I will adjust the shipping to 3x for the special Bozanite rate.

 

[Hem]

This thread pushed me to diversify.
Enrolled in an adult education welding class. $30 for 8 three hour sessions.
Layed my first beads last week with stick.
Pretty rough, but gotta start somewhere.
Now I have to decide between a new smoker or a welder.

 

[Jbotto]

This thread pushed me to diversify.
Enrolled in an adult education welding class. $30 for 8 three hour sessions.
Layed my first beads last week with stick.
Pretty rough, but gotta start somewhere.
Now I have to decide between a new smoker or a welder.

Buy the welder, build the smoker. Set your goals high!

 

[Hem]

Buy the welder, build the smoker. Set your goals high!

Good idea.
I'm pretty excited to get proficient with the process.

 

[np307]

The sanitary progress continues. This was the final weld of a big project in a dairy plant (that we subsequently got called back to 1 week later because they had to move a big piece of equipment).

 

[Redmt]

Get a small 220 volt MIG. Forget the little 110 volt inverter machines. You won't be happy