[Bill Beauregard]

I went from a Diversion 180 inverter to a Dialarc 250 (310 amps 50/50 but sine wave) to a Dynasty 280DX. It is amazing what I can weld through with the square wave even at 70%! Cleaning action is so much more effective with square wave!

[Dragster Guy]

This is what i did today.

[dirtmidget33]

@Zank
Got a question about your back purge set up if you wouldn't mind. I am planning to do some frames not bikes but am looking for ideas for sealing and doing the back purge. Does you jig just use the taper of the mounts that hold it to seal the tubing up or do you have some type of seal on them. Also where your argon comes in for the back purge do you have a diffuser inside or just vent it straight into tubing.
Very nice bikes to bad my body can no longer handle riding I think I would have to have you build me one. I used to ride a Gary klein and a Gary Fisher aluminum frame mountain bikes. I still have them will never get rid of them just limited on my riding. Ride like a 80 year old now

[Jonty_B]

About 500 of these, got quite good at them by the end even if it is just a quick fusion weld

[zank]

Sweet!

[Superiorwelding]

Jonty_B,
Looks excellent!!
-Jonathan

[TRACKRANGER]

@ Jonty_B

very impressive!. Thanks for sharing.

[DSM8]

My neighbor decided he needed an engine stand for his 6BTA that is being rebuilt.

I got the dimensions of the motor and designed a cradle that will hold the motor while allowing him to rotate it while working on it.

He insisted it be built from 1/4" material, I talked him down from that cliff and instead it was build from .125 wall material.

2x4 box tubing



This was my first project using such heavy material, getting the welds around the tubing was a bitch due to position.
The solid tub you see will be cut and an inner tube passed through it which will be attached to the engine, think of it like an axle and a housing.

Happy with some of the welds...not so much with others.



I fully welded the tubing on both side 360 degrees and then got about a 2" bead on the inside.



That sucker is going nowhere.

What I did not expect was the heat of the uprights and supports causing the base to bow slightly.




Live and learn, the wheels will accommodate the bow of the base which is about 1/4" over the entire span of the base (6')

This is what it will be supporting.

[zank]

Love the pointed tungsten.

Pointed tungsten by Zanconato Custom Cycles, on Flickr

Untitled by Zanconato Custom Cycles, on Flickr

Untitled by Zanconato Custom Cycles, on Flickr

Untitled by Zanconato Custom Cycles, on Flickr

[Otto Nobedder]

Zank,

It looks like it took you about a minute and a half to sort out welding aluminum.

Well done, and great examples!

Steve S

[zank]

Ha. Thanks, Steve. I filled up a lot of 6061 sheet and went through a lot of rod running beads like Jody suggests in his aluminum drill video. That is one of the best practice techniques going. It gets boring, but that's when it really starts to sink in.

[MinnesotaDave]

Ha. Thanks, Steve. I filled up a lot of 6061 sheet and went through a lot of rod running beads like Jody suggests in his aluminum drill video. That is one of the best practice techniques going. It gets boring, but that's when it really starts to sink in.

I completely agree.

Excellent welding as always

[Jonty_B]

You could be forgiven for thinking I've been making rollerskates for the Hulk. Linear casters required and specifically ordered to be overengineered to the extreme. The trolleys that these will go on (4, 1 per corner as you'd imagine) is required to take 6,500lbs in weight; for a guess each one of these will take double that on it's own!

TIG root with a hot pass over it. I know it looks uneven but the parts came to me with a vaguely uneven prep on them so I levelled it out in the wire run, this was all done on very tight time constraints.

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MIG capping run over the top as demanded by the instructed process. (for the record I disagreed with the whole weld process for this job but was overruled) A point to notice is the horrible quality of the MIG wire we're provided, look at all that silica.

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BIIIIIIG centre pin going through the bearing assembly which was extremely tight, perfect interference fit.

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Which then gets a quick TIG run around it for permanence. (?Yeah, I'm still trying to master going around the outside of circular parts.

Despite the issues, actually quite a fun job; I find that I like multipass work.

[Dragster Guy]

My first on site job for my new business. Stainless exhaust duct for an MRI machine. Its a start.
All done with my AHP alpha tig 200.

[Otto Nobedder]

My best weld of the day... Schd 10 304SS in a socket-weld configuration, 5F...

Set at 150A, using less than half that, 3/32 thoriated.

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Here's the context:

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All in all, a good day.

Steve S

[Otto Nobedder]

...All in all, a good day.

Steve S

And then, today I completed it, and tested it, and discovered that the "bench tested as requested" bellows leaked like a sieve, and I get to cut every bit of it back apart. Sure it all pays the same (as I keep telling myself), but 14-16 hours of rework because a vendor couldn't perform? That pisses me off.

Steve S

[TamJeff]

Not necessarily just today, but some days. I don't even know how many. I have been doing multiple projects at the same time. Some really awkward welding positions on this deal. As many left handed welds as right handed being I mirrored everything from one half to the other. Nobody but another welder would likely notice. I keep promising myself I am not going to bother with such anal details on the next one, but then I forget and since I start it that way, I am somewhat committed to that detail throughout.

It's a radar arch/shade thing for a cigarette style boat. Upside down for the time being. Will try to remember to get one of it installed. Somehow, I end up procrastinating that, and they sneak the boats away before I can get a photo.


Showing a bit of the frame work. The front bill is graduated curves, so they all have to be formed by hand in the hip bender. Forming the actual arches themselves is another thing entirely. One arch started out as a 208" piece of pipe, the second one was 214". I got lucky and nailed those on the first try. They have to be crowned differently so that they all line up across the top when leaning at different angles to each other.


Then all the plates in the top. If I fit them perfectly, I will not have to weld the undersides. They will show no gaps where they contact the adjoining pipes.

[Superiorwelding]

TamJeff,
Speechless!
-Jonathan

[AKweldshop]

TamJeff,
Speechless!
-Jonathan

As always....

[Braehill]

@tamjeff,
You my freind are an artist. Like a spider weaving his web.

Len

[TamJeff]

Thanks y'all. I am the only fab'r at our shop so I don't get to bounce these projects off of too many people so this is a good place to drop them among like minds.

Here's how it starts. I set the rungs on the forward arch first, which allows me to work all of it by myself, provided the math is right. It's so nice when it just fits naturally, with no persuasion. I fine tune it with the way I place my tacks, and how much of a tack I put there and when.


You can see the size of the tacks I use. There is a smaller tack on the open (I call it the toe) side of this cope. It pulled the rung that direction. I counteracted it with this fatter tack on the closed (the heel) side in the photo. I have gotten to where I can lift my hood and watch/feel it settle back to my intended angle, 99% of the time. If not, I can heat the tack again and help it with my hand


If that fails. . .there's always the whapper.
It's a most perfect piece of really dense, white oak heartwood. I have been wailing on things with that chunk of wood for 15 years since I rescued it from a discarded pallet. Something like this project only needs a 'bump' from it at most. I recall someone telling me I ought to shape a handle on it and refine it. The whole thing is a handle, as much as the whole thing is a mallet or a battering ram if need be. Every fabricator ought to have one. It has a dead blow action to it, and a feel like when you hit a baseball just right, if that makes any sense. I have not found a mallet that works as well.

[TRACKRANGER]

@TamJeff

You, my friend are an accomplished Artisan. Thanks for sharing. Skill and Quality go hand-in-hand at your shop.

Trev

[motox]

the fit ups are incredible
not to say the least for the welds.
i have made several tubing projects
and the cuts are more of and art
then science. beautiful work.
thanks for sharing.

[Artie F. Emm]

I can just imagine the briefing for a new guy at TamJeff's shop: "That blue plastic bin has blocks we use for shims. See this piece here? WHATEVER YOU DO, do NOT use this chunk of wood. EVER. For ANYTHING. Got it?"

Kidding of course. TamJeff if you ever need an apprentice, I will sign on, sir.

[Superiorwelding]

I just have one question TamJeff, you hiring??
-Jonathan