Welding Tips and Tricks

Looking for a weekend project? Here's a Christmas tree stand that should never tip over on your wife.

That might even thwart the cat!

Nice job, and a good suggestion for some of our beginners looking for that first practical project. After all, if it came out looking rough, you could throw a skirt over it.

Steve S

Know if you had more time you could have built a redo our tank and a pipeline that feeds into it so all you do is crack the valve once a day and fill it up out of a large tank.

Farmwelding wrote:Know if you had more time you could have built a redo our tank and a pipeline that feeds into it so all you do is crack the valve once a day and fill it up out of a large tank.

Or put a float valve in the small tank so it replenishes as needed...

Looks good! I've suggested that I could build one, but I keep getting shot down because she suspects it wouldn't be decorative enough.

Otto Nobedder wrote:looking for that first practical project.

Reminder to anyone that builds one, the weld along the bottom needs to hold water!

Artie F. Emm wrote:Looks good! I've suggested that I could build one, but I keep getting shot down because she suspects it wouldn't be decorative enough.

Otto Nobedder wrote:looking for that first practical project.

Reminder to anyone that builds one, the weld along the bottom needs to hold water!

If I built one, my wife would be afraid it would fall through the floor. I've built her a few things and she always comments on "how heavy it is"

exnailpounder wrote:If I built one, my wife would be afraid it would fall through the floor. I've built her a few things and she always comments on "how heavy it is"

Jeff, you just need to build a platform to support, and spread out the load, and while you're at it make a lazy suzan rotating thing for the tree to spin on

(oh and we want a video too)

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LtBadd wrote:

exnailpounder wrote:If I built one, my wife would be afraid it would fall through the floor. I've built her a few things and she always comments on "how heavy it is"

Jeff, you just need to build a platform to support, and spread out the load, and while you're at it make a lazy suzan rotating thing for the tree to spin on

(oh and we want a video too)

As much as I am a do-it-yourselfer I am at the point in my life where I just go to the freakin store and save rod and gas.

exnailpounder wrote:\

LtBadd wrote:

exnailpounder wrote:If I built one, my wife would be afraid it would fall through the floor. I've built her a few things and she always comments on "how heavy it is"

Jeff, you just need to build a platform to support, and spread out the load, and while you're at it make a lazy suzan rotating thing for the tree to spin on

(oh and we want a video too)

As much as I am a do-it-yourselfer I am at the point in my life where I just go to the freakin store and save rod and gas.

There are quite a few things that should be that way. If you can save time and money by going to he store and its quality go to the store.

2 words..

Artificial Tree joking


I made one years ago that held up well but made the pipe too small. Finally bought a big ass plastic one that holds like 2 gallons of water and a big trunk tree, might rival the Griswolds at times.

At least this thread-jack is in the holiday spirit!



Steve S