More adventures in a plastics plant.

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Hey all. Seeing as I am laid up for a few days after knee surgery (damn thing didnt hurt THIS bad when they cut on it) I figured I would take some time and post up a few more work pics. These are in no particular order as my little camera has decided to become retarded and rearrange everything everytime I remove the SD card to transfer files.Anyway.First set is an indestructible scale stand and display box. They said "Make it bulletproof"...Best we could do.Framing up the box for the sides Flipped upside down, top attached to a frame we salvaged from something else, mounting feet attached and the 1/2" thick base plate welded in.Back upright, sides finished off, access panel for wiring made, and scale test fitted. The top of the scale sits about 1/2" below the sides of the frame. NO WAY they should be able to hit the scale with a forklift. Of course when you build something idiot proof, they just build a better idiot.Display box for the same scale. Next post.If you cant fix it with a hammer, it must be an electrical problem."Boy, everyone starts with a full bag of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before the bag of luck is empty."-Grandad circa 1990ish
Reply:Have I mentioned we are also halfa55 riggers somehow? This is one of two 16' tall weigh hoppers we have to put in place. The big guy in the bibs is my partner in crime. A misplaced Cajun currently freezing his *** off in hillbilly country. Trying to fit a 12' 8" round peg through a 13' square hole.Quench tank stand. We did not build the top tank, our press is WAY too small. We did build the bottom tank from 5 separate sheets of 11ga stainless.  Here I am mounting the pump and motor and fitting in the plumbing.All painted and shined up pretty like.Next post. (damn attach limit)If you cant fix it with a hammer, it must be an electrical problem."Boy, everyone starts with a full bag of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before the bag of luck is empty."-Grandad circa 1990ish
Reply:Inside the freaking B400 again. Partner in crime cant quite fit through the man hole. But he can reach in to certain spots so I dont have to do as much scrambling around. Upside down diverter stand for a new line.Another fracking stand for some other freaking thing.Some 1/8" 7018 action.And to finish it off for the night. (drugs are starting to kick in good) I found these strapped to a pallet buried back in the warehouse.  There is a 3rd wilton that I have already gotten hidden away.If you cant fix it with a hammer, it must be an electrical problem."Boy, everyone starts with a full bag of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before the bag of luck is empty."-Grandad circa 1990ish
Reply:nice work larp and cool bullet vices. it looks like your bosses give you and your accomplice the run of the place. speedy recovery.i.u.o.e. # 15queens, ny and sunny fla
Reply:Nice work and nices vises, hope you knee heals fast.Ranger 250 thick stuffHobart Handler 140 not thick stuffthe pane and oxy setup
Reply:Great photos and even better captions!   It looks like you have really cleared out some space for your work.  How do you like that Wysong power squaring shear?
Reply:Pooooorrr loooonly vises. Regards,RobGreat Basin WeldingInstagramBlue weldersRed weldersMy luscious Table DIY TIG Torch cooler
Reply:is it extrusion at the plastics plant?quench tank looks very much like cooling tanks we used to have at old place i worked.only we had stand atttached to back sides with vac and water fittings.and ends were open so we could swap different end plates in depending on job running.
Reply:Hate to hear about the knees.Been fighting knee problems for about a year now.  Get to feeling good, then sort of give way for no reason when climbing stairs.Be careful when you squat, and try to use your arms/hands to lever yourself up from the squatted position.I hope they put you on a good PT program when it heals.  Weights will help stabilize the knee joints.  I hit the gym 3-4 days a week, and it helps big time.  Hack squats (machine), leg press, hamstring and quad machines.  Scary when you have knee problems, but believe me, it really helps."Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:Thanks guys. Hopefully I can go back to work Thursday. I might be gimping around with a cane, but if I dont I am gonna go crazy.  Or Sarah is gonna kill me.  Originally Posted by el bobGreat photos and even better captions!   It looks like you have really cleared out some space for your work.  How do you like that Wysong power squaring shear?
Reply:we used to do profiles so we had drop in vac formers for each job.biggest one we had was 24' long x 6' wide with a 14' vac former.ran at 2' per min it was that big otherwise couldn't cool it properly.
Reply:Originally Posted by farmersammHate to hear about the knees.Been fighting knee problems for about a year now.  Get to feeling good, then sort of give way for no reason when climbing stairs.Be careful when you squat, and try to use your arms/hands to lever yourself up from the squatted position.I hope they put you on a good PT program when it heals.  Weights will help stabilize the knee joints.  I hit the gym 3-4 days a week, and it helps big time.  Hack squats (machine), leg press, hamstring and quad machines.  Scary when you have knee problems, but believe me, it really helps.
Reply:It has been my experience that anytime fork trucks are around anything can and eventually will be damaged by them. Your scale protection will only cause the fork truck operators to be more inventive in how they damage your scale. Good luck .-Spike
Reply:Originally Posted by larpheadIt works OK. Still a bit small for some of the stuff we do. Wont cut stainless larger than 16ga, the foot pedal is jacked up so you have to push the bypass button on the airswitch, the guard is nowhere to be found, and there is a nasty chunk of the blade at the 48" end. So you cant really shear full withe material.