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Ok guys, Lets see some of the random stuff you've come up with just with scrap metal. Not paid jobs, or class projects. Just stuff you've built because you've had the time and the metal to do so.I'll post a picture or two tonight so long as the site stays up.There are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
Reply:since I only have scrap from my out of pocket projects, I don't have much of it. lol! As for being bored, when I was in school I made a couple stainless things, one was a tray for my keys to get tossed into when I come home, and the other was a tooth brush holder... both tigged.. no pics though.www.thefusionsolution.com
Reply:Oxy-Acetylene welded flask, and plasma cut spade belt buckle. Flask is just a paper weight since it's made from mild steel. Might make a stainless one next time I have time to waste.
Reply:I made some cool stuff, but I was told I was required to have a permit by the ATF to keep it. lol The one guy that works for me makes all kinds of art work from scrap. I will get a picture of some of them I have.Lincoln 300 Vantage 2008300 Commander 1999SA250 1999SA200 1968Miller Syncrowave 200XMT350MPA/S-52E/xr-15Xtreme 12vs Millermatic 251 w/30A Millermatic 251 Dialarc 250 Hypertherm 1250 GEKA & Bantom Ironwokers
Reply:I can't sayDisclaimer; "I am just an a$$hole welder, don't take it personally ."
Reply:Originally Posted by Xtreme FabricationI made some cool stuff, but I was told I was required to have a permit by the ATF to keep it. lol
Reply:lolMore: http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=58517Welding/Fab Pics: www.UtahWeld.com
Reply:I posted pics awhile back of making a small chipper shredder into a leaf vac to mount on my rider and a small enclosed tlr to blow the Fall leaves into. Except for the chipper and some a/c duct it was mostly built of stuff I already had laying around. See the "low budget leaf vac" thread. I'm not internet savvy enough to post a link to it. MikeOl' Stonebreaker "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes"Hobart G-213 portableMiller 175 migMiller thunderbolt ac/dc stick Victor O/A setupMakita chop saw
Reply:Here are a few pictures of the snowboard rack I made. Built it out of an old Engine stand that had never made it out of the box after 7 years. This was put together with my old Lincoln WeldPak HD. The rack will hold up to 6 snowboards or skis. Attached ImagesLast edited by ThorsHammer; 08-06-2011 at 12:39 AM.There are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
Reply:These two are the projects that got me to start this post. first is the light weight welding table made from an loft bed frame from IKEA, and the second is the Trailer dolly I made yesterday from 1.25" galv pipe I had laying around. Attached ImagesThere are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
Reply:One of my guys built a couple of dip can dispensers(think a larger scale pez machine) out of some old tubing. He put on in his truck and couple in the fridge in the shop. He was bored, I gave him pipe, and told him to build something i have never seen. I had a cousin build a potato gun out of schedule 40 steel pipe. It took 3 guys to hold the damn thing up, but definitely launched spuds alot further than pvcGo Cards!!!!!
Reply:TH, could you explain the second picture shoing the hitch and two bolts?
Reply:Here's some items I built from scraps.http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=55421
Reply:TH, could you explain the second picture shoing the hitch and two bolts?[/QUOTEThe two bolts are stabilizers. they screw down onto the outside of the receiver when the rack is fully installed. just stuck the end it to take pictures. It keeps the rack from flopping side to side in the corners, as there is a little bit of play in the connection of most hitches, and receivers.There are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
Reply:Originally Posted by ThorsHammerThe two bolts are stabilizers. they screw down onto the outside of the receiver when the rack is fully installed. just stuck the end it to take pictures. It keeps the rack from flopping side to side in the corners, as there is a little bit of play in the connection of most hitches, and receivers.
Reply:like I said, the rack wasn't fully installed. you can see the hitch lock is in the rack, but not into the receiver. when the rack is fully installed those bolts hit the outside of the receiver and lock the rack into place. There are holes drilled through the plate that the nuts are welded to.There are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
Reply:like I said, the rack wasn't fully installed. you can see the hitch lock is in the rack, But not into the receiver. when the rack is fully installed those bolts hit the outside of the receiver and lock the rack into place. There are holes drilled through the plate that the nuts are welded too.There are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
Reply:Almost every little project I've welded so far since I got a TIG machine is in here:http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=46707Miller Dynasty 200 DXBuildPro TMA52238 (38" x 22")Miller MP-10 & Jackson Nexgen EQC20 Ton Press & Swag HD Press Brake
Reply:This is my first post so I hope the link works. It's a series of photos of the mig cart I built from scrap/recycled material. Total cost was for a bit of FC wire. I can now use my cyl of C25. Hurray.My first true Mig project after this cart was a welding table made from more recycled bits and pieces. I will take some pics of that and post here.https://picasaweb.google.com/115281722074541390576/MyMigCart?authkey=Gv1sRgCN7s3cLz15rnmAE#5627495752 373338258[/URL]
Reply:I guess quick reply doesn't like links. Let's see if this works. If not copy and paste.edit: this is even worse. i give up.
Reply:Don't give upoptimizer999 (aka Jim). Nice job on the shopping cart turned welding cart.There is a "sticky thread" on how to post pictures located in this project section of the site. Give it a read for tips and advice. http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=111
Reply:Though it's not a welding project YET, I thought you guys would appreciate my mobile flip top tool cart. My shop is quite small (16'x12') so space is at a premium. I don't have room to have stationary workbenches/pedestals to hold my bench top tools. So I made this. Lumber left over from the shop build. The only things I bought for the project were the casters ($14.99 at HD 600 lbs total weight capacity), a three way plug adapter, and a 12" .5" schedule 40 pipe nipple to make the pivot hinges out of. let me know what you think. Attached ImagesThere are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
Reply:with the saw up. And one of it in it's stowed location in the shop. Attached ImagesThere are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
Reply:If by scrap metal, you mean what's left over from an HHO generator after a flashback through 2 bubblers, here's what I came up with last winter. These are the stainless plates from the cell, plasma cut and fusion TIG welded. The HHO generator did work, but was useless for anything other than slowly cutting up small nails or making puddles of NaOH in the garage. Attached Images----------MM180Lincoln PrecisionTig 225Hypertherm PM45Dyn 200dx
Reply:Thorshammer that is outstanding! I also have a small shop and have had a similar project on the drawing board for a long time now (too long in fact). My design is a metal framework on casters with a cube in the middle that can rotate. 2 of the faces of the cube are used for the spindle but that leaves 4 surfaces - one each for the bench grinder, scroll saw, bandsaw, and belt sander. I really need to get that project done. thanks for sharing and giving me the inspiration to work on mine.not to be a downer, but how much space is the 4 sided unit going to take up? and how far are you going to have to be from the tool if there is another tool sticking out at you? because it's 4 sided, instead of two sided you'll always have two tools sticking out horizontally. this creates limited accessability to the tool you want to use. This is kind of why I did only two sided on mine. I made it long enough to fit both the sander and grinder on one side. which left plenty of room for the miter on the other. In your case, I would figure out what the shortest combination of two tools per-side would be and work off the straight flip top system. You may also want to consider the weight that that unit is going to have to carry. which directly effects the way it flips, and the way it settles . With mine, the combination of the sander and the grinder, that side out weighs the miter side by more than 90 lbs. So the rotation of the top requires some heft, but can be done without banging stuff around if you go slow and keep controll of the weight. It's not a diffcult flip, it's just not ballanced. There is no way you're going to be able to get a 4 sided unit even close to ballanced.Another thing to consider is the electrical. are you going to plug each unit in individually, or just have 1 plug for the whole cart. In my case, I wanted one plug, that way I could just flip it and start using the tool. To do this, I make my spindles out of .5" schedule 40 pipe welded to a piece of 1.25"x.12" plate with a .75" hole drilled in it. This allowed me to pass a cord through the spindle. The cored has a 3 plug adapter on the inside of the flip top, so all 3 tools are plugged in at all times. And the cart has a 75' cord on it at all times. so I'm not limited to staying in the shop if I need to work. I can roll it to where I need to use the tools. which I typically do outside to save on clean up of saw dust/grinding dust (which is also why there is no shelf on the bottom of the unit). My table only rotates 180*. That way the cord doesn't get wound up.I also plan on doing the cart in metal in the future. But for now it gets the job done.Last edited by ThorsHammer; 08-10-2011 at 12:03 PM.There are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
Reply:A bike work stand that tilts made using a table from a Drs. Office and store display rack parts plus a winch from a commercial chicken house.A mig cart made from store fixture parts & pieces tossed behind a business..Traded the Clarke off for a 27' Ford Motorhome so the cart will now haul the HH140 and I added a platform to the bottom to support the gas bottle too. Attached Images
Reply:Set of rocket shelvesnautiluscartweird ball of gearstoy bulldozer
Reply:Very inventive... Love the dozer & Nautilus (what is that a turbo?)
Reply:VERY nice MNT. that Bulldozer is awesome, my kids would love it.There are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
Reply:Originally Posted by mudbugoneVery inventive... Love the dozer & Nautilus (what is that a turbo?)
Reply:I keep looking the dozer over...and see if you push down on the windscreen? the blade goes up...correct? Pretty slick..
Reply:Originally Posted by mudbugoneI keep looking the dozer over...and see if you push down on the windscreen? the blade goes up...correct? Pretty slick..
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Reply:Built a small portable table top test pipe clamp that would rotate fully from horizontal to vertical out of plate and nuts and bolts. It could hold 3 inch, 4 inch, and 6 inch pipe.Built several arm rests and about to build a new one that will raise and lower and pivot. Built a stand for my locker out of angle iron, 1'x3'x3'. Next week I plan to make some hurricane balls.Welding Supervisor Department of Corrections.
Reply:I made 2 tool posts out of <$14 of "scrap pile" steel from the local steel yard. They are both approximately 2 feet tall, and are made to fit on a trailer hitch draw bar in place of the ball. One of them is drilled for my vices and Harbor Freight tube notcher, the other is set up for my JD2 tube bender and/or is sturdy enough to be used as a small anvil.I think they came out good because A) I don't have to drill holes in my floor to mount a tool post especially since I move every few years, B) they were incredibly cheap, and C) I can use any size material and not worry about hitting the walls in my work shop (I like to weld outside when it isn't windy)-FH5
Reply:thorshammer, I like the table. I should have done that a few years ago when I had a woodshop.
Reply:Scott,if you've got a circular saw, and a drill you can build that table. I've got a scale-able design on google sketchup for the metal version I plan on making. the plan as it is would make it able to be boxed. Flat stacked where all the components fit into eachother. Mainly using .12 wall squire tubing. box will be heavy, but having it able to ship like that makes it more marketable in the future. assuming that no one steals the idea and takes it to market before I can. I'm also designing the mount cross members for the top to be moveable and either bolt on or weld on per the purchasers desires. This will allow for any number of tool set ups. the only limitation is the height of the tools. I haven't gotten any true measurements for the maximum height of a tool in rotation but I think it will work with most bench top type tools save a drill press.There are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
Reply:Originally Posted by ThorsHammernot to be a downer, but how much space is the 4 sided unit going to take up? and how far are you going to have to be from the tool if there is another tool sticking out at you? because it's 4 sided, instead of two sided you'll always have two tools sticking out horizontally. this creates limited accessability to the tool you want to use.
Reply:Fuzz,It would definately take up less space than 4 stands. But even having it rotate sideways you would be back from the tool. just to allow for clearance of the supports. If you could come up with a support strong enough to only attach to 1 side of the cube (think rotating engine stand) you might have something. that way the side closest to where you're working on wouldn't have anything to clear, and therefore could have the tool as close to the edge (over even overhanging) as you wanted. In this case youre biggest issued would be making sure the base is sufficient to support the levered weight load (all the weight on a pole sticking out from the structure). You'll notice on Engine stands, and hoists, the base extends past the point of the load. This could impeed getting to the tool, but if you made it U shapped than you might be ok, save the trip hazard when walking away from the tool.There are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
Reply:[QUOTE=ThorsHammer;541516... a support strong enough to only attach to 1 side of the cube (think rotating engine stand) ...
Reply:Have you measured the bases or the 4 tools you want to do this with? how big would you have to make the cube to accommodate all 4 tools? (foot print of the largest tool x" wide by x" deep)There are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
Reply:Here's my contribution to having too much time and extra material.I love the smell of burning metal.
Reply:Originally Posted by ThorsHammerFuzz,It would definately take up less space than 4 stands. But even having it rotate sideways you would be back from the tool. just to allow for clearance of the supports. If you could come up with a support strong enough to only attach to 1 side of the cube (think rotating engine stand) you might have something. that way the side closest to where you're working on wouldn't have anything to clear, and therefore could have the tool as close to the edge (over even overhanging) as you wanted. In this case youre biggest issued would be making sure the base is sufficient to support the levered weight load (all the weight on a pole sticking out from the structure). You'll notice on Engine stands, and hoists, the base extends past the point of the load. This could impeed getting to the tool, but if you made it U shapped than you might be ok, save the trip hazard when walking away from the tool.
Reply:The base to my welding table was made from scrap. It came from shipping skids that equipment comes in on at work.The material for my welders cart came from the same place. The was part of a protective cage that was around the skid the table was made from.
Reply:Guess I have the same idea as a lot of guys.btw Long-time Lurker, first time Poster. Attached Images
Reply:Just mainly pieces of yard art and some coat/hat hangers. [IMG][IMG][IMG][/IMG][/IMG][/IMG][/IMG]
Reply:I can't sit still and I am always playin around outside of work or side jobs. A lot of projects I just give away, but here's a few. I got the idea of the railroad spike buck from one of our GRUMPEYCRICKETS art works so I can't take full credit for that one. Thanks Grump! Attached ImagesI hate being bi-polar it's awsomeMy Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Reply:Originally Posted by weldermikeI can't sit still and I am always playin around outside of work or side jobs. A lot of projects I just give away, but here's a few. I got the idea of the railroad spike buck from one of our GRUMPEYCRICKETS art works so I can't take full credit for that one. Thanks Grump!
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