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1.5x.125 square bent by hand, well- 24 foot of leverage does the job. Balls and hemi's came from King Metals. Hand plasma'd the brackets. Heat and beat the c scrolls. Threw together lift to install, used a worm gear winch powered by drill to raise.Peter Attached ImagesEquipment:2  old paws2  eyes (that don't look so good)1  bad back
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Reply:That looks great.  My first thought was that was going to weigh a ton, but then I saw the pillars -- which look plenty stout.What thickness is the stock for the lattice pieces?Jack OlsenMy garage website
Reply:ThanksI didn't weigh it but guess each one was about 130 to 150lbs. Lattice is 3/16 x 1. Those pillars as well as the rest of the construction is 10 x 10 cypress. Place is nice the pics doesn't do it justice.PeterEquipment:2  old paws2  eyes (that don't look so good)1  bad back
Reply:Those are beautifully done.  The scale "works" and that restaurant patio looks like a very pleasant place.  Like that lift.  Gonna have to remember that when I set my patio arch.  BTW, even your front yard (?where you set up the bench) looks like a good place to pull out a directors chair and have a brew after work!   Keep up the good work ... your welding on cast posts were VERY informative too.
Reply:That pavillion is behind a good customers house, next to her pool. Pavillion is 40 x 60. The cypress doors that can be seen as well as 12 or 15 more in this construction came from New Orleans, most are 150 to over 200 years old. Floor is large slate slabs, and there is lots of granite counter tops one of them 6 x 12 foot. Full size fire place, large flat screen, comercial grade cooking appliances and a nice sound system. I picked up and left about noon, she was having friends over for the LSU game this afternoon.PeterEquipment:2  old paws2  eyes (that don't look so good)1  bad back
Reply:Awesome job!!  Hope you made good money to compensate the quality of work. Was it fun getting your welding table out to the site?
Reply:You get all the fun jobs......zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:Real nice work!!  Like those extention legs on that wood ladder!!  Bob
Reply:Originally Posted by toomanytoyzzAwesome job!!  Hope you made good money to compensate the quality of work. Was it fun getting your welding table out to the site?
Reply:that is unreal !!!good job! i like the steel balls(haha) where can you buy them! i have lots that are 1.25'' but none that big
Reply:Nice work!
Reply:Excellent job, Peter!  Did you design it as well? I would be proud to do something like that.
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Reply:ProfessionalDavidReal world weldin.  When I grow up I want to be a tig weldor.
Reply:That is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!! great stuff, now maybe you can buy a bigger ladder LOL... did you do the design also?
Reply:I get the steel balls from a friend that has a cement pumping bussenes. They are the valve balls in the pump. They are about 3/16 inch thick material and there are two sizes.I think 4.5 and 6. Mac.  Here are a couple of Fusty Rucking Turtles with Balls for heads that I made.  Mac Attached Images
Reply:Thats some of the nicest work Ive seen in a long time. Real wrought Iron work.  Very very nice. Mac
Reply:Very nice,good job!
Reply:very nice work
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Reply:i thought the ball were for the scrubber tank in the vacuum trailer at first great jobLincoln Power Arc 4000 Thermal Arc Fabricator 252 iThermal arc 186Thermal Arc 26 tigTweeko 200 amp spool gunHobart AirForce 400WP-17V-12R
Reply:Originally Posted by romanthat is unreal !!!good job! i like the steel balls(haha) where can you buy them! i have lots that are 1.25'' but none that big
Reply:Excellent workmanship. Quality always shines through.every nice job looks greatCreative metal Creative metal Facebook
Reply:I have always been a great fabricator working off of drawings but never a great artist. Great job and you should be proud.CERTIFICATIONS:7018M- H.V.O10718M- H.V.O11018M- H.V.O9N10- H.V.O71T-1-HYM- H.O.V100S1 PULSE ARC 0,035- H.O.V100S1 PULSE ARC 0.045- H.O.VER70S-3 PULSE ARC 0.035 H.O.VER70S-3 PULSE ARC 0.045 H.O.VER5554- H.O.V
Reply:Originally Posted by reccymechExcellent workmanship. Quality always shines through.
Reply:that looks great! thanks for posting the bending jig pictures, I know this site has helped me think of many jigs for my projects because for me jigs are a nessesity!
Reply:looks great.I will show the wife (that means I must really like it)Dave ReberWadsworth Ohio
Reply:Originally Posted by barefooter14that looks great! Thanksthanks for posting the bending jig pictures, I know this site has helped me think of many jigs for my projects because for me jigs are a nessesity!
Reply:Quite striking.  Really nice work.Did the table move while bending?  How can you actually bend of the 24' tube?
Reply:Those are each 12 foot long, I bent more than I needed and had to miter on the straight legs comming off the bend. I bent probablt 13 or 14 foot total and the had to stick a rail road bar in it to make up for lost leverage.ThanksPeterEquipment:2  old paws2  eyes (that don't look so good)1  bad back
Reply:Forgot, the table was in gravel and did not move. Maybe on concrete it would have.Equipment:2  old paws2  eyes (that don't look so good)1  bad back
Reply:I'd like to see that.PeterEquipment:2  old paws2  eyes (that don't look so good)1  bad back
Reply:Thanks for posting that, the sphere in the link is pricy! The steel 4 inch spheres I used were .118 inch thick, I bought them from King Metals for $7.99. I will not be building my own unless I really, really have too. King shows up to 12 inch steel spheres at about 60 dollars.PeterEquipment:2  old paws2  eyes (that don't look so good)1  bad back
Reply:Peter:Excellent work!! Very artistic. I really like the custom iron work, adds a lot to the final design. I have a question. In the first couple of pix's you show your bending template. What size steel did you use for the web portion? I have a job to do on a stair railing for outside for a friend and it involves a bend segment that will be on a 7 foot radius and I need to build a similar template to bend the 1 1/2 sched 40 pipe for it.Also, the picture showing the ruler is a little washed out so the offset doesn't show up.Thanks and keep the pix coming. Incidently, where in Louisiana are you?Glenn.Sign on East Texas payphone: Calls to God 40 cents......it's a local call...
Reply:Originally Posted by StampederPeter:Excellent work!! Very artistic. I really like the custom iron work, adds a lot to the final design. I have a question. In the first couple of pix's you show your bending template. What size steel did you use for the web portion? I have a job to do on a stair railing for outside for a friend and it involves a bend segment that will be on a 7 foot radius and I need to build a similar template to bend the 1 1/2 sched 40 pipe for it.Also, the picture showing the ruler is a little washed out so the offset doesn't show up.Thanks and keep the pix coming. Incidently, where in Louisiana are you?Glenn.
Reply:Oh forgot Stampeder my shop is in Eunice.PeterEquipment:2  old paws2  eyes (that don't look so good)1  bad back
Reply:Thanks Peter. I actually went with a four foot buck (why is it called a buck?). I don't have a plasma torch just an oxy/actelene. I'm not very good with it though so the cord looks a bit like a drunken sailor did it.Later today I'll be welding on the outer 1/4X2 flat and getting the pipe out to bend. If it doesn't get too dark I'll take some pix's. I'll be doing the cold bend.Turns out you're a ways south. I'm about 80 miles directly west of Shreveport.GlennSign on East Texas payphone: Calls to God 40 cents......it's a local call...
Reply:Outstanding work! Nicely designed and executed. Is that a powder coat finish? Did you weave or overlay the lattuce?
Reply:Originally Posted by Canoe2fishOutstanding work! Nicely designed and executed. Is that a powder coat finish? Did you weave or overlay the lattuce?
Reply:wow! very nice. real craftsmanship.Weldanpower 225 G7Ironworkers Local #24
Reply:fine quality workmanship, really a beautiful job!!!
Reply:Originally Posted by tenpinswow! very nice. real craftsmanship.