Aluminum Pail Bucket

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I mentioned in another post of an idea for aluminum tread brite and that got me to thinking so I decided to make another over the 4th.   It took me a few hours to throw it together, but the outcome is one of a kind.  So here are a few steps that I took to make it.  I rolled out a piece that was covered in paper so I wouldn't scratch it up too badly.  Then I trimmed each side down to get 10" diameter for the top and 9" diameter for the bottom, tacked the two sides together and stuffed a round plate inside.  Then I used an angel indicator to make the plate consistant to the sides of the shell. Once it was fairly even, I used a level on the plate and shims under the shell to get it true in two directions.   Then I looked for the tallest point off the table and set my pen height so I could mark all the way around the piece, parallel to the table so I could cut it flat and attach the bottom.  I matched the top rim to the bottom by measuring and connecting the dots then trimming.  After the side and base were tacked pretty securely, I dogged a 2" piece of trim to the inside lip.  And here's the finished product.  I didn't much care for the angle of the handle so I ended up rolling a 3/8" s.s grip and matched it with 1/8" filler to follow the radius of the pail.  I'll post a picture of that later. Attached ImagesCommon sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
Reply:Very cool but it needs to be bigger to hold more beer! John -  fabricator extraordinaire, car nut!-  bleeding Miller blue! http://www.weldfabzone.com
Reply:...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:Oh ya
Reply:welding and beer... mmmmm    "Ask not for whom the bone bones, it bones for thee" - Bender
Reply:Very Nice! "Every choice you make will effect at least one other person"
Reply:cool ChuckASME Pressure Vessel welder
Reply:now thats the best of both worlds nice job Creative metal Creative metal Facebook
Reply:Oh isn't that cute!! In Wisconsin are beer buckets hold kegs!!!  Just kidding. Nice job DanMy instructor said someone will catch on fire during class...He wasn't joking!!
Reply:good idea, make a bucket, get hot and thirsty, drink the beer, need to put mor e beer in though....I own a 87 troopie (rust is slowly owning it  )I ride a quadand I love sticking metal together.  And I live in OZ...  (Geelong)
Reply:I managed to put 8 bottles in it at once.. they didn't last very long so I had to refil it again.   I think it was in the upper 90's so my ice didn't last half an hour in the open.Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.