A couple things I made at school

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Hey guys!!Well, we're now into the last quarter of our first year of welding school... I go to a high school vocational school. I love it, and I've learned a lot this year... In the beginning of the year, we learned how to use a torch, how to o/a weld in all positions, how to braze, and then we went on to stick welding. I think its my favorite process to run, and we learned how to run 6010, 6011, 6013, 7018, and 7024 in all positions (except for 7024 obviously). And now, we're learning how to read blueprints. We all made a hose holder as kind of a guided activity, but these two things were the first time the teacher essentially gave us a paper and said "build this". I like it, its kind of like putting a puzzle together. I got a 100% on the jig holder, and a 95% on the can crusher.The first thing I made was a "Tool jig holder". Apparently, our teacher made something like this when he worked at a manufacturing plant "back in the day", and modified it a little for his lesson plan years later. Its rather useless for me, but I'm pretty proud of it none the less.And the next thing I built is this can crusher. It works great, and I plan on spending lots of quality time with it next summer, when I start scrapping again.We got to weld these using any rod we wanted to, so I used 7018 for the most part. I used 1/8" Hobart for most things, and 3/32 Excaliber for the thinner stuff. For the thin-walled-pipe, I used 3/32 6013. When I was done welding all this stuff, I bead-blasted all of it, and sprayed the tool jig with clear coat, and did the can crusher with both clear and red spray paint, several coats of each. I knew the paint wouldn't last for long on there, but I wanted it to look good when it got graded.Just wanted to share [Account Abandoned 8/8/16 Please Do Not Attempt Contact Or Expect A Reply]. See you on YouTube! -ChuckE2009
Reply:Boy thats a serious heavy duty can crusher, Looks Good.Some Blue , Some Red & Some GreyProverbs 16:2-3.2 "All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord. 3 Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans."
Reply:I wish my teacher would just hand us blueprints to make stuff. He gave us stuff from his shop he owns and told use the object to make the blueprints, and how many sides would actually need to be drawn to make the given part.
Reply:Looks good, I would put more time into removing all the spatter before bead blasting. It would look much better IMO.Leo