Ideas for Aluminum Diamond Plating?

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Just bought 3 sheets of 4'x5'x16g aluminum diamond plate for $45.  Mint .Anywhoo, lookin' for some ideas as to what to do with all this bling...I havent welded aluminum yet, but with some pointers...Was originally thinking new door panels for my FJ62.ThermalArc 185MillerMatic 180 w/ AutosetVictor Cutskill Oxy/AcetyleneThermal Dynamics Cutmaster 38and spite!
Reply:- tool box- trailer box- trailer fenders- sub enclosure (cover, then polish)- running boards- truck accent pieces, ie: gas door, mud "flaps", etc.John -  fabricator extraordinaire, car nut!-  bleeding Miller blue! http://www.weldfabzone.com
Reply:Wheel chocks...Oil can racks for the walls of a trailer..Trailer ramps.."Fenced in" areas for gas jugs in trailers..Battery boxes..Use your imagination.. ...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:Back splash for the kitchen, bath etc. etc. maybe a new headboard for the bed?
Reply:That stuff is practically pure aluminum. It welds better than most any other aluminum I've welded. The only advice I have for you is just don't get a big head when you show us your first aluminum welds with the nice, neat, shiny stacks of dimes. Miller Millermatic 252Miller Syncrowave 200Liincoln AC-DC 225Victor O-A Set
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Reply:Air Tank?  Gee, now that's an idea...ThermalArc 185MillerMatic 180 w/ AutosetVictor Cutskill Oxy/AcetyleneThermal Dynamics Cutmaster 38and spite!
Reply:Originally Posted by DirtyLittleSecret Air Tank?  Gee, now that's an idea...
Reply:Toilet seat/ cover. Why not, you have extra!!!!And then, after so much work...... you have it in your hand, and you look over to your side...... and the runner has run off. Leaving you holding the prize, wondering when the runner will return.
Reply:I used some very thin left overs to skin the three lower drawers of my black Craftsman tool chest. I'm always "kicking" them shut anyway!  I just used contact cement to hold 'em in place.City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Some friends moved into a new house and I didn't know what to give them other than beer.  So I went to the shop over the weekand and made an aluminum pale(like the Corona ones at the local pub).  I even reversed a 2" piece inside the rim.  It was a bit tougher than I thought it would be, getting a 10 degree angle on the sides.  But it turned out just fine.  They show it off to all their guests now.  I also made a pool stick case out of some thin aluminum also(got stole at one of those Corona bars).-MikeCommon sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.