A nice little aluminum job from some tubing and sheet

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Custom attachments for an industrial central vacuum system. It is 3" diameter at the attachment with 6" diameter mains and a big positive displacement air pump (blower) .They will be used for clean up at a bulk storage and conveying facility. Had to cut reliefs in the ends so that is couldn't accidentally seal against someones body, in which case they'd have a baseball sized hicky in a matter of two seconds. Used a miller 30 A spool gun and straight argon. Some 3/4 inch schedule alum pipe for the handles...I bent them with heat and a couple pegs welded to my bench. 3" diameter tubing, about 12 gage., and some 1/8 and 3/8 sheet for the foot...1/2 round rod for retainers and 1/4" sheet formed for the outer sleeve of the foot.Last edited by Tinbasher; 01-31-2008 at 10:01 PM.
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Reply:Man, that's gorgeous, great job!
Reply:jeez!what horsepower does the vacuum system has?My Babies: HF Drill pressHF Pipe Bender3   4.5" Black and Decker angle grindersLincoln Electric PROMIG 175that´s it!
Reply:That is some beautiful work, I think I'm going to have to fabricate one of those rolling vacuum attachments for my shopvac...should make it much easier to clean up the garage floor Great work! --Wintermute"No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience." - John Lockewww.improvised-engineering.comManufacturer Agnostic:Blood----------Sweat---------Tears----|------------------|----------------|----Lincoln Red, Miller Blue, Esab Yellow
Reply:They let you play like that at work?  GREAT job.DavidReal world weldin.  When I grow up I want to be a tig weldor.