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hurt myself....well, I did bloody my thumb a little when a bristle from the wire brush stuck in me....  ......The Wife bought me a little Harbor Freight wire welder for Christmas along with a metal cut-off saw.....I decided to make me a small welding table to practice my welding skills....only had about 2 weeks of welding instruction in the 7th and 8th grade.....a buddy of mine did show me some basics of how to use this welder.....I'm NO expert by any means....woodworking is more my speed.....something about not liking fire or something like that??!!...... ......the main reason I wanted it was to add a small electrical winch to the tongue of my landscape trailer in case I ever need to pull a "dead" mower up on it again....or heaven forbid a motorcycle.....  Well, I won't be taking any jobs away from a REAL welder....most of the welds looked rough, but I think they will hold together.....  .......I started by measuring the top piece for the table....it was about half the cost of a true rectangular piece(I should have payed for a squared up piece)....I made the frame the width of the shortest side....21.5"....by 60"....  I also bought some angle iron.....here's Lucy Little Foot surveying the situation to see if she could help or not.....NOT, I was making too much noise and sparks....  I got the "Boss" to take a couple of pics of the Mad Welder.....   I turned it upside down and began adding the legs....trying to square them up with magnets...not as easy as it should have been.....   I added more bracing to make it sturdy....placed it on a level sidewalk and it was square to the ground.....  I just laid the loose top on it to get an idea of what it'll look like when it's cut to size and tacked on.....  I already regret not getting the top already squared up....it's only about 3/16" thick, but I don't have an easy way to cut it....I don't think I have a cut-off wheel....nor a cutting torch(too much fire for me)..... .....I may have to take it to a welding shop and let them cut it for me..... Well.....I didn't win any beauty awards, but maybe this thing will come in handy for a few things besides welding.....I still have to do a little grinding on it, clean-up and need to paint it black.....  |
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« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2011, 05:46:43 PM » |
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I gotta hand it to ya for all the PPE. I'm usually out there welding in shorts tennis shoes and a tee shirt.
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« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2011, 05:50:28 PM » |
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Couldn't help but notice the Fire Extinguisher on the porch ! |
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« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2011, 05:51:43 PM » |
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Oh, and, I have no idea how anyone can survive without a nice plasma cutter. No Idea at all. Put on on your birthday list...  |
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« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2011, 05:52:10 PM » |
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I gotta hand it to ya for all the PPE. I'm usually out there welding in shorts tennis shoes and a tee shirt.
I have got one heck of a sun/flash burn that way. I was red as a lobster. |
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« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2011, 05:53:57 PM » |
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I gotta hand it to ya for all the PPE. I'm usually out there welding in shorts tennis shoes and a tee shirt.
I have got one heck of a sun/flash burn that way. I was red as a lobster. Yeah, I can't tell you how many sun tans i gotten from my Tig, that thing will really tan your hide. |
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Stanley Steamer
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« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2011, 06:07:43 PM » |
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I gotta hand it to ya for all the PPE. I'm usually out there welding in shorts tennis shoes and a tee shirt.
I'm always pretty safety oriented....my Crew at work will tell ya that I stay on them hard about wearing their safety vests, eye protection, hearing protection, and hard hats when necessary..... ....I HAVE to be able to look at the lovely Ladies and hear their sweet voices.... |
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« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2011, 06:23:15 PM » |
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Stan, you need to recruit about 3 pals to help move it inside. I had a customer that welded one about twice that size with 1/2 plate......He had to rent a fork lift to get into his shop  |
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Stanley Steamer
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« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2011, 06:25:59 PM » |
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Stan, you need to recruit about 3 pals to help move it inside. I had a customer that welded one about twice that size with 1/2 plate......He had to rent a fork lift to get into his shop I used 1/8" angle iron....the whole frame is lighter than the weight of the top....I can carry the top with no problem.....I planned on putting two wheels on one end anyways.....kind of like grills have on them..... |
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« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2011, 10:38:32 AM » |
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Looks like a reasonably good job you happen to be doing...much better than my first attempts with a HF tig that I bought at the surplus store for 10 bucks and put 76 bucks into the missing parts..like most, I was tending to run the bead to quickly..at any rate though practice hasn't made me perfect but definitely improved...keep on keepin on and you'll have yourself a lot of fun with it..
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« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2011, 11:59:06 AM » |
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Looks good to me from here. For a first project ya done good.
Square is overrated anyway.
My motto, the bigger the glob, the better the job.
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Aot of guys with burn marks,gnarly scars and funny twitches ask why I spend so much on safety gear
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« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2011, 01:36:22 PM » |
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« Reply #13 on: March 14, 2011, 01:39:00 PM » |
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Looks like a reasonably good job you happen to be doing...much better than my first attempts with a HF tig that I bought at the surplus store for 10 bucks and put 76 bucks into the missing parts..like most, I was tending to run the bead to quickly..at any rate though practice hasn't made me perfect but definitely improved...keep on keepin on and you'll have yourself a lot of fun with it..
I never wanted to mess with welding before.....just another thing to take up some time and money....there are still only 3 things I'm reasonably good at....eating, riding, and Loving the Ladies!....... |
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« Reply #14 on: March 14, 2011, 05:43:23 PM » |
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Stanley, What's the name of this type of grass?  |
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« Reply #15 on: March 14, 2011, 06:37:04 PM » |
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Stanley, What's the name of this type of grass? Hmmmm...without a better pic of it or getting to look at it up close, my best guess is a sparse stand of dormant common bermuda grass......with patches of clover in it...... |
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« Reply #16 on: March 14, 2011, 07:15:12 PM » |
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Stanley, It really looks great from here! You might want to tie in your bottom braces but not a must. After a while the smoke, slag, burns aren't bad... just don't burn your eyes -that's not fun!  |
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Stanley Steamer
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« Reply #17 on: March 14, 2011, 07:17:22 PM » |
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Stanley, It really looks great from here! You might want to tie in your bottom braces but not a must. After a while the smoke, slag, burns aren't bad... just don't burn your eyes -that's not fun! Yeah.....RJ said I should add some gussets(braces) on the legs....it's pretty sturdy like it is now..even without the top attached....which should add even more rigidity..... |
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« Reply #18 on: March 15, 2011, 07:11:59 PM » |
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looks good to me, why didn't you just build the frame to fit the top? LOL, last time i welded was jr. high.
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Stanley Steamer
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« Reply #19 on: March 15, 2011, 07:15:56 PM » |
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looks good to me, why didn't you just build the frame to fit the top? LOL, last time i welded was jr. high.
I guess it's the woodworker in me wanting everything to be square..... |
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