Hi All,
Having recently found this forum I've been avidly looking through all the different projects people have put up.. such a great resource for ideas and information!
So having enjoyed what others have posted I though I'd post some pics of my first proper TIG project - a logging saw horse:
I've only recently learnt how to TIG weld, and so far have been really enjoying it. I had bought a welder a couple of years back but wasn't in a position to set it up, but having recently been made redundant I managed to get on a TIG course via a vocational retraining scheme - I gained a couple of codings for stainless, but no luck getting work off the back of it yet, I need to get more experience first is seems, so I keep practcing - mainly tubular junctions.
Having done a lot of practice joints I decided it would be a good idea to push myself further an take on a proper project and keep things fresh and interesting.
I'm hoping to soon weld up a bike frame and wanted something that would take me out my comfort zone with loads of out of position welding, made a bit trickier by working in whats quite a cramped space.
I ended up having to weld standing up, crouching down (at times using my knee on the pedal instead of my foot).. all good fun!
All in all I'm pretty chuffed with the end result - my Dad gets a saw horse to help him chop up firewood, something to add to the CV and good practice for the forthcoming bike project.
Hope pics were of interest, and I look forward to reading through more of this forum.
Cheers,
Mark
Having recently found this forum I've been avidly looking through all the different projects people have put up.. such a great resource for ideas and information!
So having enjoyed what others have posted I though I'd post some pics of my first proper TIG project - a logging saw horse:
I've only recently learnt how to TIG weld, and so far have been really enjoying it. I had bought a welder a couple of years back but wasn't in a position to set it up, but having recently been made redundant I managed to get on a TIG course via a vocational retraining scheme - I gained a couple of codings for stainless, but no luck getting work off the back of it yet, I need to get more experience first is seems, so I keep practcing - mainly tubular junctions.
Having done a lot of practice joints I decided it would be a good idea to push myself further an take on a proper project and keep things fresh and interesting.
I'm hoping to soon weld up a bike frame and wanted something that would take me out my comfort zone with loads of out of position welding, made a bit trickier by working in whats quite a cramped space.
I ended up having to weld standing up, crouching down (at times using my knee on the pedal instead of my foot).. all good fun!
All in all I'm pretty chuffed with the end result - my Dad gets a saw horse to help him chop up firewood, something to add to the CV and good practice for the forthcoming bike project.
Hope pics were of interest, and I look forward to reading through more of this forum.
Cheers,
Mark
