Stuff you have made today

[zeppelin builder]

Used some recycled stainless beams (100x100 x 8mm IIRC) to make a heavy duty platform for a new hot water tank in our dairy.
Started this the other day, dragged my Lorch into the tankhouse with cooler, long leads etc, and tried to keep it all clean, worked well... decided last night that it would be easier finishing the welding with the small inverter with air-cooled lift-TIG.
I was wrong It takes more than 30 mins to get used to lift-TIG, and it's rubbish on stainless, since breaking the arc instantly oxidises the weld... suppose people use run-off tabs for this sort of thing, but in general I hated it and found it really hard work, remembering to turn gas on, off, breaking the arc, turning gas off, no slopes, etc. Not the worst looking weld, but some nasty dirty ends.

Next thing to do is going to be converting the valved torch to fit to the Lorch with a button, because I use gear, not talent, to acheive my aims

another way is to get an asistant to back the current off to minimum as you finish
or a foot pedal of course

 

[Memmeddu]

Started learning something today
I watched some videos on YouTube about electronics and how to check the components ,all this because I have to buy a plasma cutter in those weeks ,and I can't afford a branded one so I go for cheap , and I would like to be prepared in case I kill it and the warranty service doesn't work as should be (buying Chinese stuff it may happen)
This morning went to the clinic for a TAC ,I did survive.
The medic said me to keep calm ,I thought because someone is scared to stay into a tube , but I said him that I was I tired so I could even sleep into the Tac machine

 

[Cobbler]

TAC, Is that what we know as an MRI magnetic resonance imaging? A scan.

 

[Memmeddu]

TAC, Is that what we know as an MRI magnetic resonance imaging? A scan.

Yes it is

 

[Cobbler]

Yes it is

Hope it all goes well for you

 

[Tupers]

I got the hot glue gun out and stuck a miniature rocket stove together. Hopefully it’ll kick out enough heat to roast marshmallows.

 

[Memmeddu]

Hope it all goes well for you

I hope too
Thanks
I have another month of therapy
Then hopefully I should be in condition to have a "litostrisia" and with a little bit of attention I should have not renal problems anymore

 

[Memmeddu]

I got the hot glue gun out and stuck a miniature rocket stove together. Hopefully it’ll kick out enough heat to roast marshmallows.
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Now you have to split mini logs with a mini axe

 

[Windy Miller]

Started learning something today
I watched some videos on YouTube about electronics and how to check the components ,all this because I have to buy a plasma cutter in those weeks ,and I can't afford a branded one so I go for cheap , and I would like to be prepared in case I kill it and the warranty service doesn't work as should be (buying Chinese stuff it may happen)
This morning went to the clinic for a TAC ,I did survive.
The medic said me to keep calm ,I thought because someone is scared to stay into a tube , but I said him that I was I tired so I could even sleep into the Tac machine

I have had a few MRI scans, and nearly every time I have fallen asleep inside it. Yeah it’s noisy but the drumming just sends me off. I find it quite soothing!

 

[Dcal]

Today I made (or more correctly finished) the baffles for the stove I'm fixing.





Made out of 5mm thick 316l stainless, so should last longer than the last mild steel ones.



Stainless is lovely to weld with stick, even for me.

 

[Turbo]

Used some recycled stainless beams (100x100 x 8mm IIRC) to make a heavy duty platform for a new hot water tank in our dairy.
Started this the other day, dragged my Lorch into the tankhouse with cooler, long leads etc, and tried to keep it all clean, worked well... decided last night that it would be easier finishing the welding with the small inverter with air-cooled lift-TIG.
I was wrong It takes more than 30 mins to get used to lift-TIG, and it's rubbish on stainless, since breaking the arc instantly oxidises the weld... suppose people use run-off tabs for this sort of thing, but in general I hated it and found it really hard work, remembering to turn gas on, off, breaking the arc, turning gas off, no slopes, etc. Not the worst looking weld, but some nasty dirty ends.

Next thing to do is going to be converting the valved torch to fit to the Lorch with a button, because I use gear, not talent, to acheive my aims

I learned tig on a huge square wave Murex welder, with every control you'd want, water cooled torch, foot pedal & an absolute dream to use but totally impractical to bring up the floor in a busy food factory!
We had a small tig for on site repairs but this was 25 years ago & small portable tig sets were very basic, something like your Jasic with scratch start & a valved torch. It was a very big difference going from the Murex to this but after a while you got the hang of it & produced functional welds, though not always pretty!

 

[Memmeddu]

I have had a few MRI scans, and nearly every time I have fallen asleep inside it. Yeah it’s noisy but the drumming just sends me off. I find it quite soothing!

Yes it's not bad,I just close my eyes because the laser was annoying me

 

[Memmeddu]

Today I made (or more correctly finished) the baffles for the stove I'm fixing.

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Made out of 5mm thick 316l stainless, so should last longer than the last mild steel ones.

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Stainless is lovely to weld with stick, even for me.

Every time I use stainless rods I never flip up the helmet .
And yes stainless rods are lovely to use , and this is the proof ,E316L bead done to remove a key (over kill but I didn't want to waste more than half electrode so I had practice on it)

 

[Chillitt]

I have made one side of my rubbishy old van fit for an MOT. I should have got straight on with the other side but my enthusiasm seems to have left me. No pictures as its all underneath and ugly as sin...

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I have made one side of my rubbishy old van fit for an MOT. I should have got straight on with the other side but my enthusiasm seems to have left me No pictures as its all underneath and ugly as sin...

Play with the dyke, pull your finger out.
Do I need to supply milk?

 

[Chillitt]

Play with the dyke, pull your finger out.
Do I need to supply milk?

Fully stocked and the dyke dried up. They did mention snow in the forecast this morning though..

 

[zeppelin builder]

Today I made (or more correctly finished) the baffles for the stove I'm fixing.

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Made out of 5mm thick 316l stainless, so should last longer than the last mild steel ones.

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Stainless is lovely to weld with stick, even for me.

it will last a bit longer of course

i made a baffle out 6mo stainless and it was bullet proof no warpage or burning
great material if you can get hold of it d

yes 316 it great to stick weld downhand but needs a skilled welder to do positional work
usualy with a remote in one hand to vary the current

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Busy day. Dodging tree surgeons and a shed load of cladding delivered I'm surprised I got this far.

Only the floor down when I arrived today

 

[Memmeddu]

Little bit long day and I'm finally on the coach
So this morning I had to talk about repairing a 1970's Bosch 2 speeds drill with a customer .
Then I went to the automotive parts shop and I bought a 6204Z ball bearing for the three phase compressor motor
The I repaired a McCulloch weed trimmer
Went to the super market and bought some food , water etc
Had launch focaccia with tomatoes ,olive oil,salt and salami then some potatoes
Replaced the ball bearing on the compressor motor , closed it up
I have to replace the box and the terminals
I Put a wood panel onto the "scaffolding" I made the other day , using some self-drilling screws
Clean up little bit the mess I made
Got a shower
And now I'm waiting for eat something
I think I'm little bit tired but I'm not sure

 

[Dr.Al]

Had a bit of time in the workshop this evening, so I made a couple of things:

First was a little switch box to go on the front of the welding trolley - allows me to leave the foot pedal and the torch switch both plugged in and switch between the two without faffing about unscrewing the connector. I put two switches on it: one controls the potentiometer connections, the other controls the switch connections. This means I can play around with pedal+4T operation if I'm so inclined (switching on/off at the torch but controlling current with my foot), although the main reason I did it was wanting to switch all the connections over (and I only had 4PDT switches). I probably could have just "commoned" up the 0 V lines, and switched everything in one go, but there you go.

The switch box also offers one big side benefit for me - when I'm setting up while sitting at the bench, I often press the foot pedal by accident. The spark doesn't go anywhere as the torch is nowhere near the work, but it wastes a bit of argon. The right-hand switch on the box is a quick way to disable the switch function and stop this happening.

Switch box fitted on the left and gutted on the right:

The second thing I made was mostly a lot of brass swarf! Machined a bar of 31.75 mm (1¼") brass round bar to turn it into a 22 mm square bar.

Work in progress:

Parts so far: