My Welding Intro (With Pictures)

[crash325]

Great job! You definitely have some skill! I agree with others you can turn this into a career if you want!

Look forward to more posts and pics! Oh, and WELCOME to the forum!

I think he is taking credit for work done by that fine looking dog. :laughing:
Looks almost like my big girl, a Mastiff runt of only 140 pounds or so.

Have fun & keep up the good work.

 

[Gary Fowler]

Welcome to TBN. Welding looks very good. Got to watch those engineers on here though. They are always questioning someone elses design however this one about the flue ducts does seem to have some merit on the smoker and why so many of them. Most hot boxes on smokers I have seen have one air intake on the front door where you load the wood then the hot gas and smoke goes into the pit side for requlation of the exhaust on the far end of the pit away from the firebox. Just my observations.

 

[jake98]

We finally got somebody with some talent here.. Welcome to the forum Chuck!

 

[Turbys_1700]

Nice job on the welding projects...
What set up do you have?

 

[rockinmywaypa]

Nice to see a teenager doing something constructive instead of playing video games. I liked your ring roller but how do you tighten it down, how do you start the rod into it if it's bolted solidly to start with.

 

[RobertBrown]

Looks good, lots of work :thumbsup:
Be sure and protect the dogs eyes form the arc too.

 

[rsewill]

Safety first. Whatever you lose you can never get back.

 

[killdozerd11]

Well there goes the neighborhood! :laughing::laughing::thumbsup:

Yep :laughing:

 

[ChuckE2009]

Well there goes the neighborhood! :laughing::laughing::thumbsup:

Yeeeeehaw!! Ya know, I never really understood what the saying means. lol. Good to see you here

Darn Chuck, you done good!:thumbsup: Nice work, and nice projects. Enjoyed looking..

James K0UA

Thanks!! I'll have many more to come...

Nice looking work. Better than mine looks, which isn't saying much though.

Thanks for the compliment!! I havent been welding for very long (2009 in the garage at home, 2010 in the shop at school)... All you have to do, is to have the desire to make your next weld better than the last. Im still learning too

I think you have a future in it if you wanted one

Thanks!! Im trying... I really like to weld, and I don't want to work in an office, so we'll see how it goes. My setup? Ive got a Hobart Stickmate with a scratch-start tig rig, a Hobart Handler 187 wirefeed, and a Hypertherm Powermax 45 plasma cutter

Not Bad ChuckE, while your young LEARN Solidworks preferably or
AUTOCAD. GOOGLE'S SketchUp is free and VERY powerful. Drawing your
designs in CAD then having a plasma or water jet company cut
complicated parts and mailing them to you will open up a whole new
world.
When the "Light" came on in my head and I buckled down and
learned it was one the smartest things I ever did. It turns a guy into
a quality fabricator...believe it...

Thank you!! Im trying, lol. I've got it installed on my computer but I don't have the time... Im in high school full time and I work three jobs... SOOOOOON!! lol. I will, thanks for the advice

Nice to see a teenager doing something constructive instead of playing video games. I liked your ring roller but how do you tighten it down, how do you start the rod into it if it's bolted solidly to start with.

I try lol... Actually, I bet I spend as much time on the computer doing internet related things as I do in the shop, maybe more... The ring roller? The two outside rollers are adjustable up and down, by simply removing the bolts and putting it back in another set of holes. To start the rings, I bend the end of the stock slightly then crank er' through :thumbsup:

And to everyone else, thanks for looking!! Yall sure are a welcoming bunch

 

[Shield Arc]

Yeeeeehaw!! Ya know, I never really understood what the saying means. lol. Good to see you here

About time you showed up!

I went up to the north end of the county yesterday to see a buddy of mine. I wish I would have taken my camera! He is building a roller for his brother n law who has a 600 acre farm in Montana. The roller is 24-inches in dia. 3/4-inch wall, and must be 20-feet long. He said his brother n law paid 20-cents a pound for the pipe in the local scrap yard. Wonder if there would be a market for rollers in your farming town?