Pictures of this weekends Welders (150k of files)

[BloomingtonMike]

Received my Lincoln IdealArc 250.
Went to my grandfathers and he gave me his OxyAcetylene setup as well. Not bad.

Also picked up a piece of railraod track from him.

And finished up my clamp rack wall.

 

[RobJ]

Nice haul, tanks look like a 80 oxy and a B acet. Hoses look pretty small, might be the pic.

and clamps, tractor guy, WW, welder. All three!! I think you have out clamped me, but in this case I didn't run out of clamps, just clamp space this weekend. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I few more ponys and I might have got it done in one clamp. Don't you hate nails... ?

 

[RobJ]

And the finished project destined to sit outside at the weekend place all year. We'll see how the 4 heavy coats of poly, the ply and the mahogany hold up.

 

[scott_vt]

Hi Mike,
Real nice job on your rack, I think you gave me some ideas /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

scotty

 

[3RRL]

Mike, Rob,

Clamp city! Christ.

 

[tlbuser]

Your clamp racks are awesome. Mind sharing some details on how they're made?

 

[RobJ]

Well mine are not on a sliding T track but pretty simple to build if you want to know.. Attached are some pics. The picture from the magazine was emailed to me by a person a jorgenson (the orange company, not the Bessys).

 

[RobJ]

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[RobJ]

And basically what I copied from the guy....

 

[BloomingtonMike]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Your clamp racks are awesome. Mind sharing some details on how they're made? )</font>

Sure. It is from a Shopnotes mag - Issue 73 page 28. Wall piece is 4' Rockler T-track screwed into dados in 1X4s. Blocks are made by chamfering pieces of 8' pieces of 2X4 and 2X3 on the router table or TS, then cutting them into 3.5" pieces, dadoing out a groove in the back for the track (3/4" plus two thickest shims), make the mounting hole by drilling recess hole first using 1" forstner bit (depth is dependent on your T-bolt length), and then drill all the way through with a 5/16" bit. Run a 1/4" X 2.5" Toilet bolt (T-bolt) (20pc contractor packs for $5 with nuts and washers from Lowes is the best price I could find) , T is put through the back, put on washer and nut, slide block on T-track, and then tighten down with socket. Adjust block spacing to any size you need.

I made about 200 of each block size out of 2X4s and 2X3s. Made a bunch for add ons in the future. Make some jigs for the TS and drill press and you will be fine.