Some Building of Table Bases For Urban Reclamations.

Pretty straight forward 3" mild steel square tubing (.125 wall) MIG welded bases.

In a limited space the chop saw was one of the best tools I have bought recently.

30 degree miter for the X base.

45 degree miter on the floor end of these table bases.

HAPPY HOLIDAY !

Clean(er) Shop and A Pile of Raw Material

Today I got the raw materials together for the next build. 

With both my air compressors down for the count I had to purchase disks for the angle grinders.

Tomorrow I start fab on 2 projects I am hoping to finish by days end !

HAPPY WELDING !

Some Finished Parts For Urban Reclamations

2 inch square tubing (.125 wall) bench ends, a pretty quick fab.

Here are some of the bases I welded being made into tables and seats.

These were all welded with the GMAW weld process.

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Finished MIG Welder Stand .

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MIG Welding Cart In Progress

So I bought this MIG Welder for a job and put it to work straight away, one of the problems I had was that I did not have a cart so, the welder sat to low and had to be moved around the fab table so the stinger would reach the far sides of the work piece. when the job took a few day pause I took the welder back to my shop and started Fab on a cart. 

The following is a picture of the progress.

This is built on a old hand truck and is coming along nicely.

I will post more pictures when it is done.

HAPPY WELDING !!!! 

MIG and More MIG , EH !

I have had a few days full of MIG welding , solid wire , pull the trigger and go! Here are some photos That were taken at Urban Reclamations during a few builds I am helping with there.

The first is a great example of how to tell if your travel speed is consistent or not.

Simply flip the work piece over and look at your Heat Effected Zone.

 Giant X shaped table legs that were built from remnants from other projects .

 40 Stool frames. 780" of weld overall was laid into these.

 Fillet weld.

 More fillet welds .

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I Broke Down (MIG Time)

Normally I am Very TIG Centric but, today I broke down and bought a MIG welder for time and money saving sake. I do not like the way MIG welds look. That being said it is a much faster process for the majority of what comes through the shop so, I went overboard and bought a Miller 211 Autoset rated to 3/8" single pass and set it up for GMAW and started welding. The following are some pictures of the first welds with the new machine-

So shiny and new, it won't last !

Vertical downhill on 1/4" plate , it did not struggle.

The following are an outside corner and a fillet on 3/8" backing strips done in a single pass to see if the welder could actually do it. Again it did not struggle.

These welds were done with 75/25 gas mix around 15 CFH using .035 ER70S-6 solid wire.

ER70S-6 Data Sheet PDF Link

I am very happy with the ease of operation and set up of this machine, it welds very well.

HAPPY WELDING !!!!