🔧 Technical Going on a welding journey.....

[greasy]

Nice set up greasy my welds aren’t pretty but it’s nice to be able to do your own odds and ends like throw together a custom exhaust and what not without going to a shop

Thanks Brett, super handy.

 

[greasy]

Table is 99.9% complete. Tacked on the top plates, marked/drilled holes for the vice, and removed the mill scale. Holy Fahk was this a pain in the ass, had I known how much work it was I might have opted to not ? It came out great though. The only thing left to do is weld on some 3/4-1” small pipe pieces onto both sides of the table to hold the mig gun. I must have like 25-30 hours in the thing!

 

[Smokinhot]

Badass Jim!!

 

[greasy]

Badass Jim!!

Thanks Nick!

 

[GTPpower]

Looks great!

 

[greasy]

Looks great!

Thanks dude!

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

looks pretty damn good for a novice

 

[greasy]

looks pretty damn good for a novice

Thanks Gav!

 

[DEEZUZ]

Holy shit.

 

[JimmyGT]

Badass!!

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Holy shit.

This

 

[greasy]

Holy shit.

Badass!!

Thanks Alex & Jimmy

 

[Mook]

Weld me a bicycle.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

 

[FESTER665]

Table came out great, cant wait to see what else you end up fabricating.

 

[greasy]

Weld me a bicycle.

A bike no, some bracing for the VAG, yes.

Table came out great, cant wait to see what else you end up fabricating.

Thanks man, next projects on the list are desks for each of my kids. They are needing them since all of this COVID learning.

 

[Chris91LX]

That table is great!

 

[Chris91LX]

You should look into incorporating a hitch to mount your vice on. Gives you tons more versatility. Here's a YT video with some ideas.

 

[greasy]

You should look into incorporating a hitch to mount your vice on. Gives you tons more versatility. Here's a YT video with some ideas.

Thanks Chris, I am not sure I'll need that but it looks cool. Something I will probably run off of my hitch is a manual pipe bender. I am not sure my table had enough weight to support the forces of a manual bender and I don't want to anchor a stand into the garage floor.

 

[Chris91LX]

My vice is on the corner of my bench and can swivel, but I can't tell you how many times I wish it was out a few more inches to be able to work on some bent piping/sheet metal.

 

[boostedguy05]

damn, that table looks impressive! Great job.

 

[Ron Vogel]

Just don’t weld for 4 hours straight in shorts. This was day 3, probably took a few weeks to get back to normal

 

[Smokinhot]

Just don’t weld for 4 hours straight in shorts. This was day 3, probably took a few weeks to get back to normal

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I can confirm such pain

 

[greasy]

My vice is on the corner of my bench and can swivel, but I can't tell you how many times I wish it was out a few more inches to be able to work on some bent piping/sheet metal.

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I hear ya, maybe sometime down the road I will feel the same. I don’t know what I don't know.

damn, that table looks impressive! Great job.

Thanks dude!

Just don’t weld for 4 hours straight in shorts. This was day 3, probably took a few weeks to get back to normal

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I’ve read enough not to. This whole weekend I was in the garage in jeans and welding jacket sweating my ass off. I’ve just accepted that comfort is going right out the window with this.

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

Just don’t weld for 4 hours straight in shorts. This was day 3, probably took a few weeks to get back to normal

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I have also been there but with sleeveless shirts