Rollout Wheel (Welding Positioner)

[erikmannie]

All 4 of the bolts are 3/16” too long. It is so easy to shorten bolts on a lathe with a 5C collet.

 

[erikmannie]

I ran a 1/2-13 tap through this because it was a little deformed from the welding:

 

[erikmannie]

Here are some pictures with the whole thing tacked together. Now I’m going to go through and weld it out.

 

[woodchucker]

looking good.. I think I would like to have a way to rotate it without using my spare hand. I suck at welding, so I need a second hand to steady sometimes. I would probably want a motor, barring that, a way of moving it incrementally with a foot pedal ... think drum cymbal pedal...

 

[NC Rick]

This is somewhere between tack welded and finished.

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Files as shims just feels wrong

 

[erikmannie]

Here are the components welded out. I TIG welded everything, & then I ground the welds down flush (except the weld bead on the spindle). This was a lot of work.

I am aware that it isn’t even anywhere close to looking perfect, but I had to keep in mind what it is being used for. We’ll see what this looks like when it’s all painted and being used.

 

[erikmannie]

I did another test assembly after all that welding. It is now ready for paint!

 

[WobblyHand]

Looks very nice! Better than professional.
Wondering why you ground off a lot of your welding? I mean, a stack of dimes is a pretty sight, don't you think?

 

[erikmannie]

Had it looked like a stack of dimes, I would have left it on there.

Seriously, though, the joints were not seams. Here is what I was welding up; all of the material is 1/4”.

When I know that I am going to grind the welding work down flush, I can focus 100% of my effort on penetration.

 

[WobblyHand]

Had it looked like a stack of dimes, I would have left it on there.

Seriously, though, the joints were not seams. I will upload a zoomed image of what I was welding. It was more like filling holes.

From your earlier posts I recall the little mouse ear holes. I can see they wouldn't be all that attractive.

Although I probably wouldn't bother with a lot of grinding on a fixture, (unless it was butt ugly,) I can say what you have shown looks really well done. Attention to detail is quite apparent.