I am fairly new here but I will throw up a few of my past welding projects.
Mike.
Here is a frame jig that I fabricated years ago when I built my first street rod. Here I have the beginning of mine and my wife's new sandrail chassis being constructed.
More progress of the sandrail. Mounting seats, fuel cell, motor mounts and getting ready to design and fabricate the steering system.
Radiator mounting bracket that I fabricated.
Machining a tapered mount for my flagpole. This has a hole in the middle and is threaded for an electrical socket inside. The flagpole is illuminated and has a light at the very top which is powered by the socket when the flagpole/antenna is threaded into the bung.
Welded to the "B" pillar or rear "hoop".
The steering is what I was exceptionally proud of. I had driven too many sandrails over the years that had rough or harsh feeling steering because of a simple flange style bearing or pillow block bearing with the steering stem running through it. I was going to have smooth effortless steering on this car one way or another.
I machined some 4130 chromoly to accept a needle bearing at either end plus a seal to keep sand out.
Support machined, bearings and seals waiting for installation.
Shaft run through for test fit. This is where it got a bit tricky, I had to compensate for the thickness of the chrome plating. On a previous order of chroming that I had done by my local chrome plater I had machined a section of tubing, measured it and had it chrome plated. I then measured it afterwards and had a fairly good idea of how thick the chrome was so I could compensate for the steering shaft.
Mount TIG welded together with a dropdown section.
Completely welded and ready to weld into the chassis.
Welded in place after test fitting with me in driver position. I also machined a mount so I could install the Auto Meter monster tach within easy reach and viewing. The steering on this car was so smooth it was such a joy to drive.
A couple of completed pictures of my 7-month "welding project" complete.
On the sand in all it's glory.
Wife and I rip-****ting around a bowl.