Commercial fishing pole holders for trolling

[Aukai]

Big Eye tunas? nice catch

 

[Braeden P]

They were yellow fins, worst boat ride I was on and only 4 boats went out of the outer banks that day because of the weather

 

[Aukai]

TIG was not happening for me, so I switched to .020 SS MIG wire, and my spool gun. My TIG weld was putting in too much heat, and the weld was building up too much because of the operator. I'll have to practice a lot more, anyway 10 holders are assembled, I turned the weld diameters down so they would fit a 2" hole saw. I will still have to do final cleanup, and pickling before he picks them up, I'll post delivery pictures when I finish that.

 

[Aukai]

Cleaning them up.

 

[Ulma Doctor]

Looking good Mike!

 

[Aukai]

Tape measure on the left, and my Optrel welding duffel with bright green webbing on the right about 8" away

 

[wayback machine]

Ha! So you did wind up polishing them, after all :~)

 

[Aukai]

Yeah, I'm not wired to just let it go like that for what he's paying.

 

[Aukai]

Does anyone know how deep the porosity goes on 316 SS? I've burned up a few 150 grit discs, and I have not gotten rid of it yet, some goes away, but not all.

 

[Aukai]

Polishing is done.