Show Us Your Welding Projects!

Well, it was time to do a bolt bin up-grade. The one I had was a yellow commercial oversize unit that served its purpose very well. But, with Craig's List you can now do some serious organizing. I found this 100 drawer unit with dividers and couldn't pass up the deal. I decided it couldn't sit on the floor and now was an opportunity to organize my threaded rod supply as well. I made a three bin rack as part of the stand. I think it turned out pretty well. Here is my starting and ending pics of the fun.

Let's see your creations.

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I am stealing your rod rack idea!
 
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A gate job that I just finished. The customer wanted some sports team logos cut out and attached.

The pics of the emblems are after I applied the copper patina.
 
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Looking at some of the work you guys have done makes me wanna sell my equipment and take up knitting! Some big talent here.
 
I really need a plasma cam.
 
Ok. Let me whip out my credit card.
 
Haha! Have you looked at the Lincoln Torchmate? They make from 2x2 on up. Looks pretty skookum.
 
I just looked them up. They are cute.
 
A little repair job I did about a week and a half ago. I had a hitch adapter to repair for myself and one for a client so I thought I would knock them out.

I have repaired about a dozen hitches and ball mounts in this manner now over the past 10 or so years and they have held up extremely well although they are a bit time consuming to do so if you have to take them to a shop to have done, it may not be cost effective. It is a common issue to have the hitch pin holes elongate over time (mostly miles).

Hitch pin clearance in elongated pin hole.
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Some 1" 8620 I had on the shelf.
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I used a 1" diameter sleeve with .625" hole drilled to accept a standard hitch pin, actually slightly bored out a few thousandths more. I then chamfered the sleeve to accept a weld bead yet be flush with the surrounding stinger. I then bored the elongated hole out to .998" so it would be an interference fit into the stinger before welding using some 309L stainless steel TIG rod. I like the 309 due to the slightly different composition material but also because it gives a slightly better elongation characteristics that seem to hold up better to the shock loads present on the hitches when in use.

Machining the sleeve as well as the side bushings/reducers for the receiver part of the hitch. I have the steel chucked up in my new 5C collet chuck on the lathe.
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Picture of the sleeve pressed in and TIG welded.
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Couple pictures of the first pass around the reducer.
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Couple pictures of the cover pass with a slight weave to increase the size of the fillet.
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All in all a pretty straightforward repair but it give a lot more surface area for the hitch pin to spread the load over.

Mike.
 
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