Butcher's Hook - Day 00.2 - Primary construction tests
well well, a monday update? someone must have been sick from work *cough*, let's get started...
there is the angle grinder I got the other day, a nice beefy lil monster yeah?
time to test her out on that 6" L bracket that I welded (or tried to) the other day. clamped...
did a few passes with the grinder to get a feel for it (never used one before), basically its like a big, more dangerous, dremel
. I didnt notice I was scoring the bar's edge while I was trying to grind the weld. I took serious note of that for future reference. that can lead to trouble if not careful
time to cut some steel, marked off a 1 foot section of frame tubing to play with
set it up in the chop saw
I realized I was pressing too softly, the cut was taking forever, until I got the feel for it
after I had the 1' section, I lopped it into 3 * 4" parts, the second two being 45 degree cuts. Here's the 45 setup. Now that I have the feel for this material I can cut thru it in about 30 seconds per cut
not bad considering it'd take 30 mins on a dremel
there's the rough cut steel
one of the pieces had a rough corner that would be way too much filing...grinder time
after it was fixed I corner-braced the pieces. My goal here was to use the three pieces to simulate the welds in the project frame where 2 parts form a 90 degree angle, then an upright beam will be welded over that
like me new helmet? (it kicked so much ass it wasnt even funny)
rain-shmain, lets get to welding
rough welds, not the greatest, but way better than my tests on zinc plated l-brackets. Arcs strike up quick and easy, and the thinner rods (1/16 #6013) cook nice and buttery as they flow. so much so I was having trouble with my downward speed in comparison to the joint travel speed. got the hang pretty quick tho
damn near rolling dimes
after some grind action
forget the inside fillet weld, it missed by a good 1/8", Ill have to practice those some more
not perfect, a few pits here and there, but when I did this work and stepped back to assess, I nearly did a dance. I was amazed that those were once two completely separate pieces of steel, and with some more welding practice it is possible to make things that appear to be one solid piece. amazing stuff this welding, amazing - I love it (One step closer to building a go-cart for Jess
)
anyway, sorry to sound if I am tooting my own horn, but I was just stoked at that result, even if not perfect. Better things to come
On friday I will weld the upright part which is basically 2 fillet welds, and 2 butt welds, which is just more practice, which I need, especially on fillet
thanks for watching guys
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