CattleRustler

nah, not worked up
I am doing other stuff now and I think I can pull off some test welds too - if the weather holds out.

I can officially say: the chop saw rocks!

pics this evening

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all I can say...

OH LAWD



the planets aligned
pics in a couple hours

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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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Ramsey77

Next time you try the inside, upright fillet weld, try starting the arc on the top piece and roll it downwards when it gets buttery feeling. Edit: (Instead of striking on the bottom and trying to "push" it into the upright.....let gravity help you). That is a kickarse helmet man....I am envious

Man you are picking this up quick....i will see more of your progress after work (7am).

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sizeak

Brave on the welding improvements, it looks like there might be a slight gap between the bars where ground them down afterwards, it may just be the light in the pics though. Will the go cart be computer controlled? lols. Am loving the helmet dude, it screams crazy mad welder guy

Those are some crazy mad corner brace things, they look like they could come in very handy. You could build your own server rack or something with all this gear. Or some kind of Uber cooling case with turbines or something, one up a 900/1200

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Warfarin88

That is so unbelievably cool CR.

My god. The trouble I could get myself into with that. . .

The wife would kill me. I bet this would rank right up there with "honey, I want a motorcycle"

I will have to live vicariously through you.

Carry on sir!

sizeak

Whats wrong with motercycles

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jetpuck73

SlipKnot Rocks!!!

CattleRustler

thanks mate. yeah at first I tried it with the piece in an L position, trying to use gravity and welding upper-biased. when I checked after the weld it stuck high . I hammered it and brushed it and laid the piece in a V position, and passed over it, but it didnt help, it stuck some more hieght to the original bead LOL. I'll figure it out befoe I try those welds on the real parts. The helmet F_ING rules I cannot say enough about it As you arc, blam-lights out. when you lift and break arc, bink-lights on again - uber awesome

Yep theres some "pits" like I mentioned in my work log. With better welding technique those will be history. Worst case I can spot weld the pits and regrind for a flush face Thanks, the helemt rules not bad for 120$ So many things I want to build now its not even funny (computer and non-computer related we need a build-for-the-heck-of-it general forum )

thanks mate Yes, this welding stuff could usher in divorce in a second... oh wait, too late Thanks for hanging out here. Lets see where this crazy stuff goes

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radodrill

That'd be so cool

I was on the Mini-Baja team my senior year of undergrads; those were fun times with a MIG

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