Maggie’s The Welding and Metalworking Thread

[Charlie112]

I put together 2 target stands and some midget stripper poles for obstacles for USPSA style practice in my back yard. Mostly stuff I had laying around from old projects.

Old rollbar tubing and some 1x2 rectangle tubing

The obstacles were made out of some CM tubing I was using to build a set of wheelie bars.

Been a whole since I've used any of these tools... had to re-learn some atuff.

You don’t by chance have those midget strippers hanging around those polls do ya..as always.. asking for a friend.. ️

 

[Bobalos]

You don’t by chance have those midget strippers hanging around those polls do ya..as always.. asking for a friend.. ️

Sorry, the fair is in town, so I had to give te back. LOL

 

[JoshPutman]

I made some small alignment pins today.

 

[Punkur67]

Finished up my workbench

 

[LeftyJason]

Got this all made up to reinforce my dipping garage door. 3/8x 3/4 x24. Started as 1" wide. Drilled and tapped 10-32. Going to be a bit til I can install it.

Broke tibia fibula on Monday and have a tibia rod in my leg now. More details in the that's not gonna buff out thread.

 

[BigTex]

My latest little project.

 

[jetmd]

That Sir is impressive!!

 

[Sean the Nailer]

A job worth doing, is worth doing WELL.

Fabulous!

 

[Bullfrog08]

My latest little project.

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That looks like a 12" thick concrete wall between the interior and exterior steel, true? Then maybe a 12" cap on top? That is a heck of a "storm shelter"!

 

[BigTex]

That looks like a 12" thick concrete wall between the interior and exterior steel, true? Then maybe a 12" cap on top? That is a heck of a "storm shelter"!

Exactly. 12" 4000psi concrete on a 24x36 footer and 8" slab with 1/2" rebar. 1/4" plate inside and out tied together with 1/2" rebar every 12 inches.

 

[Snuby642]

Got this all made up to reinforce my dipping garage door. 3/8x 3/4 x24. Started as 1" wide. Drilled and tapped 10-32. Going to be a bit til I can install it. View attachment 8721954
Broke tibia fibula on Monday and have a tibia rod in my leg now. More details in the that's not gonna buff out thread.

Sorry to hear about your injury, hope it heals well.

But you despots know I have to ask, did you fab your own tibia rod?

 

[LeftyJason]

Sorry to hear about your injury, hope it heals well.

But you despots know I have to ask, did you fab your own tibia rod?

No. Most of what I work with is inconel. I don't think it's as biocompatible.

 

[JoshPutman]

I'm making these pins right now out of stainless. Customer needed 20 pcs ASAP, and an additional 180 afterwards. Got the first 20 done and handed off to the boss, now working on the rest.

Running as a bar job in a collet chuck. Cutting the angle on the end, then the grooves, then cutting off into a parts catcher (which the part will occasionally miss, I need to figure that out lol).

Probably will drop the RPM's on the cut-off so it drops straight down instead of slinging it into the chip trough.

 

[Snuby642]

Needle in a haystack. Lol

 

[iceng]

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I'm making these pins right now out of stainless. Customer needed 20 pcs ASAP, and an additional 180 afterwards. Got the first 20 done and handed off to the boss, now working on the rest.

Running as a bar job in a collet chuck. Cutting the angle on the end, then the grooves, then cutting off into a parts catcher (which the part will occasionally miss, I need to figure that out lol).

Probably will drop the RPM's on the cut-off so it drops straight down instead of slinging it into the chip trough.

X20.
G96 s250 m03
G01 x5. F0.1
G97 s300
G01 x-1. F0.05
G96 s300
G00 x20.
M09
G00 x100. Z100.
M30

If you have a bar feeder it will be different. But summary is:
Part off normally until 5mm diameter, slowly rpm down to 300, and slow feed rate also. Go 1mm past centre (face off), and part should fall easily and not be thrown into some place you will never find.
Speed chuck back up, pull tool out, coolant off, get tool out the way, then stop.

Insert gcode or macro for parts catcher and bar feeder.

Replace your g96 surface speed to what's appropriate.

 

[JoshPutman]

Parts are .25" in diameter. Using material right on size, so no need to turn O.D. I run the spindle at 300 RPM for the cut-off. No bar feed. I bring the rougher down to Z .02" and pull material out to touch. Clamp collet and go.

 

[XP1K]

 

[Snuby642]

In your middle picture what operation are you doing?
Wag a test fit?