Other What did you fab up today? A thread for the home fabricators!
- Thread starter OCD Solutions
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- Ipperwash beach on ca
I made a lid for a mason jar....
- Location
- Ipperwash beach on ca
Yeah I bought my house because of the shop....and where it is... What I've learned is it would be cheaper to build a shop instead of renovate a terribly built house I bought because it had a nice shop.
It sure is nice to be inside especially when there is a foot of snow on the ground!
It sure is nice to be inside especially when there is a foot of snow on the ground!
The440Dude
I'm broke
- Location
- Hudson WI
Made a cute lil vise and clamp over the semester for my machine tools class. After 3 years it is nice to be actually using my hands instead of my head for once. All this book work is driving me nuts. 
speedysprocket
Alex
- Location
- Chesapeake, VA
I weld inside all the time. Got an air purifier, or open the doors...
OCD Solutions
Original, Clean and Dependable Solutions
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- Rentz, GA
My concern is 100% fire prevention, not worried at all about ventilation.
- Location
- Marion, Ohio
Sounds like you need a fancy new TIG welder...
OCD Solutions
Original, Clean and Dependable Solutions
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- Rentz, GA
I will have one someday. My question is, how much slower is it to TIG than MIG?
When I'm doing fab work with a bunch of little welds, how much time would I save by doing it clean once vs doing it fast but having to go back and clean up my work?
When I'm doing fab work with a bunch of little welds, how much time would I save by doing it clean once vs doing it fast but having to go back and clean up my work?
- Location
- Marion, Ohio
Let's just say once you go TIG you'll never go back...
- Location
- Ipperwash beach on ca
At first tig will be much slower, but along as you buy a big enough machine you will never look back, I started with a Lincoln square wave 175 and it was all it could do to keep up on heavier stuff. I don't have that issue with my Miller syncrowave 300.
makejetskiinggreatagain
Brandon
Did some pinch turning and pinch milling at work today (turning and milling with two tools at the same time). Thought I would take a quick time lapse video of it. Sorry if the quality of its sucks. It looked great on my phone but got blurry when I loaded it into YouTube.
Finished product (Setup piece. The real one will be stainless). Not too exciting. Probably the most expensive torx driver ever thanks to over engineering lol. That's the medical field for ya.
Finished product (Setup piece. The real one will be stainless). Not too exciting. Probably the most expensive torx driver ever thanks to over engineering lol. That's the medical field for ya.
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Ducky
Back in the game!
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- Charlotte, NC
Medial stuff is ridiculous.....My brother is the Director of Surgical Services for a large hospital organization and he has a couple of titanium screws on his desk that cost $9,000 each!!! wtf!
makejetskiinggreatagain
Brandon
That's insane! We have screws like that too. The material cost and machining time accounts for a cost of about 5 bucks per screw but then the company is forced to charge obscene amounts to cover the outrageous regulation and engineering costs. At what point does the high cost of regulation outweigh its benefits?
Ducky
Back in the game!
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- Charlotte, NC
Ha, I dunno. I told me brother "just buy that sh*t from Pro-Bolt, and then sanitize it....just saved you millions of dollars."
makejetskiinggreatagain
Brandon
Lmao! Exactly!
All of my fab work of late has been related to building projects for the house. I have built 3 vanities, installed a deck, paver front porch, and more to go. Havent touched my welder other than to stuff a fuel cell in the jeep so i could get it running and out of the shop parking lot wood is not near as much fun as metal to play with but its hard to convince wife she needs a stainless vanity for her guest bathroom. 
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This is only the second time I've done this. My house is trimmed in old barn wood. So naturally some gaps. I took an old Christmas tree and mad it a wall tree just by bending and using the wall cracks.
saves a ton of space we really don't have. Don't have to worry about the cat getting in there or the dogs knocking it over.
Mike W
Infidel
- Location
- North Florida
My workshop extension I built was the best thing I did. Very convenient and it keeps my enclosed trailer out of the weather. It cost me a little over $1500 in materials but you can get a pre fabbed metal cover installed for around the same price. This is the only picture I have since I finished.
- Location
- jacksonville florida
looks good. now you can come ride with us
Mark44
Katie's Boss
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- 100% one place
Is that on the truck all the time or does it come off?