Coo
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First ever project done last year, with my first ever Arc welding.
Yes welds were messy and pigeon crap...but it was solid enough
All great projects start with a plan - I did have a better plan on paper for this though !
Stock steel flatplate for base, square box for uprights, solid for making an upright extension with a sleeve fit...
Getting the first upright tacked, and welded perpendicular was tough with no magnets of clamps to help !
Managed though, making it sturdy. I had concerns that it would topple/fall into side of car if not strong enough, probably overkill...but does the job.
An almost final stand, I added loops to allow a banner to be tied to it...
No pics of it actually used, but works on grass or tarmac with a car driving onto the plate, keeping it upright.
A few working modifications for more practicality include holes drilled each corner for pegging it down, and rounded corners of the baseplate etc..
Yes welds were messy and pigeon crap...but it was solid enough
All great projects start with a plan - I did have a better plan on paper for this though !
Stock steel flatplate for base, square box for uprights, solid for making an upright extension with a sleeve fit...
Getting the first upright tacked, and welded perpendicular was tough with no magnets of clamps to help !
Managed though, making it sturdy. I had concerns that it would topple/fall into side of car if not strong enough, probably overkill...but does the job.
An almost final stand, I added loops to allow a banner to be tied to it...
No pics of it actually used, but works on grass or tarmac with a car driving onto the plate, keeping it upright.
A few working modifications for more practicality include holes drilled each corner for pegging it down, and rounded corners of the baseplate etc..
