My first "commercial" welding job

[TonyWilk]

Well, when I say "commercial", I mean I did get some payment... two pints of 'Sleck Dust' (a local ale!).

Up 'til now I'd practiced TIG and welded a few things, but I was surprised how difficult it was welding the tube to the flat plate... not only have you got to change angles all the time, but the other metalwork gets in the way

Still, it'll do the job - it's a 'parking foot' for an agricultural trailer belonging to a friend of mine.

The uprights look a bit "on the p#$$", but they're splayed out a bit so that, under load, the horizontal tie bars are in tension.
Or... because the bits of metal I had for the base were a bit too narrow. (I leave it to the reader to decide which is the most likely explanation )

Yeh, the base is really two scaffold feet I found lying around in the junk pile.

Yours,
Tony Wilk

 

[hank_marvinson]

w00t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111

 

[TonyWilk]

w00t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111

If I take that to mean "WTF is that"; it's a swinging foot on a 1" dia pin behind the hitch of a 5-ton trailer which sits on the ground when the tractor 3-point lowers it.

Yours,
Tony Wilk

P.S. Or... it's a mangled bit of metal under a 5-ton trailer if my welding's cr@p

 

[Wozzaaah]

Hehe, not sure what it means Tony, perhaps Hank's been on the 'Sleck Dust' too?
Nice work on the foot though!

 

[snowcat]

Ahh a shoe, made a few of them over the years...... ideal work to get some practice in.....

 

[bump]

w00t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111

Generally regarded as "well done" etc.

 

[SparkyCanuck]

Hehe, not sure what it means Tony, perhaps Hank's been on the 'Sleck Dust' too?
Nice work on the foot though!

http://catb.org/jargon//html/W/w00t.html



Good going, Tony. One day I hope to be able to justify the hood I intend to buy later this week to my wife (monetarily). Looking at a Miller Elite, so it might be a while before it pays for itself in ways other than preventing flash burn. Hehe.


Torben

 

[TonyWilk]

Ah, w00t! - a compliment... Thank you

Yours,
Tony Wilk

 

[English Steve]

I guess that makes you a 'professional' then Tony. Nice job on the foot.

Steve

 

[Wozzaaah]

Generally regarded as "well done" etc.

The woot bit I sort of got, it was all the ones after it that confused me, ah, Hank's finger came off the shift key?

Anyone got the new 1337 to english pocket phrasebook? I've heard it's \/3r'/ 900D

 

[TonyWilk]

Oh dear,

I just found myself actually looking up learnleetspeak.com before realising I'd be much better off going to the pub

Yours,
Tony Wilk

 

[SparkyCanuck]

Oh dear,

I just found myself actually looking up learnleetspeak.com before realising I'd be much better off going to the pub

Yours,
Tony Wilk

Hehe. Agreed. I've been a hacker for years (just learning to weld) and mostly, using l33tspeak brands the user as a newbie/wannabe unless used in irony. Except for w00t, for some reason.


Torben

 

[hank_marvinson]

haha, just checked back on this, forgot i said w00t! and the exclamation marks, followed by 1s is just a joke, kinda goes with the w00t!

 

[Wozzaaah]

So, had you been on the 'sleck dust' Hank?

 

[hank_marvinson]

yes

 

[Wozzaaah]