Hi all, we have all seen some pretty bad welding but this was a first for me that I saw on a wood lathe that I bought recently. It just goes to show, that if you throw enough pigeon poop at some metal it will eventually hold something together. But you have to wonder what was going though the guys head when he did it.
One would have to think that if you are going to weld two pieces of metal that would also mean that he would know that the weld bead would have to attach to both sides to make it stick. Apparently not in this case where a lot of the beads (and I mean that very, very loosely) are not even remotely connecting the two pieces of metal. The rest were piled on and eventually stuck the metal together. Not grinding the galvanizing off didn't help his cause.
Whilst it did work for it's intended purpose I would not be able to sleep knowing something like that was in my shed holding a motor up. Honestly the first three are not mine!!
So I replaced it with a motor mounting frame I built and painted in the same blue hammertone colour as the lathe bed. Pic 4&5. Whilst I didn't build the lathe bed and it's not perfect, it is good enough for me to not worry about it, obviously two different welders were involved.
I made the motor holder that way as the spindle pulley has 6 steps and the motor pulley has 5 so I just slide the motor along the bed to take advantage of the slowest ratio where required. The two top pads just rest on the bed supporting the weight and I just tighten the nuts to lock it in place. It is a hinged "L" shape and the weight of the motor on the bottom part keeps tension on the belt.
Thought you guys might like a snicker or two.
One would have to think that if you are going to weld two pieces of metal that would also mean that he would know that the weld bead would have to attach to both sides to make it stick. Apparently not in this case where a lot of the beads (and I mean that very, very loosely) are not even remotely connecting the two pieces of metal. The rest were piled on and eventually stuck the metal together. Not grinding the galvanizing off didn't help his cause.
Whilst it did work for it's intended purpose I would not be able to sleep knowing something like that was in my shed holding a motor up. Honestly the first three are not mine!!
So I replaced it with a motor mounting frame I built and painted in the same blue hammertone colour as the lathe bed. Pic 4&5. Whilst I didn't build the lathe bed and it's not perfect, it is good enough for me to not worry about it, obviously two different welders were involved.
I made the motor holder that way as the spindle pulley has 6 steps and the motor pulley has 5 so I just slide the motor along the bed to take advantage of the slowest ratio where required. The two top pads just rest on the bed supporting the weight and I just tighten the nuts to lock it in place. It is a hinged "L" shape and the weight of the motor on the bottom part keeps tension on the belt.
Thought you guys might like a snicker or two.