Stuff you have made today

James1979 · Dec 9, 2021

Hood said:
Would still need welded up I think and that may look crap unless I did better inside grinding.

That is true.

The few bits I’ve done recently have not bent clean, just cracked. This new steel is ****e.

dobbslc · Dec 9, 2021

Nothing worse than having the centre of your A drop out :scared:

Hood · Dec 9, 2021

dobbslc said:
Nothing worse than having the centre of your A drop out

It's not so bad, it was just the wee "a" and not the big one.

dobbslc · Dec 9, 2021

Phew

Fraserb · Dec 9, 2021

James1979 said:
That is true.

The few bits I’ve done recently have not bent clean, just cracked. This new steel is ****e.

Ive been finding the same recently, things I've cut and bent before no issue are cracking on the bends this time.

cianh91 · Dec 9, 2021

Yesterdays work was putting a flange on tank to receive bolt on door

also had pipes and fittings to finish off as there was 2 tanks which were to be lifted in Monday but crane company changed to today so I’d to go at 1 while one the lads finished the other

this morning started with a lot of drilling then emergency call out for stainless work

first quick bit was a bracket then the full job was a safety screen that they couldn figure out why it was all over the place . Few mins with a tape found the issue

there supposed to be the same length ones 15mm too short the other 15mm too long . Unfortunately is frowned upon to picture the finished bits on this job

Hood · Dec 10, 2021

Decided to try a different way.
This time I cut it as a single part.

I then cut half way through along the bits where it was to be folded, that way when I welded it up it would only be external corners to grind off and also didn't have to be too fussy with the welds.

Ground it off and a quick splash of paint and it will be good enough until I get some smaller nozzles for the plasma.

MysterG · Dec 10, 2021

Decided I would make a Yule log this year rather than buy one. Never tried it before so thought I would have to have a practise.
End result, not bad for a first attempt. The actual one will be covered in butter cream etc. but I don't need to practise that.

Kram · Dec 10, 2021

Yesterday I wanted to tig some peices, first put a bracket in citric to descale, raining before I got to tig

Stripped the rest of my 2 and 3mm steel sheet.
2mm bracket to 0.8mm sheet. Was quite pleased with the second bead, dragging the filler and torch at a smooth rate instead of pausing.

Inside fillet not so good, had to weave a lot to get both sides to wet out. More practise needed.
New mask is great, except that being outside my breath is misting it up. Will try wearing a face covering.

Stupid question here, I noticed normally the plasma flame is blue. Occasionally its got a lot of red in it. Whats the reason? Is it something on my metal or, in the gas?

Lewis_RX8 · Dec 10, 2021

MysterG said:
Decided I would make a Yule log this year rather than buy one. Never tried it before so thought I would have to have a practise.
End result, not bad for a first attempt. The actual one will be covered in butter cream etc. but I don't need to practise that.

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Good taste always made these rather than buying a Christmas pudding :thumbup: