First, I should mention that My Sweetie is one of the fortunate few women who have a 230 amp arc welder under their kitchen counter. I suppose this could open up some interesting possibilities in food preparation. Remember those thing for cooking hotdogs, before microwaves, were you would stick them on some kind of electrodes ? Think what 230 amps could do ! But that is another subject.
Here in my sophisticated work area, you can see all the state of the art equipment. The green box with the wheels is, of course, the welder. To the left of that, are the high-tech saw horses, complete with "C" clamps. The round looking orange thing, is one of the power supplies, behind which you may notice the cheap side grinder. A 3/8 drill with wire brush, and toolbox with odds and ends, round things out. And most importantly, the shade tree. 
When the cargo was finally removed from the original rack, the whole back end fell off. (You may notice it leaning against the saw horse) So the first thing was to replace that. Here you can see the system developed to assure the proper alignment of this critical component. 
The small gussets were a feature of the new improved design, so they would have to be cut. Not having access to a cutting torch, I have learned to use metal cutting blades in the skill saw. This system is capable of the precision cuts necessary for these critical parts. 
Now the gusset is installed. The weld still needs to be cleaned up. The side grinder comes in handy for that. By now the sun had moved and my shade was gone. This was not good. But the assembly was complete, and it was time to give it a rest.
Next we'll look at the finishing up of this project.
1 comment:
oh, that is a welder??? I was wondering when your were gonna realize I refused to use that microwave!!
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