Don Juan 679 Posted December 16, 2015 Nothing asked for welds, so here are some of the welds on the big wheel me and a friend have been making. As well as the squares that I machined for the wheel to be suspended from, it will be used in a performance by another school who ordered that big ass thing. It is designed to hold up to 500Kg or 1100 pounds. This is like a month worth of work, and I hope you enjoy! I won't ramble on so much about the pictures this time as welds are just eye candy and there really isn't much to say. These bolts are there instead of welds since we needed the wheel to be transportable as well as small enough to get trough the damned door! We then used a pipe bent to the same degree as the wheel and made it go through there and bolted from on side to the other so that we can disassemble the wheel into two parts.These are the rectangles that I machined, They are also cut in half, drilled and tapped from one end to the other so that we can dismount them so that they can suspend the wheel in different ways.The whole wheel. Hope you guys enjoyed these pictures.I will probably post more after Christmas and New Years break. - Don Juan Machinist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mimic 3307 Posted December 16, 2015 You should grind off the spatter, otherwise good job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
camelFun 1435 Posted December 16, 2015 Dude nice! You must feel so accomplished. Have a friend in Michigan who is a welder for some truck company and makes baaaank. This your path or just a hobby? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Don Juan 679 Posted December 16, 2015 You should grind off the spatter, otherwise good job.I would, but cba. The recipients are going to have it suspended far up in the air for like 7/8 of the performance they are using it in. And the audience is going to be so far away. And we were running out of time as well, deadline was yesterday and we finished it yesterday. Phew! Dude nice! You must feel so accomplished. Have a friend in Michigan who is a welder for some truck company and makes baaaank. This your path or just a hobby?Yeah, I am really happy with the outcome, me and my friend will most likely get a boost in our grades. This used to be my hobby but now I am getting a degree in whats called "Manufacturing Techniques" in Norway. So this kind of work will probably end up as my job, looking forward to earning money from my hard work rather than the school cashing it in :/. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob 38 Posted December 16, 2015 Those look solid man. Did you stick weld these? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Don Juan 679 Posted December 16, 2015 This is MIG weld, with Migatronic welding machine, 140amp and 0.8mm welding wire and argon+co2 gass mix. the pipes are 2mm and the angles are 15mm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob 38 Posted December 16, 2015 This is MIG weld, with Migatronic welding machine, 140amp and 0.8mm welding wire and argon+co2 gass mix. the pipes are 2mm and the angles are 15mm ooo much better than stick lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eeiu 1528 Posted December 16, 2015 teach me someday :^] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nothing_but_fail 484 Posted December 16, 2015 teach me someday :^] Pretty easy, you just need tons of practice.and a welder of course If I was to buy one for home use I would probably get a Stick welder, just because cost effective, and they are also good for welding on rough surfaces(rust etc) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
