Busy weekend after a busy first week back to school. I’ve been spending my days in “The TIG Room” at school learning how to use high frequency voltage to weld small pieces of sheet metal together by pressing down on a pedal with my left foot, holding the “torch” in my right hand steady while moving my left hand side-to-side with the filler rod.
Not the best time I’ve ever had. After all the big sweeping movements of MIG, Flux Core and Arc/Stick welding before this, it makes it difficult to slow back down and control the movement of your hands to within 1/32″.
Anyway, after school, I do MY projects.
My current one (click to enlarge)
This is before I placed the centerpiece and put on the coats of clear gloss. It is now only waiting for its plexi-top.
The foot is a brake disk from a 1/2-ton van and the leg is one of the cams from the Ford DOHC four-banger whose name is escaping me (I think it’s a 2-liter). Standard t-case chain surround and planetary gear center (so it rotates).
Taking a tip from the previous comments, I’m trying to include more “stuff” and fewer nuts and bolts. Lots of gears (timing and transmission), a timing belt tensioner pully and a couple of FabShop skills test (gone wrong and right) items. Most noticeable is the big fookin wrench. It says “Coho – San Francisco” and is 1-3/4″ on one end and 2″ on the other. Not really sure what it is from or for, but I found it at a garage sale.
I made a GMail account for Kadath Heavy Industries yesterday and have ordered new business cards with the address on there. It’s the name of the company (all one word) at the mentioned email company. If you or someone you know is interested in this table, or something of this nature, or any other metal design/fabrication/repair, have them contact me there.
Yup. TIG welding is … fiddly.
The Ragin’ Mrs. loves it. How much does one like that sell for, anywho?
The spin-top tables run $400 and the c-shape tables run $350, Dave.
This one is sold already, but I’ll be making another one this weekend. I’ll also be making a new type that should go together faster than the 20 hours I put into these and the c-shaped tables.