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I made a thing. Poorly.
I made a thing. Poorly.
Spent most of the afternoon making a mediocre bracket for a receiver cover I could have bought online for $4. Next up: plasma cut the cover. Odds are outstanding this will go poorly. #hackofalltrades
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
Re: I made a thing. Poorly.
I'm pretty sure Kalashnikov has a GIF for this thread.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
Re: I made a thing. Poorly.
Shit used during the creation of this decidedly un-inspiring part:
* Plasma cutter
* Angle grinders (using flap disc and death wheels)
* Benchtop belt sander ($58 @ Harbor Freight woot)
* Stick welder w/ the tiniest electrodes you've ever seen
* Lots of spray paint (to hide everything done with the previous 4 items). Paint is a shitty welder's best friend.
The welds were less atrocious than my normal welds. I FINALLY started to get the rhythm down (too much electrode = burn through the work, too little electrode = no penetration/booger welds*).
I need to knock a bit more off the edges with the grinder to match the radius of the inside corners of the receiver, but I'm pretty damn pleased with myself: came up with a plan and executed it well enough that the part can be used for the intended purpose.
My respect for people who don't booger-weld continues to grow.
*Full disclosure: the inside corners were hideously ugly from tack-welding the parts. More paint!
* Plasma cutter
* Angle grinders (using flap disc and death wheels)
* Benchtop belt sander ($58 @ Harbor Freight woot)
* Stick welder w/ the tiniest electrodes you've ever seen
* Lots of spray paint (to hide everything done with the previous 4 items). Paint is a shitty welder's best friend.
The welds were less atrocious than my normal welds. I FINALLY started to get the rhythm down (too much electrode = burn through the work, too little electrode = no penetration/booger welds*).
I need to knock a bit more off the edges with the grinder to match the radius of the inside corners of the receiver, but I'm pretty damn pleased with myself: came up with a plan and executed it well enough that the part can be used for the intended purpose.
My respect for people who don't booger-weld continues to grow.
*Full disclosure: the inside corners were hideously ugly from tack-welding the parts. More paint!
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
Re: I made a thing. Poorly.
Heh. My wife loves metal art. She hates me being around when she is looking at said art as I always point out how shitty the welds are 
My certification may have expired decades ago now, but my respect for a good clean weld will never die.
I find nothing more beautiful than a well executed TIG weld. Similarly I find nothing more rage inducing than a shitty MIG weld. Seriously. It's a MIG. How do you fuck that up???
And if you want funny, watch an art dork trying to weld cast iron
My certification may have expired decades ago now, but my respect for a good clean weld will never die.
I find nothing more beautiful than a well executed TIG weld. Similarly I find nothing more rage inducing than a shitty MIG weld. Seriously. It's a MIG. How do you fuck that up???
And if you want funny, watch an art dork trying to weld cast iron
Re: I made a thing. Poorly.
TIG is sexy - but dammit, until I learn to suck less with the spool gun and the stick welder, I'm not buying any more tools. My lack of skill/practice is definitely more problematic than my Harbor Freight equipment.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
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Kalashnikov
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Re: I made a thing. Poorly.
Please point to the thing that you made. I see a trailer hitch with a hole in it.
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Re: I made a thing. Poorly.
He made the thing going inside of the hitch. (Poorly.)Kalashnikov wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 8:42 am Please point to the thing that you made. I see a trailer hitch with a hole in it.
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Re: I made a thing. Poorly.
'Zackly. It's no doodle, but it will suffice.
An order of 1/8" 8x10 mild steel plates will soon be arriving from Amazon (for me to destroy). Also, another batch of plasma cutter consumables, because poorly.
An order of 1/8" 8x10 mild steel plates will soon be arriving from Amazon (for me to destroy). Also, another batch of plasma cutter consumables, because poorly.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.