Nice work - looks like a table getting better tool sets.

Martin
Martin Eastburn
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NRA LOH, NRA Life
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder



Grant Erwin wrote:
OK, I've been pestering everyone with technique questions recently,
first with how to bond copper tubing then with how to weld a threaded
nut so the threads match another part. I thought I'd post some pictures
of what I'm making. I'm working on passing the 7018 overhead welding
test to get a Washington SMAW welding certificate, and to this end I'm
making a welding positioner. Like most of my projects, it is made almost
100% from scrap materials, in this case pipe and some bits and pieces,
plus an old sheet metal clamp-on base I dug out of a dumpster. The idea
is to make a clamp which has no exposed threads to collect welding
spatter. So I relieved the threads and glued copper tube pieces onto my
clamping piece. The bit it threads into is where I had to weld on the
coupler nut and not have the threads bind. It isn't finished yet, there
are a few more pieces to make, but have a look:

T-handle: http://www.tinyisland.com/images/temp/T-handle.jpg
welding positioner: http://www.tinyisland.com/images/temp/In%20Progress.jpg

GWE

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