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spudboy
18th November 2010, 09:25 PM
At last, I have finished building my "welding bench with sink" project. Only took about six weeks or so :p

It's built much like a Defender, out of Aluminium TIG welded together, with the top held on by recessed rivets and SikaFlex. Fit up is a bit better than the usual Defender level, although that may not be saying all that much.

This was my first proper project TIG welding anything, and I learnt a lot. Destroyed quite a bit of Ali on the way, but now I can at least do half reasonable welds, as long as I am using 1.6mm or thicker material. Tried TIGing 1mm sheet and it just got horribly deformed, so I stuck to rivetting that stuff and welding the rest.

Because the whole bench is Ali, I can just clamp the edge of the bench, and anything put on top is "live" to go for welding. Easy.

So - on to the next project, which is sorting out my air compressor. Or maybe it will be learning how to TIG weld Stainless Steel....

Cheers
David
newhue
18th November 2010, 09:32 PM
how about you throw a bit of crap around as the next project. Your shed looks waaaay too tidy:p
bblaze
19th November 2010, 07:15 AM
how about you throw a bit of crap around as the next project. Your shed looks waaaay too tidy:p

you beat me too it. I wish I had that much room I could have a clean shed.
Nice bench
cheers
blaze
spudboy
19th November 2010, 08:16 AM
how about you throw a bit of crap around as the next project. Your shed looks waaaay too tidy:p

Haha - give me about a week and it will be covered in crap.

If I posted a pic of the bench behind it you'd see a whole lot of stuff, as you'd expect in a farmers shed. Ms Spud is constantly amazed at how I find anything, given my very random "filing system".
The ho har's
19th November 2010, 08:28 AM
Haha - give me about a week and it will be covered in crap.

If I posted a pic of the bench behind it you'd see a whole lot of stuff, as you'd expect in a farmers shed. Ms Spud is constantly amazed at how I find anything, given my very random "filing system".

hh's random "filing system" must be lot more random than yours as he very rarely finds anything:o I have to look for it:D

I am working on colour coding all the spanners etc, red for W/Worth, yellow for metric and blue for AF:D much easier to put away

Mrs hh:angel:
austastar
19th November 2010, 09:12 AM
given my very random "filing system".

"Random Dynamic Storage"


cheers
digger
19th November 2010, 09:15 AM
Haha - give me about a week and it will be covered in crap.

If I posted a pic of the bench behind it you'd see a whole lot of stuff, as you'd expect in a farmers shed. Ms Spud is constantly amazed at how I find anything, given my very random "filing system".

Yeah I use a "chronological filing " system....

whatever I got last is on top of the pile :)
JohnF
19th November 2010, 09:44 AM
how about you throw a bit of crap around as the next project. Your shed looks waaaay too tidy:p

agree :D