Fabrication thread

[NotaVegetarian]

Would love to see a fabrication thread on here. Sure some of us have built some wonderful attachments and upgrade to our Broncos and other projects. Here is a picture of two of my favorite machines in my shop. The Hobart 210 MVP MIG welder, loaded with.030 spool of E71-T11, the Lincoln is the tried an true AC/DC 225/125. I’ve built cages, bumpers, floor pans, brush guards, steps, drop hitch, light brackets go carts, tool stand, even modified bicycles. So what y’all think let’s get a fabrication thread going….

 

[johnnyreb]

Would love to see a fabrication thread on here. Sure some of us have built some wonderful attachments and upgrade to our Broncos and other projects. Here is a picture of two of my favorite machines in my shop. The Hobart 210 MVP MIG welder, loaded with.030 spool of E71-T11, the Lincoln is the tried an true AC/DC 225/125. I’ve built cages, bumpers, floor pans, brush guards, steps, drop hitch, light brackets go carts, tool stand, even modified bicycles. So what y’all think let’s get a fabrication thread going….

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Sounds like a good idea--and interesting to those who are and wanting to learn more. Hope your doing good Mike.

 

[Tiha]

I rarely take pictures of that stuff. Probably should have. I have an old lincoln stick welder. Like really old and a 90 amp miller cricket wire welder.
Have a torch but don't have a cutting tip. Keeps me from getting lazy LOL.

From body work, building trailers, fuel tanks. Hard to imagine how many projects I have done. Still pretty interesting to see what people come up with.

 

[johnnyreb]

I rarely take pictures of that stuff. Probably should have. I have an old lincoln stick welder. Like really old and a 90 amp miller cricket wire welder.
Have a torch but don't have a cutting tip. Keeps me from getting lazy LOL.

From body work, building trailers, fuel tanks. Hard to imagine how many projects I have done. Still pretty interesting to see what people come up with.

I don,t have but very little experience in welding and it is stick. Say you putting in piececs in the body and floor. Which rod and what setting would be best to use?

 

[Tiha]

I don,t have but very little experience in welding and it is stick. Say you putting in piececs in the body and floor. Which rod and what setting would be best to use?

I bought my wire welder specifically for doing body work. It only does up to 1/4" well. Anything over that I prefer stick. Nothing wrong with wire. I am just old and trying to keep a high dollar wire welder working for as little as i would use it, not worth it to me.

But small, gas, wire welder with .023 wire is the only way to go for body work.

I have tried small sticks on my stick welder and had no luck. I am not good enough for that.

 

[johnnyreb]

I bought my wire welder specifically for doing body work. It only does up to 1/4" well. Anything over that I prefer stick. Nothing wrong with wire. I am just old and trying to keep a high dollar wire welder working for as little as i would use it, not worth it to me.

But small, gas, wire welder with .023 wire is the only way to go for body work.

I have tried small sticks on my stick welder and had no luck. I am not good enough for that.

The first time I tried stick welding. Was on top of a building earl one morning. We were putting a metal roof of it. I asked a friend if I could try it. Remind you the dew was still on the metal. He said sure--have at it. Well I got the rod stuck. Grabbed it it break it loose and got a good grab on me. hhahahaha I learnt that lesson quick.hahaha . I been in alot of power and have been lucky.

 

[L\Bronco]

Great idea notaveg! These are my go to's:
That Mig is good to 5\8", then it's all arc. I don't know how I ever worked with sheet metal before I got the beverly shear!
These babys have helped me fab many racecar chassis and roll cages, along with tons of resto sheet metal work!
Couldn't do it without them!
Cool Idea for a thread!
Cheers!

 

[L\Bronco]

I rarely take pictures of that stuff. Probably should have. I have an old lincoln stick welder. Like really old and a 90 amp miller cricket wire welder.
Have a torch but don't have a cutting tip. Keeps me from getting lazy LOL.

From body work, building trailers, fuel tanks. Hard to imagine how many projects I have done. Still pretty interesting to see what people come up with.

I wish I had a camera in my pocket years ago!
(It would be easier to look at the pictures of old builds)

 

[NotaVegetarian]

Wow we are off to great start

 

[NotaVegetarian]

I don,t have but very little experience in welding and it is stick. Say you putting in piececs in the body and floor. Which rod and what setting would be best to use?

Used a MiG welder. Used a stitch weld process. Here is the method used.
Measure the area to be replaced. Measure the panels to ensure you have enough materials.
Fit the replacement panel on top of the existing floor
Sometimes you may have to adjust them to fit the current floor.
Trim the new floor panels 1” larger than the floor to be replaced
Mark the new floor cut line should be about an inch from edge
Tack weld the new panels in place
Cut out the floor panels in place cutting through the new panel and existing floor
Now grind off the tack welds and remove the panel remnants
Your new panels should fit flush to the floor
Use some magnets to hold the panels in position tack in to place
Then use a stitch weld process and wet rags to prevent over heating and warping the panels

See it’s easy

 

[NotaVegetarian]

Great idea notaveg! These are my go to's:View attachment 29950View attachment 29951View attachment 29952
That Mig is good to 5\8", then it's all arc. I don't know how I ever worked with sheet metal before I got the beverly shear!
These babys have helped me fab many racecar chassis and roll cages, along with tons of resto sheet metal work!
Couldn't do it without them!
Cool Idea for a thread!
Cheers!

Those ideal arc are real work horses, awesome machines

 

[L\Bronco]

Those ideal arc are real work horses, awesome machines

They certainly are. I learned on an old Forney when I was a kid, This one is way less temperamental!
I don't use it as much as I used to though, the Miller does nearly everything I need now.
Cheers

 

[NotaVegetarian]

I don,t have but very little experience in welding and it is stick. Say you putting in piececs in the body and floor. Which rod and what setting would be best to use?

Johnny,

Have not tried ARC (stick welding) on floor panels. Am sure it can and has been done. If your machine can do DC or DC+, try a 3/32 6013 as cold as your machine can run say 40 amps. That’s as low as mine goes. Try small strikes like stitch with a short arc. I’m going to go in the shop and give this a try on some scrap. Hate to tell someone to try something I haven’t done.

 

[NotaVegetarian]

Ok went into the shop to try stick welding thin sheet metal. Found some 20 gage, 14 gage
My machine a Lincoln AC/DC set on DC+, 40 amps is as low as it will go.
Rod is a 3/32 6011, wish I had some 6013 for this they burn a little easier (to me)
The 20 gage melted with every arc
The 14 gage did pretty well
So to answer the question can floor panels be stick welded
Yes they can, low settings some care and take your time yes you can use a stick welder to weld in floor panels.

 

[Jimbo26]

Ok, at the risk of taking rocks thrown I'll venture a mod project on my 'other' 4X.
Wanted winches on both ends of the vehicle, so got into some creative thinking on the rear bumper that was already pipe, and will hold more then the truck itself.
(Built the bumper back in the early 90s. Truck is a 1-owner, had it since new)
Just cut a relief out of the pipe on both sides for the winch cable to pass thru properly to the fairlead, and then built a cradle to attach the winch to. Once in place, measured out the dimensions to make a 'mud box' to protect the apparatus. Having access to a metal fab shop is mighty handy at times, made the mud-box out of aluminum sheet. The setup works like a champ.
No reason why this idea couldn't be adapted to a Bronc. I did basically the same thing with my F250.
Winches in the back end are just as handy as in front.

 

[NotaVegetarian]

Nicely done, I do like pipe bumpers

 

[Jimbo26]

Nicely done, I do like pipe bumpers

Thx
The 3/4 ton mod was somewhat easier using 8" channel. L/P flip-up contraption made it just right.
The channel is almost as stout as the pipe, so if somebody gets ignorant, it's gonna leave a scar.

 

[chrlsful]

I can do the welding, not the pic (jealous). Post
#7 looks like the shop's. Got a same co's tig. Alu is
a pain. Like house paintin 99.99% is the prep. Lain
dwn the paint is 1% of the wrk. I cant believe how clean
the alu hasta B. Torches R my fire wrench, cant do w/o them.

 

[elkslayer]

Would love to see a fabrication thread on here. Sure some of us have built some wonderful attachments and upgrade to our Broncos and other projects. Here is a picture of two of my favorite machines in my shop. The Hobart 210 MVP MIG welder, loaded with.030 spool of E71-T11, the Lincoln is the tried an true AC/DC 225/125. I’ve built cages, bumpers, floor pans, brush guards, steps, drop hitch, light brackets go carts, tool stand, even modified bicycles. So what y’all think let’s get a fabrication thread going….

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Agreed...I am a steel fabricator by trade. Love to see the ideas and modifications made by others.