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tonybolton · Apr 20, 2017

Correct....busted! :P :'(

stano · Apr 20, 2017

Westbound and down. Touching down in Albuquerque, final destination Moab, UT

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TacomaJD · Apr 20, 2017

I'm generally not a Jeep fan, but that blue ***** is sexy ^^^ drool

nhl_bullitt · Apr 20, 2017

TacomaJD said:
I'm generally not a Jeep fan, but that blue ***** is sexy ^^^ drool

I'm digging it.

ranger11 · Apr 20, 2017

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xjmarc · Apr 20, 2017

ranger11 said:
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That brought a tear to my eye. I miss that place.

CHASMAN9 · Apr 21, 2017

ranger11 said:
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Paging Bahama Bob Yeomans. :'(

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rpf500 · Apr 21, 2017

:gay:

tonybolton · Apr 21, 2017

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Typical dodge....

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Red97 · Apr 21, 2017

All done. Finally

ROKTOY829 · Apr 21, 2017

http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/58fa3d0bbbea7/20170421_114655.jpg?

Tony Boltons house?

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Zjman · Apr 21, 2017

ROKTOY829 said:
http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/58fa3d0bbbea7/20170421_114655.jpg?

Tony Boltons house?

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That would be his helps hacienda, surely he's got better taste

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tonybolton · Apr 21, 2017

You should see the "garbage mans" house in Lenoir City 8) :-*

zukimaster · Apr 21, 2017

Red97 said:
All done. Finally

. Excuse me for my ignorance here, but what the hell is that?

money_pit_yj · Apr 21, 2017

zukimaster said:
. Excuse me for my ignorance here, but what the hell is that?

I was scared to ask :rolf:

TBItoy · Apr 21, 2017

looks like a couple hundred pounds of welding wire

Red97 · Apr 21, 2017

TBItoy said:
looks like a couple hundred pounds of welding wire

2700lbs. Workpiece held at 450* the entire time.

Beerj · Apr 21, 2017

Wouldn't a big chunk of steel be a little more efficient?

Eddyj · Apr 21, 2017

Would you care to splain that to us?

poolman · Apr 21, 2017

money_pit_yj said:
I was scared to ask :rolf:

X2

poolman · Apr 21, 2017

Eddyj said:
Would you care to splain that to us?

X1000 ???????

easleycrawler · Apr 21, 2017

poolman said:
X1000 ???????

Yep, me too.

Red97 · Apr 21, 2017

This is what it looked like before I started welding. 8" of the far side shelves were cut out (where the little blocks are welded on) creating a T shape.

This pic is from the front, the "finish weld" pic is from the rear the deeper side.

1300 ton forge press. The area is called the "wedge pocket" normally they install a wedge to make it parallel with the shelves. Slide the wedge up/down to adjust the height.

As the press runs the wedge gets beat into position. Then as you try to slide it, it is now sitting on ridges if it slides at all. The wedge is held in with 3" bolts that keep it from sliding out the back. Lots of times those bolts will work loose or strip out.

This way it will always have 100% contact and can have set shims for different dies.

Trying to bolt a block in place won't work as the force will break the bolts or pull the threads as each layer "settles" in. Same with just welding a block in place. That is why welding solid is the preferred method. Being a cast steel frame, it has to be pre heated to 400* ish and held during the welding. Then stress relived at 1050* and allowed to slow cool.

Once that is all done I get to come back and machine everything back to where it belongs. The frame will move a bit from the weld/stress relief.

https://youtu.be/uVIhmVmN4LI
Here is a vid of one of these presses complete and running. Not this place but same make model for a scale reference.

TBItoy · Apr 21, 2017

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So you convert a wedge press to a flat shim setup by filling the wedge pocket with weld?

If I'm understanding correctly

Cool

Red97 · Apr 21, 2017

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TBItoy said:
So you convert a wedge press to a flat shim setup by filling the wedge pocket with weld?

If I'm understanding correctly

Cool

Correct. Did one a couple months ago that mad this one feel like a baby. That one was 14,500 lbs of wire. Had a helper on that one, 2 12 hr shifts 59days.

Really want to start building may buggy, but am about sick of welding lol.

stano · Apr 21, 2017

Red97 said:
This is what it looked like before I started welding. 8" of the far side shelves were cut out (where the little blocks are welded on) creating a T shape.

This pic is from the front, the "finish weld" pic is from the rear the deeper side.

1300 ton forge press. The area is called the "wedge pocket" normally they install a wedge to make it parallel with the shelves. Slide the wedge up/down to adjust the height.

As the press runs the wedge gets beat into position. Then as you try to slide it, it is now sitting on ridges if it slides at all. The wedge is held in with 3" bolts that keep it from sliding out the back. Lots of times those bolts will work loose or strip out.

This way it will always have 100% contact and can have set shims for different dies.

Trying to bolt a block in place won't work as the force will break the bolts or pull the threads as each layer "settles" in. Same with just welding a block in place. That is why welding solid is the preferred method. Being a cast steel frame, it has to be pre heated to 400* ish and held during the welding. Then stress relived at 1050* and allowed to slow cool.

Once that is all done I get to come back and machine everything back to where it belongs. The frame will move a bit from the weld/stress relief.

https://youtu.be/uVIhmVmN4LI
Here is a vid of one of these presses complete and running. Not this place but same make model for a scale reference.

I had no idea it took that big of machine to make doughnuts.......????. What size (#,?) rolls of wire do you use? It'd be a full time job just changing 50# spools at that rate?

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Red97 · Apr 21, 2017

stano said:
I had no idea it took that big of machine to make doughnuts.......????. What size (#,?) rolls of wire do you use? It'd be a full time job just changing 50# spools at that rate?

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Better to have more machine than less lol.

Running 50lb spools .120/3mm flux core wire. 200-250 lbs in 12 hr shift if working a big flat area. Scaling/removing the flux kills some time. Normally use a 36" gun extension to stay outta the heat/spatter some

Changeing the spools is almost a welcome chore, as ya can get up and move around.

biggin · Apr 21, 2017

Red97 said:
This is what it looked like before I started welding. 8" of the far side shelves were cut out (where the little blocks are welded on) creating a T shape.

This pic is from the front, the "finish weld" pic is from the rear the deeper side.

1300 ton forge press. The area is called the "wedge pocket" normally they install a wedge to make it parallel with the shelves. Slide the wedge up/down to adjust the height.

As the press runs the wedge gets beat into position. Then as you try to slide it, it is now sitting on ridges if it slides at all. The wedge is held in with 3" bolts that keep it from sliding out the back. Lots of times those bolts will work loose or strip out.

This way it will always have 100% contact and can have set shims for different dies.

Trying to bolt a block in place won't work as the force will break the bolts or pull the threads as each layer "settles" in. Same with just welding a block in place. That is why welding solid is the preferred method. Being a cast steel frame, it has to be pre heated to 400* ish and held during the welding. Then stress relived at 1050* and allowed to slow cool.

Once that is all done I get to come back and machine everything back to where it belongs. The frame will move a bit from the weld/stress relief.

https://youtu.be/uVIhmVmN4LI
Here is a vid of one of these presses complete and running. Not this place but same make model for a scale reference.