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This weldment now has ALOT of gravity in it. All This weldment now has ALOT of gravity in it. All the fun. #ibuprofen #coffee #Bengay #Biofreeze #nervepills #heartmedicine #justkiddinginsurancelady
Chain grabs for Tonka's crate. 3/4 slots in C3x6l Chain grabs for Tonka's crate. 3/4 slots in C3x6lb channel with a 5/8" chain grab welded to a 3/4" base. Tig root and a 7018 cap with dual shield on the channel to tube connections. #allprocessesallpositions #industrialathlete #heavyduty #willweldforelephants #fabrication #Weld #gobuildsomethingawesome ##in7018wetrust
Let's think about this one... warranty campaign fo Let's think about this one... warranty campaign for a 10,000lb forklift, weld deficiency issues from production mig welds on the mast, with a repair procedure calling for Lincoln hardwire or "equivalent rod." Yeaaaahhh I'm gonna "equivalent rod" that everytime. The irony is baffling. 1 down and about 10 more to go. #in7018wetrust #hobart #arcgouging #industrialathletes #7018 #fabrication #heavyequipment #neverweldonforklifts #millerwelders #forklift
Making steady progress on the elephant hauler. Ro Making steady progress on the elephant hauler. Roof and floor structures are welded out, 4x4 angle in place between every crossmember, and all of the plates processed up and tacked in. A small fortune in 5/16" treadplate for the floor, 3/16" P&O for the roof. Half slots blown into each plate on the joints for a 1/2" plug weld to tie each plate to the crossmember below. Several one inch holes for a bathtub worth of urine to drain out of. Hopefully start erecting walls the week after Thanksgiving and processing 12' sheets of 1/4" plate to wrap the inside perimeter 💪💪💪 #aintnothintoitbutodoit #millerwelders #fabrication #Weld #cncplasma #hypertherm #jd2 #industrialathletes #moretriggertimethantheaveragegangster
A 5" x 1.5" wall round tube tried to divorce some A 5" x 1.5" wall round tube tried to divorce some 1" plate on this yacht mover down at Sea Ray Boats. A little 7018 counseling and she's happy again. #industrialathlete #millerwelders
Eating this elephant crate two bites at a time. Al Eating this elephant crate two bites at a time. Almost ready to weld out the floor and roof frames. #industrialathletes #gobuildsomething #fabrication #weld #moretriggertimethantheaveragegangster #tubeframing #dualshield #bohler
This elephant crate is such a bucket list fab job This elephant crate is such a bucket list fab job for us, having the dad gum time of my life with this one. @bull_fab We're a few thousand pounds in with a long way to go. #willweldforelephants #in7018wetrust #Weld #industrialathletes #fabrication #gobuildsomething #zoowelder #millerwelders #workSMAWter
16 butt bars we fabricated for Tonka's crate. 4x4 16 butt bars we fabricated for Tonka's crate. 4x4x3/8" square tube capped with 1/2" grab handles. These slide laterally at the front and rear of the crate through a sub assembly we worked on today with the 5x5 sleeves from yesterday. Leave your tube plasma/laser comments below 👇👇 😂😂😂 #loser #in7018wetrust #fabrication #Weld #plasma #hypertherm #JD2 #industrialathletes #zoowelder #elephants
If you're gonna play with fire you better be quick If you're gonna play with fire you better be quick with those piggies. Plasma drilling 1.125" holes in 5 inch square tube for the elephant crate. Ground the weld seams for better fit and finish. #fabrication #industrialathletes #weld #in7018wetrust #drillbitsareforpeasants #cncplasma #hypertherm #JD2
Went full fire in the hole today, starting a 24,00 Went full fire in the hole today, starting a 24,000lb build of an elephant crate to relocate 8 ton Tonka from the Zoo to middle Tennessee. These first parts are 8x8x5/16" HSS ripped in half to make channels, and holes blown for 5x5 square tube sleeves to receive the 4x4x3/8 butt bars to close off the space. Been waiting my whole career to build this box and i'm super thankful to get to be a part of relocating one of the heaviest, if not the heaviest, land mammals in the western hemisphere. #industrialathletes #fabrication #webuildstuff #weldeverydamnday #in7018wetrust #Weld
Killer week at the grindstone working on an outdoo Killer week at the grindstone working on an outdoor Komodo dragon exhibit for our friends at the zoo. 100' or more of continuous 1/2" stainless round bar around the perimeter with 1/2" stainless all thread epoxy'd into the shot crete walls on 24" centers. Formed the stainless with hickey bars and animal proteins, nice little physical challenge. Greg and I prefabbed two frames to raise up the glass walls at the front and connected them around the faux tree. All of this is for stainless netting to wrap around to keep the big lizard from crawling out. The existing pole in the center got three tubes to brace it for net tightening. Ran 3/32" 7018, 308L, and 309L all off the Maxstar with a 100' extension chord at 110 volts and it never skipped a beat. This little machine has been such a workhorse for years. If you don't have one, get one. #fabrication #industrialathletes #Weld #in7018wetrust #zoowelder #gobuildsomething #lizards
Quick guard we whipped up for the auctioneers stan Quick guard we whipped up for the auctioneers stand at the livestock yard. There's a small holding area under the desk where calves get penned during the sale, and occasionally they kick the stand and damage the wood. 3/16" plate backed with ally and some sched 80 pipe to stiffen it up. #fabrication #gobuildsomething #Weld #in7018wetrust #millerwelders #cows #industrialathletes
Beast of a robot cell we finished up and delivered Beast of a robot cell we finished up and delivered this week. If I remember right, there was almost a fifth of a mile of welding and about 5200lbs of 1/4" wall tubing. We (@bull_fab) had a dang good time with this one. Currently working on one more cell that bolts to this one and I think that completes this framework. #industrialathletes #fabrication #millerwelders #Weld #moretriggertimethantheaveragegangster #blend #pulsespray #mig
15' column that came through the shop this week fo 15' column that came through the shop this week for a Swedish jib crane manufacturer. Headed to a plant in Cleveland TN. 6x6x3/8" wall tube with a 1" baseplate and 1/2" gussets. 1/2" cap with a threaded center hole. Bohler diamondspark RC 52 is definitely the best dual shield I've ever used. #gobuildsomething #fabrication #Weld #dualshield #industrialathletes #millerwelders #böhler #moretriggertimethantheaveragegangster
20 brackets tacked up for a 3500lb conveyor system 20 brackets tacked up for a 3500lb conveyor system feeding into a robot cell we finished today. All the parts are 1/2" HRPO cut on the JD2. #fabrication #industrialathletes #westillbuild #doworkson #Weld #moretriggertimethantheaveragegangster #gobuildsomething
A foundation we just completed for a shipping cont A foundation we just completed for a shipping container swimming pool with @anchoredconstruction. It's in the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg area at a rental property. Filled up, the pool weighs 98,000 lbs. To put that in perspective, the crane truck that set the 40 footers was 95,000 lbs. The columns are 8x8x5/16" square tube with 3/4" baseplates and 1" B7 rod. All the beams are W12x53's with 34 stiffeners in total. 3/8" corner plates with 4x4x1/4" diagonal bracing. Super fun job with a lot of logistical challenges, but I think that's my favorite part about this anymore. The bigger the challenge, the more rewarding the completion and execution. @bull_fab raised his head before the last weld and said "you know, they're spending all this money and they still only have an above ground pool" 😂😂 #industrialathletes #fabrication #in7018wetrust #millerwelders #dualshield #weld #moretriggertimethantheaveragegangster
Had lots of questions about the tumbler @bull_fab Had lots of questions about the tumbler @bull_fab and I made a few years ago. It works awesome. Countless hours of labor saved. Here's what we came up with. 1750rpm motor coupled into a 60 to 1 gear box. Chain driven down to a Ford 10.5" Sterling rear end I had laying around. Made a stainless plate with holes to match the U-bolt straps, and sil-bronzed a matching cast iron gear to it. Pulled the driver side axle and shortened the tube just to get rid of some heft, and welded the spider gears up to force motion out of the remaining axle. Blew out some plates to beadlock grip the Mickey Thompson spare tire Greg had and threw in some ceramic tumbling media. 1750 cut by 60 and then cut by 3.55 gave us an 8rpm tumbler which is just fast enough to cascade the parts, but not so fast it starts slinging crapp to Taiwan. It's strong enough to pull a grown man over the top of the tire. Maybe two grown men if I could get @apocfab to ride piggy back. Maybe one day. #industrialathletes #fabrication #tumbler #in7018wetrust #ceramic #madeonmagnolia #Weld #gobuildsomething #doworkson
Cut and tumbled a (170) piece order of 1/2" HRPO g Cut and tumbled a (170) piece order of 1/2" HRPO glass handrail components for a local machine shop. #gobuildsomething #fabrication #industrialathletes #Weld #hypertherm #JD2 #custom #handrailsarestupid
This was a first for us today and pretty nerve rac This was a first for us today and pretty nerve racking, seeing as how much 2x4 rec tube we have put into critical applications in the past few years. Near zero penetration in the seam weld coupled with a pretty deep machining of the weld surface. It ended up splitting several feet while in the bandsaw. Yes, it's U.S. made steel. We checked all the other tubes in this bundle and everything else looked fine. Weird fluke I guess, maybe a torch height issue? Anyways, knee deep in a 24 stick 5000lb weldment this isn't what you want to find! #fabrication #industrialathletes #weld #in7018wetrust #buildittight #westillbuild #tubeframing #automation #robotcell
1 of 3 robot cells we are manufacturing for an aut 1 of 3 robot cells we are manufacturing for an automation customer. The next one is 140+ tubes and weighs in at over 5k. Installing some 8x8 columns and W12x53's for a shipping container swimming pool next week near Gatlinburg. The pool filled with water is 98,000lbs. After that, we are rolling into an elephant crate that weighs in at well over 20,000lbs fabbed for an 8 ton elephant. Fall is looking HEAVY in every way. #industrialathletes #millerwelders #fabrication #in7018wetrust #Weld #westillbuild #robotsaregivingusjobs
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