I've just been kind of winging it on the fabrication of this thing. I'm definitely going to jump around a lot to avoid warpage and tack everything together as much as possible before putting any real heat into. Anybody has any experience with things like this I'm all ears on tips or tricks / things to avoid moving forward. ✌️
Grandpa could fix fuckin anything, wish I knew the right questions to ask when he was alive.
Last picture is a section of his workbench before I dug into it.
I think it's watch making tools or something.
I'm definitely keeping it. Not sure if I'll ever learn to use it tho
Had to go upside down for this one lol, wish they made the doughnut a bit smaller
I've heard the quarter inch gap between the face of the pipe and the inside face of the socket is required specifically for protecting the weld strength because with heating and cooling (minor expansion and contraction) of the pipe over time would eventually break the weld if the two faces were butt up tight.
But the other day this pipe fitter was saying that's wrong and the only reason for the 1/4" gap is purely for fit up reasons.
Looking for some other opinions ✌️
I'm not good, so you don't have to tell me
I could never figure out where to go with this,
Like most of my doodles.
Any ideas?