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For aluminum I will usually bump that 10-15 percent as non-ferrous materials dissipate heat so fast. For example using the same 1/8" only aluminum, I would probably start in the 140-145 amp range. Mike

As a general rule use the 1-amp per .001" material thickness. I usually stick to that but will tweak it a bit depending on initial heat input. If your able to get a molten puddle where you can start adding filler and moving within about 3-4 seconds you are very close on amperage. If it takes...

I'm not sure what filler thickness you were using but in my experience even on thicker weldments I generally don't run much over around 160-170 amps. IF I need to make multiple passes I would rather do that than go over that amperage and using 1/8" filler rod. This is mainly on carbon metals...

Thank you. All in all I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out. It sure looked good driving away from the shop last night and he was grinning ear to ear. Mission accomplished. :cool: Now to find some time to get us off-road and enjoy some family time together doing what we love. I...

While my son put the finishing touches on his Jeep last night I did a major cleaning of the shop as it was filthy and dusty from the fabrication work lately. He then backed the Jeep out of the shop to take pictures and drove it home. Sliders match pretty well. Thanks for...

We finished up the rear cargo area of my son’s WJ last night as well as finished the machining on the front sway bar. Had to get creative. Zero’d on the the holes center and shifted it an inch. I actually placed a 2-4-6 block under it and my large angle plate to clamp it solid before...

When I was installing my LS my wife was like "meh" it's kinda cool. But after I got it on the road I think she enjoys driving it. I had to do a timing belt on her car a couple of weeks ago and she said she didn't have any running around to do and didn't need her car for the day. As soon as I...

After a loooong ass day yesterday and I finally made it home I had a package arrive. I guess I was a bit punchy and trying to lighten the mood with my wife so I showed her my Utah care package that came. They’re multi-purpose. :rofl: Mike

Beautiful welds and workmanship. Mike

After a long weekend of having to be at work due to this “event” that is taking place in our world right now, it was nice to get off work at a reasonable hour and get home to work in the shop last night. We ran into a minor interference issue on my son’s WJ. He had been hearing a slight noise...

You are very welcome. So far I have been very pleased with them. They seem to be well constructed with decent gauge material, the slides work well and the drawers don't sag when loaded. My only complaint is the brushed aluminum drawer handle covers slip off a bit to easily for my liking...

Workbenches continued. I had to work with this strange substance in my shop called "wood". Went and picked up my benchtops this afternoon. Six foot top fell right into place. Just had to weld up the two corners and blend them a bit. Test fit of the corner tops. Everything fit perfectly...

Copied and pasted from my build thread on garagejournal. I used the HF44 toolboxes for these workbenches. I used four for the L-shaped bench and one for the 6' bench between my toolbox and lathe for a total of 5 boxes. The one under my 6' bench by the lathe contains mostly machining tools so...

Thanks guys. For some reason I thought I had posted up the build pictures of when I built my workbenches. I will find them and repost them. I appreciate the feedback. I love my new workbenches in my new shop. I had cupboards under my benches in my last shop and much prefer the ability to...

I didn’t get more than a few minutes in my shop last night but did have the opportunity to clean up and put some tools away from last week’s fabrication work. I also cleaned off my workbenches and disposed of a few boxes and left over parts from my son’s WJ project. This is the first time in...

Exactly. We are shipping product to our stores as fast as we receive it. Yesterday our driver's hours were up and we were contracting with outside carriers just to get product to the stores. That will at least be alleviated by Monday with the transportation announcement on hours being lifted...

I wish my hours were being cut. I was told on Thursday that I will be working every day with no time off until further notice. Yesterday I started @ 6:00am and finally left work around 10:00pm. This shit is getting old real quick and I don't know how long I can keep up these 14-16 hour days...

Thanks for the comments guys. Nothing I'm doing is top secret so sorry I didn't explain that in the original post but glad you asked the question Mark. Mike

Finished up the actual fabrication last night on the rear cargo storage rack in my son’s WJ. Black Box mocked into place and mounting tabs fabricated for the Powertank, everything racked and ready to remove for final welding. Tabs for mounting the Hi-Lift jack. I’ll machine two...

I went really hi-techie techie on that one. I had a piece of .120" wall 4.5" tubing that I cut a 4" length off and then cut it in half lengthwise. Once I had two half circles or C's, I placed each one in my press and slowly flattened them out until they matched the contour that I was after of...