Thread: My first skelerector almost done!

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I finally got a place to work on my welding and I finished my first skelerector.



I have a how-to page up if you get bored over the holidays...

http://www.hauntedyards.com/home/skelerector

Looks great how do u get the password for the plans. Got any video of it in action? Great work

Ahhh, welding. That would be a good skill to have.

Hey DoctorGrim it's actually pretty easy to weld. I learned all my welding off of Youtube about 2years ago.

Good Work jandjbarry!!

Originally Posted by billman

Hey DoctorGrim it's actually pretty easy to weld. I learned all my welding off of Youtube about 2years ago.

Really? Is it expensive for all the welding materials and equipment?

Not expensive at all. Contrary to all the haters of Harbor Freight. You can get a really good mig welder and helmet for under $200.

I have this welder: http://www.harborfreight.com/110-amp...der-94164.html
and you can get a auto-darkening helmet for around $40 on sale and even less with a 20% off coupon.

add some gloves, wire brush and an angle grinder for a few bucks more and your more than good to go..

I originally bought a flux core welder and then got annoyed by the results. I ditched it and got a fairly reasonable Hobart ($400) GMAW and realized I didn't suck... my welder did... lol

In regards to helmets... I'd advise cheaper welder... better helmet if you like your eyes in the long term. I got a speedglas 9002x in Ebay for a song.

Steel is much easier to work with than wood. if you cut wrong or make a mistake... you can just put it back together!

That's really interesting. I think I'll look into that.

Thanks for the info.

Attached springs and mounted piston tonight... I never got it hooked up to air... I hope it's strong enough to pull it back... it's like a giant mousetrap!

I had to make the clevis out of a turnbuckle I cut in half... thread size matched... drilled hole though the side of it... Worked like a charm!