Ideas for welding projects for school kids?

[SICFabrications]

cattle guards, round bail feeders, how about some ornamental iron? you can build your own jigs to make them with. i can also show you how to build a iron basket the old school way. you in south mississippi, maybe could hit up some of them oil and gas well companies to build a manifold or a poly pipe trailer.... call walt disney in orlando and ask em if ya'll can build another modified f-2 sign for em (that sign is a buggar! all aluminum mc-6 channel and many, many intricate copes and angles) or maybe a lumber/ pipe rack for a pick up truck....

oooo, oooo..... how about one of them chicken foot grabbers, ya know, looks like a mini shepherd's crook... a whiskey still, a real steel guitar (made one out of concrete once,, sounded like it was comin out of the north end of a south bound cow, and it was wicked heavy)

hmmm.... how about a 2 ball for a 3-point hitch... one down low for bumper pulled trailers, and one higher for goosenecks... can move trailers around real nice like...

an a-frame trolley, motorized wheel-barrow (complete with hydraulic dump) build a pipe fence on a 3 in 12 pitch (make em learn how to figure angles, cut fishmouths with a grinder or torch, and to learn some real world applique)

learn em how to run open root cellulose 6g pipe =)) (thats a feat that i love to show off on) build a dump trailer, bobcat bucket, add a fork for a backhoe front loader bucket... the list can go on and on, sir =))

[Bluesman]

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hmmm.... how about a 2 ball for a 3-point hitch... , motorized wheel-barrow (complete with hydraulic dump) build a pipe fence on a 3 in 12 pitch (make em learn how to figure angles, cut fishmouths with a grinder or torch, and to learn some real world applique)

learn em how to run open root cellulose 6g pipe

We are working on the 2 ball for 3 pt. hitch thing... The motorized wheel-barrow <I would LOVE to see one of those>...

What exactly do you mean about a pipe fence on 3 in 12 pitch? You mean like on the slope of a hill or what? I always thought you would build a pipe fence to the contour of the land and the pitch would change as the contour changed and you would cut and fit accordingly.

I'm ignorant to the cellulose pipe thing too ... I don't even know what cellulose pipe is. Sounds expensive if it is 6g though LOL... I know that is not what it meant but I couldn't help my self.

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I would like to know more about this ornamental iron thing and the iron basket. We have a tubing bender with dies for square stock and round, has a picket twister attachment as well. Have a press with on of those thingies from Shop Outfitter's that bends heavy iron, got two ring rollers to. Just don't know how to use all the stuff yet, but I'm trying to learn.

[SICFabrications]

Google Image Result for http://www.tcerentals.com/Georgia%20Buggy.jpg <----- motorized wheel barrow, hyd dump...

yes, a 3 in 12 pitch.... i built 1600 foot of guard rail last year that goes across a bridge over the arkansas river.... every thing was on a pitch, even 1/4 in 12.... i learned alot, we pre-fabbed the railing in 20 foot sections... it was ALL 1 1/4 pipe with 1/2 round stock for pickets

open root pipe..... take 2 peices of pipe and butt weld em..... open root means to leave a little gap in between them before welding... cellulose = 5p or 6p rods (6010 or 7010) 6g= pipe joint sitting at a 45 degree angle, lemme find a pic

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Google Image Result for http://johnmcgregormarineweldtrainingcenter.files.wordpre ss.com/2009/09/12082009552.jpg?w=341&h=225 <----6g angle

[Ascinder]

I know there is a nearby highschool whose metal students build a competitive rock/desert racer every year. They get donations and sponsors and compete with it then sell it off and build another the next year. I have also heard of highschools and community colleges building kitplanes for projects.

[tjjolle]

Im pretty sure the millerwelds web site has some project ideas, obviously some are smaller and some larger, but last I checked it had really cool ideas. Im thinking students might enjoy making things like weightlifting equipment, go carts, or things they might use afterwards.

[Bluesman]

We are finishing up on another utility trailer right now. 6 1/2' by 12' with side loading ramp and rear loading ramp. Has a 5200 lb axle and is built with 1/4" angle all the way around except for the top rail (3/16") and the tongue (3" Square Tubing)... Planning on raffling it off like we did the last one.

[UnfinishedProjects]

Custom bicycle frames are a good project for kids. Teaches the fundamentals of metal fitment and working with tubing. Not to mention, you can build some pretty cool bikes on the cheap

[Nick]

Definitely not flashy, but might be an easier sell to the school. Racks/carts for on premises use, desk for you, shelving, etc.

On the cheap end, why not have them throw together a coat hanger / wall rack to take home with some scroll work? Your advanced students can eat up time doing intricate additions while the slow but steady can still manage a basic form. Gives you the opportunity to do jigs, dies for scroll, tube bending, etc.

Best we ever had was very limited CNC lathe/mill work (which was held back horribly by average class ability. I believe there was a 2-3 week period dedicated to providing intricate scale drawings of a ruler along with proof you could use one.... ).

[Bluesman]

Custom bicycle frames are a good project for kids. Teaches the fundamentals of metal fitment and working with tubing. Not to mention, you can build some pretty cool bikes on the cheap

Is there a place with plans or something. We have a tubing bender, one of those floor mounted jobs and I would like to do this but have never tried anything like that. Any suggestions on how to get started?

[Fastest1]

They are delicious all by themselves! Or Mix it with venison for tamales and or sausage.

You got me pegged I guess I watched Back To The Future one time too many as a kid. What about some hog traps? We can eat those. I don't know if you have a problem with those where you live but in Texas we have feral hogs all over.