New around these parts....

[Ocular Engineer]

Hello all,
I've been poking around this forum for a few days. I do not have a Longevity welder yet, but I'm looking to buy the Weldall 200PI (as long as the taxman is not too harsh on me).

That said, I currently have a Lincoln MIG welder that has served me well at home and I use a Miller stick/TIG and MIG units at work. I'm an engineer on a ship, so I do everything from electrical to plumbing to diesel repair/maintenance and yes, fabrication. One of the first questions that I was asked in my interview was, "can you weld?". Since then, I've turned into the go to guy when metal needs to get suck together.

So here are some pics of the stuff that I have made along the way. None of it was made w/ a Longevity machine, but hopefully that should change.

My home welding bench:


Bracket to hang a deer feeder:




Jacking tool for baring an EMD 710 diesel engine over by hand:






Water cooled light bulb


Grinder Pedestal:


Tool Boards:




Sounding Tube Plug Wrench (3/4" square)



Well, that's enough sharing for now.

[Gadget]

Welcome to the forum OE. You have done some nice work, thanks for sharing. Be sure to get entered in the latest contest, you could win a nice LP80 plasma cutter.
Dan

[arandall]

Welcome from me too OE. - Looks like you have a pretty nice shop there. I had to smile when I saw all the clamps - you can never have too many clamps!

Cheers,
Art R.

[Ocular Engineer]

Welcome to the forum OE. You have done some nice work, thanks for sharing. Be sure to get entered in the latest contest, you could win a nice LP80 plasma cutter.
Dan

contest; check. I'll have to get on that.

Welcome from me too OE. - Looks like you have a pretty nice shop there. I had to smile when I saw all the clamps - you can never have too many clamps!

Cheers,
Art R.

That pic w/ the clamps is of the shop on the ship that I work on. I totally agree on not having too many clamps. When I first joined this ship, they had c-clamps all over the place to secure overhead hoists & things. I eventually reclaimed all of them and made clamps out of round stock, a nut and all thread. Now when I go back to work and I see 'my' clamps missing I get a little annoyed.

[arandall]

How big is the ship?

Art R.

[Ocular Engineer]

It is on the small side. 312', 8000 hp.

Here is a little info on it. The part about going down the Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway is now incorrect. They tried it once or twice and found that what should work in theory doesn't always work in practice.

[KHK]

Hello and WELCOME to the forum Ocular. Nice photos, thanks for sharing. They show some nice work. We din't care what type of welder you have, just that you have joined the forum is enough.

[strube1369]

Leroy???????

[Ocular Engineer]

Leroy???????

I picked him up at an estate sale a few years ago.

[strube1369]

Makes sense to me, dude! Just caught my eye and curiosity!