Grouchie's CADD, 3D printing, machining, and welding adventures

[grouchie77]

Can we table the nonsense? Or for our Northern friends, let's bench the discussion.

 

[FB71]

One of the legs split on our folding bench/picnic table.

It was suggested that I run "a-cuppla wood screws an' it'll be fine".

Anyone that has come to "know" me thru this forum, knows I am NOT "a-cuppla screws to fix it" type of guy.

Absolutely not.

This morning we stopped by our local Ace Hardware for paintbrushes. I have been, as of late, wandering over to their metal shapes isle. Stocking up on steel and a little bit of aluminum. Round and square tubes, flat stock, angle iron. Hoarding it on the bottom shelf of one of my workbenches.

Among that steel that I got today was five 3-foot lengths of 1x⅛" strip steel.

Fabbed up a brace for the leg and screwed it on, using the aforementioned "cuppla screws". Works a treat.

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I knew I'd seen that look somewhere before...

 

[grouchie77]

Another whimsical piece of welded art...

 

[grouchie77]

It's supposed to be a small camping/tailgating/stand-around-with-your-buddies-in-your-backyard-and-get-drunk grill, but I'm pretty sure I got cooked quicker sitting in the sun waiting for the charcoal to take.

Anyways, I present to you the Furter Burner from 42fab.com.

Edit: roasted a fresh jalapeño plucked from the garden. Seemed to work pretty good.