My first Welding Lathe made from a Old Bicycle
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Back around 1998, I got a request to quote a job that involved welding 200 or so small round stainless steel parts.
I didnt have a welding lathe or even a turntable at the time...but I quoted the job anyway and got it.
The story was... was supposed to get 100 parts every month for several years. (seems like thats always the story to get you to quote lower) but I had heard that song and dance before so instead of stepping out and spending money on a welding turntable, I built my own DIY welding lathe turntable for these parts for the first order of 200 parts. I used an old bicycle, some drill chucks, and a cheap Kmart variable speed drill motor. see the full article here goo.gl/h7720K visit the store here goo.gl/P36UKS
the true meaning of a good guy. Jody shares his knowledge. We are all grateful.
Be a giver like Jody , share what you know. It really helps a lot of people.
Hose clamp speed control, genius!
Necessity is the mother of invention. Great work.
I agree, truly ingenious. I might be getting some work similar to this so I might just give this idea a try and rig up a holder for my powertig torch. It is nice being able to make a bit of money on the side.
and the laziness is its father !
Bruce Pender ... These mother's need to get out there and start inventin.
It isn’t laziness. It’s business. If you expect to make money from your work, you have to be as efficient as possible.
thats what I love about your channel, you show us all the new goodies, but also give some really good input for guys just starting out working on the cheap.
I know the new one works better ,but like the original one..I think you are one of those guys who does not need to brag, you let the results talk..Your skill and knowledge are very impressive.. best wishes, Bill,a former welder.
Jody, as a bicycle fabricator, it makes my heart happy to see an old bike live on in a productive environment...cheers!
DUUUUUDE!!
I have been scouting the local scrap yard for gear reduction drives and other components to try and cobble together a positioner/turntable.
The true brilliance of the bicycle/drill is its simplicity.
Thanks so much.
Super impressive work!! I've been TIG welding off and on for 13 years now, and am still learning a lot from your videos. Thank you for sharing your TIG knowledge!!
If it's stupid, but it works, it ain't stupid. Great little machine - nice improvisation.
jody is the best. Not only is he knowledgeable and innovative, he is willing to share what he know and explain it so well-precise and clear. Great teacher.
Thanks Jody, there may be a dozen other welders as good or better even but they don't put it all on video for us little guys. Your welds look perfect to me so I am trying to understand your complaint at any weld you didn't like. Your series of tips and tricks has been invaluable to me in my development as a welder and fabricator.
Man, that is very cool. Yes, got to start somewhere. No instant gratification when there are little to no funds to start a project. I don;t even Tig but these videos are priceless. Thank you. Gonna make contact at the metal supplier too.
The only welding channel worth watching! A bloody good bloke also!
Thanks for sharing all your experience Jody, never get tired of it - Buy his stuff boys, seriously it's the best
sweet! and I'm really glad that Metal Supermarkets gets a mention. With a tiny shop and very little storage, they are my go to supplier.
You win the the ingenuity award. Very good. I am not a welder. Though I have. Never heard of a welding lathe. Now I have. Thanks for the great vid.
Im interested in changing professions ..... or at least not so much fixing but building. I am also realizing fab items are not cheap but most tools are not! So I enjoyed seeing this and opening up to different ideas about how to make things work. Now time to find my first tig machine.... So many options!
Guess what..I made a similar contraption. My buddy asked what the h.. that thing was, but as he saw it in action he got the point. If one just has a small workshop and no big money for fancy equipment, ingenuity is one's best friend. Thank's for another enjoyable video of yours.
man, listen, I don't write comments on anything usually, even helpful ones, I'm just not the type, but I felt that this deserved one. I'm very, very impressed with your knowledge, and this system, and just how neat and clean your welding is. great job, well done.
It is a rare event for me to see something new, unusual, unique, and useful. This technique fits the bill. Thanks for the demonstration.
Now that's some creative and effective engineering. Well done!
We had a similar set up but used the armature and gear case of an 5" angle grinder, cranked by hand via a handle attached where the end bearing should be, we had a 4" 3 jaw chuck attached to it and just held it in the bench vise by a custom made flat bar handle instead of the stock round hand handle, worked a treat for over 12 years.
you Sir are one smart individual. This country sure needs men like you.
The actuator on the second jig with the back purge and auto trigger has got to be one of the slickest setups I've ever seen. Good job.
I love the oldschool bike inspired positioner, if only the young blokes knew what we had to go through years ago to produce quality work, Keep it up my man, you are an inspiration to me.
Jody - that was inspired! Elegant operation too - who cares what it looks like:)
The "proper" weld lathe is super nice - oh my, how to get real pretty results... very envious!
Very good. This is how genius get recognized. Good work Jodie.
I have been making stuff like this all my life. Very impressive.
Your rig takes me back to when I just started out. In the late 60's automation was just beginning. Wire welders were boxes the size of small cars and TIG or wire feed automation was just a gleam in the engineers eye.
Mad scientist goin at it again! Jody probably one of the best welder/teacher in the world no joke!
I could watch this stuff for hours. Such beautiful welding and setups.
I tell you what Jody, I have been watching your videos for years and I learn something or see some amazing shit every time! thanks so much for sharing yourself with us all...
Thats a great idea! I got a contract years ago for 10,000 sail boat auto pilots made from stainless. I forget what I had to buy to spin all the pieces, but it cost a lot. It took quite a few of those before it was worth it. Thank you from Abra Cadabra Welding in Las Vegas
90 people wouldnt been able to come up with your ideas. awesome!
Nice job, ive been welding for 50 years and now mostly mig.
The welds are very nice, all the best from oz..
I've just set up a vertical version of what you've got there with the lathe's 4 jaw chuck pointing skyward. Its just a small turntable sat on top of a thrust bearing bolted to the very edge of the work bench. It centers pretty good and with a dial you can get almost .000 run out when it turns. And what turns it is a weight on a pulley on a cord that runs twice around the vertical axle and tied to the bench going past my hip. I move sideways and the load raises turning the table until I'm ready to weld and then I slowly ease away on my hip and the weight turns the table and jaws at a controlled speed and good enough for non stop welding..... But all your gear is so much better. I never mastered TIG in heavy industry as in boiler tube welding on powerhouse site construction. Just could never co ordinate the wire and the hand piece enough to get good looking smooth welds like you've just shown. Congratulations.
i love that bicycle contraption!
Using the hose clamp to fine tune the speed is the cherry on the cake!
I’ve had to custom build tools on several occasions myself. This is called skill. It’s what separates the mechanics from the parts installers, equipment and parts assemblers from the fabricators.
Wow, they look great. I love the old bike positioner. That's awesome. I've been scratching my head trying to come up with some sort of turntable. It's just a hobby for me right now but I love it.
Your first rig really made me smile. Beautiful welds!
necessity is the mother of all invention.... and it only had to work once, right?
another trick for thin stuff. not that that has anything to do with what your doing here. put a 't' in the gas line and run it to a strip of sheet bent so there is a gap for the gas to fill and duct tape it to the back of your thin sheet being joined. this will keep the back side from burning if your a little too hot . works great for .034 sheet ( stainless) may have to use a couple cfm more gas so both the back of the weld and the torch get enough gas to shield best.
love seeing stuff like this! good work!
Brilliant finish on them welds, no unhappy customers with them results
Man the Industrie need more people like this guy creativ af !!!
I love the hose clamp adjustment on the drill LOL. Awesome Vid.
You have a meticulous engineering with that bicycle set up. Thumbs up!
i mean, I've made some jigs and all. but your bicycle lathe wins hands down.
Hahahaha!!
I'm just starting out and only have shoestring budget. I put just about everything to get my everlast welder, accessories and a tig finger (of course!). All of my jigs are literally stuff I find in the garage to help me out.
Fred Almond yep just got my thermal arc 186. So happy to finally have my own rig.
There are some of us who walk past a scrap pile and see trash. and then there are those who see a plethora of potential for what could be.
Nick Warner thats the hardest part of cleaning the garage!
man don't put it down so much it's an awesome week I'm sure every RUclipsr can see that amazing work dude keep it up
That's awesome! Great invention Jody; it's a great feeling when you can put out the production in a short amount of time. Great job!
Just remembered a video i saw that might be if interest to anyone who liked this one
"Cuba's DIY Inventions from 30 Years of Isolation"
Due to the trade embargo they had to re-purpose everything
if you don't mind subtitles its well worth watching
Thanks again Jody for digging up and sharing this old contraption
WOW,You just blew my mind,that is very cooooooool,what a beautiful weld...
Whatever gets the job done Jody- the bike rig is awesome.
You are awesome, thanks for making these videos. Been mig welding for years , but about to go to school for GTAW to make it to the next level. I learn a ton from your videos!
That lathe is both hilarious and ingenious!
this my favourite video. just killer work and these arcshots are incredible
I believe that may be the most clever thing I have ever seen.
Great video love seeing your work and getting some background on how you got here.
Always worth watching since I learn something every time. My favorite welding channel!
wow,. what a fantastic imagination to create that,. and such a great finish on those welds !!!
If my best welds looked like your worst welds, I'd weep tears of joy.
Since you already own the lathe you might use it to rotate a rollout wheel if needed in the future. Your gear reduction would have no problem turning light to medium work. A cheap or free way to get a bearing and flange combo would be to use the front wheel bearing and flange assembly from a 4x4 or front wheel drive car. Get the stub axle too. RUclips videos on rollout wheels and pics from welding forums may inspire your design.
Very impressive, and inspiring, I have learned much by watching your videos.
Awesome video! Your a creative genius Jody. I thought I was the only one who does crazy things like that....I love it.
Very cool idea! I'm blown away how it works, nice design man.
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Nice setup... That looked easy... I enjoy all your videos... Thanks for sharing them...
Jody is freaking awesome. My fav welding channel.
Beautiful welds. What an artist. Kudos.
necessity is the mother of invention.
i like the out of the box thinking!
Wow, impressive. You definitely master your art and science of welding. Thanks for those vids!
that bicycle set up is pretty slick. nice work!
This was a great video, the rig makes those welds so consistent it’s insane.
We have a couple of weld lathes at work. Both of ours actually have wire feeders and run totally on their own, you just swap the parts out. Run a couple hundred parts per shift.
Did not even know this was how you do it. Very cool!
Loved your #1 welding lathe! Lot of great, practical ideas there👍
You definitely use your head for more than looking through a welding hood. I'm wondering what other old school innovations you have built that are as practical as that bike lathe... Looking forward to seeing videos on your other innovations. Thanks as always for taking the time to share your wisdom.
Great ingenuity. I believe your setup is more effecitent than the automated welding system I used to program for the DOD. Keep up the good work.
That's pretty creative on the use of the bicycle!
those welds look amazing. set the torch up once and then weld all you're pieces. that's awesome.
Shade Tree engineering, Common sense, and emanation, can't teach that. Great job.
Fantastic setup and that bike lathe makes me feel sorry for not being able to clean up a mess in my workshop for a month already... :))
Your a bloody legend jody..you really know your shit,i tell all my mates about you on youtube
and your website.In Australia we would call you fair dinkum good bloke,thanks for sharing
your skill and knowledge.
Gidday mate, John in Aus.
That's bloody clever engineering!!!
man, pulsed tig is so gorgeous. well done, thanks for sharing sir.
Nice I hope everyone realises that the Bicycle type homemade setup or something similar was probably what inspired some one to make a business out of making welding turntables !! Chicken and the egg and all that Would be cool to see the original on a production run just for kicks. Thanks for the vids Jody really cool and very inspiring
Awesome weld Guy, very neat! Thanks for sharing.
nice welding and I learn something every time, thanks for sharing!
You never cease to amaze me.
I really enjoyed.I'll copy this project.I have all the live material .I live in BRAZIL.I 'm a professional welder.I like so much your videos.
I swear to god this is the best improvisation ever!
Excellent ingenuity there
Such a great idea, perfect for hobby use or small jobs as you did.
i have watched this like 10 times . i wish i could work with you. i love learning.
Exellent ingenuity / innovation. Really cold videos. I will have you know I taught myself to tig weld just by watching your videos Jody. Thanks for sharing. ISH South Africa.
Genius! Your videos are really inspiring man! Thanks for taking the time to share your craft.
reminds me of the star weld for hard facing i used to do, although that was a plasma welder not tig. still very cool. that bike was impressive for what it was
That's awesome man, very inspiring...necessity is the mother of invention...this work of yours is an A#1 model of one of her legitimates!
You work some magic in that shop of yours.
Man your video's are so motivated,because I'm beeginer and i always learn something new from them ! Keep up with video's !! Greetings from Bosnia and Herzegovina
That's a slick setup! Both of them, the new one and the old one :)
I would love to be able to lay welds like that. Practice, practice, practice!