started making some catch cans

[turboglenn]

A member on here had asked if I would make him some small simple catch cans so i started on them today after getting some more aluminum.

Here's a couple pics. I didn't cut the end plates to size because i wanted to test the amount of overlap that i prefered (perfect but joints came out the best over "V" joints)

Now i have my measurements to cut some blanks to make more for myself

The left corner in the first pic is when i finally got it down pat as far as the heat i needed and feed rate and rod size to join the 6061 box stock to the softer 5052 metal i was using for the end caps. It's kinda tricky to get them flowing at the same rate, but i think i got it now I'll clean the other "okay welds" up and make them look very nice before shipping.. even after some grinding i can make AL shine with the best of em

EDIT: they measure 2x2 x 3 1/2 (plus a 1/4 inch for the 2 end plates) I don't want to call out who i'm making them for but if you see em let me know if that's kinda what you were picturing from the description i read in the one email

Also, OT i think i figured out why SMIM's crack at the welds... The metal is usally 6061 a fairly dense AL. Now the rod used to weld them is 4043 a very soft alloy and most likely used so it can melt and flow easily with the heat of the "puddle" and flow in nicely to just about any alloy of AL you could work with.. This is one case where a thicker somewhat less pretty weld might come in handy

BTW: I found out that 7075 is a bi*** TO WELD (especially to 6061)!!!!!!!!! *&%^ that &^%$

 

[debbie]

This is looking good i love all this stuff.

 

[turboglenn]

Well, this morning i cut them apart and seamed up the last edges on the bottom. I had to fix 2 pinholes on one and 1 pin hole on the other to make sure there's no vacuum leaks at all.

Here's pics of them sitting half full of water to test for any unseen leaks. SO far so good. Two hours sitting and not one drop has leaked, nor can i find leaks using compressed air. 12oz redbull can for size comparison in pics.

Man i have to stop drinking this stuff, it's hospitalized me 3 times this year by eating my stomach lining out and forcing me to not be able to drink or eat ANYTHING. I've had to live off IV's for a couple of days 3 different times since may.. I was drinking 3-4 a day, now i maybe let myself have one a day and already am feeling queasy at time when drinking it...bad stuff and addictive, yet i didn't see cocaine on the ingredients label : : It's cost me over 7500 bucks to drink redbull if you count it's "side effects"

 

[bastarddsm]

BTW: I found out that 7075 is a bi*** TO WELD (especially to 6061)!!!!!!!!! *&%^ that &^%$

hahahahah! had to laugh, 7075 is basically unweldable. It is stronger than steel. You should invest in somesort of a fabrication reference book that describes different alloys of mild steel, cromolly, and aluminum as well as thier uses.

Unfourtunatly I don't have a name of a book, but I am positve there are ones out there.


Edit: not trying to be to critical. Welds look like you making good progress. I can't tig ali to save my life, but I can get it to stick together ..

Check this out on 7075 - 7075 aluminum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[turboglenn]

Hmmm.. thanks i never new that about 7075 but i did get filler rod to stick to it

And don't worry, i know my welds aren't the prettiest, some come out great, some come out so-so, but from everything I've seen fabbed up on the net (besides some of the SMIM's) it looks like I'm on par with a lot of other peoples welds on AL. The stuff isn't easy to do they say, but I'm not having too many problems, maybe it's the 12 years of MIG'ing all sorts of metals that i shouldn't even MIG that's given me a head start on TIG'ing..

I remember the first few TIG welds i did on other people equipment and man, it was a blob, then a bead, then a hole in the material. At least now i can run beads decently It's feeding the rod without getting my left hand too hot that kills me.. I weld without gloves for the record, been doing it that way for years and am just more comfortable and confident that way... plus a little pain never hurt no one

 

[bastarddsm]

Go get some good tigging gloves...Not the big heavy shitty ones the but the small tight ones...

Out of curiosity what sort of stuff have you migged....Ive played with stainless and ali but thats it..

 

[droppinbottom]

I like em and would be interested in two of them when you get things figured out. I much rather put some money in the pocket of another Joe than put the money into the pocket of a overpriced shop.

 

[ChunkyLover53]

They look awesome. I read your thread about wanting to start up a shop again. When you get them all worked out I'll take one as well.

 

[turboglenn]

Thanks for the good words and interest in them. I am currently waiting to hear back about vendor status before i even think about trying to mention prices or sell anything through the site ( just out of respect since i know how expensive forums can get to run)

These are mainly things I'm playing with right now but will keep everyone updated and when i make vendor status, then hopefully i will have a lot of quality affordable products to offer for fair prices to our members, until then I'll just be posting pics of all the little stuff I'm already doing for my own enjoyment and use.

I plan to have my entire car decked out in AN plumbing ASAP and before next season i want my under hood to be so blingin you need sunglasses to open it I love aluminum

I think my next project is going to impress a lot of people although appearing a bit F&F....

Go get some good tigging gloves...Not the big heavy shitty ones the but the small tight ones...

Out of curiosity what sort of stuff have you migged....Ive played with stainless and ali but thats it..

I've tried MIG'ing everything from brass, copper SS AL, and anything else i could find... Mainly i was referring to pushing my MIG WAY WAY beyond it's rated limits as far as material thickness and what I've been told "can't be done with that MIG"

I've loved metal since i saw my first bead of solder run into the wires on my RC car when i was 10 years old. I've been fascinated with it and especially reshaping, forming, grinding and polishing it ever since.

Well, I went out to my little metal shop and cut caps for all the box stock i had ready to go pre-cut and came home and sealed them up One thing i learned is when TIG'ing a "sealed box" you're going to have issues. I had to vent the boxes so the air pressure that built from the heat wouldn't blow holes in my final weld. Once i figured that out it was smooth sailing.

here's a pic..last thing to do is mount fittings on them and hit them with the buffer wheel to get out the surface imperfections and add a slight shine to em I'm really happy with my work, some of the welds couldn't have been better, but all of them came out "passable" IMO, none leak air or water so i think i'm good to go with trusting them to hold vacuum

 

[DSMunknown]

My cans look nice. That's right, mine. Back off, bitches.

 

[Jeff99GS]

7075 was used for the Zero fighter's air frame of the Imperial Japanese Navy.


wow thats weird cause all the ZERO's were made by Mitsubishi

the same planes that bombed Peral Harbor.

 

[turboglenn]

Mitsubishi also made a man guided (piloted) missile back in the kamikaze days, which is the basis for my custom plate request, i will reveal it AFTER i get my plates

 

[Defiant]

7075 was used for the Zero fighter's air frame of the Imperial Japanese Navy.


wow thats weird cause all the ZERO's were made by Mitsubishi

the same planes that bombed Peral Harbor.

Yeh.
Why MY ZERO

It was Pearl Harbor.

 

[1fastlaser]

like the catch cans! Like the little history break also. Thats why are cars break because they were ment to drive into the person we are racing