The Correct Answer is "Yes Dear" (Modifying a bird feeder pole)

[Don52]

Yep, that's the plan....

[Don52]

The floor is 15' x 38'

-Don

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[Don52]

You are probably right I have been working on insulation today. I plan to finish the last three batts of insulation today.

-Don

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[Don52]

11 Splitting spacer



12. Split spacer in place



13. Squirrel shield installed



14. Bird feeder installed



You can see my garage in the background. The part that sticks out in the rear of the picture...

[Don52]

6. Tack TIG welding shaft (because I have better control of the puddle)



7. Shaft TIG welded



8. Cross Brace MIG weld 1 (because it is faster)



9. Cross brace MIG weld 2



When I went to install the...

[Don52]

Do you ever encounter a 15 minute jobs that turn into a three hour job?

My wife asked me to install a pole for the bird feeder that she purchased. It didn't sound like a welding job but the pole was so short, that she couldn't see the birds at the feeder, which is the whole point of having...

[Don52]

I charged about half of that. Keep in mind that you are the master who works on high end stuff. I am the apprentice that works on low end stuff. By the way I really like your swim platforms and tuna towers.

-Don...

[Don52]

The last step was mounting the plow back on the truck.
The large cotter pin on the right attaches the lower plow frame to the truck frame bracket. The cotter pin to the left goes in the stub shaft, which is the one that we repaired. This cotter pin keeps truck frame bracket link from falling...

[Don52]

The next picture shows grinding the stub shaft to clean it up in preparation for welding.



The following picture shows wire brushing the stub shaft to remove the rust.



I built up the ends of both of the stub shafts with weld.


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[Don52]

My customer just purchased a used Western snow plow. The pump worked fine, the blade had a lot of life left and the hoses were new last year. The only problem was that the stub shafts that attach the upper plow bracket to the truck frame bracket were cut off for some reason.
The location for...

[Don52]

Nice and quiet.

-Don...