Broken Screw Removal

[Don52]

Wow, I am impressed. I have just repaired a few cracks in the rim, which caused an air leak, but never a dent.

-Don

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6. Nut welded to screw extension


7. Broken screw removed


8. John cleaning up tapped hole


9. Closeup of tap in hole


10. New screw installed


-Don ...

[Don52]

Broken Screw Removal

For this project I removed a screw that broke off from a rotor of a washing machine for my friend John.

1. Broken screw


2. Wire brushing area


I welded an extension to the broken part of the screw that was still stuck...

[Don52]

Of course there are times when you cut out the bad metal and everything springs. In this case the old fashion clamp the heck out of it method with angle iron works best to get everything lined up.

Original hole


Bad part cut out


Tubes all clamped up...

[Don52]

Thanks.



LOL



You know my wife said the same thing.



Thanks.

-Don...

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6. Four corners clamped


7. Magnetic Fireball blocks


8. Magnetic block closeup


9. Tacking strut to work bench


10. On milling machine


-Don...

[Don52]

I really like my Fireball Tools and use them for almost every welding project. I even use them for a quick setup on the milling machine to bevel tube for groove welds (picture 10). If you weld diverse projects like me, I am sure that you will find them helpful. Don

1. Fireball tool col...

[Don52]

I noticed and liked a post from psacustomcreations, which involved turning down a job to fix a rusty trailer frame.

https://weldingweb.com/vbb/threads/1...91#post8840491

It got me thinking about a job that I turned down last year. It was a boat trailer that was worth about...

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In addition to the iron worker and a plasma table, I would also like a bigger TIG or MIG welder. My wife has no problem giving up her garage, provide I give her mine.



Thanks.




You guys are going to get me in trouble with the wife....

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31. Some more welders on east wall of two car garage


Notice how empty my wife’s garage is.

32. Anne's garage


-Don...

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26. Drill press


27. Radial arm saw


28. Some welders on east wall of shop


29. Two car garage


30. Grinding table on east wall of two car garage
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[Don52]

21. Bridgeport mill


22. North wall of shop


23. Welding table


24. Close up of bench


25. South wall of shop
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When I retired in July of 2020, I bought this toolbox to hold all of the tools that I had a work. My thought was the additional tool set in the addition of the shop, would minimize the distance that I would have to walk for a tool. The top surface of the new tool box was a convenient place to mount...

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11. Arbor Press


12. Clausing Colchester 15 in lathe


13. Lathe 2


14. South wall of addition


15. High efficiency furnace and AC
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Here is a view of all of the equipment on the north wall of the addition

6. North wall of addition


7. Cutter grinder


8. Swivel mast saw


9. Arbor press with finger brake


10. Layout bench
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Several people liked my recent post on the Scrap metal art or projects thread that showed the various lights in my shop, so I decided to present a more comprehensive thread of my shop.

My garage was built in three phases. The original 2 car garage (Don’s garage) was built in the 40’s....

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Hopefully they send you the correct board and it solves the problem.

-Don...

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Thanks.



It is actually strange. The chairs were not particularly expensive, but were well made and heavy duty. The only problem is that the bottom of two of the four chairs rusted off. The seats of the chairs are also still in pristine condition. My daughter did have the...

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21. Two feet done


22. Painted and feet mounted


23. All done


-Don...

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16. Welding one leg


17. Welding another leg


When I notched the foot, I left two flats to help me to hold the foot for the counter boring operation.

18. Notching foot


I left a scrap piece of 7/8” stock in the Jacobs Rubber Flex...