Fun with welders - let's see your projects!

OK guys - you are a creative bunch and I know you've come up with lots of crafty projects to make your lives easier in the shop, so let's see them!

Since I haven't dug into the Duster yet I figured I would tackle some housekeeping projects first:

Project #1 - Build a tank stand so I can put both tanks on the welding cart.

Project #2 - Build a stand for the portable band saw. Now it fits under the work bench.

Revamping this old dirt late model and trying to get my grin going again....

1/2 scale Topolino

That's just bad ass.

Too cool!!

I reused a welding fixture/rotisserie that was being scrapped out at my work. I cut it in the middle, added some height to fully rotate the car, and had to change the caster location. Since it spins on carrier bearings, I can rotate the car easily with one hand.

With the body removed...

Couple of the bikes from "White Trash Choppers". The silver one went 52 MPH with my 140 lbs on it's back!

Low Orange...

52 MPH...

Bad parenting 101

Not as fast as the silver one, but runs smooth.

Are these regular bike frames being use or frames built from scratch?
interesting thread here

cool stuff! I'm not a welder although I do own a Miller 211. I use it out of necessity, but not for important structural projects that I would actually have to "trust".

Same here. It saves my butt in some tooling situations but I got a real welder dude right down the street.

They are custom made by me. I use a JD Squared bender and bend 7/8" tube. I use 5HP Briggs engines. There's tons of aftermarket for them in the go-kart world. The Torq-A-Verter Clutch is key to pulling heavy loads and still having some MPH at the top end. I typically use old YZ80 rear wheels with a drum brake. I have built chopper bikes with solid forks, but lately have been using aftermarket Schwinn springer front ends. Tanks are a PITA.

As for welding. I weld like crap! I grind like a jeweler tho! Lol. I had no idea how to weld until I purchased mine. I'll post some of my other "White Trash Chopper" creations later this weekend. Headed out!

"Weld like crap.... grind like a jeweler".... I need the t-shirt

Fabed up motor / trans mounts to put a 360 in my 33 Plymouth street rod.

I can weld OK but the main reason I got a welder is so my friends that weld good can weld my stuff at my house LOL.

Tommy D, love your work !!!!


Here is a satay cooker I knocked up.

No so much welding but cutting, crab jetty sign 1/4" plate and a sign for a friend, flat ,,, yes its flat 1/4 plate.

Nice work! That's what I call going all out on a build. I need one!

That is one of my winter plans lol!

Some serious art going on there on those flat, cut plates. Brilliant if you ask me. Keep it up on this thread! I'm ready to start burnin' some gas and wire!

Love the 3D look on the crab sign! That's art...

Haven't started welding yet...

Designing a new frame that will hopefully be more rigid than the current one. Hope to hit 60mph in the 1/8 with my fat butt on it

"Time for the Shaaaaaakee Uaaaaaaap" Was watching Detroit Hood TV and the mini bike drags yesterday.

My first long bike

My brother's long bike with fake clip-on's.

picture for above...

Jay Banion's Chopper. RIP Jay!

Tommy's FED wagon

That guy has some colorful commentary....

If it was the vid from “Candymans Extravaganza” at Milan, you can see me try to loop my current bike on a bye run around ~23 min mark hahaha. This one will get some sissy sticks

One of those projects that I thought would be a good idea but I never got around finishing, and probably never will. I thought it would be a nice way to break-in solid lifter cams but now I hardly ever use them anymore. I checked out some of the engine break-in stands for sale and most were cheaply made. This one was defiantly going to be heavy duty.


New engine breakin bench 003 by John Cadamore, on Flickr

New engine breakin bench 004 by John Cadamore, on Flickr


New engine breakin bench 005 by John Cadamore, on Flickr


engine stand 002 by John Cadamore, on Flickr



engine stand 001 by John Cadamore, on Flickr

I looked, but did not find the video you mentioned. The one I saw was only a few minutes long. Can you post a link? "Sissy Sticks" LOL