Felt appropriate to share today.

I didn’t feel like spending money on a cookie cutter railing so I bought some 16gauge 2x1 tubing and got to work. Got it cut up with an abrasive chop saw and used my Lincoln 140 mig to assemble. I just got a super powerful 6” Metabo angle grinder that smoothed out the welds like butter. Had to borrow a hammer drill to dig out the bolt holes on my steps but beyond that I got this done completely solo. I’m particularly happy with how the curved ends came out. Only thing left to do is prime and paint. My wife is happy with it so I know I did good.

Our subcontractor has outdone himself.

TIG welding, 304 stainless, surface&welds - sandblasted.

Another old pic!!! A woman working as a welder in Britain during World War II, circa 1943. (Photo by Hulton ArchiveGetty Images)

Four days of nonstop welding 7 hrs a day and with ventilator on. No more black boogers for me!

Seen tattoos get roasted on Reddit but I’m quite happy with how this one turned out still need colour added but the skin said no for today.

As seen on Facebook this morning, so obviously not mine. I just thought the idea and build was ingenious. I have to say that pivot ball looks larger than a bowling ball though. Maybe it’s a perspective issue though. Also, why no holes in the table? Maybe they haven’t gotten to that yet?

Semi-serious question here, I used to share my work with glass on a welders forum and people there seemed interested.

I am not a welder, but I am a glass blower who welds fused Quartz glass. The company I work for does scientific glass blowing and some of that involves welding pieces together, and I handle all of that work at my shop.

I'm sharing a pic of a rod rack I recently made 3 of for a customer, it's made of 12mm Quartz rod and measures 19"x15"x7.5" for reference.

I respect what you guys do, I consider all fabricators kin! Please let me know if you want to know anything about it or have comments, and thank you for looking.

This is a project I did few years back. It’s a bit bigger than the usual rocket stoves :)