DT125R ARCHIVE

GADGET · Guru

RE: Frame Protectors

NEV · Guru

lol methanol, and yes i put a bucket of water in to flush out, then fingers in ear whilst making first cut with grinderette. Smoke mackerel down this way.

FunkeyMunkeyDavid · Guru

makes my argos smoker bbq look a little...well....erm...gay lol

NEV · Guru

lol, check out big baby bbq's, pretty big stateside. $15-1600 to buy one there.

GADGET · Guru

I was a welder for like 4 years so I've had to cut a few of them up,,but they do make gooduns,people have been killed trying to make them outta drums coz they didn't use their noggins

Ralzy · Guru

Funky Monkey I like nev I like how much that set u back to build biggrin

Ralzy · Guru

Cool matey So how long will summat like that last for any idea ?

NEV · Guru

dunno my mate had it 6 years then sold his hotel, probably still going if looked after, either kept under cover or in shed out of rain, the heat resistant paint should protect it a fair bit, but will hand paint if i need to paint over it as spray stuff is too dear.Gadget, plater for 35 yrs, and ASME 9 AND lloyds 4871/2 coded mate,

Ralzy · Guru

Thats really good that is good life span aswell well done NEV smile

NEV · Guru

Ta mate.

GADGET · Guru

Coded welder ? I had to do all that when I was doin high pressure pipework (super steam etc),got bored with following that little blue light along all my life so stopped,gonna build bikes for a living now ,when I pull my finger out lol, Got an engineer job comin up hopefully doin bores and bearings and such

NEV · Guru

Nice one, aye we had to get our codings when working on the power stations, as the board wanted fitter/welders or plater/welders,, to stop blokes tossing it off for half hour, whilst welder did his business.

GADGET · Guru

Yeah man,shell haven etc,I know I'm younger but was on the job since I was about 12 coz me dads a welder /fitter (or was) I been welding since I could hold the leads (in the garage like when I was a kid ),after that did full apprenticeship at 16 and kept doin it till I was 20,that was 11 years ago now but you never forget lol

NEV · Guru

lol my eldest daughter was best welder in a class full of lads at her college C&G motor mechanics course, she often helped out as a kid in the garage, nice to keep eye in these days mind, takes about 4 times as long to do stuff though, as ill health put a stop to me doing it full time, a fair bit ago.

GADGET · Guru

Sorry to hear that fella,so u know all about destructive/non destructive testin etc,bombarding with waves etc?That stuff always interested me,seen some off it first hand ,bloody brilliant, I used to make safes for a living after 20 odd so as you would know yourself all pressure tested etc (nothing like the pipe regs tho), Was on a shutdown once and this guy had his head taken clean off coz pipework was routed wrong (hot n cold hit the same valve from either side and exploded) the whole site was shut n cost the company millions

NEV · Guru

Aye had an uncle who was an NDT bloke at Winscale, good job he had too, dodgy mind with it being nuclear, as for accidents, seen a few fatal ones, got half a day off whenever there was a flyer, have had a couple of nasty ones mesen too.

GADGET · Guru

See ,you're a man in the know,we could put our heads together and get some custom bits on here made up and then maybe sell them on eBay as well lol,I love engineering all sorts of bits ,(got a flip up tail tidy on the go at the mo (for offroading etc) your the man dude

Seanyftw · Guru

GADGET wrote:
(got a flip up tail tidy on the go at the mo (for offroading etc)

Forgot to close brackets....and sure...offroading :P lol

FunkeyMunkeyDavid · Guru

NEV wrote:
3 oil drums, 8 cans of black ht spray, about 12 cutting discs, 2 grinding discs, 6" pipe, 4" pipe,stainless bolts n nuts, box section and angle bar I already had, 6mm ss bar, and ss grill mesh I already had too, so probably about £200-£250 plus time, made another one a while back for my 40th, but my mate bought it for his hotel. Oh aye and a **** load of welding rods.

-- Edited by NEV on Sunday 17th of June 2012 10:00:06 PM

not a bad price for that nev! love smoked food of any kind,i might have to start gathering materials biggrin oh,and pics of the flip up tail tidy when its done please gadget lol like the sound of that.....