ideas needed for son an easy welding project

[artvonne]

  Im going to say again, nothing other than decorative projects until you have a better grip on your weld quality, knowledge of metals, welding rod and wire, the welding machine itself, etc.. As posted above, Bed rail is not very good metal.

  A wheel chair lift is even higher up the ladder from structural, your into "man rated" lifting equipment. I'm not saying not to try it, just to get a more experience under your belt before you jump into something thats beyond your true ability.

[zubzub]

FWIW cutting measuring  is the hard part compared to the welding.  Setting up accurate assemblies is the challenge (for me anyhow).  Simple frames would be a great place to start, for slidders in the bays etc.  Nothing as exacting as a truly flat and square frame for a beginner.

[happycamperbrat]

The rolling scaffold is just frames with braces so I figure it would give him the measuring and cutting experience....... You guys say no? Im confused what you guys are getting at here

Dont worry, we arent doing the wheelchair lift yet The first one we build is based on a design I came up with and the prototype will be built in wood as it is very forgiving. Im waiting until my son comes back out here for a couple weeks to put it together and test it out. If it works like I think then we will use it for our house and get rid of our ramp in front of the house. The one for the bus will be built with metal but I will be consulting professionals before choosing the metal and may even be hiring a welder to do it. I am concerned about week welds for something like this and accuracy!

As for bed rail being brittle? I wasnt aware of that, in fact I have read many bus converters sites who use it for all kinds of stuff..... even for holding up black tanks under the bus with no floor beneath (like on school buses or transits). Others have used it for battery tie downs, slides, etc.

[rampeyboy]

We used Uboats to  stack stuff on and roll it around our stores. It's basically just a cart, but imagine a U shaped deal with wheels on either end. OTOH why not just a plain old cart with some decent size wheels so it rolls easily....



Boyce...not Bob haha

[happycamperbrat]

We used Uboats to  stack stuff on and roll it around our stores. It's basically just a cart, but imagine a U shaped deal with wheels on either end. OTOH why not just a plain old cart with some decent size wheels so it rolls easily....



Boyce...not Bob haha

I know a bus nut named Bob Boyce But he has a different kind of bus, so I was just wondering.....

He could make a U cart, right now we use a wheel barrel and my ground between the bus and house is mostly dirt haha!