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This week’s video is a welding project.
You can buy a decent shop stool for around 30 bucks… but to get a heavy duty adjustable height stool, the price goes up quickly.
Besides, not only do I need a couple of adjustable shop stools, I also needed a project for this week’s video because…
… I got behind the eight ball a little bit from going to FabTech.
I got an email the other day asking about ideas for simple welding projects.
I did some googling and came up with quite a few ideas for shop stools and bar stools.
So a quick welding project on how to fab a shop stool seemed to be a good idea for this week.
This is just one of many possibilities for making a shop stool.
Turns out it might be a pretty good design provided the seat comes out ok.
Like I mentioned in the video, I used materials that were laying around the shop but also had to buy a few things.
The bill of materials looks something like this:
- 3/16″ x 3/4″ x 6″ flat bar 6 ea
- 1″ threaded rod 18″ long
- 3-one inch nuts
- 3 pieces of 1/2″ pipe cut to 19-1/2″
The seat could be made out of sheet metal, wood, etc. along with some type of pad or cushion. I will figure that out later for part 2.
In the near future, I am planning on making a couple of shop stools out of scrap bicycles. Since it’s already got a built in adjustable height seat, and lots of tubing, I figure I can cut the frame up and have a decent tool with very little effort.
Stay tuned for that one, it should be a good tig welding project.
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December 7, 2017 at 1:56 AM
very interesting and very informative an thanks for this kind of weld info
April 5, 2013 at 4:04 AM
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November 29, 2012 at 2:20 PM
ok jody great one on the stool…. i have a suggestion for a future video. i built a clamp stand to keep the mess down in the shop. way cool and holds every thing i have that looks like a clamp for welding. got tired of walking around it so i put it on wheels now i can move it out of the way and to whichever table i am working on keeps me from running back and forth and i Can STAY WELDING. if you want some pictures no problem. i like making stuff that helps me to do work faster better and is an advertisement to those who come in for projects if you know what i mean…. don’t look at the blue light later. keep up the gppd wprk. i need some more tee shirts and tig fingers one of these days