need ideals for my welding class project

hi i need ideals for a project got be done in a couple of days and i got by my own steel so it needs to be cheap but i want to make something ill use or can sell got ideals

 

tis the season for an automatic, pre-wired, self watering, folding, self storing, Christmas tree stand with built in electric "choo-choo" train set, but only if it has; realistic sound and smoke...

 

make a jig for sbc motor mounts???? could always make some and sell some....just an idea.

 

how about a cart for your welder? or a welding table... or some folding portable work stands

 

i think its standard to make a welding cart hahah when a man has a welder he then must weld himself a welder cart its like losing your welding virginity

 

here is a great project , make your own sheet metal brake on the cheap. if you don't need it when done someone else will.....i've made two of them from the plans by just steve

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2048

 

Nope, no ideals here...

Then again I dont have morals or standards either

 

One of those little 'tailgate lunch' bbq grills that the welders make for their portable welding equipment trucks.

 

go to www.millerwelds.com they have a bunch of "ideaLs" (wtf) there

 

if youve got a truck you could make a "bed extender", goes into your hitch receiver and looks like a goal post, gives you a few extra feet off the back of your truck, simple square tube design, could get fancy and wire it with lights instead of having to hang a flag, If you dont have a truck, you can make it for me.

 

sounds like some good ideas guy

 

how about an engine stand or engine dolly for rolling around an engine in the garage , or a wheeled mechanics stool

 

engine dollies was covered in the thread about "pin-ups with tools...

 

Some ideas: Cylinder head stands, piston rack, engine stands & oil drip pan, hunting tree stands, can crushers, dust pans, tool boxes (check IASCO for kits) Keep em busy!!!! Good Luck ! Bill Johnson

 

build a english wheel, you could sell it or keep it for you self. you can get wheels and plans from williams lowbuck tools.

 

i think ill make a engine dolly but i like the english wheel ideal alot guess i can make both of them thank guy for the ideas keep them coming my plans is to open a fabrication shop some day so all these will be good ideals for the shop

 

if you do body work you could make a pull-dozer in a day.

 

i've got a '32 truck cab that could use some welding on...

 

i once made a bench grinder stand back in highschool shop cl***. it was nearly free, quik and easy. an old rim 3"square tube and a flat plate. it sure keeps my bench clean now

 

Why dont you make a screen door for your house out of tubing. Once you do it you can make them all the time and sell them for big bucks!!! For security or an old style look. People pay big money for that stuff and all it will cost you is about 40 dollars and you can make 300 for one of those.

 

oh yea dude its not "ideals" its ideas. cuz if you open a shop you have to be able to spell

 

I know its been said before but a engine stand its something you can keep. I made one For my welding project in high school many years ago. and I still have it, everyone that looks at it says that thing would hold a tank, but its something you can say you build it and enjoy it good luck

 

I'd go with the Reese hith bed extender idea. Ideal is just a variation of Idea (I'm from Kentucky, I'd know).

But hell, atleast you get to build things in your welding cl***! Our "instructor" just tells us to do repeatedly and soulessly do lap joints and t-joints, and gets pissed off if anyone does anything else. I weld and build things on my own, and I'm treated with no respect despite being a**** the top welders in a pretty large program simply because I don't look enough like a "redneck", and actually do/build things instead of bs-ing about them.

I plan on pursuing a career in welding, and I'm going to get my O-Nets and certification out of the cl***, although alot of people who've been genuinely interested in Welding Careers have been deterred simply because of the at***ude of our instructor, hes really a disgrace to Vocational Education.

 

Any jig or fixture that you can use over and over to make money.

 

you guys been alot of help im going to build the engine dolly for my nailhead then i think a english wheel then ill just keep on buildin and hopefully ill be able to make some money out it im lookin at buying a portable welder so i can go anywhere and weld it will be helpful here on the farm too

 

a lawn beer/drink holder, i dont have a pic but this is how they look, a piece of 1/2" round stock 3ft long pointed on the bottom, another 3" piece welding 6" up from the bottom at a right angle that you put your foot on to push the beer holder into the ground, about 6" from the top weld a couple rings large enough for a beer bottle to fit inside of, another could couple of 3" pieces welded below the rings to hold the bottles from falling through, sometimes i weld a small ring on the top as a handle and a place to hang them up when not in use, all your frinds will want one and you can get creative with your own designs.

 

Build this out of square tubing...guaranteed "A+"

 

Build me a frame for my A

 

well today in cl*** i made some of budds famous lawn beer holders but i add a twist turn them over and you can shoot fire crackers out of it
tomorrow ill make something else ill put pics up later

 

make some bird houses or mailboxes, then you can practice your thin metal mig or tig instead of welding thick metal which is easy for a student. my 2cents