2007 Silverado - Buy Once, Cry Once: 1-tons, 40's & a Custom Camper

[ITTOG]

That kind of fabrication is more dangerous as well. Always worried about the cut off wheel coming apart.

I like your storage area for all your extra bolts. When I was a kid I used Folgers Coffee cans. I bet I probably had about 20 of those full to the top.

 

[Mekcanix]

That kind of fabrication is more dangerous as well. Always worried about the cut off wheel coming apart.

I like your storage area for all your extra bolts. When I was a kid I used Folgers Coffee cans. I bet I probably had about 20 of those full to the top.

I have a 5 gallon pail I have had for gotta be 30 plus years. Call it the Magic Bolt Bucket cause I always find the bolt I need in it. I have SAE bolts in designated boxes on the shelf, but those are new and dont mix with the bucket nope

 

[Andrew_S]

That kind of fabrication is more dangerous as well. Always worried about the cut off wheel coming apart.

I like your storage area for all your extra bolts. When I was a kid I used Folgers Coffee cans. I bet I probably had about 20 of those full to the top.

I've adopted to wearing my Papr Miller hood whenever I'm grinding/welding now. So the safety side is less of a worry.
Oooof, the criticism cuts deep on the nuts and bolts haha. I usually do a big bench clean at the end of a project, but this one has spiralled for a bit too long. I've got several misc hardware solutions, because I'm a closet hoarder...
Starting with my previous post, random hardware from the current project spread across the bench.
Followed by misc stuff in dog dishes laid out around the garage,

Then it eventually gets categorized and stored in a dedicated tool box which is almost entirely comprised of spare stuff, lights, fuse, brackets, end cuts, hardware, etc.

I have a 5 gallon pail I have had for gotta be 30 plus years. Call it the Magic Bolt Bucket cause I always find the bolt I need in it. I have SAE bolts in designated boxes on the shelf, but those are new and dont mix with the bucket nope

But out of desperation today, I can now say I'm the proud owner of a magic bolt bucket as well, and I confirmed it works later in the afternoon. Thanks for the tip!

After seeing the passive-aggressive comments this am, I folded to peer pressure and did a bench clean first thing...

Then back to it, started cutting up this UHMW for isolation strips between the deck and frame rails.

Nice stuff to work with.

Next up was an overly ambitious project. Since we aren't running a headache rack (space considerations for camper), I've opted for a bump board at the front of the deck when loading the camper.

As soon as I started the first cut, I knew I was committed and instantly regretted this design choice. 3/8" plate is a bit of a bear with my rudimentary fab tools.
Several hours later...

Then on to the arduous task of welding out all 50k joints on this thing...

And I didn't feel like I had quite wasted enough time on the bump board, so I opted to drill a bunch of plug weld holes in it as well - love drilling holes....

Ended up getting about half the top welded out, going hard in the paint tomorrow on this.

 

[ITTOG]

Impressive, a tool box for bolts! I can't imagine a 5 gal bucket for bolts. It would suck when you need that bolt at the bottom and you had to pour everything out. Dang, I passively took you away from building but it sure did clean up nice.

For rudimentary tools that bump board looks nice in the pictures.