@@turbocobra was thinking about your rodeo hah... you've seen fork extensions and pick beams on forklifts. You could make a side pick that slides on. Carry a few sticks alongside the machine. Like 1000 lbs worth or less. After you get it off the truck, short chain to a side pick and walk right in the shop.
@@turbocobra We are doing good. I rarely go anywhere so that is working in my favor now. I like lots of shop time but I am still working so it is business as usual. I hope you are well also!! Stay away from that big city!!
@@turbocobra I tried doing some of these on a drill press and gave up and finished it on a plasma table and even that took several hours. Having a laser would have sped up that process exponentially.
Sweet video mate, I make some weight lifting at home too, I’ve done pieces like this only with a magnetic drill, not nearly as many holes as yours, definitely takes some time
nice job . you can process that tube on the rotary and split the work on two program ( half tube cut in first program then flip the tube and process the other half)
Beautiful work. I learned a bunch from you. If you had to do a bunch of these it might be worth figuring out some "ends" to the tubing so you could get the 10" needed to use your tubing cutter.
yea, that was a thought for sure, to tack a 10" piece onto the end of a precut piece. I dont know if that would have saved much time to line that up, tack it, and then cut it loose each time
no worries sir, i have your stuff cut out. And yesterday i gave a sample to customer that has a high precision made for metal wide belt sander, adn he ran hte individual cut out through it with no problem at all, so when your ready i will head over to his place and run them all through. It was the guy i did these tubes for, his shop is 2 hours away
Just a thought, How about moving the band saw nearer the door and make a roller table that's permanently outside bolted to the ground so you can plonk your materials straight on and crack on with cutting as soon as it come's in less work for yourself and manoeuvring too?
Good job,It can helps many people not optional the rotary device which can processing the square tube cutting ,But I see you always have the rotary device of the machine, Have you try to using that ?Maybe it can help you save more production time
I have 3 years of experience working on plasma machines and more than half a year on laser machine. I wanna work in US or in Canada. But I don't know how can I find job offer.
Great jigs Gary. I love jigs. I make lots of them, and save them. Unfortunately, I rarely end up reusing them. Need a couple of boxes (large!) of random jigs? I’ll tell you, that machine does beautiful work.
lol, I hear ya Mel, i dont have as many as you, but i have a few around. problem is, some of them i may not can find when i need it lol. But i have a feeling i will use this set again
Great job! how you avoid head crashes over the tube? I tried similar jobs with smaller tubes and head loses reference and crashes, as material is non-continuos
Hi Gary. Would you be so kind to show me screen. How do you draw to do that. I am learning because my Laser arrive on October. I am from Argentina. Thank you for share your knowledge.
Did you draw a program for that or is some other way to do it when i try to draw it the post it it thinks its cutting on a flat plate and would want to cut the plate also.
Hi, I'm from Poland and I would like to buy such a laser, I have a few questions, are you generally satisfied with the China laser and why don't you use the night rotation for pipes since you have one. What was the price for your laser. Regards, Michał.
Man, I don't want to sound mean, but everyone asks these same questions, that's why i spend hours making videos. Every one of your questions can be answered in my many videos showing this laser
i made a video a couple weeks back how i price some of the work I do. I keep track of all of the costs of material, and time involved on most of the jobs I do, and I use that as a learning to apply toward future jobs. Did I make the amount I wanted? Or did i maybe charge too much and i could be more competitive in the future? This particular job I can tell you that I WAY under bid it, lol but thats ok, alot learned i can apply to the future
