Apart from the
first project, it is expected that you spend a significant amount of time outside
of class
in the completion of this work. Good welding takes lots and lots of practice.
All of the preliminary projects
are designed to better your skills in preparation for the final project –
which includes welds that must be
safe enough to hold human weight and other heavy objects without any possibility
of failure.
Plan on being in the shop as much as three to four times per week working on
these.
Don't forget that
it takes time to set up all the equipment and that a one hour fire watch is
required at the end of every welding session. Also, if you're welding at times
when the shop isn't
normally in operation, you'll need to recruit an assistant.
| Due Date | Project |
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3/14 (in class project) |
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| 3/21 |
VERTICAL WELDING Ultimately, you should
be handing in four total examples of joints.
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| 4/4 |
Build a welding workbench.
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| 5/2 |
Design and build an elevator trap that can raise an adult performer Timeline:
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