[$FrMacastan$]

looks good man we weld a good bit of pipe and boiler tubes but dont get to mess with any aluminum

Thanx buddy! I'm a pipe welder at Austal here in mobile, and we see a lot of ALU pipe, but most everything I weld is stainless and copper nickel . Stainless is by far my favorite but ALU can be pretty cool to weld if your setup right.

 

[Gbollom]

looks good buddy

 

[$FrMacastan$]

Looking fabulous Kyle!!

thanx dude! how are you liking your boat since its been finished? i dont guess i have seen any pics of it completely done. one day (in the next few years) im going to build me a 1666 just aint got the balls up to doit yet lol

 

[$FrMacastan$]

well just finished the fan stand only thing left is to do is just a lil framing for the storage (lid framing), and the 3/8 plate to weld up on the top of the shaft for the fan motor to sit on.
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I used 1 1/2" solid stock rod 6062 for the center shaft and this stuff is crazy stiff/strong.
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here is my steering drum its a 8" 1/8 wall pipe. the reason i went with such a big drum was because i did alot of talking to bert turcotte and he had recently went to 10" drums and said it made a huge difference in his turning and he is running a reduction.i wouldve went with 10 but 8 was the biggest i could find.
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[Beaver]

thanx dude! how are you liking your boat since its been finished? i dont guess i have seen any pics of it completely done. one day (in the next few years) im going to build me a 1666 just aint got the balls up to doit yet lol

Love it!! Your doing a fine job on your boat...keep it up!!

 

[$FrMacastan$]

Love it!! Your doing a fine job on your boat...keep it up!!

Thanx bud! It seems like its taking forever doing it by myself lol.... at least I will know its done right.

 

[scubastank]

so you gonna move to chattanooga for a couple weeks when i buy a new boat and help me build mine?

 

[Night-prowler]

Is that the diversion 180 or 165? I just picked up a 180, Seems like a good lil rig so far. I'm still more a fan of my 350p!

 

[$FrMacastan$]

Ha sure thing josh.

Its the 165 and its a sick little machine for what it is, nothing but good to say about it. I will however be buying a bigger machine in the future, not sure what miller I want yet.

 

[Night-prowler]

I love my 350p, got it new for 3, 400 and then bought a used python gun. Thing can do some major welding! I'm used to the miller 650's at work but the inverter welders can kick butt! And use less power for home use! I can puls mig thinner alum then I can tig it. I'm not that great at tiging yet. Mainly bought the tig for casting repairs and such.

 

[$FrMacastan$]

I tig everything I can I love it! Never had a weld crack on my old alu. Fan rig.

 

[$FrMacastan$]

Well got the pulley brackets built and installed.
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[$FrMacastan$]

Also got the decking on an flange hole cut. Now just gota fit the corners an weld it out.
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[NORTHTEXASSLAYER]

Looking great! I did a full rebuild on my Xpress H56 working solo and couldn't believe the amount of hours I had in it.
Like Night Prowler, my weapon of choice was the Miller 350P w/ the Aluma Pro push/pull gun. Cat's ass!! :tu:

 

[CPrice]

Looks good man

 

[$FrMacastan$]

Thanx Clete and chad. I have taken my time and thought this build out hard, if it turns out right it will be one of the cleanest fan stands I've seen. Then again a may just be partial BC its my boat lol.

 

[jeffrm20]

Looking good Kyle, welds are looking sweeeeeeeeeeeet!

 

[Carpn]

Real nice dude . Can't wait to see it finished .

 

[$FrMacastan$]

used 3/8 plate for a motor mount, drilled a hole and welded it up thew on some 1/4 gussets.

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got the stand mounted, and tacked up. I hate that its moving along so slow but im getting married in oct and im in the process of remodeling my house, i am busy as crap!

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[Flounder9.75]

Damn Kyle sounds like your burning the candle at both ends.
But it's sure looking good.