Waiting for my car to get fixed. The emergence of rock music across the street caught my attention first, then the welder went to work.

It looks to me like this thick shaft was first crudely cut with a welding torch then used as a test bed where some amateur was perhaps taught how to weld. The cut is not too messy but the remnants of the surface welds spell b-e-g-i-n-n-e-r to me.

A gearbox broke in one of the Ford Econolines 46" and they build a new one from scrap. This man was welding it together in 1000m over sealevel in -10° celcius far away from all civilication.

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i think the first thing i tried to do was not use a flash - i figured the light from the welding arch would be bright enough i could light the subject and be able to knock out the background due to the exposure. needless to say, it didnt seem to work.

I then opened it up and then had a super busy background and a blown out subject.

so i realized i was going to have to use a flash to get this right. so i stopped it down and slowed the shutter to get the amount of streaks that i liked.

i tried a little motion with my camera to see if i could get a really crazy scene and then freeze the subject with the flash. it didnt seem to be working so i didnt push it too much.

so i got an exposure i liked, which is the one on the far right. so then it was just a matter of timing to get the sparks how i liked them. needless to see, the very next exposure was "the one"

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I finished the prototype frame! It was much easier than expected, I blame the right tools.

(update: final frame can be found here)

0.5mm iron wire welded with my diy spot welder.

After 2 years of saying "I would love to take some photos of your welding shop" I finally brought my camera over to John's welding shop. I was not disappointed.

Besides all the hands-on instructions, students spend time learning in the classroom.

My friend fabricating a spring compressor.

Seaport Square, Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA

Boston Global Investors, Morgan Stanley & WS Development

Workers were hard constructing the new Seaport Square complex despite cold January temperatures.

Mike Logan, a welder/fitter at Bellevue Fabricating, welds an end clip on a metal beam using Flux-Core.

Falmouth docks fabrication warehouse.

The on off switch on the welding machine

Welding

Tues. the 28th and a Miserable Rainy day. Running on errands.

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Shot taken Pasir Gudang Malaysia

March 2011

Canon AE-1 program

Lens Doctor Special Build Canon FD 50mm F/1.4 S.S.C. Chrome Prime

Fujifilm Superia 200

Canoscan 9000f

Street Jib Crane with LX Chain Hoist

Co practises welding before starting work on the new dog house.

After stripping the frame, the welds were surprisingly well finished.

The seat stay junction at the seat tube was one of the most acute angles I've had to weld to date. A good challenge and put the skills to the test.

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Weld dinner, photos support post to thingsimadethenate.blogspot.com

the weld line of two different metallic material

Courtesy of Mrs. Seydanur Kaya , Kastamonu University

Image Details

Instrument used: Quanta SEM

Magnification: 3000

Horizontal Field Width: 69,1

Voltage: 15

Spot: 3.0

Working Distance: 9.7

Detector: SE

TIG welding requires the skill of a craftsman

Weld Hall, a first-year dorm, in Harvard Yard.

Christine Harlan and Dawn Beck learn to Arc Weld and cut steel with the Oxy-Acetylene torch. Christine made a flower for the school sculpture hill and Dawn a heart for her garden.

Adding more filler, seems to have made the weld less concave.

welding

Fixing the mast crane ladders