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This is typically what I start a fabrication project with: rusty old steel I salvaged last year from my Grandfather's old farm...I spent nearly 2 years cleaning his old farm up in order to be able to sell it, and I salvaged several tons of used steel from there. I grind the rust off, then get the smaller pockets of rust with a braided wire wheel on my grinder. All of these pieces (except for the 3-inch square tubing) were some part of a couple of home-made agricultural implements my Grandfather made way back when...I cut them all apart to reuse all the steel. The flat pieces were cut into triangular reinforcements for the spindle crane base, the C-channel was used for the under-bed reinforcements, and these leftover pieces will end up on the crane boom itself.
These pieces are being used for the boom on my tailgate crane; the pieces with the 1-inch holes will be the pivot points for the boom, and I'll use the 1-inch pin that I've started to remove the rust from in the left of the photo. They're about 2/3 of the way done as of today, tomorrow I need to finish making them all uniform in size and rust-free, then tack-weld them into place on top of the crane mast. The pivot piece in the lower right of the photo is rust-free and in final condition.
These pieces are being used for the boom on my tailgate crane; the pieces with the 1-inch holes will be the pivot points for the boom, and I'll use the 1-inch pin that I've started to remove the rust from in the left of the photo. They're about 2/3 of the way done as of today, tomorrow I need to finish making them all uniform in size and rust-free, then tack-weld them into place on top of the crane mast. The pivot piece in the lower right of the photo is rust-free and in final condition.
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