Welding & Fabrication

[MVI]

Elevator / Cargo Lift for a garage

 

[TravelinLite]

Pretty neat lift.👍

 

[MVI]

Customer was thrilled with the CARGO LIFT.


I was less than thrilled when I learnt that he was giving rides to his three kids in the lift.

 

[TravelinLite]

Not sure about the kiddie rides.

I always thought it would be neat to have some sort of lift so I built this one for my garage. It was a PITA trying to get it to stay level and it still isn't perfect.

 

[MVI]

 

[MVI]

Had a very important project that was time sensitive

young lad wanted to go on his first bird hunt Saturday

so the night before I knew I needed some decoys, and I needed stakes for the ground.

found some scrap 5/16 rod, added a point to one end

Magic Rosebud action occurs

Coat of Hammerite Paint

The Result was Priceless

 

[Shinyribs]

This is the kickstand assembly off my '06 300 EXC. The leg is aluminum, but I'm not sure what the bracket is. I want to build up the kickstand stop area but I'm not sure how to identify what this bracket is made of and if it's weldable.

The grainy surface makes me think it's cast steel, but is it possible it's a forging? Would forged steel have a grainy surface like this?

Sintered metal crossed my mind, but I feel like that would be too brittle to have been used in this situation. I don't want to destroy it, obviously, but I don't kind doing a spark or drill test. I just need to know what I'm looking for before I dig in.

Help. I'm lost !

 

[JimVonBaden]

Drill the stop pad, tap it and install a grub Allen screw. Use loctite to get it to the exact height, adjustable, that you want.

 

[Shinyribs]

The stop pad on the frame bracket is too thin to add a stop screw. M3 would probably be the max I could get in there.

Can't get a stop screw on the kickstand because of where the kickstand pivot, return spring screw and stop pad all interact.

 

[Oldtrialer]

This is the kickstand assembly off my '06 300 EXC. The leg is aluminum, but I'm not sure what the bracket is. I want to build up the kickstand stop area but I'm not sure how to identify what this bracket is made of and if it's weldable.

The grainy surface makes me think it's cast steel, but is it possible it's a forging? Would forged steel have a grainy surface like this?

Sintered metal crossed my mind, but I feel like that would be too brittle to have been used in this situation. I don't want to destroy it, obviously, but I don't kind doing a spark or drill test. I just need to know what I'm looking for before I dig in.

Help. I'm lost !

Could be cast Zinc. I've removed many med gas alarm panels with cast zinc fronts. Heavy like steel and strong. The scrap yard I took them to did a dye test to identify.

 

[Shinyribs]

The top picture I posted, on the right side of the bracket, there is I rusty spot. I'm pretty confident it's steel, but I still don't know what to do with it 😁

It be really nice if KTM didn't suck at making kickstands.

 

[sc-surfer]

Magnet test? That'll tell you a lot.

 

[Shinyribs]

It's ferrous.

 

[MVI]

Steel frame on a KTM right? I bet is is cast steel. I'd attempt to use a nickel wire and try it.

or just JB weld a washer on the surface

 

[Shinyribs]

Anything I should know about cast steel? Preheat, post heat? Or just let her rip.

 

[MVI]

I clean it well with a flap wheel, heat with a rosebud quickly, and use nickel wire

I use this for castings, as you can stick Cast Iron to Steel or Cast Steel

 

[DJ_MI]

I clean it well with a flap wheel, heat with a rosebud quickly, and use nickel wire

I use this for castings, as you can stick Cast Iron to Steel or Cast Steel

Sound advice. And last but not least thank God that it’s not cast aluminum.

My nightmares about welding cast aluminum have become less frequent over the years but they’re still there.

 

[Shinyribs]

I haven't had any issues with cast aluminum, so long as I can get it clean. The only aluminum castings that were so dirty that I couldn't do anything with them were some Suzuki parts for a buddy. They just would not weld clean after several attempts, bakeouts, etc.

 

[Shinyribs]

I clean it well with a flap wheel, heat with a rosebud quickly, and use nickel wire

I use this for castings, as you can stick Cast Iron to Steel or Cast Steel

Maybe I need to grab a few nickel Tig rods to keep on hand then. Probably don't need an $80 (😳) spool of wire laying around collecting dust.

Thanks man

 

[DJ_MI]

I haven't had any issues with cast aluminum, so long as I can get it clean. The only aluminum castings that were so dirty that I couldn't do anything with them were some Suzuki parts for a buddy. They just would not weld clean after several attempts, bakeouts, etc.

I’m far from a seasoned weldor. The few times I needed to weld cast aluminum the parts were oily, porous and frustratingly difficult to keep from becoming contaminated.