Rod bucket

[mb_welder]

I got the idea off a rod bucket I saw on e-bay. I thought to myself? "He!!, I can build that!"

A chrome bucket and two U-bolts from Princess Auto later and BAM!


And for easy dumping,


Thanks for looking!

[Tim M]

Cool, what's the "U" bolts for?

[MicroZone]

I'm not sure I entirely get the idea. Is it for new rods or spent rods?

[aametalmaster]

I think the u bolts hold different rods. You can throw your stubs in there too...Bob

[mb_welder]

Originally Posted by aametalmaster

I think the u bolts hold different rods. You can throw your stubs in there too...Bob

Exactly! They keep the good rod in organized bundles, and the rod stubs go into the bucket. It's like killing two birds with one rock.

[denrep]

Maybe double nut the u-bolts?

[David R]

Originally Posted by denrep

Maybe double nut the u-bolts?

Weld em.

David

[Doug247]

... And if start a fire u got a bucket for water to put it out too

[Jolly Roger]

I just use an old 3lb coffee can. That way when someone smashes it I have a spare ready. I used to use a milk bucket like David until someone ran over it with a big John Deere loader. Nope it wasn't me. I just fix 'em I don't drive 'em.

[ElGuapo]

This will do.

[tresi]

Originally Posted by Jolly Roger

I just use an old 3lb coffee can. That way when someone smashes it I have a spare ready. I used to use a milk bucket like David until someone ran over it with a big John Deere loader. Nope it wasn't me. I just fix 'em I don't drive 'em.

I used coffee can too. But now they gone plastic like everything else. Looks like I'll have to break down and buy a bucket.

[johnsonmopar]

Here is a picture of mine. I know I have posted it before but oh well. It is an old mop bucket. It is big enough to hold all of the goodies. Matthew

[AndyA]

Tool buckets and a trolley. The buckets are made to hang on an I-beam. There's a hook for helmet on the opposite side of the bucket. Plastic isn't the best since you have to wait a bit before dropping spent rods into the bucket, but I already had them. A good thing about plastic is you can drop the electrode holder with rod in there and not get a 4th of July show. Most of the time I just drape the holder over a beam and let it hang in free air. There's a 1-1/2" pvc pipe screwed inside one of the buckets for holding your new rods. The trolley works well after you get the first two lath on the building. It sure beats climbing up and down ladders. Probably not OSHA approved however.

[1Normy]

Holy Old thread Batman!

MB. I was looking at your bucket and though what if you welded a couple of stops on the u bolts and put springs behind it. It would keep your rod together and keep the clamps out of the way for other tools/grinders, etc! Just a thought for what it is worth


also, what was the project that you were working on? That thing is huge!

[TozziWelding]

Here is mine, and it is only a hard month young

[mb_welder]

Old thread is right!

Springs would hold the rods tight to the sides and as such would make them a P.I.T.A. to remove. When I use it to carry tools, I just slide the U bolts out of the way. When I'm working, all the bucket holds is good rod and stubs! Not pictured in the above pictures of it, I added a hook to the bucket so I could hang it off a ladder or whatever else. I took an old 1/4" rod, made a loop around the bucket handle and then bent the rest into a hook! It's quite handy!

To answer the second question, I can't remember what that can was for unfortunately. I remember welding the second head on (full X-ray) once the nozzles were done. 7018 inside, then the sub-arc operator back gouged the outside then sub-arced it. It was my first vessel experience. I miss that shop, but I don't miss the political head games...They got old in a hurry!

Andy, I love those I beam hooks, that's a great idea!

[mb_welder]

Actually, I found some more pictures of that project when I was going through my photobucket account!

Both heads on.


I can't remember if I capped the inside of the second head with 3/16" or 1/4" rod. Either or, the carried puddle was huge, even without any manipulation. Flat rolled is pretty much a no brainer! The outside was back gouged then welded by the subarc operator and was then X-rayed. No repairs on that seam! The spatter seen in the picture was cleaned off once the cap was completed.


Regardless, I never got pictures of it with the platform bolted on top of it. Some of the stuff that came out of that shop, one had to wonder how they shipped everything to it's destination!

Memory lane...

[TozziWelding]

Ahhhhhh, but plastic melts.