A Closer Look at Dave’s Welding Projects

I want you to meet Dave Fink. He's a guy who has made welding part of his life

and I've got permission from him to include some projects of his later in

the course. At the end of the course you'll get full plans and instructions on how to build his stuff but for now I just wanted to give you a little

overview so you can kind of get excited about some of the things that you can

make. This is a picnic table that Dave put together. The base is made of

two-inch square tubing and it's quite an easy project to build. It's impressive

and it's also very useful for a lot of people. The big attraction is that

the superstructure won't ever rot. You still get to eat on wood but where

the thing counts structurally and in terms of rot resistance you've got steel

that takes care of things. These are the plans for building the picnic table. You

can download these and print them, take them into your shop. There's also a

materials list when you get this far further in the course. I especially like

this little project. It's a wood stove. It's made from an old 30 pound propane

tank and it does a great job. A lot of fun. You're going to get quite a

connection with this if you build one. There's nothing like a wood stove. Keep

you warm in your shop. You really come to like it especially when you've built one

yourself from scratch like this. Here in the plans I want to point out a couple

of things. The door is entirely shop-built as part of the instructions

you're going to get. Same with the top. There's an interesting technique at the

top called plug welding and we're going to be getting into that along with a lot

of other techniques that you need to build something like this. If you've

ever tried to cook over an open fire you know the process is not all that precise

and controllable. This barbecue grill stand here helps to solve that problem

It sits on top of a campfire. The two grills are removable so you can take

them inside, keep them clean and rust-free if you want, but it just lets

you make use of summertime cooking outdoors and a lot of family

togetherness and some good times can be had around this grill. Once again from

the plans you can see that it's a pretty simple project. There's just a basic

welding of angle iron and square stock and some round shaft as well for

making the grill, but the 3D view, the front and side views give you

everything you need as you'll see later on in the course. The final project here

is an outboard motor transport cart. So if you've got a cottage or you live by a

lake you know that the seasonally bringing the motor up and down from the

lake can be a hassle and that's where this cart comes in. It also is a great

place to store the motor during the offseason. You might notice at the bottom

there's some handles as well and that's to make the job of using this cart over

rough terrain a little easier. You can get two people working on the project

and it just rolls more smoothly even over some pretty rough ground because of

the large bicycle type wheels there. So stay tuned. The last week in this course

is where you'll find all these projects along with some more detailed

explanatory videos, but I wanted you to see all these projects now just to get

you a little excited maybe build some motivation and some enthusiasm as you go

through learning the steps, learning the secrets, the tricks, the tips for MIG

welding really well