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Construct and Paint Steel Base

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Cut 1x2 steel square tubing into pieces for the base frame using a metal cutting chop saw. Weld these pieces together into a rectangular frame. For welding, ensure correct settings for your Hobart Handler 140 welder based on the steel thickness (e.g., setting 3 for voltage, 35 for wire feed). Use an E-pattern technique for strong welds. After welding, use an angle grinder to smooth out any rough welds. Apply a self-etching primer, like Rust-Oleum, to the entire steel frame to promote paint adhesion and prevent rust. Follow with a few coats of bronze-gold spray paint to achieve the desired finish. Allow adequate drying time between coats.

Goal: Cut steel tubing to size, weld it into a frame, grind the welds smooth, and spray paint with self-etching primer and a bronze-gold paint.

Tools and materials

  • 1x2 Steel Square Tubing
  • Angle Grinder
  • Bronze-Gold Spray Paint
  • Hobart Handler 140 Welder
  • Metal Cutting Chop Saw
  • Self-Etching Primer (Rust-Oleum)
  • Welding Helmet
  • Gloves
  • and Apron

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all right so legs last and final part is the legs i picked up well i didn't pick up this was kind of leftover stuff from my staircase video if you guys haven't seen that go check it out really that fun project i got it from my local still shop all in all i think if i was to calculate this probably maybe 30 bucks worth of steel i cut that on that metal cutting chop stuff if you don't have one use this circular saw if you don't have that actually that was a reciprocating saw this is a circular saw i don't even know my tools do i and you can put a blade they're specialty metal blades you can put on them now a lot of people are intimidated by welding and you really have no reason to do so now let me show you a couple of quick tips tricks just to get yourself fired up and get going so let me show you so these setups they're always super simple so in the back of almost every welder there's a little chi chi base off of the steel that you're using so mine is that thick it'll tell you the settings for the gas and the settings for the knob so in this situation it's a three here and a 35 on the wire feed now here's the technique for the actual pattern there are two techniques the e and the z i don't do the z i do the e technique and all it is is a cursive e that you're just gonna follow this way this is the distance you will travel i like to use this anti-splatter spray you just spray it on and that reduces the amount of splatter that sparks all over the place [Music] and so here we go we have this little tiny e pattern that we just accomplished we got ourselves some something i guess [Music] all right so we got everything welded up everything's nice dirty and square uh before laying down our paint i'm using a self-etching primer it gives you that texture on it that way whatever goes on to the smooth metal surface can actually stick pretty good pretty tightly on um and then uh i know a couple coats of this we'll start putting the paint so let's get a rest oh i need a recipe i'll be right back all right let's tag this thing all right so everything's curing on the

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