Work Horse Steering Column

[HorseFixer 2,012]

Aquired A Work Horse From Tickster for the grand daughter. The steering columb was a bit wobbley so I tore it apart tonight and the main support I found was cracked. I have the area all cleaned up so I will give it a good welding probably tomarrow. No doubt I will get a few good beads and gusset welds and ole Duke will bring her back to life! BIG bubbles no troubles hubba bubba!

[Stigian 1,234]

Id say some extra metal welded in for extra strength is the way to go Duke :hide:

[KyBlue 652]

Good Idea on the gussets Duke!! Have fun with the welder - are you a Mig Man or a Tig Man?? one of these years Ill pickup a TIG welder..

[Rollerman 290]

Wow Duke...hope your not upset with the rider?

Never really got to involved with it other than retrieving it when Taylor ran it out of fuel.

And Scott you wouldn't beleive Duke's collection of tools...he's a mig,tig,ark man.

I wouldn't doubt if he has a welder for makeing seamless PVC pipe connections too. :hide:

[HorseFixer 2,012]

Wow Duke...hope your not upset with the rider?

Never really got to involved with it other than retrieving it when Taylor ran it out of fuel.

And Scott you wouldn't beleive Duke's collection of tools...he's a mig,tig,ark man.

I wouldn't doubt if he has a welder for makeing seamless PVC pipe connections too.

Heck no Im not Upset! Fixen Em is all part of it! Scott As Stephen says the DUKE can give it to ya any way ya want it! anyways the HORSEFIXER gave it a good fixin today! I welded it up reeeeel good and by the way I did Tig it. I need to find a match on the paint, will give it a light sand, prime then paint! Stephen for the Work Horse, grandaughter is gonna like it!

[evanloock 216]

Looks better than new now....good job!

[KyBlue 652]

Stronger than new thats for sure!!

[wallfish 15,912]

Looks real good now.

That thing had more crack than an over weight plumber.

I sure would like to learn how to tig weld. The welds just look much cleaner with a lot of penetration into the piece.

I wonder why they didn

[Sparky-(Admin) 19,455]

So how about a pic of this tractor. Is it one of the gray Workhorse series from the mid eighties?

Mike.........

[Butch 194]

I'm envious of the work you guys can do. :hide:

[Duff 206]

I'm envious of the work you guys can do.

X2!

The talent around this site is awesome. Maybe a little will rub off on me with time......

Duff :D

[KyBlue 652]

Hey Duke... How about giving a couple welding classes?/ hahaha Ive Tig'ed a couple times, but not enough to say Id feel comfy welding something that mattered..

[HorseFixer 2,012]

So how about a pic of this tractor. Is it one of the gray Workhorse series from the mid eighties?

Mike.........

Thanks guys Sparky Ill get some pics of tractor by the weekend, just still busy on the garage cleanup. squeezed enough time tho at work to do the weld job.

Scott it all just takes allot of practice. I welded in high school and my dad welded for 25 years at Tyler's Refrigeration here in Niles on refrigeration cases. My first job out of high school was welding Tar Tankers steel and aluminum. Since I'm a pipe fitter we always have a torch in our hand silver brazing copper Many years later I went to college & got my degree in Industrial Maintenance Technology at the ripe Ole age of 44 I took 2 welding classes during this degree which covers the 4 types of welding that are most commonly used.

OAW ~ Oxyacetylene Welding, SMAW ~ Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Arc), GMAW ~ Gas Metal Arc Welding (Mig), GTAW ~ Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (Tig)

I recommend taking a evening class in college! After many years of welding I did this and learned allot even tho I had been welding for many years :hide:

[Butch 194]

Hey Duke... How about giving a couple welding classes?/ hahaha Ive Tig'ed a couple times, but not enough to say Id feel comfy welding something that mattered..

Tig'd?? Oh no. I'm not even Mig'd yet. I hope that's

somethin I don't need to worry about. But starting in January I planned on

gettin Mig'd at night school. And boy do I have a system picked

out for my first welder. Don't know how I'm gonna bring that up to the wife. :omg:

[HorseFixer 2,012]

Tig'd?? Oh no. I'm not even Mig'd yet. I hope that's

somethin I don't need to worry about. But starting in January I planned on

gettin Mig'd at night school. And boy do I have a system picked

out for my first welder. Don't know how I'm gonna bring that up to the wife.

Just tell her ya need it to fix all the things around the house and it will save big money! Tell her you can weld that pipes under the sink! Weld the leaf rake when it busts, weld the mailbox when kids knock it over, weld tha faucet washers in the faucet that is leaking, weld the toaster that doesn't toast, and if she gives ya any chit tell her you will weld her eYe bRoWs on her head!

Being a WH Collector ya gotta be fast on yer feet with a quick LIE errrrr I mean answer to appease the wife. :banana: Anyways here are a couple pics of the tractor.