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This has given me an idea. First, I've been collecting condemned tanks for the purpose of VIP training.
Gonna be tricky welding the aluminum one to the steel one.
It was an old steel tank someone gave my brother. His plan was to make a lamp out of it but I had seen a picture on the web of one turned into a grill. After a little begging he gave it to me. The legs, grate, handle, and other tabs were cut on our cnc plasma machine. I hand cut the tank using a grinder. I welded everything up and when I was happy I sandblasted it, then soaked it in muratic acid, followed by another trip to the sandblast cabinet to ensure I removed all the galvanizing and finally painted it using high temp bbq paint. The handle is a small scuba tank that we designed and cut that also does double duty as a bottle opener. The Cockroach in the grill grate represents our metal business Cockroach Customs. His name is Larry.
I was thinking about that but I’d prefer to not cut the bottoms of the cylinders off.
MIG: think gun that feeds wire into your weld. came into existence so semi-skilled workers could make a half-decent weld. (has since advanced way, way past that)
