Big machine guard..

[aametalmaster]

(12-12-2012, 08:54 AM)Mayhem Wrote: Very nice work Bob. I'll be tackling some guards for the change gears and feed gears on my lathe into the future. Just out of curiosity, given that the guard is split in two, couldn't you skip cutting an access hole for the inside welding and finish it off once it has been split? With care I would have thought that distortion shouldn't be a problem - but I could be wrong (it has happened once before ).

You prob could do it that way. This is just how our shop does them. I would do a few steps different but i have to go with the flow. I would have sheared it in half and tacked the two sheets together to save ripping them later. Plus you would use smaller pcs of metal..Bob