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12 Solidworks Hints for Noobz

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As you know Solidworks is one very powerful program. Inside, you are not only the creator, but you control all elements. You can do anything, move anywhere, bold any surface. But as much as Solidworks is a great tool with massive creating potential, it also can be overly confusing at times, too. How many times have you gotten stuck or opened the app and have been like, this is taking too long.

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Tig’d Up Tuesday Review 1-14

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FabricationLife brings you another strong installment of Tig’d Up Tuesday! This Tuesday, the submissions were plentiful. Keep the submissions coming. Some days we will post more than others, but keep submitting. We may use yours on a future installment of Tig’d Up!

Here is this weeks Review!

Tig’d Up Tuesday submission – Jared Lewis aka WeldPipe

“Monel 400 butt weld ErNiCu-7 filler”

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Tig’d Up Tuesday Review 1-07

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Tig’d Up Tuesday is that day when our Fan Page goes crazy. We get messages right and left and we post tons of work people send in. There is no method to our madness on this day, no strategy, no timing structure, and no perfect weld to send. Some days we will only post the best work, and some days we will pick 1-3 photos which need critique, or in which a welder needs advice, and we will post them for the crowd. What we mean basically is we have no exact process for Tig’d Up Tuesday.

 

We also have a new “How-To” post for those of you looking for better weld prep techniques. This post has gained strong attention. 

http://betawpe.fabricationlife.com/2014/prep-is-everything

 

With that said, here are the photos we chose last week.

 

Matt Harm

“4” Schd. 40 304ss. Walking the cup (root pass)”1487837_10151825371677944_781318470_o

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Tig’d Up Tuesday Review 12-31

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The 1st Fabrication Life Tig’d Up Tuesday review of 2014 is a good one! This week we had tons of submissions and quite a few posted. As always, we ask you to review through these and tell us your favorites, as well as generously share the post. We want to keep this coming to you and have some exclusive features also coming from Fabrication Life starting this week as well.

 

Let’s Go!

 

 

Tig’d Up Tuesday submission – Alex G

“Waste Gate flange from a Mustang turbo manifold.”

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Tig’d Up Holiday Review

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Happy Holidays to all of our Fabrication Life fans! Always, receiving tons of Tig’d Up Tuesday submissions, we posted a few we felt to show off. Here, we will seperate by date posted. Enjoy the selection and tell us your favorites. We are partial to the flask! 

12/17/13

Ariel Banco

“5xxx series sheet. 3mm thickness. 100 amps, no pulse, 2.4mm 5356 filler rod. by Custom Plenum Creations”

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FEATURE – PRI SHOW 2013

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Indianapolis played host this past week to PRI. It was cold, too! Sub-teen temperatures were not the best conditions in the minds of thousands who traveled to Indy from all over the nation and world. The visitors who attended were there for business, and a lot went down! And new products were plenty! View more…. Continue reading

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Tig’d Up Tuesday Review 12-10

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Tig’d Up Tuesday on the Fabrication Life Facebook fan page was great this week in terms of submissions! You would think 10-15 submissions would have been posted but we were just a bit busy! Thank you again to everyone who posted. 

This week, we will show off a few of the submissions which did not get posted along with the posted material:

 

Niels Hattas

“TI-exhaust system for KTM/Nelson Welding” (Bike was built by Maarten Janssens)

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We are at PRI!

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The PRI Show (now owned by SEMA) has moved back to it’s classic location of Indianapolis.

the cold weather, attendance is looking to be strong over the next 3 days. We are at the Vibrant Performance booth, and will have free stickers available the entire show. Please stop by, take a few, and tell us if you follow us! We also plan to do updates periodically about the show on Facebook, and have a daily report about PRI posted on FabricationLife.com

We walked through the venue last night and snapped a few photos of the booths as they were setting up.

 

Seeing this car on track is mind-blowing at times.

 

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Real Time Racing

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Blower Cars always get big attention, this one will draw a crowd!

 

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This build is extremely interesting. Ford GT with a blow-thru setup, using VanJen Clamps, big screw supercharger, electronic city, and a completely redesigned cooling system. More to come on this car on FabricationLife.com.

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Here you can see the prep work going into the display.

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We will update more on the PRI Show. Check back to see what craziness we find, and who we happen to see. If you have something you are wanting to see tell us!

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Tig’d Up Tuesday Review 12-3

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Last week was our 1st Tig’d Up Tuesday review on FabricationLife.com and the fans loved it!

This week we had a huge amount of traffic for Tig’ Up Tuesday. Here is what was posted: 

 

Myles Blackwell

“Mild Steel weld”

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Day Photo: Partners

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We found this sculpture by Brown Dog Welding on Facebook. This piece, called “Partners” depicts a man and his trusty sidekick was made for a charity event. Made entirely of spare small pieces this raw metal touches those who are pet lovers and fans of metal art alike.

See more from Brown Dog at Brown Dog Welding

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