Latest welding project -- sheet metal organizer

[jaywood]

At work we do sublimation (prints on metal). It just recently got very busy and we needed some better organization for the various sheet metal we stock. Gloss aluminum, matte aluminum, clear aluminum and gloss steel. The casters I used are from Northern Tool (great pricing).



Front supports



Capped



Middle supports



Tall supports



Obligatory pic of welds



Made some spacers to keep everything spread out evenly while I welded the top slats together



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We are going to be loading/unloading the sheet steel in from the skinnier end (see first pic) but we also want to be able to unload it from the fatter end so I made this stopper

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Put on the handles (front & rear) You can also see that the other 2 top slats are now welded on




IMG_7519 by Jeff States, on Flickr


IMG_7518 by Jeff States, on Flickr


IMG_7517 by Jeff States, on Flickr


IMG_7516 by Jeff States, on Flickr

Here's the organizer w/ nothing in it



Here's what we do with the sheet aluminum/metal. It's called sublimation

These are prints we did for Cal-Poly and National Geographic. All of these prints are going to be framed in an anodized black aluminum frame. You can see the frame in the last 2 pics

[$hane]

nice!

[jaywood]

nice!

Thanks man! :)

[RCM3]

Really cool stuff, awesome place you guys have there in Goleta.

[AwakenNoMore]

That is so metal.

[jrobie79]

whats the price on getting something like those printed? say something 20" x 40" ish

[Vtec?lol]

whats the price on getting something like those printed? say something 20" x 40" ish

[lambo]

We need an 8380 Labs/jaywood metal printing colab

[Cletonius]

Holy hell those prints are badass. I can't believe those are on metal! Wow.

Another one for "how much?"

[jaywood]

Really cool stuff, awesome place you guys have there in Goleta.

Thanks man :)

That is so metal.

;)

whats the price on getting something like those printed? say something 20" x 40" ish

I can get a quote for you guys interested in pricing. Would you want the anodized aluminum frame or just the print? I can also do wooden backs so it looks like it's floating on the wall. I don't really do the pricing so I'll talk to my dad who does all the pricing tomorrow at work

We need an 8380 Labs/jaywood metal printing colab

Interesting....that could definitely work out....

Holy hell those prints are badass. I can't believe those are on metal! Wow.

It's a pretty sweet process (and extremely durable). We did a bunch of shots that the Hubble Telescope took...wow...looks like another world out there. I'll post up some more pics tomorrow of the other prints we did.

I'll also get some pics of the sublimation press that I built awhile back and some in-process pics as well.

[Wh33lhop]

This is super badass. Also curious on pricing.

[Cletonius]

It's a pretty sweet process (and extremely durable). We did a bunch of shots that the Hubble Telescope took...wow...looks like another world out there. I'll post up some more pics tomorrow of the other prints we did.

How durable? Like outside 24/7 durable?

[F34R]

Those prints look good, and nice cart. Will make life easier.

[jaywood]

This is super badass. Also curious on pricing.

Haven't heard from you lately man...thanks!

How durable? Like outside 24/7 durable?

24/7 inside yes ;) It's not 100% UV stable but they do OK in constant sun. We have a few signs (Don't feed the birds) at a local restaurant on the beach. The sign sees constant sun all day and it hasn't faded much in the past ~2 years.

Those prints look good, and nice cart. Will make life easier.

Thanks. It definitely does. It's nice having it portable...I can load it up in the parking lot!



Pricing ------ I didn't have a chance to get to it today. I'll get some general pricing for you guys tomorrow... 20"x40", 11"x17", etc.

Here's the heat press I built a year or so ago. It works like a champ....too bad it can't do full size sheets (48"x96") :|


Heat Press by Jeff States, on Flickr

Here are some more prints going up to Cal-Poly


Mountains2 by Jeff States, on Flickr


Moving Rocks by Jeff States, on Flickr


Black Aluminum Frame by Jeff States, on Flickr


Space -- Taken by the Hubble by Jeff States, on Flickr


Caffeine Crystal by Jeff States, on Flickr

[Onizukachan]

Very cool.
Even cooler when I recognized some of those pics!