Debmar
Knows what a fatty is.
I am in the trial phase of a type of UDS but not built from a drum but rather from an old water pressure tank that was rusting away behind my shop. It started out as this.
wasn't sure what I would find when I cut into it and it ended up being basically a drum with a partial drum added on top with plastic liner on bottom section with a rubber baffle.
initially I thought I would just use the top as the lid and flip middle section over as the curved part would allow the lid to seal nicely.
but after some thought I was sure regardless of the great seal condensation would end up building up in that area and run down drum when opened up. so welded the top section onto the bottom and cut top of mid to become the lid. this pic is of it sitting upright after I had added a 2" chimney out of an old piece of pipe. I am just using the old base as the rounded bottom sits nicely into it.
I bent and welded a length of flat bar onto the mid section top prior to cutting new lid out leaving about 3/4 of an inch of drum below the top. that kept the drum fairly ridged and gave me a guide to cut along. after cutting it out using zip disc on angle grinder I removed about 1/2 " of the drum inside that flat bar to allow an area of the lid to sit in. this project was good practice for welding for me. I only have a stick welder and always struggle with blowing holes in thinner material. looked for some tips online and ended up using 3/32 6013's dc electrode negative. that helped a lot to limit that problem.
wasn't sure what I would find when I cut into it and it ended up being basically a drum with a partial drum added on top with plastic liner on bottom section with a rubber baffle.
initially I thought I would just use the top as the lid and flip middle section over as the curved part would allow the lid to seal nicely.
but after some thought I was sure regardless of the great seal condensation would end up building up in that area and run down drum when opened up. so welded the top section onto the bottom and cut top of mid to become the lid. this pic is of it sitting upright after I had added a 2" chimney out of an old piece of pipe. I am just using the old base as the rounded bottom sits nicely into it.
I bent and welded a length of flat bar onto the mid section top prior to cutting new lid out leaving about 3/4 of an inch of drum below the top. that kept the drum fairly ridged and gave me a guide to cut along. after cutting it out using zip disc on angle grinder I removed about 1/2 " of the drum inside that flat bar to allow an area of the lid to sit in. this project was good practice for welding for me. I only have a stick welder and always struggle with blowing holes in thinner material. looked for some tips online and ended up using 3/32 6013's dc electrode negative. that helped a lot to limit that problem.