hey what's up guys welcome back to this
channel and welcome to another welding
project so this video is all about
building a foldable bed and these kind
of beds are quite common here so thats the reason I decided to build a bed but
quite stronger and stiff and also larger
in size and you can build this with all
the basic tools which you have in your
shop so without further than a delay
let's build it
although there are so many tools which I
think you can use in welding projects
there are so many tools or the jigs
which you can make and these are the
ball clamps which I made by my own you
can check that on the channel page and
there is also a link in the description
section too so these are called
sawhorses and I made these by my own and
if you want to know much about them then
you can check the video description
there is a link about these videos the
advantage of these sawhorses is that you
can hold them and they acquire very less
area as compared to your regular
workbench so this is the material which
I'm going to use for this bed and it's
mostly contained one by one and two by
one square tubing and rectangular tube
and the wall thickness is around two
millimeter I think that would be pretty
strong enough to bear the weight it'll
projects have multiple straight cut then
I always try to use my trusty chop saw
it makes the job quite easy and fast as
compared to regular angle grinder and
also gives a nice clean edge which helps
to make a good joint during the welding
process so the frame is a double pipe
construction and they are going to be
two frame
there is one by one frame for the inside
portion and another frame is going to be
built with one by two which is going to
be lie on the outside and the overall
dimension is seven feet by three and a
half feet for much detail about the cut
list of the pipes you can check the
description section so the first thing I
am going to do is lay down my saw horses
and over that I'm going to place some
white so that I am able to get a wide
area to place those pipes which I cut
down for the bed since the wall
thickness is sufficient enough so I
decided to do the chamfer first so that
it will make a nice connection with
other pipes this process also removes
the boss from the pipe and able to align
them properly after that the first thing
to do is to make the frame square you
can use a set square for the
but I think is good to use this diagonal
method to keep the frame square as
possible because I found that this will
provide much accuracy as compared to
using of a set square in smaller
projects at square gives you much better
accuracy as compared to diagonal method
but I think in this case the frame is
quite large and beefy so it's good to go
with this method to well onto these kind
of pipes the technique I use I call that
a stitch welding in that welding I
created the arc onto the control side of
first pipe and then jump over to the
open end of the other pipe and in the
video you can clearly see that how I
jump from closed pipe to open pipe and
complete the one stitch and then repeat
this process until I complete the whole
joint and the end result is in front of
you and you can see that how that slag
came out from that welding joint and
that is a sign of good weld joint so for
the vertical joint like this I always
start from bottom and then end it up on
to the top by doing this the slag always
tend to move in downward direction so it
will never occupy that empty space as
compared to if you travel from top to
bottom and you can see that how clean
that weld bead came out.
Due to copyright, I have to remove the audio so follow the subtitles
so to provide an equal gap between two
pipes I cut down these spacer blocks and
these are six millimetres in thickness
and this is how I'm going to install
them and how they are going to maintain
a fixed distance over the entire length
I'm going to weld them after a few
intervals so that they are able to
maintain asymmetry
once the spacer of welded up I clean up
that mess with the help of angle grinder
and make them completely flush to the
the surface so that they will provide a nice
and clean reference during the second weld
of the adjacent side so here you can see
that along with those spacer block I
also close the ends with the same
material and that will provide a nice
reference to that smaller stretcher
piece since our frame is in square so
there is no need to measure it again on
to this side you can clearly see that the
one side is slightly both inward so to
counter that problem I am going to use
some bar clamps and some welding clamps
if you don't have a bar clamp then
definitely, recommend you to watch the
build video in which I made those bar
clamps that would be an easy welding
beginner project and there are almost no
chance of blow holes because the whole
project is made out of bar
to prevent the middle train from
collapsing I need to install a brace
into the middle and for that I'm going
to use this 1x1 square pipe and I am
going to weld them slightly downward
position so that they are not came in
contact with the main base onto which
the person have to sleep for the joinery
I place them at an angle and then trace
out the required area which I needed to
cut down and then cut it with the help
of angle grinder and here you can see
that how that giant came up and I think
if you don't want to cut both side at
the same angle then you can use this
method that will saves you a lot of time
now - well this flat with the mainframe
I need to cut down those ends at an
angle of 45 degrees so that they will
match the same line
so it's completely optional to make a
legs at an angle so to do a repeated
marking I made this jig so that I am
able to transfer the same position at
same site repeatedly but the
disadvantage of this method is that I am
able to mark that location on to one
side only so to counter that problem I'm
going to made a template so that I am
able to mark that same cutout onto both
side by flipping down just the template
only once the marking has been done I
cut down that area with the help of
angle grinder and they are able to make
a nice clean joint
once the leg has been completed I need
to make a joint so that that leg can be
folded that area to the opposite side
and able to hold that platform and for
that I'm going to use some sort of bar
pieces and going to make a u-shaped with
that and here are those three pieces by
which I am going to make a U and I cut
down the middle piece slightly larger in
size as compared to the width of the
pipe which I'm going to use as a leg so
that it will provide a free movement
inside that once the mounting assembly
has been completed I mark the location
where I need to weld it onto the
mainframe although i weld it slightly
closer to the inward after doing the
tack weld I check it with the help of
set square once everything was good I
completed the full well then I flip over
the piece and secure them from a
backside also since the welding area is
slightly large so I have to repeat the
welding multiple time to cover up the
entire section since the legs are going
to be a foldable position so I need to
round over that edge which is going to
be pinned inside that you shape so first
of all I am going to mark the center
where that hole is going to be drilled
down after that with the help of pipe I
transfer the semicircle onto that end so
that the leg can pivot inside that you
shape
so to provide a nice support to that pin
joint I decided to well this bushing
inside that pipe so after cutting that
pushing here you can see that how I'm
going to install that inside that pipe
after that I take the reference from the
previously drilled hole and then drill
through out from that wishing so here
you can see that how this leg is going
to be installed and you can rise the leg
or lower it according to your need and
so to rotate that leg I need to mark the
position of that pivot point I am taking
three-quarter inch distance from top and
the side and at that position I'm going
to drill down the holes and after that
I'm going to tap that with the m8 thread
wrap so that the bolt can be locked down
to its place the portion of that bolt
which is going to be held inside that
bushing is kept free so that it would be
easy for the leg to rotate
now the leg has been installed and the
problem is that it will not move further
back so to sort out that problem I am
going to cut down from the backside I
didn't know the exact method for this so
I am going to do it in trial method for
that and I am going to cut down section
by section and then measure that
required height which I needed for my
bed
after that I connect two legs of half of
the sides together so that when I move
them inward or outward they will move
simultaneously
so this spring is going to help the legs
Louis place until any external force is
applied and it will also prevent the
legs falling accidentally so as compared
to this I suggest you to have a cycle
spring that have much tension and also
have eyelets on both sides so you don't
need to do that work because I struggle
a lot in making those eyelets and after
that I install those spring on all the
remaining three sides so that the legs
can maintain their position the spring
didn't work as I expected so I need to
shift the position and the formula is
that you need to belt that bolt slightly
away from the center of that pivot point
only by doing this you are able to lock
down the ledge to its position by the
tensioner spring
after I completed the two coats of black
paint I start the weaving process and
for that I am using this roll of plastic
strap I don't know the exact name of
this but I think you can recognize it by
the image so the weaving process is
quite simple and for that you have to
first view from one side only the only
thing you have to do is just going round
and round over those pipes and fill out
the entire space with that strap for the
cross viewing I am going to use this
black roll and the process is quite
simple if you start from the top then
for the next line you need to enter from
the bottom and then from the top and
then from the bottom so if you repeat
this process and then and when you came
for the second row you have to do the
opposite of the previously done pattern
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you
