Small welding job?

[tombear]

Hi Folks
not long back I aquired a more suitable stainless steel serving bowl thingy

to convert into a grisset for dipping rushes.

It is 16.5" by 6" by 2" deep and just requires some stubby little legs wellding on it as well as something on a long side I can fit a handle to. The legs only need to be long enough to get a few night lights underneath to keep the tallow from solidifying once it has been melted.

Unfortunately I can't weld and do not have access to the right gear. Can anyone help?

Cheers

Tom

 

[warthog1981]

Could you not just drill a hole in each corner and put a nut and bolt through so it would stand on the 4 bolts as leggs ?

cheers Russ

 

[Matt.S]

Could you not just drill a hole in each corner and put a nut and bolt through so it would stand on the 4 bolts as leggs ?

cheers Russ

Just what I was thinking, except 3 legs. Or epoxy resin would be even simpler.

 

[Sniper]

You could just stand it on 4 smallish stones, one in each corner or 4 tent pegs or twigs if you are outdoors.

 

[MikeE]

Or bend 3mm rod from B&Q to make a stand which it could sit in when in use!

 

[tombear]

Cheers folks! I do like the idea of bending some 3mm rod to make a stand for it.

ATB

Tom

 

[Shewie]

Or bend 3mm rod from B&Q to make a stand which it could sit in when in use!

Or a wire coathanger

 

[Ray Britton]

Hi.
Making a stand/legs from bolts or bent wire sound like the easy option, as from memory stainless is very hard to weld compared to ordinary steel, as it is not a ferrous metal in the way basic steel is.

For those of you who are not convinced by that, just take any stainless item around the house and hold a magnet to it...It wont cling.

Oh, if it does, then it is not proper stainless.

 

[demographic]

Just take it to a local light engineering shop and get it welded, austenetic stainless is as easy of maybe even simpler to weld than mild steel.
It has a greater thermal expansion co-efficiency but that won't really matter.for that job.
You could also get it brazed.

Austenetic stainless is non magnetic, but there are other stainless steels that are magnetic and they are usually the ones that are used for knifemaking as they are hardenable.