Jig for H braces?

Date 11-16-2008 22:35

I have to make quiet a few H Braces and instead of the normal laying the pipe out and measuring repeatedly deal I was gunna fab up a jig. I was think an H made out of angle iron to simply lie the pipe in and weld. Anyone have any other ideas?

By DaveBoyer (*****)

Date 11-17-2008 03:23

If You have a steel plate table You can tack angle iron scraps to it to position the pipes. For cheap & dirty low volume jobs You can nail blocks of wood to a sheet of plywood.

By texasrigwelder (**)

Date 01-01-2009 00:43

i always just made one h brace and put pegs all around it

By raftergwelding (*****)

Date 01-05-2009 01:53

i just build them in place the ground is not always level and the fence looks better when you go with the contour of the land

By 522029

Date 01-01-2009 15:03

What Texasrigwelder said is easy and wastes very little, only the pegs or straps. It is the way we build most of our jigs.

Griff

By phaux

Date 01-01-2009 15:13

Pretty much what I ended up doing. Welded some 2" tall pipe pieces around one of the braces, pulled it out and now I just slap the metal in and weld it up. Works pretty good. Think I may not have it snug enough as the legs still pull a little, about 1/4" on the top or bottom.

By 522029

Date 01-01-2009 18:29 Edited 01-05-2009 21:59

Remember, even though you are using a jig, you still need to control the "pulling" by properly tacking the pieces before welding them up.

Griff