Belt Buckle my Dad made

[sam dupont]

His Book said: Steamfitter/Welder. It was made by filling a stainless pipe with tubing and rod, then heliarcing them together.

 

[Sahara]

That is freaking awesome!

 

[1967coronet]

That is nice,

 

[slimt]

That looks really cool.

 

[Jerry Hall]

Don't lean over any of my fenders.
Awesome!!!

 

[Mopar Hunter]

Nice job!

 

[Demonic]

On the big jobs, like powerhouse builds and such, guys would collect scrap and make those.

 

[493 Mike]

I saw many of those made when I was a apprentice. Some were really nice, and some were rather simple. I still remain a member of LU174 (retired).
I am still wearing the same belt buckle (daily) I bought in 1963 for the belt I made in shop class in 7th grade. Been through lots of belts over the years.
Mike

 

[Richard Cranium]

Very nice!

 

[67440chrg]

Talent of a tradesman. I have worked around a few power plant welders who were talented like that. The best I could do was to pimp for them. To pimp meant to cut ,grind and fit for them to weld.

 

[493 Mike]

Talent of a tradesman. I have worked around a few power plant welders who were talented like that. The best I could do was to pimp for them. To pimp meant to cut ,grind and fit for them to weld.

Don't forget: fetching rod, adjusting welder, handling all the lead, and my apprentice instructor even had to go to the liquor store to buy booze for his journeyman. Back in the good ole days.
Mike

 

[Mackman]

I remember guys on the job standing around sanding them all day. The pitfalls of a powerhouse job.

 

[WileE]

Love to see craftsmanship like that !

 

[sam dupont]

On the big jobs, like powerhouse builds and such, guys would collect scrap and make those.

That's where it was made, at a 750 powerhouse in Underwood, ND. He said it wasn't easy to do good work as you have to weld with one eye, and look over your shoulder for a general foreman with the other. He sold "chances" to win his buckles using decks of cards.

There was a pilot Lignite Gasification plant in town that he worked on. Some of his root passes were 1/64th of an inch across. I picked up my first stinger at age 10, but I never attained anywhere near his skills or knowledge of metals.

 

[zyzzyx]

I worked at alot of Nukes over the years and alot of the Millwright steam fitters made Buckles
in their spare time. It was only their imagination that limited what they came up with! As a
Machinist, we never had the ability to be as "Creative" with our equipment while on-site. We
had to resort to Buckles that were manufactured. Beautifull work on the Buckle! Stainless was
used because it could be buffed to a mirror finish as shown!