Emt Conduit Roof Rack No Welding

Made it out of emt conduit and some sheet metal.

Emt conduit roof rack no welding.

No weld truck roof rack. Begin welding by pulling the trigger when the nozzle meets the emt working carefully around the emt conduit producing an even bead. I attached it to the factory roof rack with u bolts and locktite lock nuts. There wasn t any welding involved.

I ve used this material before for lots of things and wanted to give it a shot. No weld attach attach attach log in or sign up. My first attempt at an emt conduit roof rack with homemade brackets. I ve always wanted a rack for my pickup buy didn t want to pay the high price and thought i could build my own out of electrical conduit.

Feb 15 2017 my attempt at a homemade roof rack. Using electrical conduit for roof rack i want to make a full length low profile roof rack. Allow the weld to cool completely before inspecting. My first attempt at an emt conduit roof rack with homemade brackets.

I bought some cold rolled square steel tubing from metal supermarket which is nice strong stuff and good to weld but it has been sitting in the garage for a few months and man does it ever rust with the slightest bit of moisture. I have a lincoln pro mig 135 using their standard flux core 035 wire and have alot of trouble welding 1 2 1 emt conduit used for home projects. No weld view attachment 17377 view attachment 17378 view attachment 17379. I don t own a welder so that wa.

I don t know if the problem is the machine the wire or the operator. Line up the emt in welding position holding it in place as required. Bogunn apr 30 2018 2.