Here is an exceptional series of videos for anybody just starting to weld. Allan Little is woodworker and mathematician from Texas. Have been following his YouTube channel for years and can not recommend him enough. https://youtu.be/JmwzAhvzrIE Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thanks for the link...

Thankyou all for your replies. I've realised it is better for beginners to start on thick metal, I was practicing on 3mm 1/8th sheet because most of my steel boat is such but I grabbed a big chunk of 4 inch X 4 inch by 6 inch and beaded it to death suddenly I'm producing edible beads and not in cons...

There was a podcast recently where they talked about 7016 open root. It appears the rod was engineered for use in open root veritical up high strength pipe. you might be better off with a 7018 rod if you need lohi on regular applications. Thanks, I couldn't get 7018's at the time and only got a sam...

There was a podcast recently where they talked about 7016 open root. It appears the rod was engineered for use in open root veritical up high strength pipe. you might be better off with a 7018 rod if you need lohi on regular applications. 7016 is used a lot in Europe and Oz and has been for a long ...

ARE CHEAP BATTERY OPERATED SHIELDS USUALLY SO DARK ? Mine is a $ 120 special, and darkens instantly but even set on # 9 shade I can't see where I 'm going yet if I chuck on my ancient $ 30 shield with its # 10 lens I can see everything. I bought a pack of 25 rods that are labelled 7016 and the slag...

With regards to light coming in from the back of the helmet, Optrel makes a leather attachment that goes on the top lip and draps down to help block out some light and protect the back of your head and neck. It doesn't block out all the light, and it does shift around if you tilt your head, but it'...

I was suffering from back light and lots of reflection..SO, I tried to hold a shop rag onto the top edge of the shield with heavy duty paper clips. That kind of sorta helped but holy smokes it got warm in there and every once in a while one of those clips would spring loose ... :o ... never knew I ...

thanks ET, I thought the pixies would come and make me weld in a straight line,.... Yep, those modern day pixies ain't what they used to be. I blame it all on cell phones and wifi, even the pixies are at it. The glasslike slag on 7016 is nothing strange. It just means that that is a double-coated ro...

Back when I taught myself I used a fixed shade and I found a great cheat. Park one of those 500 watt Halogen work lamps nearby facing right at it. It really helped. Bright sunlight helps too. As for helmets the best one I ever had was $120. I found it worked as well and lasted no longer than a HF $...

Back when I taught myself I used a fixed shade and I found a great cheat. Park one of those 500 watt Halogen work lamps nearby facing right at it. It really helped. Bright sunlight helps too. As for helmets the best one I ever had was $120. I found it worked as well and lasted no longer than a HF $...

GREETINGS After a year at welding school, well 4 hours a week for a year, and although it was six years ago I thought - cupla days practice and I'll be ready for welding on my steel boat. NOPE. Made a couple of benches out of angle and 3mm sheet off cuts to practice horizontals and verticals and all...

THANKS NODDYBRIAN, Even on deck with salt spray the demonic er sorry I mean galvanic effect is causing noble stainless to have gal fittings getting eaten. I've decided to ban all stainless ! A couple of places where stainless has been welded to the hi ten steel the steel has rusted up. Funny I went ...

Greetings dear friends, Just wondrin' if there's any steel boat builders out there. I have many questions regarding electrolysis, galvanic effect etc and only a boat welder would know of these things. e.g Schools out if you leave mill scale on in a marine environment, I have witnessed this first han...

Gidday, My steel yacht has many perfectly welded stainless fittings welded to the steel deck. Except one. The compass was mounted on a stainless 4 inch RHS (square pipe) welded to the cockpit floor. It was the only rust on the boat when I bought it and it actually ate part of the deck. (Note yacht c...

Hello from the other side of the planet,
What's an AHP 201 ?
Seatle ! I remember the Pugent Sound University Basketball team visiting Australia back in the 16th century and one of the players staying with my family. It was the year Mt. St, Hellens erupted.

Gday mate, i’m A sheet metal guy by trade, mainly fabrication, then ally welding and steel mig a long time ago, now just hobby stuff. Live in Sale, old girl lives in Lakes. Good bunch of knowledge on here, ask away!!! Thanks Darrin, I went to welding school at Sale, well Fullham, till the governmen...

My uncle used to live at Lakes entrance many years ago. I have access to a heap of professional welders, maybe we can find someone in your area. Who can take care of the difficult things for you. Thanks Mick, I'll be doing it all around September at the Gipps Ports dockyard in Paynesville and they ...

Thanks Mr. Coldman, I hope I can workout all those settings, I'll have to study uncle Jodies videos some more. I reckon I'd be wasting time with TIG cause when I was at welding school my left hand would shake like a dog with distemper feeding rod with oxy welding and swapping hands the torch would n...

Thanks Mr. CJ737, But nope, it's welded both sides; I can recognise it myself but more importantly the bloke who built it told me he did both sides. Well I'd certainly be glad not to have to do inside> Just hope it doesn't take 6 months of practice getting the mig settings right. IS USING MIG going ...

Just had an idea! I've seen blokes spending more time stuffing around with mig wire jams than actual welding, that and the problem wind causes I've never considered it. But it's occurred to me that that might've been badly maintained equipment. All I've ever used is stick but I was thinking, If mig ...

Thanks Tweake, Yep, definitely welded both sides. The inside welds were never grinded flat and the builder knew how to build steel boats, cause every inch of the interior steel can be inspected, it is not buried in foam or the mortal enemy of interior steel: timber. i'm just wanting to avoid laying ...

Thanks Mick,
yeah I forgot about that, not to mention underwater nastys like rocks.

Hello welder dudes, Ye forum folk, I have some minor replating to do on my 25' yacht which was built in 1972 out of 1/8'' high tensile steel known back then in Australia as " hiten" Today steel comes in metric sizes and 3mm is slightly less than 1/8" and I'm curious as to whether this...

STREWTH ! It is easier to join mossad and ask them questions than on this forum! But that's a good thing. Anyhow, to make a short story long, I went to welding school for a year, ( well just a year of Wednesday nights of course) just stick welding and all down hand on a bench. I have a steel yacht, ...