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by doug42190
Tue Aug 20, 2013 12:32 am
Forum: Stick Welding/Arc Welding - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
Topic: Length of a welding bead
Replies: 13
Views: 1515

Re: Length of a welding bead

Steve, I do not want you to think for even a second I doubted what you said -- I am trying to simply understand something that is so much more complex than I ever imagined. I have seen the google blogs about guys asking how to build that huge Gooseneck or lowboy -- scares the bejezuss out of me. Som...
by doug42190
Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:19 pm
Forum: Member Introductions
Topic: Newby in North Carolina
Replies: 3
Views: 644

Newby in North Carolina

Hello, I am Doug -- Doug42190. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wilmington, NC. I am an avid ofshore fisherman -- tuna, Mahi, wahoo, Marlin, grouper, snapper, etc. I am in the process of completely rebuilding a 28 foot center console from the hull out -- new bracket with twin Mercury ...
by doug42190
Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:04 pm
Forum: Stick Welding/Arc Welding - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
Topic: Length of a welding bead
Replies: 13
Views: 1515

Re: Length of a welding bead

Weldmonger -- Steve, Thank you for your reply and insight. If I have read your first response correctly, when it comes time to weld the spring hangers onto the bottom of the frame, I should only weld the longitudinal sides -- fore and aft, if you will, and not weld the ends of the spring hangers -- ...
by doug42190
Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:06 pm
Forum: Stick Welding/Arc Welding - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
Topic: Length of a welding bead
Replies: 13
Views: 1515

Re: Length of a welding bead

Wow. I did not mean to start any sort of panic! It is a utility/garden trailer -- not a highway trailer. I guess I should have been more specific. The intended dimensions are 3'X5' -- with a 2X6 PT floor/deck. Critical load will be maybe 500 pounds of gravel or dirt -- I am not an engineer nor am I ...
by doug42190
Mon Aug 19, 2013 1:08 pm
Forum: Stick Welding/Arc Welding - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
Topic: Length of a welding bead
Replies: 13
Views: 1515

Length of a welding bead

Hello. I am a newby at welding. It is a new hobby for me -- I enjoy learning and I enjoy watching something get created. My first issue is a question I have that comes from welding together a small trailer -- I am making it out of 2X2 1/8" wall tubing. I am welding a 2X2X 1/8" angle cross ...