This is the trailer. I tried to convince the owner his money was better spent replacing it. [img] Annes95welding95project95031.jpg [/img] The difficulty was that the owner did not want to rebuild it or replace it. He wanted it reinforced. He wanted to use scrap materials wherever possible. And, it h...

that is really nice.

You made me think again, and double check the invoice for the trailer job. I used 6011, not 6013. I'm going to edit the previous to reflect that.

Well, WWW.... ("When Wives Weld")

Agreed, fatigue is the biggest danger of all. I got a third degree burn from a hot tack falling on my leg. I have never heard of that from anyone else- obviously caused by my poor technique. I was using 6013 overhead to reinforce a 14-ft trailer with new cross members welded to the existing structur...

How about working right to the AWS or Petroleum Institute code, for process at least? This one is awesome- Pipe Welding Procedures (Hardcover) – January 1, 2003 by Hoobasarl Rampaul (Author) ISBN-13: 978-0831131418 ISBN-10: 0831131411 Edition: 2nd and not expensive. Also ESAB's TIG welding handbook.

You ALWAYS need another machine, even if you don't weld all that well like me.

right, thank you

James R. Barker in Taconite Harbor, Lake Superior.

My last ship

BTW, working on posting some pictures for you guys.. having difficulty transferring them from my not-smart phone to a file. Working on it.

Later,

Dry it in a wire oven or household oven before you use the 70XX electrodes.

Bathrooms aren't hard. I re-plumbed and re-fitted ours while my husband was away, so it would be all done when he got home. Kept the overall cost way down too. It came out very well.

I harldy ever weld aluminum, let alone the nice stuff you are doing, so the ignorance is at my end

No ignorance!
Those are just the military or industrial specs. No difference in the filler material.

Really, you remember the Sykes? THat was not a giant ship, forgive me. My last ship was one of the thousand footers. That was a tough job. All the deck gear was heavier than on the smaller boats, it was a very hard winter, and I was underfed and underweight. THe lakes froze over completely that wint...

clayton47,
That's the same thing.

well you know what they say.

"Better days are comin"

I am sorry.

I was laid off so many times, it's so hard.

http://jobsearch.monster.com/search/fab ... ton__2C-TX
"FABRICATOR" Houston, TX

Are you a qualified steam fitter?

steelworker / ironworker?

insulator?

http://jobsearch.monster.com/search/Wel ... ton__2C-TX
this search was for "WELDER" in Houston TX.

http://jobsearch.monster.com/search/Wel ... ton__2C-TX
for welder-fitter.

Where are you, and where can you travel to work?

Tell me if this is correct- you are using ER-4043 filler metal? My shop has one qualified process using this filler. The parameters are as follows: Aluminum/aluminum based alloys, similar base metals (or base metal repair) Base material type Aluminum castings thickness range 0.060" - 0.500"...

You were probably working in the mills when my 600-ft steamer, the Wilfred Sykes, came in to unload iron ore at Inland Steel. Yes, it was really incredible. I don't know what happened to all the boats I worked on. It was so hard to see the collapse of a great industry, although domestic steel has re...

This reply might be too simple, but the biggest obstacle I had to overcome was teaching my eyes to see detail beyond the light and dark contrast. It took some time to do this. In terms of equipment, the auto-darkening lenses seem to transfer less color variation than a traditional filter. That matte...

Good morning! I worked for years in the Whiting, Indiana area, before Amoco was sold to BP, LTV filed for bankruptcy, and Inland Steel was sold to Ispat International and then Tata Steel and whatever they are now... I still remember the asphalt barges coming up from the South during the summer const...

Nice- that's the old time method called "breaking the back," still used in our machine shop.