ok forget about the handrail! does anyone have any tips, technique suggestions, setup suggestions for welding a butt joint on some 1-1/4" S40. The sides of the pipe are my problem area.

think about inserting an tube inside the splice. Like is done in aircraft fuselage work. From your picture, the tube doesn't look that thick. Since you're grinding to flush, you might take that a step further and drill some holes in the outer tube, then socket weld the outer to the inner for additi...

Poland308 wrote:I'm not to current on mig info. There are some here who could tell you feed and amps. Do you want to see the welds after your finished or are they going to be polished off smooth?

Ill be smoothing them out and painting, but id still like to lay a pretty, quality bead.

Poland308 wrote:What process are you going to use ? Mig tig or stick?

Mig

Sorry the pic is sideways.

photo (17).JPG heres an example. Just joining two pieces of stationary pipe. my problem seems to be moving up the "sides". The over head isn't bad and welding the top is fine. When i go up the sides it tends to crown up in the middle. Any technique or setting suggestions would be greatly ...

Artie F. Emm wrote:Just as a heads up: are you aware that hand rails are subject to local building codes? I don't mean to preach: I only know this by reading other sites. There may some Eyes to dot and Tees to cross.

10-4 Thanks.

Send a picture of it if you can. By round to round And round to flat it hard to get exactly what you mean. If the flat end is the cut end of the pipe then you have lots of options depending on how you want the finished product to look. Scroll down through the what I welded today threads and you wil...

Looking for technique on welding round to round. Looks to be 1-1/4 schedule 40 pipe on this handrail in need of repair. One weld will be round to flat and the other will be round to round. I feel good about the round to flat, but need to work on my technique on the round to round. Any suggestions wo...