Welding Tips and Tricks

Hey guys. Finally got my hands on some pipe. Cut a bunch of coupons out but having an issue with beveling it and still keeping it square. The pipe thickness is .250

UniqueTouch wrote:Hey guys. Finally got my hands on some pipe. Cut a bunch of coupons out but having an issue with beveling it and still keeping it square. The pipe thickness is .250

what are you using to bevel it?

What is the material?

Get a rap-a-round. Mark a good square line around the pipe, cut off pipe about a wall thickness past the mark, use a grinder to cut the bevel back to the mark. Should get you pretty close without a beveling machine.

appreciate it. I ended up using masking tape until I get what i ordered delivered (wrap around). I am def getting better at it. Didn't get a chance to weld it today. Just poured and poured so i figured Id just prep pipe. I removed the mill scale on the outisde about 1/4-1/2 inch from the edge. I am wondering what to do next with the inside of the pipe. I only had a little wire brush attachment about an inch wide that i put on my cordless drill to brush the inside of the pipe but it did not do much. I don't what to use to remove any of the scale from inside there. I would like to get it really clean prior to welding.

https://www.grainger.com/product/447T02 ... gJ5h_D_BwE

Use these on a end grinder or a drill. Works best for the outside and the inside. Then use a flap disc on a 4-1/2 grinder for the bevel.

Or if you want more aggressive you can get hard rock or "cone stones" for a grinder. Made for grinding inside pipe.

https://www.grainger.com/mobile/product ... arentimage$

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Yup, I recommended those

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Look for these at your hardware and/or LWS:

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Oscar wrote:Yup, I recommended those

Look for these at your hardware and/or LWS:

Fixed that for you Oscar

just ordered a couple 2x3 inch cone stones. whatever the correct name is. Should be here thursday cant wait. Going to rain all day tomorrow again unfortunately but will get back to it thursday.