[AKweldshop]

Everyone else is a better welder than me, so I don't bother

What is that supposed to mean?

[Superiorwelding]

Svetsare,
That is some impressive work there my man! You need to make a few more videos welding your SS pipe SMAW.
-Jonathan

[Bill Beauregard]

"that one looks like a idiot" An idiot.

[Svetsare]

Svetsare,
That is some impressive work there my man! You need to make a few more videos welding your SS pipe SMAW.
-Jonathan

Thanks
What would you like to see? Maybe I do some kind of a video if you give me an idea.
I have been planning to do a 7018 open root pipe welding video, but havent got time for it..

[DennisZ]

Had a small improvement to do on my new Caterpillar 924K. Had it in front of my shop today as the dealer came to do its 500 hour maintenance. Machine has automatic lubrification so all pivot points have hoses attached to them. The ones on the lower boom, where the quick attach hooks up were sticking out very much and my brother and my uncle both managed to break one off over the last few months. So I made a protective case to avoid future "accidents". Had some heavy scrapiron laying around so made that work.
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Some vertical up, 7018-1 3.2mm

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The thing is 12 years older than I am!!!

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Gotta work out posting pics, sorry

[Bill Beauregard]

That is a vulnerable place.

[roberts56]

Well here's mine, just a very simple project attaching two 3/8" rounded plates to two pcs of 2" GI pipes to be used as a post for a small gate project. Only used a 1/8" 6013 rods at 120 amps DC stick inverter. I know the 6013 rods are not popular in the forum but its what is used and sold in general here in our area.













And for the top end, just welded a piece of 1/4" thick angle iron and a piece of 3/8" thick steel.

[DennisZ]

Looking good! I see you are like me, I use whatever steel I have laying around...

And don't worry, I burn through boxes and boxes of 6013 rods. Mostly 3.2mm

[DylanWelds]

Haven't posted on here for a while but here's some progress photos. First welds I did at my new job yesterday

[Rick_H]

Haven't posted on here for a while but here's some progress photos. First welds I did at my new job yesterday

Looks very.nice

[weldin mike 27]

Made myself a hammering table. Although it could be a industry-shic bar table. You could dance on this one. Wouldn't want it to fall on me though.

[TRACKRANGER]

Definitely the standard we'd expect from you Mike!
Nice
(Bolt it down though...)

[weldin mike 27]

Thanks Trev. Its pretty steady, but a bolt never hurt.

[GreinTime]

Thanks Trev. Its pretty steady, but a bolt never hurt.

Bolts hurt pretty bad when you smash your hand off of them

[weldin mike 27]

Fair enough. Or if someone threw one at you, flat out

[Otto Nobedder]

Fair enough. Or if someone threw one at you, flat out

I saw a 4-1/2" X 7/8" LeJeune bolt fall 132' and hit the 45* slope face of a Knaack toolbox. It left a dent that I could set a golf ball on. Good thing it was lunch, or someone could have died.

Steve S

[GreinTime]

Damn lol

[weldin mike 27]

Sold my spare hammering table for 125 semolians on flea bay...

[ldbtx]

No pics yet, but we made some progress yesterday on a friend's carport. Put another nearly 8 hours on the Bobcat 225, and started getting my hand back at SMAW. Been a long time since I burned any real amount of rod. Of course, there is almost a mutual exclusivity between regaining one's touch and used oil field pipe. But, it's much needed practice and good clean fun, so we'll be back out there next weekend.

[jroark]

Welded on some logging equipment this weekend. This is one bigger weld of the bunch.

[jroark]

I know I'm late to this topic but I have a pic of a new blade I put on a loader for logging. It's used to de-limb trees.

[weldin mike 27]

Try and avoid the flicking motion with those electrodes. It looks like they are a GP, or even 7018, and the flick will trap slag. Keep the flick for 6010s/11s.

[jroark]

They are 7018's. Thanks for the advise. I mig weld all day and on the side I work on repairs and I have to get out of the mig mode and try to get in the stick welding mode. Takes me a few passes to get in a groove. Thanks again.

[weldin mike 27]

No problem. 7018 only need a straight run, or maybe a little side to side weave. Not forward and back. And I mig all day as well, so I feel your pain. Lol, Mick

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[DeepSouthWelder]

Haven't had to weld in the vertical position for about 2 years now. I did not have a wire wheel handy so I had to use a regular claw hammer and wire brush . Any comments are welcome.