Welding Tips and Tricks

Poland308 wrote:You must be a lefty?

Oh yeah that I am, but I'm practicing with both hands, just happened I used my left hand this time, not sure if I am better with one or the other.

Thanks LtBadd!

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My niece and nephew drove here from Florida for the Saints/Seahawks game. She's a Saints fan, He's a (rabid) Seahawks fan.

Wonder what they talked about on the ride home?

Steve S

Did some 48,3mm x 3,2mm flanges to 1 1/2" threads today. Usualy only freehand for me, but I decided to try a little walking. Managed to plant the flange in a roll of tape, when I left it to cool off and have my self some coffee.

LtBadd wrote:Nothing exciting, I had 14 of these steel legs that needed welded to plate.
Used ER70S-2 and ~180 amps

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Leg 2.jpg

Nicely done
I like to go high on amps for repetitive stuff too - I keep trying for "mig speed" - lol

I made... a cube! 3" by 3" cube in .125" Aluminum. Just for practice. I might put some divots or silicon bronze some pips and make it a die.

150 amps on foot peddle but never got there. 3/32 electrode and 1/16 4043 filler. About 120 hz, no pulse.

Fun little project.

MinnesotaDave wrote:

LtBadd wrote:Nothing exciting, I had 14 of these steel legs that needed welded to plate.
Used ER70S-2 and ~180 amps

Nicely done
I like to go high on amps for repetitive stuff too - I keep trying for "mig speed" - lol

Thanks Dave!

A little tig end caps on frame...and some vertical up 309L stick which I haven't done it many years...tricky for me and I was laying down to start..lol. All off our Miller Bob Cat. Not perfect by any means but she'll hold.

Rick_H wrote:A little tig end caps on frame...and some vertical up 309L stick which I haven't done it many years...tricky for me and I was laying down to start..lol. All off our Miller Bob Cat. Not perfect by any means but she'll hold.

Good job Rick, I can't remember the last time I held a stinger...and I'm ok with that!

LtBadd wrote:

Rick_H wrote:A little tig end caps on frame...and some vertical up 309L stick which I haven't done it many years...tricky for me and I was laying down to start..lol. All off our Miller Bob Cat. Not perfect by any means but she'll hold.

Good job Rick, I can't remember the last time I held a stinger...and I'm ok with that!

Yeah I tig 98% of the time, the stinger is about the last thing I grab, but I was doing some 7018 vertical on another frame so it was setup and ready, figured what the hell. Not too bad since I haven't run vertical stainless in 7+ years...lol man it just wants to fall out, since I had a round corner tube to flat frame and wanted to jam it in...

I know your shocked it's stainless...lol My dabbing was on point tonight.

I feel I did a disservice to this beautiful CnC intake by welding Nitrous nozzle bungs into it. They also required me to polish all of the sugaring around the weld so in doing so it polished the weld too. I dont know dont be too hard on me

From my Great Big Folder of Not Very Special Welds, a quick pic of some castors I recently welded onto some rough bases to ultimately attach to my band saw stand.

2mm castor plates, 3mm bases. The castors themselves had some sort of plating - looked like it might be zinc? Removed as much as I could and to my great surprise the metal didn't misbehave at all while welding.

2.4mm 2% Lanth electrode, 1.6mm ER70S6 filler. 105 amps. Functional rather than pretty.

All advice, tips, constructive criticism and outright abuse welcome.


Kym

More unglamorous but useful stuff from the Mosquito Garage.

Wife tried repeatedly to throw out a couple of ugly old steel plant stands. I rescued them, chopped them up, tacked them together and added a repurposed cutting board as a top, and now have a slimline side table to hold my magazines and endless mugs of tea alongside my comfy chair. It looks like 'old person's furniture' but I don't care, it was free!


Kym

MosquitoMoto wrote:More unglamorous but useful stuff from the Mosquito Garage.

Wife tried repeatedly to throw out a couple of ugly old steel plant stands. I rescued them, chopped them up, tacked them together and added a repurposed cutting board as a top, and now have a slimline side table to hold my magazines and endless mugs of tea alongside my comfy chair. It looks like 'old person's furniture' but I don't care, it was free!


Kym

Good job Kym.

I like it Kym..

I had to fix this mess.....I didn't take a pic of the repair actually turned out good, took 4 hours! Tried with backing tape to get all the way through but had issues since I could clamp the 13g sheet to keep it from moving. Plus the previous abortion of multiple repairs and grinding/sanding made the metal like 20g in spots. Would have been easier to cut the entire panel out, of it cracks again I'll go that route.

MosquitoMoto wrote:
More unglamorous but useful stuff from the Mosquito Garage.

Wife tried repeatedly to throw out a couple of ugly old steel plant stands. I rescued them, chopped them up, tacked them together and added a repurposed cutting board as a top, and now have a slimline side table to hold my magazines and endless mugs of tea alongside my comfy chair. It looks like 'old person's furniture' but I don't care, it was free!


Kym

kym
love repurposed projects. takes thought and skill.
nice job
women will glue a plate back together they will never use but
toss out perfectly good metal. go figure.....
craig

I convinced my wife to go through the local thrift shops (something she likes to do already) just to find that left over metal art that needs a little love and repurposing. She buys stuff for a dollar or two. I turn it into other stuff and sell it.

Nice work Kym! A little paint touch up to stop the rust and whacko!! I like it.

Poland308 wrote:I convinced my wife to go through the local thrift shops (something she likes to do already) just to find that left over metal art that needs a little love and repurposing. She buys stuff for a dollar or two. I turn it into other stuff and sell it.

I like that Josh! Bravo!!

Rick_H wrote:I like it Kym..

I had to fix this mess.....I didn't take a pic of the repair actually turned out good, took 4 hours! Tried with backing tape to get all the way through but had issues since I could clamp the 13g sheet to keep it from moving. Plus the previous abortion of multiple repairs and grinding/sanding made the metal like 20g in spots. Would have been easier to cut the entire panel out, of it cracks again I'll go that route.

I'm often in awe of your work Rick. One day I might even be as half as good as you!

Ever look at something and see something else?

This is what happened when I stared into a junk shop clutterbox of cutlery. It became a praying mantis.


Kym