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Nice repair....you ever wonder what the hell some people are thinking when you run across that crap.
I weld stainless, stainless and more stainless...Food Industry, sanitary process piping, vessels, whatever is needed, I like to make stuff.
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I fucking gassed myself twice last night with my stool at work lolexnailpounder wrote:Looks good! I was showing my son how to tig and he moved in to look and stood on the hose. Felt pretty foolish toasting a tungsten with him looking while I'm bragging about how good I am
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I always let out a little "test fart" before I unload completely. Some stool is worse than othersGreinTime wrote:I fucking gassed myself twice last night with my stool at work lolexnailpounder wrote:Looks good! I was showing my son how to tig and he moved in to look and stood on the hose. Felt pretty foolish toasting a tungsten with him looking while I'm bragging about how good I am
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I just snorted lolexnailpounder wrote:I always let out a little "test fart" before I unload completely. Some stool is worse than othersGreinTime wrote:I fucking gassed myself twice last night with my stool at work lolexnailpounder wrote:Looks good! I was showing my son how to tig and he moved in to look and stood on the hose. Felt pretty foolish toasting a tungsten with him looking while I'm bragging about how good I am
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A weld off the gate I made for my yard and the gate all finished
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Thanks a lot being trying to get my skills back to when I did it for a living a few years ago. Another project I built recently was this table, welds wernt as good but getting better every time ![Image](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160827/63bc4b99cba4dd141199a9b1c3a3eb78.jpg)
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You guessed it more stainless....lol Started a new frame for a machine guard.
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I weld stainless, stainless and more stainless...Food Industry, sanitary process piping, vessels, whatever is needed, I like to make stuff.
ASME IX, AWS 17.1, D1.1
Instagram #RNHFAB
ASME IX, AWS 17.1, D1.1
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I weld stainless, stainless and more stainless...Food Industry, sanitary process piping, vessels, whatever is needed, I like to make stuff.
ASME IX, AWS 17.1, D1.1
Instagram #RNHFAB
ASME IX, AWS 17.1, D1.1
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A few different welds from work today, compliments of an Instagram widget for putting them together in a collage! @greintime3592 if any of you are on there ![Image](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160831/158052cd331693879c146b896d5af18e.jpg)
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Today I was using an old Esab welder; they said it was "touchy". It was fine all morning, but when I came back from lunch it abruptly started malfunctioning. It would "Pop" every time I tried to start a weld, and the actual volts and amps on the machine were all over the place. I asked for 18v, and it gave me 20, or 30 or 50.
I decided to throw in the towel when it liquified the contact tip, rather, the first time it liquified a contact tip. I told the boss, and all the guys came over, thinking that they could fiddle with the settings and get it to work right. One guy kept trying to get the thing to weld, until suddenly, "KABLAMMOOO!" Actually, a ridiculously bright flash and a sound something like a plasma torch for a fraction of a second. Immediately afterward the machine registered 60v and 450A! The picture is the aftermath of this decisive event. If you look closely, you'll notice that 1/8" of the end of the contact tip is missing. The lump of metal you see directly under the tip in the photo is the missing part of the contact tip.
The welder itself didn't blow up, so it must be a control board that's fried? My boss decided it would be a good idea to have a service tech look at it.
The machine is a CC/CV transformer machine, like the Warrior model. It is an older machine, and I don't know what model it is.
I decided to throw in the towel when it liquified the contact tip, rather, the first time it liquified a contact tip. I told the boss, and all the guys came over, thinking that they could fiddle with the settings and get it to work right. One guy kept trying to get the thing to weld, until suddenly, "KABLAMMOOO!" Actually, a ridiculously bright flash and a sound something like a plasma torch for a fraction of a second. Immediately afterward the machine registered 60v and 450A! The picture is the aftermath of this decisive event. If you look closely, you'll notice that 1/8" of the end of the contact tip is missing. The lump of metal you see directly under the tip in the photo is the missing part of the contact tip.
The welder itself didn't blow up, so it must be a control board that's fried? My boss decided it would be a good idea to have a service tech look at it.
The machine is a CC/CV transformer machine, like the Warrior model. It is an older machine, and I don't know what model it is.
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My loins have been tingling since I laid them, but I think that may be something else!Coldman wrote:I'm crazy huh. I see welds like that and get a tingling in the loins.
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Some stuff from the past couple of weeks.
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dip dip dip by Mike Zanconato, on Flickr
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Jared B by Mike Zanconato, on Flickr
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Stephen V by Mike Zanconato, on Flickr
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Stephen V by Mike Zanconato, on Flickr
Pete S by Mike Zanconato, on Flickr
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ready to race? by Mike Zanconato, on Flickr
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dip dip dip by Mike Zanconato, on Flickr
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Jared B by Mike Zanconato, on Flickr
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Stephen V by Mike Zanconato, on Flickr
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Stephen V by Mike Zanconato, on Flickr
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Stainless machine guard
The one photo shows a little fixture I use when mounting hinges, use a small piece of angle above to quickly locate where it should be, stays square too.
The one photo shows a little fixture I use when mounting hinges, use a small piece of angle above to quickly locate where it should be, stays square too.
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I weld stainless, stainless and more stainless...Food Industry, sanitary process piping, vessels, whatever is needed, I like to make stuff.
ASME IX, AWS 17.1, D1.1
Instagram #RNHFAB
ASME IX, AWS 17.1, D1.1
Instagram #RNHFAB
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That pressure you feel on the end of your nose is the verticle learning curve you've just hit.
Man are you going to learn a lot on this one.
And probably a few new words
Remove all dirt /grease/paint back to clean bare metal where you want to weld, keep the earth close to the weld (also on clean bare metal).
Tack, tack, tack, then stitch weld, moving around to spread the heat and hopefully lessen distortion
Watch Jodies vids.
Keep the photos comming.
Mig or Tig?
Cheers
Man are you going to learn a lot on this one.
And probably a few new words
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Remove all dirt /grease/paint back to clean bare metal where you want to weld, keep the earth close to the weld (also on clean bare metal).
Tack, tack, tack, then stitch weld, moving around to spread the heat and hopefully lessen distortion
Watch Jodies vids.
Keep the photos comming.
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
Mig or Tig?
Cheers
Pete
God gave man 2 heads and only enough blood to run 1 at a time. Who said God didn't have a sense of humour.....
God gave man 2 heads and only enough blood to run 1 at a time. Who said God didn't have a sense of humour.....
Thanks to the square nature of the car, it's going pretty smoothly. I have about 3 hours into it and have gotten it this far.
I'm absolutely loving it. I so wish I had gotten into welding at 18 instead of 33.
I'm absolutely loving it. I so wish I had gotten into welding at 18 instead of 33.
Melt all the things.
I didn't weld anything. I've been planning on building a welding cart, but I haven't finalized on the exact design (i.e. paralysis by analysis). The local school district is going to tear down a derelict high school and they had a whole bunch of cr@p on the lawn waiting to be thrown into roll-off dumpsters. I decided to look through it and rescue a few items.
I grabbed 7 AV carts and hauled them home.
I decided to use one of them as a welding cart while I hem and haw over my design for a welding cart.
Dave
I grabbed 7 AV carts and hauled them home.
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Busy week was finally able to get back to my guard, no welding but lots of fab work. Lexan doors, flush mount stainless handles, magnetic catches, LED lights and tomorrow weld tabs in and install door locks/latches. (Everything must require a tool to open door per regulations) Amazing how long all that stuff takes....lol
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I weld stainless, stainless and more stainless...Food Industry, sanitary process piping, vessels, whatever is needed, I like to make stuff.
ASME IX, AWS 17.1, D1.1
Instagram #RNHFAB
ASME IX, AWS 17.1, D1.1
Instagram #RNHFAB
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