Welding thread!!!!
#2536
No, I don't lick fish.
x2 on that. Not bad at all... either turn up your wire feed speed or reduce your travel speed. Practice practice practice... half the battle is just getting used to your machine and what the best settings are for your technique.
Get yourself a piece of 1/4" thick steel cut into a small (3"x 5") to medium (8" x 11") rectangle and run a "pad of beads".... just bead after bead after bead. Aim your electrode at the toe of the previous bead each time. Keep doing that until the coupon is full of beads, then dunk it in water, flip it over, and fill up the other side.
Get yourself a piece of 1/4" thick steel cut into a small (3"x 5") to medium (8" x 11") rectangle and run a "pad of beads".... just bead after bead after bead. Aim your electrode at the toe of the previous bead each time. Keep doing that until the coupon is full of beads, then dunk it in water, flip it over, and fill up the other side.
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Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm working on getting some scrap from some buddies to practice with. Its going to take me a while to get to a point where I'll be able to do well, but I'm super excited to learn the craft.
Here's all of my future projects:
Full set of frame stiffeners
Full header back exhaust for my LS swap
High steer and OTA track bar
Here's all of my future projects:
Full set of frame stiffeners
Full header back exhaust for my LS swap
High steer and OTA track bar
#2538
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x2 on that. Not bad at all... either turn up your wire feed speed or reduce your travel speed. Practice practice practice... half the battle is just getting used to your machine and what the best settings are for your technique.
Get yourself a piece of 1/4" thick steel cut into a small (3"x 5") to medium (8" x 11") rectangle and run a "pad of beads".... just bead after bead after bead. Aim your electrode at the toe of the previous bead each time. Keep doing that until the coupon is full of beads, then dunk it in water, flip it over, and fill up the other side.
Get yourself a piece of 1/4" thick steel cut into a small (3"x 5") to medium (8" x 11") rectangle and run a "pad of beads".... just bead after bead after bead. Aim your electrode at the toe of the previous bead each time. Keep doing that until the coupon is full of beads, then dunk it in water, flip it over, and fill up the other side.
Most of your bead looks ok, with a few exceptions, so try turning up the feed a tad, then work on your travel speed. You got this...also try a straight drag and/or push, and watch the puddle. Then try again with manipulation.
#2540
No, I don't lick fish.
Golden advice. Also, after you can lay down a good looking pad of beads in the flat position, then try lap joints, butt joints, and so on in different positions, flat, horizontally, vertical up and down, then overhead.
Most of your bead looks ok, with a few exceptions, so try turning up the feed a tad, then work on your travel speed. You got this...also try a straight drag and/or push, and watch the puddle. Then try again with manipulation.
Most of your bead looks ok, with a few exceptions, so try turning up the feed a tad, then work on your travel speed. You got this...also try a straight drag and/or push, and watch the puddle. Then try again with manipulation.
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A bit off topic from welding, but have you guys heard of the rise of steel prices that is happening?
my buddy works at a tractor dealershio and sells trailers as well. He showed me the notices from the manufactures thatvsaid effective in march, all trailers were rising in price from $400 to $600 per trailer due to rsing steel costs. This was from all 3 manufactures and a tractor implemnt supplier as well.
this effecting any of you guys? I know alot of you guys weld or fabricate for a living.
my buddy works at a tractor dealershio and sells trailers as well. He showed me the notices from the manufactures thatvsaid effective in march, all trailers were rising in price from $400 to $600 per trailer due to rsing steel costs. This was from all 3 manufactures and a tractor implemnt supplier as well.
this effecting any of you guys? I know alot of you guys weld or fabricate for a living.
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#2543
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I believe it is something about a new tariff on imported metals. Mr Trump wants us to only use real US metal only. Prices of aluminum went up too but steel prices were affected more.
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A bit off topic from welding, but have you guys heard of the rise of steel prices that is happening?
my buddy works at a tractor dealershio and sells trailers as well. He showed me the notices from the manufactures thatvsaid effective in march, all trailers were rising in price from $400 to $600 per trailer due to rsing steel costs. This was from all 3 manufactures and a tractor implemnt supplier as well.
this effecting any of you guys? I know alot of you guys weld or fabricate for a living.
my buddy works at a tractor dealershio and sells trailers as well. He showed me the notices from the manufactures thatvsaid effective in march, all trailers were rising in price from $400 to $600 per trailer due to rsing steel costs. This was from all 3 manufactures and a tractor implemnt supplier as well.
this effecting any of you guys? I know alot of you guys weld or fabricate for a living.
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Yes very much so. I won't do it on anything that could kill me if it fails lol no suspension parts or stuff like that. I am not good enough to be doing that
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I know what you mean. I am slightly scared about it. By no means am I a professional welder. But I have been tig welding long enough to feel pretty comfortable with it. The rest of my car has stayed together and it was half welded with my under powered mig. All the important stuff like the arms and steering were tig welded though.
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Ya'll would really love one guys rig I ride with, that thing is sketchy. He thinks he can do his own fab work and he really shouldn't. Looks like someone threw bird poop at the seams. The track bar mount is peeling off the axle and already broke off the frame side once
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Here's a picture of some of his Helen Keller fab
Edit:
Here's a picture of some of his Helen Keller fab
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