Welding thread!!!!
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From: Northern Ontario, Canada
Year: 1990, 1999, 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
those are all very nice welders. probably the top three of it's class, so it really comes down to colour. what's your favourite colour?
in all reality, you can't lose with either one. i have a power mig, so, i like red...
in all reality, you can't lose with either one. i have a power mig, so, i like red...
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From: Blunt, South Dakota
Year: 97
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.6 stroker
Agreed...my favorite color is blue, so Miller for me, LOL....but those are all good units. Find out which of those has consumables that are easily available locally, and what the cost is for them. Factor that into your decision...
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From: Blunt, South Dakota
Year: 97
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.6 stroker
Some stuff from work...
The arm on this truck was hanging by a thread, so some gusseting was in order to keep it together until the steel to rebuild the arm comes in...
1" thick gussets, using 1/8" 7018, with one root and 3 cover passes...
The skid steer was waiting for me when I walked in yesterday, LOL
Some pics of the crack...went almost all the way around
Made a template
Cut the steel
Added some rosette holes and tacked in place
Rosettes filled in and ground down
First side welded in
Top bead
The other side has some hydraulic lines so I had to notch out the plate for the back, but ran out of time...more to come.
On a side note...when you grind/weld Caterpillar yellow, it kinda smells like a mild woman's perfume...odd
The arm on this truck was hanging by a thread, so some gusseting was in order to keep it together until the steel to rebuild the arm comes in...
1" thick gussets, using 1/8" 7018, with one root and 3 cover passes...
The skid steer was waiting for me when I walked in yesterday, LOL
Some pics of the crack...went almost all the way around
Made a template
Cut the steel
Added some rosette holes and tacked in place
Rosettes filled in and ground down
First side welded in
Top bead
The other side has some hydraulic lines so I had to notch out the plate for the back, but ran out of time...more to come.
On a side note...when you grind/weld Caterpillar yellow, it kinda smells like a mild woman's perfume...odd
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From: Blunt, South Dakota
Year: 97
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
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I document everything I do for the most part...not gonna work there forever, haha....and, he actually likes that I take pics. Covers our *** if the driver breaks it again.
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From: CA
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
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From: CA
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Just finished off a 10# spool of Hobart .030 wire (er70s6), picked up a 12# spool of Lincoln L56 .030. Let's see if I can tell the difference, im thinking the only difference ill see is the weight in my wallet.
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From: Lennox/Sioux Falls South Dakota
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0 liter inline 6
Just about to weld again for the first time in well over a year. should be interesting to make a few skill weld passes.
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From: west chester, pa
Year: 1999
Engine: 4.0
They wanted socket head screws that uses 3/8 Allen wrench but with metric threads so they cut metric threaded rods to size, turned the ends to fit in the socket heads that were cut off from bolts.
The welds are 1/16" wide using .030 stainlsss steel wire rod on the TIG.
The ruler for comparison
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From: CA
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
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From: Northern Kentucky
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
JB Weld on my latest project.... does that count? 
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Jeeeese! That's some good precision stuff, man! 
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They wanted socket head screws that uses 3/8 Allen wrench but with metric threads so they cut metric threaded rods to size, turned the ends to fit in the socket heads that were cut off from bolts.
The welds are 1/16" wide using .030 stainlsss steel wire rod on the TIG.
The ruler for comparison
They wanted socket head screws that uses 3/8 Allen wrench but with metric threads so they cut metric threaded rods to size, turned the ends to fit in the socket heads that were cut off from bolts.
The welds are 1/16" wide using .030 stainlsss steel wire rod on the TIG.
The ruler for comparison