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WELDING TECHNIQUES
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this is stainless sheet .120 being welded over engine cradles for MTA public trans buses b/c the cradles are cracking. (its a camera phone picture)
here is a verticle
The spread out dime stack looks cool, but i've been taught you want to stack the dimes as close together as possible, b/c any dip in the puddle, is a weak spot. I just passed my D1.6 test today.
here is a verticle
The spread out dime stack looks cool, but i've been taught you want to stack the dimes as close together as possible, b/c any dip in the puddle, is a weak spot. I just passed my D1.6 test today.
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Originally posted by chunky_thunder
Originally posted by onehot69stepside
Edited: 11/28/2007 3:44:58 PM by onehot69stepside
Edited: 11/28/2007 3:43:55 PM by onehot69stepside
Practice Practice Practice, get comfortable, and REALLY pay ATTENTION to what the puddle is doing.
You generally use the push method keeping the gun 15-30 degrees towards the direction you weld. It helps to heat up the area you are about to weld as well. The pull method adds a lot more filler to the weld. Makes it over-bulgy in most cases. Maybe can be used for chamfered joints.
When Laying vertical beads move faster going from top to bottom and point your gun up 15-30 degrees(pull the gun).
You can get the dime effect also by welding a pool then pull back into about half of that pool you just made then go twice that distance to start another pool. For example weld 3/8" then come back 3/16" then weld another 3/8" then come back 3/16". or 1/2" then back 1/4" then another 1/2" etc. etc.
And I'm still rooting for sticky-ness!
I weld all day on boat trailers at work and this is the method everybody in the shop uses i will try and get pics up of some of my welds tomorrow we are using big ass miller welders and generally welding on 11gauge steel
I use to weld trailers for a company called Pequea. We had Miller 306 machines, ran them at 22-25amps burning from 1/4 to 16ga sheet on the same settings.
As for a tip on tubing. Start at the top and work down 1 side around to the middle on the bottom, do the same for the other side trying to start where the other sides puddle was so you dont get a low or dip inbetween, its a weak spot. Will it break on something like this? prob not, but always shoot for perfection.
Originally posted by onehot69stepside
Edited: 11/28/2007 3:44:58 PM by onehot69stepside
Edited: 11/28/2007 3:43:55 PM by onehot69stepside
Practice Practice Practice, get comfortable, and REALLY pay ATTENTION to what the puddle is doing.
You generally use the push method keeping the gun 15-30 degrees towards the direction you weld. It helps to heat up the area you are about to weld as well. The pull method adds a lot more filler to the weld. Makes it over-bulgy in most cases. Maybe can be used for chamfered joints.
When Laying vertical beads move faster going from top to bottom and point your gun up 15-30 degrees(pull the gun).
You can get the dime effect also by welding a pool then pull back into about half of that pool you just made then go twice that distance to start another pool. For example weld 3/8" then come back 3/16" then weld another 3/8" then come back 3/16". or 1/2" then back 1/4" then another 1/2" etc. etc.
And I'm still rooting for sticky-ness!
I weld all day on boat trailers at work and this is the method everybody in the shop uses i will try and get pics up of some of my welds tomorrow we are using big ass miller welders and generally welding on 11gauge steel
I use to weld trailers for a company called Pequea. We had Miller 306 machines, ran them at 22-25amps burning from 1/4 to 16ga sheet on the same settings.
As for a tip on tubing. Start at the top and work down 1 side around to the middle on the bottom, do the same for the other side trying to start where the other sides puddle was so you dont get a low or dip inbetween, its a weak spot. Will it break on something like this? prob not, but always shoot for perfection.
chunky_thunder
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we are using the CP302 on 480 power
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Originally posted by chunky_thunder
we are using the CP302 on 480 power
looked through some old pics.. that is the same thing we used, not a 306.
now i use miller 300's and acouple 20 yr old 351's.
i love welding with 480 power!
we are using the CP302 on 480 power
looked through some old pics.. that is the same thing we used, not a 306.
now i use miller 300's and acouple 20 yr old 351's.
i love welding with 480 power!
zef
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how bout info anout ARC welding or is it pretty much the same idea as far as the pattern goes?
mindlissmetalfab
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Some beads on the ranger I did...
Some 'stitch' welding. (I weld airtanks like this so I dont blow through)
A little bit of both styles in the same shot
Only advice I can say is practice. I am bad for not knowing the technical shit. I just set it where it feels and sounds right, move at a pace that seems to work and hope for the best. haha.
Some 'stitch' welding. (I weld airtanks like this so I dont blow through)
A little bit of both styles in the same shot
Only advice I can say is practice. I am bad for not knowing the technical shit. I just set it where it feels and sounds right, move at a pace that seems to work and hope for the best. haha.
chunky_thunder
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kinda but not realy you pull a stick and push a mig it is alot slower and not as clean you have to do alot of chipping slag on an arc welder
bdroppeddak
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its kind of funny to read some of the advice on here from people who dont weld on a professional level, i thought i was a good welder until i got a job as a fabricator, and found out i didnt know shit....
olskoolpup
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cris, enlighten us
bdroppeddak
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i dont know shit!