Welding thread!!!!
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Official Welding thread!!!!
Hey guys I looked thru the last few pages and didn't find a welding thread so I thought I would start one. Basically just for showing off some welding skills or looking for tips. I will start with a few pics.
Miller bobcat, 1/8 7018
I am new to heavy gauge GMAW, been doing body work and sheet metal most of my life. Got a 75/25 cylinder for my personal Hobart rig today. Here is a test piece I was fooling around with today. Any pros have tips let me know. So far I can tell I need more overlap on my stop/starts.
Miller bobcat, 1/8 7018
I am new to heavy gauge GMAW, been doing body work and sheet metal most of my life. Got a 75/25 cylinder for my personal Hobart rig today. Here is a test piece I was fooling around with today. Any pros have tips let me know. So far I can tell I need more overlap on my stop/starts.
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God I need a good machine, my welds would look unlimited better.
Here is my junk from a HF machine.
Before the scale was removed since that was when my die grinder took a crap.
My pretty weld next to a pro's
My welds haven't fallen apart yet lol.
Here is my junk from a HF machine.
Before the scale was removed since that was when my die grinder took a crap.
My pretty weld next to a pro's
My welds haven't fallen apart yet lol.
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I finally got my gas bottle only because I want to build a utility trailer. Now there is a billion other things I want to do to the cherokee. I priced out material for a 6x10 and I am looking at around $375 and I do all the labor. Not bad when similar trailers are running 1k+
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Anyone running 90/10 instead of 75/25? Gas place refilled my friends bottle with that last time and seems to work a little better as a shield.
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I might go 100% next time, depends on what I am going to be welding. If you look where i welded the pipe to the plate there is still a little bit of spatter. I've welded with 100% and there was zero spatter. 75/25 works good enough if you have a flap wheel or some anti spatter spray. I may have had the wire speed a bit high as well
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I would go with a hobart or if you go to national welders supply/airgas, they run a special usually that is a Lincoln mig along with a Lincoln auto darkening helmet for about $600-650. Hard to beat really
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Miller mig is what I'd get. The harbor fugitive migs aren't bad once you figure them out.
I welded this entire rear bumper with a Lincoln 225 AC arc welder when I was 18 in high school. Cut it all with a oxy/acetylene torch too. Now that I think about it, the external welds around the receiver tube were with a miller mig at school. I found I prefer 6013's over 6011's on that project.
The headache rack I made with a 90A Craftsman mig (flux core). Torch and cutoff saw when I was 19.
If you go to F150 forum and search zap, you can see the build progress of both those.
This last summer I built this spare tire carrier with my dad. I did all the welding and designing (more specifically modifying the JCR rear bumper). He got handy with the cutoff saw. Built with a harbor fugitive special.
I welded this entire rear bumper with a Lincoln 225 AC arc welder when I was 18 in high school. Cut it all with a oxy/acetylene torch too. Now that I think about it, the external welds around the receiver tube were with a miller mig at school. I found I prefer 6013's over 6011's on that project.
The headache rack I made with a 90A Craftsman mig (flux core). Torch and cutoff saw when I was 19.
If you go to F150 forum and search zap, you can see the build progress of both those.
This last summer I built this spare tire carrier with my dad. I did all the welding and designing (more specifically modifying the JCR rear bumper). He got handy with the cutoff saw. Built with a harbor fugitive special.
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I might go 100% next time, depends on what I am going to be welding. If you look where i welded the pipe to the plate there is still a little bit of spatter. I've welded with 100% and there was zero spatter. 75/25 works good enough if you have a flap wheel or some anti spatter spray. I may have had the wire speed a bit high as well
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I work at a welding gas supplier, just for reference 100% argon is used for aluminum MIG welding. You'll get quite a bit less penetration trying to run 100% argon as opposed to a dual mix, not to mention waste money (argon is expensive). Anyways, I'm not totally sure on the resulting weld difference between 90/10 and 75/25 mixes, however the 75/25 is the most common seller by a long shot.