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Some itty bitty stainless welds from today

 

badass what is that to ?

 

They are stainless sanitary fittings for resturaunts, food production etc. Sadly most of what I do is on a rotator and all the welds get polished away. I only post the free hand stuff.. These were filling rods so I assume they come off a main tube to bottles or something similar to fill with liquid.. theyre super tiny.. its all 1/16 tungsten and filler. Those tubes are 1/2" diameter pretty fun to play with stainless though! Got a few personal projects lined up to get a lot more time under the hood

 

interesting and very nice! in starting on my stainless water tank, love welding stainless now and the color is beautiful also!

 

I'm on my second welding project so I'd like some feedback on my welds. This looks good to me, any suggestions for improvement?

 

Clean your starts and stops, get them to flow together vice piling up, and turn your heat up or dwell longer on your weave...There is some undercut

 

So the undercut is probably due to not dwelling long enough on the edges, or the heat not being hot enough, correct?

I didn't know that I should be cleaning the start/stop before continuing with the next bead. I'll give that a shot.

Thanks for the feedback.

 

Yes those are reasons for the undercut.

Always a good practice to use, if you lift the torch clean the weld.

And no problems, that's what the forums are for.

 

This too

Do you have another welder that can watch you? If you do, they should be able to tell you if it's heat or technique, or a combination of both.

 

The wife got this one for me from Northern. It works great. No more nodding the head to bump the helmet down when ready.
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200416894_200416894

 

Sorry no close ups but did plenty of welding on this not so stock golf cart
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=292872&stc=1&d=1412804106

 

Whenever you add filler push a little more through than you think you need. When I was doing my roots I'd dab and push, then move, repeat

 

Lol I saw a guy roll a lifted cart like this on the golf course my parents lived on. Looks pimpin though.

 

So I have a piece of square tube that I heated up too much and warped. One end is out by 1/8". I'd rather not scrap it. My thoughts are to saw cut it 90% through, then bend it back straight and weld it up. Or I can take the torch to it and bend it back that way.


Thoughts?

 

I've rolled a golf cart similar to that before

 

What wall thickness? How is it bent, crown or twist?

I usually just use a clamp and some 2x4s for a crown and s vice and adjustable crescent wrench. But tube can be tricky.

 

2" square. It's one direction. I went ahead and saw cut it. I really need to work on not putting so much heat into these pieces.

.120 wall

 

Using the torch is a better method for the integrity of the the piece, but straightening using a torch is an art in my opinion. One wizard at my work could straighten the craziest things if you gave him the time and the cigarettes.

Do some homework on the subject to get an idea first.

Edit: Oh, you already cut it.

 

Lol, yeah I already cut it. Starting to get frustrated. May just call it a day and try again tomorrow.

Oh, the torch seems to be missing from the shop at the moment. Hence the cut and weld.

 

It's hard to say without seeing it.

We have a similar guy in or shop, I usually don't even bother and just give it to him and come back it 10 minutes and what would have taken me a half hour is done. Truly am art.