Anything welding

Thanks! It's just some 2" and 1" flat stock 90° to the surface. Ill grab a pic later.

 

Dozer shoes How many will get that you meant the tracks

I would bet over the years I have welded a few miles of grouser bars on

No Yellow Paint ??

 

I just remember the first time I watched someone try to weld grouser bar on dozer shoes (track assemblies), while on the machine, in winter...every weld cracked due to too small a welder and no preheat! Finally he got a big diesel powered machine and 1/4 rod and did them single pass!

As for the yellow, the buckets of that era were NOT supplied by Deere, and the aftermarket guys always painted them black.

It took me about five pounds of 7018ac rod before I started getting good at it...I had to keep making the tip of the rod dance to avoid sticking and keeping the puddle going.

Thanks for the help and support on this one, one of the more challenging welding jobs I have done.

Howard

 

Cat Down near Phildelphia Had a neat Sub Arc set up to weld them on Years ago

Back then I think they did a Track exchange for contractors that wanted a fast turn around time

 

Even Welding Machines get tired of Idiot Operators !!

 

Thanks for the picture.

I was thinking the table needed to be much heavier - I guess I was over-thinking it.

 

That one is just a lightweight table that easy to roll around though... I'm mainly going to use it for cleaning parts and putting jigs on it that don't require a perfect flat surface. You could use a similar design with a 3/16 or 1/4 top and be good to go for a decent amount of weight load and warpage resistance.
Here's my main table built from 4x2 tube and c channel (so I can clamp to the surface). With the toolbox it's extremely heavy and cumbersome to roll around my garage.

 

Very nice - look really heavy.

Does it sit on wheels all the time, or is there some sort of foot behind the wheels?

 

It sits on four locking casters

 

Nice design!

 

Definitely agree here...

I frequently have to weld inside of wood framed buildings. We have to weld to structural steel that is sandwiched between wood framing. The steel is either flush or recessed to the Sheetrock or shear wall. It's always unsettling to smell wood smoke in a near-finished building.

I always have an extinguisher and a spray bottle filled with water within arms reach, and fire watch doesn't end until an hour after the last arc.

When I was teaching myself how to weld, I made a temporary table out of scrap unistrut and (4) 12"x12" 1/4" plates that I tied together with 1/2" square stock spaced 2" between the center to be able to clamp work to.

It's worked pretty well for practicing but it's not as stable of a surface as it should be. I'll see if I can find some photos.

 

Welded open root 7018 for the first time today, 3/8" plate, 37 degree bevel, 1/8" land, 3/32" rod.
Ran it at 75, 77 and 81 amps, still need to go a little hotter.
Ignore the slag, i didn't bother thoroughly cleaning it because it was going to get cut again to use for 6010 open root.

 

Try not to get in the habit of not removing all the slag just to help enforce the muscle memory .

Atl east till your lucky enough to have a helper to do it for you

Depending on just what code your welding under one slag inclusion big enough is considered a failed weld most jobs are 3 strikes your out have a few to many .

It is back to putting floors in garbage trucks and trailers

 

Can anyone suggest a good starter welder for a learning person who doesnt want to invest a 1000$ to start with?

 

Hobart handler is a great starter unit. Actually, it will do 90 percent of what you will ever weld.

 

Thanks!

 

I go with Hobart Handler line as Well !!

Not a bad Hobby welder for the $$$

Just do yourself a favor and don`t run those tiny 2 pound spools made for spool guns

Nothing but feed issues

 

I think i will go with one of those when the time is right for sure.

 

I have the Hobart handler 140 running co2 as a shield gas and while others have good success at nice looking beads, I find I am far better using a AC stick machine. I guess I need more practice since I have only run a few pounds of wire through it.

Howard