Anything welding

He is improving.

It will get smoother the more welding you do.

 

The trouble with the fridge is it gets so hot just from a regular bulb the dam bulbs get to hot and burn out .

Till one factors a thermostat or timer you may as well get a small oven the vertical kind that holds like 10 pounds

Outdoor fridge must be related to the garage fridge ?

In most cases the low hydrogen rods live in a plastic tube or the original box in the truck .

 

I thought welding was fun until I sat and welded in most of my new expanded metal floor in my trailer. 10' x 6.5' tilt. I welded front and back beads in what I thought were likely high load areas. Had my welder set at 120a with med (5 of 10) wire speed with 0.035 wire. Each spot was 2-3 seconds. I have a Hobart 150.

Man, it is solid as walking on plate after those spots were added. Zero flex. I hope that prevents the usage induced sags you usually see in this type deck. Also, I bought some really heavy stuff ($70/sheet). I'd estimate thickness at about 3/8".

Hopefully finish the deck this afternoon. I am going to close in the inboard side of the wheel wells before I paint it. Probably add some hooks of some sort on the rails too. It had an old manual (steering wheel/shaft to crank it) winch mounted on it. Not sure if I'll put it back or go electric.

 

been debating adding expanded metal to mine instead of the plywood. the only thing holding me back is that the plywood is quite a bit lighter considering i have to push it over some rocks and behind the garage.

 

This trailer had rough cut 2" x 6" oak and other(??) boards an old carpenter had put in it. I believe this metal actually makes the trailer lighter in my case. I've been rolling it around by hand and I'm a 150# weakling.

If I had used plywood, I would have used 3/4". Just going by loading it when purchased and moving it around when cutting, I think this metal is close to the same weight as a sheet 3/4" plywood. Hard to tell since it is so "floppy" when handling it. But, I don't know the weight of either, so it's just a guess.

I wouldn't let the weight scare you off. If it definitely more work that replacing with wood. But, should be a one time thing, whereas wood.... Both have pros and cons.

 

I would go plywood myself. There has been countless occasions where i have screwed stuff down, or slid semi fragile things across the wood where metal would be a PITA
Edit: wood will help keep mud, dirt , snow ect away from your cargo as well

 

Like I said, pros and cons. I agree with all your statements on wood coming in handy on certain loads. Also, for hauling mulch, gravel, dirt. If only a guy could have one of each .

I will probably need to throw in plywood or wood pallets on occasions. Mine will mainly be hauling lawn mowers, 4 wheeler, motorcycle, lumber, etc.

 

I always had trouble trying to just weld beads because your not really welding a joint.

It just looks strange and pipe coupons are time consuming to make

 

Very time consuming. That’s why I just run beads on drops when I can. If you can make a bead look decent on nothing then it’ll be easy to do in a bevel.

Trying to become a pipe welder pretty bad.

 

I’ve been working on this. I’m about to get a camper shell and this will be my sleeping platform. I’ll fab up some metal boxes to get my drawers going underneath.

 

Little fooling around

PT Test

Hardwire overhead fun


actual work. 309 flux, spot was tighter then a virgin butthole



also how do you make a picture smaller?

 

Mannnnn I see more and more jobs testing for that 309 flux.

How does it compare to 71 wire? I wanna take a test with it just to try it.

 

Yeah just that faster deposit of wire feeders. Seems to like alot of heat. Maybe just seems that way since it was a while since I've done flux. Actually tested on 6g 3in sch 20 ss pipe so this was just random..

 

How much heat? Usually I run 25-27v.

 

Was running about 26 and bout 450 wire speed in a suitcase. About 200 ft from welding machine last time I ran flux I think I was in the 23 ish

 

That is a ton of wire

Last time I ran that kind of wire was on like 33volts welding on a stack for a natural gas turbine.

 

Yea we burned some wire that night

 

Just ordered some of these for practice. Sure I can get metal locally for a bit cheaper but this cuts out all the cutting and prepping which I hate. Especially since it's just for practice lol.

 

You are aware that welding will involve quite a bit of " cutting and prepping"?

You actually will doing more "cutting and prepping" than welding. If you hate all that cutting prepping, you might not like welding.

 

Very aware of it. But I dont need practice cutting and prepping. This is just a time saver.