Anything welding

Same boat here looking at getting a eastwood versa cut 60 and that's a 220 machine plus I need an outlet for the welder.

 

I’m eyeing the razorweld Vipercut 30.

Some folks in here suggested a cheap Chinese plasma if I had to keep cost down. The Vipercut seems to be of the same thread but with dealers in the US (even one if CT)

 

@jc11taco89 Got some new goodies from Swag Off Road all welded up.

 

Negative went into work early today to weld it so tomorrow morning will be the first time. I'll tell you though just from welding it together and seeing the final product it's definitely high quality

 

I have just the regular brake and it works quite well. Was one of my first welding projects. Well worth it for what ya get. Long as you already have the press lol

 

What do you need to cut?

 

I'm relocating the spring perches for my SUA kit and shock mounts.

 

Do you do that kinda work?

 

I see. I have a plasma cutter you could use. Time to meet up right now is the only issue

 

Jason @glorifiedwelder could definitely help you out with that. He’s in Valencia and has all the fab stuff needed to do all of that

 

So got the swag finger break all set up and I'm definitely a fan. I am getting used to where I need to stop the bend for a perfect 90 due to spring back. This one in Mt opinion came out pretty good, just a C hair past 90. Material is 3/16X6 cold rolled 1018 plate and it did it easily.

 

Also if anyone has any tips for make bends less than 90 so say a 45 or 60. Any way to easily measure it while still in the break?

 

Practice, practice.

Vertical up, 3 pass on single v with 1/4" gap.
2 passes:


3 passes:

 

magnetic based angle finder is what I've been using.

Also used one like this and lay it on the piece and the brake (i cut one end down to 2" or so to fit the "brake" side) Just have ot remember to halve your desired angle with that one since its only reading half the bend (ie when it reads 22.5 the total ange is 45)

$18 GemRed 82305 Digital Angle Finder GemRed Protractor Stainless steel 7" 200mm (Black Button)

https://www.amazon.com/GemRed-Digit...993419&sr=8-19&keywords=magnetic+angle+finder

 

Practicing tig on some stainless tubing today. Only had one ugly burn through

 

Get a heavy ruler that you can mount to the upper or lower beam of your press. Then you can measure the travel and by trial and error you can figure out your travel vs angle. Start will less than required and slowly increase your travel until you hit your desired angle. Then by hitting the same travel you will have repeatable angles.

When you use a proper brake press it uses an eccentric adjustment to change the travel of the upper beam. So we just dial it in bit by bit until we hit the correct bend angles. First piece or two is all trial and error. By having a ruler on your press you can do similar adjustments.

 

Thanks man this was my first attempt at tubing it’s definitely a little harder

 

So @jc11taco89 and I split an Eastwood Versacut 40 amp yesterday and to our surprise it was like 90 bucks off on their site. Like 480 shipped. FucknA

 

Best of Luck !!

 

Thanks. Just for screwing around and general fun. Should work just fine. Gonna order the Trail Gear winch mount with the frame mounts as a cheater for a front bumper. We'll see if that comes out half decent. Still pretty new to the fab seen