1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Yes that’s sally

 

I haven't been able to find square 2" square tubing locally without buying in bulk.

Took 1 3/4" angle, 3/16" thick, welding an open corner for a 1 15/16" square tube.

This will serve as the hitch insert for my FIL's hitch flag holder.



Heat management is the real enemy here in keeping everything square; glad I was able to get it done right -



There is some undercut as I laid 4 beads, alternating sides for said heat management -



Really I should've created a landing before starting each new bead that's alright. Easy to grind and weld to fill in.

1/16" of play is alright though because this doesn't need to hold anything but a light weight flag pole. The vehicle will be stationary.

 

And @Speedytech7 I forgot to mention, I did run 6013 before I posted that picture of my 6010.

That's because I asked "what's the most difficult rod to run? 6010 is easy"

The answer was 3/32" 6013.

Holy shit I can't lay a stringer with that for shit. It never stuck, or had issue going out or anything but it's the equivalent of running cold with a fast wire speed. It just likes to lay out and freeze (hence freeze fill).

When I stitched with the rod though, it easily laid out nice and flat on flat steel.

 

I ran that 6013 pretty hot with an old Lincoln tombstone DC welder, i found 7018 the easiest to run, 6013 was toughest

 

I should've tried that, then again I didn't stick with 6013 enough to try different heat settings.

110-115 amp with 6010 on 3/8" was about perfect for me on the Miller.

 

To add, I was made to do a blueprint/diagram as we're allowed personal projects, but they will be graded as a real project.

I promise my hand writing is better than this; was too lazy to take my cutting glove off

 

@Kwikvette
Lowes QC

 

Someone put a bad tack on that and said I'm out

 

I had a bit of a stumble when I went to pull on the rail to move some cinderblocks and the whole thing came out lol

 

What in the garlic roasted mashed potatoes is that

 

It's like fabrication but with electrons

 

You know Josh tacked that thing too.

We all know him, he drives a 200k mile Silverado, who claims he knows how to weld because he did it in high school 3 years ago.

He's pretty new there too because he had just quit Home Depot after fighting the other Josh in the breakroom over some stupid shit. I think it was over an energy drink or something.

 

Oh ya, that must've been with Kyle

 

Noo way dude

Kyle can't even light a MIG gun if his life depended on it

 

His parole officer is really strict about his gun use

 

oddly specific but not wrong either