Anything welding

Hey are you on OFN forums???

 

I dunno? Seems it would be better to make it out of metal...

 

What is OFN?

 

Wood would be fine for one time use.

 

LOL, "wood burning" stove.

 

Off Road Fabrication Network

 

Thank you. I've not checked that out. Honestly, most likely won't. Ive got plenty of work to keep me in folding money.

 

You're right.

 

Here’s my welding table, I need to take a finished pic.

Top is 1/2” but when I put the top on I find its

1. Not very square, good reason to buy a plasma cutter?
2. Not very flat, throw an engine block on top?

Still haven’t fastened the top, it’s just lying on the table for now.

 

I choose "c".

All of the above.

 

Cranked out this elevated dog food stand Christmas Eve morning for a last minute Christmas gift. Think it came out decent for scrap I had lying around

 

I am but I have not been active in quite sometime.

Just got tired of the same thing over and over I check it out now and then when i think of it

 

I built mine out of a sheet of of 3/8''plate a few pieces of angle a piece of 6" pipe. A door off a barrel stove kit You might be able to buy a used one for cheaper then building one.

 

If you can afford a decent Plasma table you could pick up a platten table cheap although moving it around can be interesting .

Just what precision parts are you building that you would need a Blanchard ground table

 

You missed the ship it is a Forum started by The Bend tech people for pretty much sharing our Fabrication Skills with youngins or those just starting out. Promote Bend Tech

 

What would cause a ridiculous bright arc? I checked my helmet and it’s working normally. Had all the settings maxed out and on shade 13. Verified it wasn’t the helmet by looking at the sun and welding some other mild steel.

I was welding stainless steel with normal filler wire and C25 (I know, not exactly ideal) but it’s just an old free exhaust I got. Is it because it’s SS? Because I’m using the improper wire/gas? I ended up having to position the arc behind the gun so I couldn’t see the puddle. Welds still came out decent enough though.

 

going to be reading a lot of pages in this post.

Getting a used flux welder this evening for next to nothing. Never have welded anything before and have always been itching to learn some basics.

Where should I start? Is there a good place online I can find basic info? Also, aside from the welder... what else will I need to purchase? Auto darkening helmet is first thing on my list.

 

I would venture either your cover plate was getting dirty or you had the hood positioned just right the sensors where blocked.

At 13 I would not have been able to see the arc

Nothing with the process should have caused you to get flashed

 

Some good You Tube videos out there

Your going to need a hood , safety glasses, Ear plugs , 100% cotton sweat shirt and some type of gloves

 

That’s what I thought, assumed it was the helmet which is why I did some other testing like looking at the sun, welding mild steel, messed with lighting near me, cleaned off the sensors. I don’t know, at a loss. If it continues when I weld other things I’ll warranty the hood.