Quick welding q

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I'll get some pics up, the thing is, i welded the box section to the tube with a few goes and i'm content with the result, it's not perfect by any means but it does the job.

With the tubing, the thinner stuff slides inside the thicker stuff so it's welding around the thin and binding it to the thicker so to speak, not the best scenario to learn on.

The first attempt wasn't to bad, very ' bobbly ' welds but pretty strong as i had the landy lifted up near the joints with no noticable issues.

As for the rods, i don't know the make etc, one set are 2.5mm blue colour and the thicker 3mm ones are a grey colour, but from their history i do believe they spent some time in a flooded basement ( including the welder anorl, but it's a sketchy history ) The previous owner was a keen welder from what i know, the welder came in a little home made box with all bits with it and the rods were kept in tubes to keep them dry. This doesn't really mean anything, but you get an idea that the person cared for the equipment, so i'm content that it's not a bad little welder.

I'll grab some new decent rods before i continue with the project, some pics are here of the welds ( not the ones i did last night though )

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/1265977-post167.html
 
turn yer amps up and concentrate yer heat more on the thicker steel occasionaly feeding it towards the thinner steel sort of two counts thick then switch to thin for 1 count as you shuffle yer way along the joint and slow down with the speed of it a little more you wont burn through a scaff tube in a hurry

bit of a tip i picked up the ends of the spent rods make good for jamming in holes and going over makes it a little easier to work with and is a little cheaper than chasing the same blob round and round

another tip when filling holes like small gauge tube in a large bore pipe do a little filling at 1 end till it goes runny then do a bit at the other end while the first one cools working to meet them in the middle saves a lot of time and faffing
 
meego said:
Cant weld it now unless your dressed up like sumthin out of Star Trek. Air blowers and tubes everywhere.
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well for the ammount i do i just use a full face charcoal filter gasmask under me normal welding mask ( dropdown type ) only ever do it outside aswell

and lost count of the ammount of times i got ark eye :D:D:D:D
 
johnny curt 1 said:
turn yer amps up and concentrate yer heat more on the thicker steel occasionaly feeding it towards the thinner steel sort of two counts thick then switch to thin for 1 count as you shuffle yer way along the joint and slow down with the speed of it a little more you wont burn through a scaff tube in a hurry

bit of a tip i picked up the ends of the spent rods make good for jamming in holes and going over makes it a little easier to work with and is a little cheaper than chasing the same blob round and round

another tip when filling holes like small gauge tube in a large bore pipe do a little filling at 1 end till it goes runny then do a bit at the other end while the first one cools working to meet them in the middle saves a lot of time and faffing
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when i fill holes i go round n round the hole closing it up slowly then once its filled get the grinder with a sanding disk on to clean up, never know the hole was there!
 
Foooking ell g-man i did that once worst sun burn i ever had and a completely white face hands and half way up me arms, gauntlets and full mask, looked like a right twit for ages :doh:
 
oldskool said:
Foooking ell g-man i did that once worst sun burn i ever had and a completely white face hands and half way up me arms, gauntlets and full mask, looked like a right twit for ages :doh:
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better than me falling asleep on me side all afternoon this summer i looked like a fekkin flash burn victim lol
 
oldskool said:
Foooking ell g-man i did that once worst sun burn i ever had and a completely white face hands and half way up me arms, gauntlets and full mask, looked like a right twit for ages :doh:
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i only do it when doing a few inches of weld if i have to do more the overalls come out! me best mate welded up the chassis on a camper/winnebago thing and ended up looking like a lobster on his arms!
 
Yer i was only going to do a few inches ended up doing about an hour and looked like a lobster all over apart from afore mentioned parts :mad2: foooking ell i was in pain for a long time :D
 
oldskool said:
Yer i was only going to do a few inches ended up doing about an hour and looked like a lobster all over apart from afore mentioned parts :mad2: foooking ell i was in pain for a long time :D
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when i was welding me rear x member on me chassis half way through me auto dark helmet died..... no other option but to keep welding without a helmet! had to get it on and painted before it rained i paid for it over the next 3 or 4 days
 
Ooooh thats made me eye's water, squinting dont realy do it does it, i still have me old fixed lense hand held mask for emergences, hope i never need to use it though dont think i could weld one handed any more.
 
oldskool said:
Ooooh thats made me eye's water, squinting dont realy do it does it, i still have me old fixed lense hand held mask for emergences, hope i never need to use it though dont think i could weld one handed any more.
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i am using a 'north' non dimming mask at the moment i am going to get another auto dimming helmet soon as it really ****es me off
 
G-man said:
when i was welding me rear x member on me chassis half way through me auto dark helmet died..... no other option but to keep welding without a helmet! had to get it on and painted before it rained i paid for it over the next 3 or 4 days
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i hear yer fella the glass cracked on me mask and i didnt notice till it was too late copped for a week of runny eyes feeling like someone has rubbed shattered glas in them with that lovely dizzy dissorientated feeling and cant see feck all
 
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