School me on my welds...

[Rezarf]

Yeah, I think I had the gas WAY up and it was blowing the molten wire as it heated up.

I spent some time on my welding cart last night and I am going to finish it up today if possible. Thanks for all the tips.

Drew

 

[mhdsummers]

Post up pics of your cart when you are done.

 

[Rezarf]

Here are a bunch of welds that I made yesterday...

Please give me some feedback/comments/critics (sp?)

Everything feels better now that I am slowing down. My welds are a little fat or wide still, trying to figure out how to tighten them up, I think I need to slow the wire speed down to do this and not over heat everything.

 

[Rezarf]

More pics...

 

[Rezarf]

One from late last night in paint

 

[Uncle Ben]

Nice cart! Seems some wheels would help with moving it around!

 

[Beater]

they look a little "cold" to me. but, much better.

 

[Red_Chili]

What this weld needs is more cowbell.


Errrr..... I mean, penetration.

 

[Uncle Ben]

What this weld needs is more cowbell.


Errrr..... I mean, penetration.

Ohhhh Bill....you are such a savage!

 

[CardinalFJ60]

I've got some wheels

Hey Drew,

I've got a set of swivel-type wheels that originally came with those metal kitchen racks you see in Costco. Lemmeno if you want'em - just collecting dust in my garage. I wanna say the wheels are like 5" in diam.

 

[Rezarf]

Nice cart! Seems some wheels would help with moving it around!

Here you go!

 

[CardinalFJ60]

OKIE dokie...

beat me to the punch... looks great!!

 

[Rezarf]

Thanks guys! this is like a welding class... on line, with me being the

I am working in 1/8" all day today, and although my welds look a bit better, I am not seeing the discoloration that I thought I might on the reverse side of the weld. I am only using .025" wire. Also, when I grind the weld smooth, I see evidence of the seam still there in spots. I am assuming I am not getting the base metal hot enough?

Maybe I should break out the huge 8" roll of the .030 wire I bought? Or do you think that if I bring up the voltage it will do a better job? It is hard to keep the weld to around 1/4" width and get penetration... if I go wider it seems to settle into the metal a bit more.

Any suggestions are always welcome!

 

[Uncle Ben]

Definitely go with .030! .025 would be Ok for thicker sheetmetal but on the thin side for structural welding. I run .030 with my small Linclon on mix and .035 flux core as splatter wire. On my Miller 210 I use .035 mix.

 

[Rezarf]

good enough for me, I am going to swap it out and have to refigure all the settings out!

Drew

 

[nakman]

Drew this is great stuff, you've definitely made me consider getting into welding at some point, I'm a little less intimidated by it now. But why'd you put on those wussy little wheels when you've got that set of MT'R's in the corner? I mean this cart isn't going to wheel for squat with those little castors on there...

Hey I've got those extrusion things from Brian that you asked me to grab, can you swing by tonight?

 

[Rezarf]

But why'd you put on those wussy little wheels when you've got that set of MT'R's in the corner? I mean this cart isn't going to wheel for squat with those little castors on there...

Hey I've got those extrusion things from Brian that you asked me to grab, can you swing by tonight?

Thanks Nak! PM sent...

 

[Rezarf]

Well, the .030 wire finally allowed me to hear the sizzle sound pronouncedly.

I can also see that the weld puddle is drooping into the metal instead of resting on top of the metal and, that the wire is now filling the "crater"...

...ahhhhh, I feel like I am getting closer with each hot spark down my shirt!

I put my in there for scale, it is 2x3x.120" tubing.
Comments!

Drew

 

[Uncle Ben]

Atta boy! Thats looking a bunch mo betta!

 

[Rezarf]

What should the back of the metal look like? Discoloration? Metal punching through along the bead? It is glowing orange like crazy... just as orange as the weld...