http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/ Also known as stick, MMA, and SMAW. en Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:43:19 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/ http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=21622&goto=newpost Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:20:30 GMT I tried a lap/t joint at the weekend, with no success.

Tried to get the rod in tight into the corner, but kept sticking. If the rod didn't stick, a bead formed on either side of the corner, but didn't build up in between. I was using 2.5mm rods on 3mm steel.

I'm wondering if I should have tried running a bead along one piece, cleaned the slag off and added a bead joining the other piece.

When prepping the steel, I bevelled one piece of steel, only later reading that's not the way for lap or t joints. Could my problem have been a 'hollow' in the steel in the joint? ]]> Arc Welding mrcharly http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=21622 http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=21620&goto=newpost Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:09:29 GMT Bit of an odd one i suppose.
Can anyone suggest a mail order supplier of rods ?
At the moment i'm using SWP "murex" white box rods and all our local welding suppliers stock to local demand which is "as cheap as possible"
What I'd like is a supplier of a variety of quality rods and to put it bluntly i don't care about the price.
I've got a bit of classic railway work coming up and I'm going to need good rods (and maybe some more practice with the 'ol sticks... ;)) ]]> Arc Welding Uniqueusername http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=21620 http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=21610&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:03:58 GMT Hello, These old oil cooled welders keep popping up and i think it would be a useful addition to my workshop to replace my current arc welder with... Hello,

These old oil cooled welders keep popping up and i think it would be a useful addition to my workshop to replace my current arc welder with it's poor duty cycle.

Whats the difference between RT models and Bantams???

Thanks Matt ]]> Arc Welding mmaatt25 http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=21610 http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=21593&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:27:37 GMT lets make a list of all the big and little things that are essential/useful/unique that you carry with you or have in work shop that aid arc welding... lets make a list of all the big and little things that are essential/useful/unique that you carry with you or have in work shop that aid arc welding only.
even if they seem quite obvious list them any way cos someone else may not of thought of it.
2 ITEMS ONLY PER POST PLEASE, i will start
-inverter welder
-plastic rod cannister, with dividers for different rods. keeps rods dry and the boxes dont last long out on site.
cheers ]]> Arc Welding decepticon http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=21593 http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=21550&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:49:17 GMT Anybody know could teach me how to operate Arc welder? Anybody know could teach me how to operate Arc welder? ]]> Arc Welding shadowwu http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=21550