I bought a welding gauge online for measuring butt, fillet, concavity and convexity weld sizes. The convexity scale however is different from the other scales, when you look, it seems like a misprint on the gauge with blank spaces where the distances just don't add up. I've been online to a...
Hi, im curious as to how you would weld Ally in 2 3 4 position. On the flat i was told to run stringers but what about positional work? Can you Z weave like regular mig or no? :hug:
Hi, can anyone tell me if Canadian welding bureau tickets are valid in the UK.
In other words would they prevent someone from finding work? Cheers for any replies.
Hi Lewis, I cracked it mate!!!
I can now do open root bevels in my sleep :clapping:.
It's all about digging in the rod and turning up the arc force even with a 6013 rod! Works for me. I tried using a bigger root gap (3.2mm) and it worked nice, then after numerous attempts i went back to a...
Cheers Backpurge.
Can anybody help me answer this one?
If i'm doing an open root bevel joint and i'm using a 2.5mm electrode, what size should the root gap be? I've been using a 2.5mm gap with a 2.5mm electrode and i'm not getting penetration a lot of the time. If i increase the amps then i...
I found something out yesterday about the pickenhill welder that we use. It hasn't been calibrated in about forty years!!!:o
I was using a 2.5mm 6013 rod on 180 amps dcep!!! and it welded 10 times better! I started laying down some nice root welds on 10mm mild steel. I had the rod at about 70...
I was in the 70 amps range and it keyholed quite easily if i wasn't careful. I think 100 amps is gonna be way hot, what technique would you use at 100 amps?
The machine is an old AC, pickenhill or something. Cheers.
Thanks fellas! There are some 7016 rods available im sure, but for budget reasons they generally only provide 6013's as im told it's a good all rounder
AC/DC all position rod. There is a rod oven so im guessing there are other rods available. I'll ask and see if i can give it a go with the 7016.
I've been stick welding at college for a couple of weeks and have done some nice welds on laps, t's and vertical down welds. But I can't master the open root bevel flat position.
The material is either carbon or mild steel, from 5 to 10mm thick, i use a 2.5mm gap and raise the work off the...
The gas was pure Argon and the oxy torch was a mechanised carrige type that was in use at the time by others in the class (there was a bit of a que).
There were no piezo type torches available and the instructor was a temp from another engineering department - metallurgy I believe. From what im...