Cheers for your ideas and noted. I'll source more weathered timber soon. The scorching is a clever idea - I'll give it a try. Milled log plank would be stunning - another future project.
Cheers Dan. It's box steel with rounded edges so the hairline is the taper of the weld so there's much penetration in the valley. Hope the picture shows what I mean. I'm going to reduce the feed speed to get a neater inside corner weld.
Many thanks for the helpful information. I do Blacksmithing at a Forge from time to time and have blackened metal work in the fire. Just wondered if a butane blow torch would get up to the right temperature to make the metal glow. I'll have a play around with some polished scrap pieces this...
Good point about the bar but it will match the table with a box frame I'm making. The steel is being left in its natural state, polished welds exposed and the reclaimed wood for character and an industrial look.
Thanks Richard. The design brief was for industrial tables so the polishing was left to add character. The finish wasn't to be perfect and the steel was to be left in its natural state. I'm having some work in the future powder coated with funky bright colours - is easy enough to learn or best...
Thanks Henry. I used the same settings on my welder for a bead wide enough to fill the valley of the curve on the box steel as the inside corners. I'll reduce the wire feed rate on the inside corners. Cheers for your advice.
Thanks Ashley. I've used the same settings on my welder for a bead wide enough to fill the valley of the curve on the box steel as the inside corners. I'll reduce the wire feed rate on the inside corners. I appreciate your help.
Thanks Steve. The hairline is where the rounded box steel starts to curve and meet the weld. If the flap disc goes into the weld a hairline is visible. If the flap disc polishes away from the weld there's no hairline visible.
Thanks Richard. The weld's on rounded 25mm box steel so there's still penetration in the rounded area even when the area is polished flat. How can I get a better weld on the inside corner? Thanks
Thanks Paul. Not too sure if this picture shows it clearly enough. I've used 25mm rounded edge box steel to make this nest of tables. For the design I opted for one type of join but did consider mitred corners. I found to smooth the weld the flap disc had to be in the area shown by the polished...
Hello folks,
How can a ground weld and surrounding steel be returned to its original steel colour? Apply heat from a blow torch perhaps? Any ideas?
Thanks
Evening all,
I prefer a tighter fitting glove for MIG welding. Do any of you know of any small gloves for welding up to 200 amps? Lincoln do women's gloves that look ideal but tricky to get hold of in the UK.
Many thanks