Well I was sure that it was cast steel since the guys producing it said it was, but it could be the gut I asked had no clue and just said yes...
Anyways not sure what to do now...
The 3 in 1 stamos works great, some trouble with the feed button inside the cabinet it sticks sometimes but else...
I thought I would give an update on my project ;)
Didn't go as well as I had hoped, looked to go great in the start but that everything cracked up, so now I'm thinking about giving up on this one.
Take a look
Couldn't find anything like those here in Norway when I did an search in the web shops.
But it's welded and hopefully I don't need to weld it anymore in the future :)
The only thing is if I'm welding some connection points to the homemade roatator when I'm making the tilt on it, I guess it's...
If there is any consolation in it I have no idea what you are talking about :dontknow:
I just make sparks and melt metal together the 7018 was the first I found that crack-resistant weld metal in it's description.
And that sounded like it would work good with my project.
Guess I will find out...
I see there is an jungle oit there with rods to choose from, I just searched the specs for Esab's rods and than I found the 48.15 that looked like an good rod for welding cast steel.
Will there be any problems with my weld since I used it from the start?
I think the 7018 is a little harder to ignite than the normal rods I use, but else it welded good, ned an thick weld for the slag to release easy, if the weld is narrow it seems to stick a lot more.
But it welded the rotor good, but I guess I could have used my normal rods OK 46.00 with out...
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Have anyone tested out this welder?
I'm looking to buy an TIG welder and it would have been nice having the MIG in the same machine saving some space, and 220amp would also be nice, have an 150 amp mig welder now but could need some more amps.
Couldn't find any reviews on it by google...
It is cast steel, and when I got the heat in it, it welded just fine :D
I got an crack in the second weld i did but I'm sure I preheated it to little, because after that I probably got enough heat in it from the welding and it welded just fine.
I also packed it in for bringing the heat down...
Thx for help got time yesterday, and with preheat it worked great :clapping:
Video will be out soon on my youtube channel if you want to see the result:welder:
https://www.youtube.com/minimachines1
I need to find something to measure the preheat with, I have an termal camera CAT S60 phone but the range is maxed out at 150.
Broke my homemade rotator yesterday so now I need to fix that one also because I need it for making an retaining wall of natural stone and than I need to rotate stones...
Thx for reply.
First of if it fail it will not fall down and kill some one, it's still attached at the joint that tilts
I did grind it and it's look like cast steel so it's probably because of low heat as Richard was saying it cracked under first test.
Plan is to try and weld it this...
Engcon confirmed that it was cast steel, but I will do the grinder test since it cracked when I tried with the MIG.
I have ordered some rods for cast iron since I tought it was cast iron first.
Hope I get time to try welding it this week.
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I'm fixing an tiltrotator for my excavator where the tilt is broken of the rotor housing, the housing is made of cast steel and as I understand it's ok to weld.
I've tried welding it a little with my Mig welder but it's only 150 amp so it's not enough, so I'm using my stick welder instead...
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I have an kemppi superkempomat that I want to start using with steel welding.
I have changed the liner and spool for steel but do I need to change it from AC/DC?
And how?