Thanks for the reply , yeah I think I will have a good session on sone long scrap lengths and try dial my welder in , essentially it’s not a difficult weld for the most parts but as it gets inside the inner wing it DOES become a ducking pig to be able to see and get the gun in.
And you are...
Ah that’s handy to know I just have very high standards, fortunately I’m starting night school for tig in feb 24. So can hopefully get doing thin stuff with greater accuracy.
This was the first try previously the first few spot welds came out exactly how I wanted , then I got some cold lap. Which equates in a not so pretty uniform weld.
Yes I know that , set them an inch apart ( then graduate how far you do the next tack so as to mitigate warping )and heat. cool it down with an air line. Use copper as a backing to suck up some heat. Thank you for the advice though my friend
The problem is my welder only has six voltage...
No obviously I know there needs to be a continuous weld I think I may of worded it wrong , many thanks for your reply. Hopefully I will get the chance to work on it at the weekend/ next week , so I will post some pictures.
With a butt also n very thin metal can you essentially weld without a...
So just a quickie you can never go wrong ( wink wink ) I’m restoring a car at the moment struggling as the metal is 0.8mm in some places. Would a lap weld be a good standard if the lap is 4/5mm then tack welded with good penetration from both sides ? As surely any of the sealed area between the...
Thanks for all the replies guys I think what I am going to do is look at going back to college and do my level 2 and progress from there. Thing is I really do enjoy welding and engineering in general. It’s just bloody irritating when you’re having to teach yourself as it makes it a bumpy...
Hi Steve , no it was what they had access to years ago , a lot of the time straps were re purposes from old cartwheel bands, BUT without a doubt wrought iron does look best !
Hey , yeah I have a small portable forge and I cast iron metal bender which I usually use to do it on. The metal bender is on a pedestal and bolted to the ground. Defo not an operation I can make mobile , only other way you could do it would be using my blacksmith vice and anvil , again really...
No you’re fine mate , if I thought someone was trying to claim they were a historic building restorer because they can lay a course of bricks I would get shirty. Especially when like yourselves you take ALOT of pride in what you do , especially when what you’ve been taught is somewhat guarded...
Ah that’s good information to know , if I do buy something of good quality I will store it in my airing cupboard with my rods then unfortunately my workshop is an old 70s concrete block building and it does like to get damp , as I found out with my snap on tools getting a dusting of rust on...
In most cases they are there as insurance , if for example a big load bearing timber frame beam had failed , that would be an engineers advice and choice of what necessary.
So these are usually the sort of things I need to make , yes they can be heated and bent but sometimes very obtuse angles so to just be able to run a SOLID bead with plenty of pen on site would save a lot of time etc
Yeah as I said all I need to do for my work is make a 90 degree bracket in a warm , dry workshop. 5 inch long bead maximum.
I can’t even imagine the years of hard learning that go into doing the myriad of welding techniques, positions theory etc etc.