Thanks Rich. Wire brush on order.
Did another test or two, then just decided to go for it. Too many holes for my liking, but hopefully I’ll get away with it. Full time business, this lark!
Just want to say thanks to everyone for being so friendly and helpful. Bit different to some other forums on the internet!
If the joints are okay then it’s due to a huge dollop of beginners’ luck. Of course, after some more testing, on to the real thing - then it’ll go wrong :)
Thanks Matchless, if they will hold I’ll be happy for now (with some grinding to clean them up). Have another two benches / stands to make after this one, so good practice.
Hi,
I’m making a stand for my mill out of 50x50x2.5mm mild steel box section. Have tried to weld together a test piece for the top, using a Mig FL-140 from Static Arc with 0.8mm flux core wire (gasless).
One of the welds blew through. I think I slowed down too much there. I welded the outer...