yeH, think i was moving to fast and not allowing the weldpool to grow big enough or penetrate deep enough, grinding it back at the moment will be running another bead along slighlty slower this time,
ok, thanks for the pointers, still a little unsure on teh best gas to use, seem to be conflicting views,
i did prep with a v gap, prob wasnt large enough though in hindsight, but will have to wait and see when its fitted on the car, i imagine it might crack but if it does i'll whip the...
what indications say that, i only need it to penetrate 3-4mm into the flanges, to create a seal, as all the wieght of the turbo will be taken by a brace to the block, and plus the bolts go through both flanges at the bottom,
i tested the welds on the practice peice and couldnt break them at...
Ok, i got my .8mm 316 wire and argon/c02 mix, and cracked on with welding,
12mm flanges with a v gap, had my clarke150t at max voltage and the wire speed at 7, seemed to go well, welded in short bursts spaced out slightly to minimize the distortion of the flanges,
the arc seemed a lot...
gas wise, using the term argolight was an error on my part, i meant a low c02 argon mix, just used argo light as a term, much like people calling vacum cleaners hoovers! if ya get my drift,
as far as the reason for welding the 2 flanges together,
the evo ports and vaux ports are very...
i'm going for some 316wire and argolight, not to fussed if the welds go black appearence isnt masivly crutuial at this stage on the manifold im welding. thanks for the advice
i have to weld 2 stainless flanges together, one an evo head flange the other a vaux head flange, for a tubular manifold
ones 304stainless the other is 316 i believe, i was gonna get some 316 stainless wire and argolight,
but could i use normal wire, and o2?
there wont be an wieght on...
main reason i'm here really, can do pretty much everything else to a car interms of mechincally, just always farmed out for the welding, not for much longer though!!
ok, car 1 Vauxhall Cavalier Turbo 4x4
purchased 4 years ago, pretty standered when i got it, prob spent around 4000 on the...
ok, ground a v out of the smaller flange, tacked it then welded a seam on each edge, seems strong enough, gonna grind away at the welds and neaten it upa little. not sure how deep the penetration is, not gonna be all the way through as my clarke 150 would never get that far, as there both 10mm...
also what thickness wire? i'm geussing .8mm would be better, there wont be any wieght on the welds as there more there to act as a reducer of the size of the manifold flange and have a good seal, i'll support the turbo to the block with a support of its own
Hi
Ive got 2 10mm Turbo flanges that i'd like to weld together,
both mild steel, whats the best way to join them,
i though cut a v gap on the joining edge then weld in to that at fairly high voltage then the same on the inner
or cut a grove on them verticly on each side and weld...
thanks, much happier with these, only spent an hour or so at it so far, still hunting around at work for any scrap metal to practice on,
gonna use the bottle of co2 that came with the welder till it runs out then get some argolight,
ok, did some more tonight, this time 2mm steel preped both sides, nice and clean,
wire speed at 5-6 power on Min 2 much happier with how the welds went, also welded in a druaght free area, also tryed a Lap joint 1mm onto the 2mm, seems solid good penetration as far as i can see, one blow...
ideally i wanna make a folding table for inside my garage, but my mates tvr lives in there so need it to collapse downwards, something with a hydralic ram would prob work well.
cool, grinding on both sides then later. yeah knew it was gonna blow through, had the power and speed up to high.
also did most of these using the pull technique, when i tryed to much it felt like it was getting stuck. what would cause that?
not sure where to post this.
wanna make a welding table, obviosly a large steel top is the ideal, but i can get large ish pieces of inch thick granite for nothing up to 170x90 through where i work.
is granite ok for welding on, cant see the heat doing much to it!