wellingtonrock
wannabe welding wizard
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Hi Experts!
I've started today on doing the job for which I took my welding course. It's welding bicycle tubes into new shapes - I'm making a recumbent tricycle from ex-bicycles. These tubes are much thinner steel than I've been using to practice with, and I guess it's inevitable that I've blown a hole in the tube. So, the question...
Can I repair holes in thin tubes? How do I make this good? The bulk of the weld isn't too bad at all, but I stayed on one spot too long and blew through. It's a structural piece. Should I make a 'patch' of flattened tube and weld it over the hole? Can I fill the gap with weld? What would you do?
I've started today on doing the job for which I took my welding course. It's welding bicycle tubes into new shapes - I'm making a recumbent tricycle from ex-bicycles. These tubes are much thinner steel than I've been using to practice with, and I guess it's inevitable that I've blown a hole in the tube. So, the question...
Can I repair holes in thin tubes? How do I make this good? The bulk of the weld isn't too bad at all, but I stayed on one spot too long and blew through. It's a structural piece. Should I make a 'patch' of flattened tube and weld it over the hole? Can I fill the gap with weld? What would you do?