I did get a chance to try MIG welding stainless today with some 90% Ar 10% CO2 gas with 0.035" 308L wire. I set the voltage real high at like 23 volts and got a really hot spray with no spatter at all, really shiny nice bead too. It was also remarkably quiet and smooth. I also turned it down to...

Ehart4130. What do you use to keep the carbon steel dust from giving you difficulties with the stainless steel materials and welds? One advantage is your location being Arizona, a dry climate with a low humidity, but even the iron with morning dew will start pitting. Tanks. Alexa So far all I we ha...

CraigLam wrote:Ehart, the only way for me to get perfect SS welds like yours, is to have someone else do it.
Can't wait to see it finished.

Hahah! I bet with some practice you can make some good ones!

Elliot

Alexa wrote:Ehart4130.

Do you also do any carbon steel work in your shop?

Tanks.
Alexa

Yes we do lots of carbon steel stuff too. We like the stainless steel for outdoor applications because
of its the corrosion resistance.

Elliot

Here are some of the stainless steel TIG welds that are going on the sculpture.
TIG is totally my preferred way to weld stainless steel
Elliot

Here is some more progress of the art piece. The outer uprights are 18' tall...

Here are a few pictures of this stainless steel art sculpture I am working on at work. I have been getting some great feedback from others on some of the stainless steel MIG I did to get this going. I will post more pictures as it comes along... Here you can see this huge jig I made to secure it for...

NIce work. Looks like some really tough positioning.

I have definitely be there with the difficult positions for TIG. I have had to sit or use my shin on the foot
pedal to get a few jobs done. Sometimes thats what it takes.

Nice work!

Elliot

Yeah, MIG Stainless does not like a weave, and when it's needed it must be fast and close. For 310 IPM, I'd be closer to 23.5V on our Lincoln CV305, and 22.8V on any of our Miller 251's. It's a little more spatter to deal with, but it lays down nicer due to the higher current. I do prefer a "p...

Are they requiring uphill progression? This is especially challenging w/ 308 & 309. If downhill is permitted, it's much easier, once you get the feel for it. Steve S Luckily I have the luxury of doing these welds in the horizontal position. I did however do some samples with vertical down. I cu...

Here are some pictures of what I am working on now. Its 2" x 4" x 11G 304 SS tubing welded to some 1/4" mild steel plate. My first stab at it with a wave went real bad: IMG_0691.jpg Big holes from the weave not fusing in, and some incomplete fusion on the toe of the fillet. Here is wh...

Is anyone in a production environment MIG welding stainless steel? I am having a hard time getting good looking beads with the following setup: Trimix gas ( He, Ar, Co2) about 20 CFH 0.035" 308L and 309L( 309L when doing stainless to mild) Millermatic 350p Experimentally found a 'pushing' techn...

My future stepson is studying to be an engineer, and the school he's going to is starting him off on the right foot. He has to take classes in machine shop and toolmaking as prerequisites for any engineering classes, so at least he'll have some practical experience in what goes on at the shop level...

Thanks for the nice words everyone. I totally agree about the practical/ hands on skills and academic/book skills. I think its very important to know both sides because how can you design things without the know how of making them? Whats even more unusual is almost everyone at my work is like me; ha...

I made this bumper for my 2004 Tacoma last year. I wanted to make something simple and nicer than the stock one. My truck is twd and has the small 2.7L 4 cylinder, so I almost never tow anything. For that reason I left out the hitch. I figured I could still add a hitch if I ever want to. Anyways I t...

Great job! Looks like it gets everything done!

Nicely done. 2"? It looks a little wider. How do control tracking? It uses a 2" x 60" sanding belts. I designed the sander around a belt that is very common and readily available. For the tracking, rather than machining a crown in the delrin pulleys I just have the flanges on the sid...

Hey, Thats awesome. Nice ingenuity. See if you can design a pipe notching attachment for a side project. Mick Thats a great idea. I had actually already considered extending the output shaft of the motor to do so. Or perhaps some sort of grinding wheel... If come up with something I will post some ...

[quote="Fat Bob"]Very nice job Elliot! How strong is the spring to tension the paper on the upper arm? It looks pretty healthy. The spring had to be much stronger than I anticipated. I had several of the same ones on hand, or I doubled up on them after concluding the one wasn't strong enou...

I recently made this 2" belt sander. The deciding factor for making it instead of buying one was scoring the 3/4 hp motor for free from a friend. I machined the pulleys myself from black delrin and the rest is just steel tubing and plate and cold rolled steel for the shafting. The rest of the m...

That's some nice work. You got you a good fist there. How long you been TIG'n? Thank you. I've been TIG welding for about 10 years now. I started in aerospace when I was in high school, but switched directions and did a lot of other jobs like the automotive and off road industry. I've had a lot of ...

I recently saw Jody's review of the Hobart 210 Handler MVP. I was pretty impressed. I'm really considering getting a MIG machine with the MVP option because it would be nice to have the option to run off either voltage. Has anyone used the Millermatic 211? It seems like its basically the same machin...

I really like TIG welding, it really is the cleanest weld you can make in my opinion.
Here are some TIG welds I have done recently:
Anyone else love TIG?

Hi everyone! My name is Elliot and I am really into welding and metal fabrication. I really like the welding tips and tricks videos and I decided to join the forum. I am interested in seeing other's projects and I like hearing suggestions about welding projects from others. My favoriet process is TI...