Hey Olivero, good to hear from you. You did the repair last time, what was your process and procedure? Is this the same unit needing repair? New cracks or the ones you did before? I'm thinking TIG with 309 or 312 filler You as well, been a while since I was on here. Yes I did, but it was a pain and...

Hey Guys, Been a while but I got a question I am hoping you can help me with. I have a Cleveland steamer where the boiler holds a maximum of 15 PSI, not very dramatic but the top of it has cracks all over the place. If I had pictures of it, I would show them to you. This is now the 2nd time it's don...

Both MIG and TIG want to be performed "indoors" so I'm unclear as to why don't want to MIG weld? But, I too would probably TIG it... Your piece will distort, know that going in. Tack every corner of every piece. Then tack again at the center of each piece. Then tack again at the new mid p...

Good thing a good welder doesen't need to spell perfectly

I LOVE vertical work, and always have. Maybe I'm an adrenaline junkie, maybe I just like being comfortable with stuff that scares the crap out of everyone else. The most fun I've had working was at altitude... Steve One day I want to weld something, hanging upside down, and while roped off the side...

jroark wrote:I didn't think this was the place to talk about our pee-pee problems. Haha

You can talk about anything anywhere around here, just look at Nail

Here's a pic of the 120ft shaft. Haven't touched a TIG torch in over a year but I'm good to go with SS FCAW with Tri-Mix. I'm not too concerned about ventilation but will keep that in mind when I pull the trigger for the first weld. (if you have trouble viewing the image, right-click and open in a ...

Good man! I guess he revived after the last one and you had to finish him off a second time?

Thanks to Jody and some of you guys outstanding looking work I've developed a complex. I can't seem to do a job any more without wondering if Jody or some of the great welders I know would approve. I'm not welding skyscrapers or anything like that but sometimes I feel like I have to say "ok, t...

It's cool. I didn't take you that way. Right now I'm building some tables and it seems like no matter how hard I try I can't get it the way I want it. I guess I :lol: :lol: just want everything to be dead nuts square and machine shop quality and sometimes I might have something a bit out of square ...

AndersK wrote:Nice build.

My rule, pick casters 4x stronger than estimated load...

Thank you, My kind of thinking as well.

I hate being at the 80-90% capacity of what I got.

That's probably why the electrical code specifies you don't go above 80% of the load capacity on a circuit.

Here's what I got, 2 griddles, each is 800 lbs. Stand is made out of 6 pieces of tube and 2 shelfs. They slide the stem caster into the tube and call it done, each one is probably a 200 lbs capacity, so that totals 1200 lbs of weight. Then you have a curved floor, 2 of them don't touch, now you have...

I didn't mean I'd skip a weld because of being in a hurry. It's mostly when I'm stick welding I rush the weld. At my day job we build bobcat and tractor implements. We get paid production so you guessed it, we try to weld hot and fast. It carries over sometimes. Skipping welds was just an example, ...

Running a compressed gas cylinder or even a hose down in a hole requires even closer monitoring of air quality. I'm not sure what kind of shaft he's going to be in but unless it's a pipe open on both ends with good ventilation I'd be cautious. But even the ss stick has requirements for ventilation ...

I would love to TIG in a hole suspended by a crane, sounds like serious fun. Hexavalent chrome is dangerous in any case, TIG, MIG or stick. You could get the PAPR ( i think is how its spelled) with the new Panoramaxx helmet and THEN you'll be good to go ;) Or the Miller version or 3 M or whatever, m...

Thanks. I considered copying that and Photoshopping it over the rest of the weld. :lol: Great idea, Glad you got it sorted out, aluminum is fast once its hot, like really fast. Aluminum can take a bit to get hot at first but once its hot OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH man, you gonna run those fingers with t...

The pedal has a switch built into it which when you push the pedal down, it engages the switch, closes the circuit and the rest of the components do their thing. I have had one of the pieces my pedal hinges on break off before and it would stay slightly down and keep the pedal "down" when ...

Your in the trap now man, going to be making all kinds of stuff for the family now :lol: Here's what I recommend you do, pick up a 5 lb container of 7018 3/32 and 1/8" and you can get 6011 as well. For what you are doing, 7018 will be the most used one and is also the rod I use the most, I don'...

Well damn, perhaps I should talk with my PM and maybe run a different process like FCAW. :lol: The project I'm working on is inside a 120 foot shaft. I'll be welding stainless steel brackets on the walls to hang scaffolding. I'll be working inside of a man cage suspended by a crane. Fun fun fun. Th...

That was deep man, real deep.

With all the information out there and my desire to learn I feel like I know more than I'm capable of. I have the know how but not all the experience it took to learn it. Thanks Jody!! I've been welding full time for about twelve years and I mostly have mig welded but I started welding sheet metal ...

I keep my filler clean and like Olivero, once out of the tube/box, never back in. ;) That said, some days you feel and weld like an expert, and other days, things do not want to cooperate. Usually the days that don't go as well have some good reason for that. Like fogged up hood or cheater, or can'...

No perfect welder out there, sometimes shit happens and you mess it up but the glorius thing and the reason I love metalworking so much is that almost any screwup can be fixed with a grinder and some welding. Unlike wood here your just kind of screwed when you mess up. Just give it all you got, stud...

3/16" non beveled. Good luck getting through that, would take a serous amount of heat with all the heat transfer to the rest of the aluminum. Aluminum is a great conductor of energy so it takes more heat to get it going as I am sure you know. But it also makes it able to transfer the heat aroun...

Well damn, perhaps I should talk with my PM and maybe run a different process like FCAW. :lol: The project I'm working on is inside a 120 foot shaft. I'll be welding stainless steel brackets on the walls to hang scaffolding. I'll be working inside of a man cage suspended by a crane. Fun fun fun. Th...