[AKweldshop]

Again,
Looks too cold for my taste.
I'll get my powermig set-up and show you my mig welds.
IMVHO, and my $00.2

~John

[countryboy1127]

Ak this was on 18 gauge and nothing critical as far as hazardous purely aesthetic

[AKweldshop]

Wow, 18ga.
I'm sorry.
I thought it was closer to 1/4.
If that's the case, WOW!!!!

[weldin mike 27]

Lolz, The extreme close up makes it look like Half inch plate. The weld must be tiny. Still buff off the scale though.

Mick

[countryboy1127]

Sorry guys let me correct myself its 3/16 . I posted the wrong pictures . You are correct ak good eye even looking at a picture lol

[JDIGGS82]

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Some more mig like tig

[soutthpaw]

Lolz, The extreme close up makes it look like Half inch plate. The weld must be tiny. Still buff off the scale though.

Mick

That is where the dime next to the weld helps to show actual size

[Wiredwelder]

Very nice guys ! @jdiggs how did you get the part so clean without spatter ....I see very little, very impressed with the cleanness!

[JDIGGS82]

Took the pic after I cleaned it up lol didn't have much though just watched my angle and stick out and used anti spatter

[AKweldshop]

Very nice guys ! @jdiggs how did you get the part so clean without spatter ....I see very little, very impressed with the cleanness!

Using a wire wheel is cheating...just so you know....
It's the only way tho...

Gotta paint the parts anyway....

[Wiredwelder]

I was expecting someone to say spray anti-spatter all over the place....that has never worked for me [WINKING FACE]

[jwright650]

Ok I'm a bit late to this party, but I have a totally different question about something in this picture originally posted by bluewave.

Are the radiused notches at the bend line of that plate put there on purpose? If so, what purpose does this serve in this fabrication?

Edit* see marked up pic below for clarification of my question

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[Superiorwelding]

John,
I would guess it would be to prevent cracking often associated with forming thicker members. Or is can be a stress relief but I would go with the crack prevention.
-Jonathan

[jwright650]

John,
I would guess it would be to prevent cracking often associated with forming thicker members. Or is can be a stress relief but I would go with the crack prevention.
-Jonathan

Ah, OK...I thought maybe there was something more going on that I was aware of....trying to advance my small knowledge base....LOL

There are some bend radii "rules of thumb" that apply to bending plate and when these radii are exceeded, I guess something like this would serve to mitigate the cracking issues.

We had bent plate (90°) attached to the top flanges of beams and it was used as pour stop for concrete floor slabs. Many times the outfit that bent these for us used too small of a radius in their press break for the thickness of plate. If we didn't have time to send them back to be redone, we had to carbon arc the outside radius of the bends to removed the cracks and weld them back up.