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most of your out of position welds i have looked at
are more "porn weld then porn weld". try welding
something nice while laying on your shoulder or looking
in a mirror. he is real deal friends..
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That, too, is one of the traits I see in the welders I respect the most. Humility. We are always our own worst critics. It might look golden to anyone we share with, but we see every flaw as if through a microscope. I have no respect for the young bench jockeys who put everyone down and post those ideal condition welds to show us how awesome they are. Come do my job, or Rick's, or Butch-Terry's, or any number of people I can name, for just a week, and tell me how awesome you are.

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This guy-Steve that is. Welding in and on trailers. That man can weld anything anywhere. I know I've seen some stuff of his where he is welding like 1 inch pipe that is buried with 10 other pipes and doing it with a mirror usin the foot pedal with his knee, wearing sunglasses basically and sunscreen cause his head won't fit and makes the damn weld better than anything i could do on pipe with ideal conditions sitting at a bench. He talks about respect... He's got mine. I'd like to follow him one day just to see how he works- a shame I live too far away.
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Did these guys last night for a coworker. Hes using them as fishing bells. 2" Stainless pipe, turned on a lathe to .070T. The top is .020T. The thin top made it a little challenging to not blow through it.
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Jernigan 78 Nice work, I typically use pulse and some thin filler, work quick and try not to stop....torch angle is everything next to the fit up.

Others, thanks for the kind words ;)
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jernigan78 wrote:Did these guys last night for a coworker. Hes using them as fishing bells. 2" Stainless pipe, turned on a lathe to .070T. The top is .020T. The thin top made it a little challenging to not blow through it.
Nice weld, did you either rotate by hand or use a rotator?
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Farmwelding wrote: This guy-Steve that is. Welding in and on trailers. That man can weld anything anywhere. I know I've seen some stuff of his where he is welding like 1 inch pipe that is buried with 10 other pipes and doing it with a mirror usin the foot pedal with his knee, wearing sunglasses basically and sunscreen cause his head won't fit and makes the damn weld better than anything i could do on pipe with ideal conditions sitting at a bench. He talks about respect... He's got mine. I'd like to follow him one day just to see how he works- a shame I live too far away.
I DO work with Steve.....and you are NOT exaggerating. I was in my second week (I think) working with him and he had a pair of #10 torch goggles on with his face and arms slathered in SPF 50 sun screen.
Me: What are you about to do in that get up?
Steve: Crawl in a hole to repair a 2" crack.
Me: How big is the hole?
Steve: 8"
Me: (blink blink)
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Rick_H wrote:Jernigan 78 Nice work, I typically use pulse and some thin filler, work quick and try not to stop....torch angle is everything next to the fit up.

Others, thanks for the kind words ;)

Thanks Rick
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jernigan78 wrote:Did these guys last night for a coworker. Hes using them as fishing bells. 2" Stainless pipe, turned on a lathe to .070T. The top is .020T. The thin top made it a little challenging to not blow through it.
Nice weld, did you either rotate by hand or use a rotator?
Thanks Richard. I did use a positioner for these guys. I love using it. One shot all the way around. Fast and consistent.
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These are some anodized legs for cable rails. They fit on the outside of stairs on a deck overlooking the beach. 1/8th stainless cable ran horizontally is used for pickets (for lack of a better term). Any suggestions for improving the weld appearance is apreciated.

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These are some anodized legs for cable rails. They fit on the outside of stairs on a deck overlooking the beach. 1/8th stainless cable ran horizontally is used for pickets (for lack of a better term). Any suggestions for improving the weld appearance is apreciated.

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jernigan78 wrote:Did these guys last night for a coworker. Hes using them as fishing bells. 2" Stainless pipe, turned on a lathe to .070T. The top is .020T. The thin top made it a little challenging to not blow through it.
Very nice! I have to ask though...what is a fishing bell? When I was a kid we had little bells we clipped on our rods at night so we could hear if we got a bite...same thing?
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Warrenh wrote:Image

These are some anodized legs for cable rails. They fit on the outside of stairs on a deck overlooking the beach. 1/8th stainless cable ran horizontally is used for pickets (for lack of a better term). Any suggestions for improving the weld appearance is apreciated.

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Sure looks good to me. I know what a pain in the ass welding anodized is. Great job!
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Warrenh wrote:Image

These are some anodized legs for cable rails. They fit on the outside of stairs on a deck overlooking the beach. 1/8th stainless cable ran horizontally is used for pickets (for lack of a better term). Any suggestions for improving the weld appearance is apreciated.

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Sure looks good to me. I know what a pain in the ass welding anodized is. Great job!
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Here's what I welded today. This is the third of four identical welds. The pipe was worn halfway through from rattling in loose mounts for years, so I cut 3 1/4" off each end, and replaced the 3003 with 5052. It will get new Stauff clamps, and be secure and tight for many years.
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now thats what I'm talking about, beautiful field welds on shit material.
great stuff steve.
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Intake reducer .082 aluminum
Not sure what grade he ordered parts from China and it he couldn't get a reply. Welded it with 4043
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This is a 40 year old 2inch steam line that runs about 200 psi steam. It got a pin hole eroded in the side. But they need to run stem for a week or two yet. So patched over it till they shut it down for the summer then I'll cut out the tee. Going to replace it with a proper 90 and demo out a bunch of unused main line.

Not real pretty but it was wedged in a rack up about 30 ft in a ceiling. As soon as I lit up on it the hole opened up enough I could have thrown a quarter through it. Standard steam erosion from being a tight radius turn.
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Poland308 wrote:This is a 40 year old 2inch steam line that runs about 200 psi steam. It got a pin hole eroded in the side. But they need to run stem for a week or two yet. So patched over it till they shut it down for the summer then I'll cut out the tee. Going to replace it with a proper 90 and demo out a bunch of unused main line.

Not real pretty but it was wedged in a rack up about 30 ft in a ceiling. As soon as I lit up on it the hole opened up enough I could have thrown a quarter through it. Standard steam erosion from being a tight radius turn.
Well done, you were lucky enough to be able to patch it up given the condition of the material
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5th Street Fab wrote:Stuff from this week
Hi mate, just came in to ask, if it is not hard, can you show us the accessories and tricks you use to get all those tubes straight and lined up, before you apply your 50$ welds on `em?
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Yeah I was worried about not being enough metal left to work with. But they said try so I tried.
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Made me an adjustable rest to prop my hands on when tig welding. It quickly attaches or detaches from my bench and so far I'm very happy with it. Made entirely from stuff out of my scrap bin except the bolt and nut. I would apologize about the mess, but just like desks a clean workbench is a sign of a sick mind :lol:
Really I just haven't taken the time to cleanup yet in this shot. Not a particularly difficult or original idea but it definitely makes my work easier.
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5th Street Fab wrote:Stuff from this week
Hi mate, just came in to ask, if it is not hard, can you show us the accessories and tricks you use to get all those tubes straight and lined up, before you apply your 50$ welds on `em?
Sure everything here is tacked together with a spool gun or pulsed mig. To keep all the pipes aligned I'll use a straight piece of c channel that I notch for all the perpendicular pipes to pass through.that way you know they're in line. Once everything is tacked strong I'll cut spacers to fit in between each pipe. Then I'll clamp everything down to the table with big pipe clamps and weld it all out in position.

Basically it comes down to securing it down and sequencing your welds so the shrinkage will oppose each other. Then let it cool before unclamping it.

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Used my lathe to make a part
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For my tractor.
For my tractor.
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Sorry Josh but your tractor plans just got stolen. I've seen very tough designs to make and this looks fairly simple so when I get around to it-I'll make it.
A student now but really want to weld everyday. Want to learn everything about everything. Want to become a knower of all and master of none.
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It's got more detail. It's a work in progress.
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