Welding Tips and Tricks

Otto Nobedder wrote:Everyone, please remember... When you're looking at work that impresses you, work that makes you question your own, you are looking at goals. Objectives. The place you want to be with a few years' more experience.

NONE of these weldporn jockeys came out of the womb doing that, and every one has had their share of epic fails before they got consistent, and a few more before they were good.

NEVER put yourself down because your weld doesn't look like so-and-so's. If you're six months in, and he's been doing it 30 years, you can't expect to be on par.

Steve S

BigD wrote:
Guys also tend not to go to the trouble of taking and posting pictures of their screwups Unless they are asking for advice to fix the screwups. Odds are that if you're impressed by what you're looking at, the author probably is too. I doubt there is anyone, here or elsewhere, who never screws up anymore.

motox wrote:most weld porn is done under the best conditions, mustily bench work.
that only accounts for a small part of all the welding that happens...
craig

motox wrote:rick h
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..
craig

Otto Nobedder wrote:

motox wrote:rick h
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..
craig

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.

Rant finished...
Amen Brother. Anyone can weld shiny new shit on a bench and puff out their chests about how great they are but try being a repairman who is financially obligated to take on almost all comers and deal with 50 year old contaminated shit junk or have to strip chinese paint to get behind it to weld up their garbage weld...I could go on all day...and then fix it for a little more than minimum wage to try to live a dream. Some dream...more like a nightmare.
Steve S

Otto Nobedder wrote:

motox wrote:rick h
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..
craig

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.

Rant finished...

Steve S

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.

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.

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

LtBadd wrote:

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?

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.

Warrenh wrote:

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.

Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.

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exnailpounder wrote:

Warrenh wrote:

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.

Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.

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