Welding Tips and Tricks

GreinTime wrote:

Oscar wrote:The titanium came out nice! Sucks having to wait for it to cool down though.

The whole thing was done consecutively alternating joint to joint. I think it's 4" sections maybe?

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Even more impressive!

Super nice consistency on the coolers there Sam!....inverter or transformer machine?

Nice TI work as well....jealous.

dunkster wrote:Super nice consistency on the coolers there Sam!....inverter or transformer machine?

Nice TI work as well....jealous.

Those are done with a Dynasty 350 inverter. I'd like to try one with a Syncrowave, just for shits and giggles.

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Oscar wrote:

GreinTime wrote:

Oscar wrote:The titanium came out nice! Sucks having to wait for it to cool down though.

The whole thing was done consecutively alternating joint to joint. I think it's 4" sections maybe?

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Even more impressive!

I don't pay for argon I think I was at 35-40cfh with a postflow of 18 seconds out of a Monster16. I didn't think to turn the preflow up, or I probably could have gotten even less discoloration on the restarts.

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what do you do when work is slow and nothing to do for a few hours, you bend and weld up a brushed stainless mailbox to replace the broken plastic one that was on a rotting pole leaning into your driveway... and throw a quick name letter on it in the last 5 minutes of the day using the notcher and a cut off blade on the grinder... of course the rental house is still nasty but there's a nice shiny mailbox! ha...

raticus wrote:what do you do when work is slow and nothing to do for a few hours, you bend and weld up a brushed stainless mailbox to replace the broken plastic one that was on a rotting pole leaning into your driveway... and throw a quick name letter on it in the last 5 minutes of the day using the notcher and a cut off blade on the grinder... of course the rental house is still nasty but there's a nice shiny mailbox! ha...

Looks nice!

thanks LtBadd!

This is a remodel of a poling platform. The customer bought a new motor with a jack and the platform had to be elevated 12 inches. I also had to add steps in the front due to the width of the fiberglass top.

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Warrenh wrote:
This is a remodel of a poling platform. The customer bought a new motor with a jack and the platform had to be elevated 12 inches. I also had to add steps in the front due to the width of the fiberglass top.

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Looks good, welds and fab work!

Battery tray for my truck from this weekend


Before cutting up the brackets and redoing them









After












And installed where it'll never be seen again.



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Very nice!

Don't you hate hiding the good stuff?



Moz

MosquitoMoto wrote:Very nice!

Don't you hate hiding the good stuff?



Moz

Ya it was a bummer after I installed it haha oh well!

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A pressure vessel repair today . Cut ,prep, fit, weld . Nothing glamorous but it's a paycheck

Maybe not glamorous to you but involves serious skill and experience. Good job!
Now you have to elaborate on process and procedure used please.

Coldman wrote:Maybe not glamorous to you but involves serious skill and experience. Good job!
Now you have to elaborate on process and procedure used please.

the welding process is smaw (stick) we use 7018 for the vessel. This weld is a code or stamped weld it will be QCed under 31.12 boiler code ( no under cut or any indication while they pt it) and stamped with ASME stamp .after that we will hydro the tank to 300 psi twice the stamped pressure. This vessel is apart of a water treatment plant for a power house. Definitely not glamorous but I love what I do and being challenged every day and pushed to weld at a very high standard has put me and a very fortunate situation!

Had to repair some dirty old stainless can't always be weldporn with new material at a bench. There is something satisfying about welding all curled up like a pretzel.

I couldn't get to the backside of this weld really good to clean a couple spots gave me issues.

Rick_H wrote:Had to repair some dirty old stainless can't always be weldporn with new material at a bench. There is something satisfying about welding all curled up like a pretzel.

I couldn't get to the backside of this weld really good to clean a couple spots gave me issues.

We all know that's true, good work as always Rick

Well on this Friday we get back on our tig rigs 4" sch 40 70s6 ( not my favorite wire for carbon) welding under code 31.3

Bingo wrote:Well on this Friday we get back in our tig rigs 4" sch 40 70s6 ( not my favorite wire for carbon) welding under code 31.3

Nice work, I prefer 70s2 if allowed personally.

Thank you! 70s6 always seems to run trashy for me, I also prefer 70s2 less cleaning if anything.

Making a new turbo back system for my MK4 TDI, 3" dp, 3" straight system....and I know you guys are shocked it's stainless and sanitary welded.

Clean!

Bingo wrote:Clean!

Only until he fires it up...


I'm going to have to work on my pipe welding, I want one for my TDI, but can't stand the thought of paying what the commercial offerings are asking!

hey_allen wrote:

Bingo wrote:Clean!

Only until he fires it up...


I'm going to have to work on my pipe welding, I want one for my TDI, but can't stand the thought of paying what the commercial offerings are asking!

Yeah there was no way I was going to pay near $300 for a DP, I actually don't have a ton of money in everything front to back. I bought some fittings from Andron Stainless, if I knew how to pie cut or.could easily cut those at home I would have saved even more. It's been fun...have to mock it up today to get the angle of the DP right and make the middle section....then just weld it and add hangers. I used a 2"-3" reducer at the flange so I'd have bolt clearance, and a Vibrant Flex joint.

Prototype done for the 10th Gen Civic Intercooler and Charge Pipe setup.

First time welding cast with 5356, can't say I'm really a fan. I don't know if I'll get to weld anymore of these, but we'll see if I can weld one with 5356, 4043, and 4943 back to back to back (batch work is nice for testing some times) with identical settings and see who can tell what!

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