Welding Tips and Tricks

Ok this one was not today but I wanted to share it. This was at a nuclear plant on the turbine deck (so no radiation that's why I had my phone)

Awesome work Sam...

Welded this today.

This will have a big tower mounted on top like the last one I built. They wanted it to hinge on 2 small brackets, but there's no way it old hold plus the brackets were way off so I built a doubler and gussets.

This will be really cool when it's done I'll show you guys later hopefully.











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Keep forgetting to post my experiences with SolarFlux. This stuff is gold if backpurging stainless isn't reasonable or practical. I use it with ISO alcohol, works GREAT!!!

Did you butter up the two halves before or after you tacked them up?

Woo hoo !! Just found out the paper work went through and I get to take my weld test for my R stamp next week.

Awesome! Good luck with the test Josh!

Poland308 wrote:Did you butter up the two halves before or after you tacked them up?

After, I tried to keep the tacks shallow. I didn't clean it all up since it's just an exhaust pipe but I wiped off an area with acetone and it's nice and shiny metal underneath.

Cool! I was wondering if it would interfere with the weld process if it was worked down into a crack. I'm envisioning that you might be able to coat the two sides before you tack up. If there was no way to get at the joint after fit up.

Another flex from the other day

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Great looking weld Sam

pgk wrote:Great looking weld Sam

Thank ya kindly!!!

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Some Subaru intercoolers, and some 9th Generation Honda Civic Turbo Manifolds

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That is some beautiful work!


Moz

Sure is!!

Practicing for a brazing cert, copper to copper using Harris Stay-Silv white flux and Safety-Silv 45 brazing alloy

Have to do 3/8" and 2" tubing

I got my welding cart done. I work for a bus company and need the security this setup gives me.

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Could a moderator please rotate my pictures?

Open your pic in "Paint", save it in correct orientation and reload. Default windows viewers often load sideways, didn't used to but hey MS has to justify an upgrade somehow!

I only have a smartphone.

Sorry, can't help you there. I only have rotten fruit.


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A little weld detail from those Honda manifolds, and my newest toy (RogueFab M600) to play with!

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What is that? A hand powered hydraulic coal scorp?

nelson wrote:What is that? A hand powered hydraulic coal scorp?

It's an air/Hydraulic tubing bender!

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