Welding Tips and Tricks

Hah. This is at my school so it's blacktop but usually they ring them at least to the door to pick them up. My teacher told me where they were, we were doing the ACT at the time so nothing I could have done anyways, and when he told me I immediately said that there is no way in hell in bringing down by hand. Cause I'm sure I couldn't use a cart because it isn't safe for me. I am sure our schools safety coordinator, who we got along fine without for 50 years, would find it unsafe
Funny part is by me taking a safety test and my local tech school I am pretty much more qualified for his job than he is. I guess good safety coordinators and inspectors are like good weld inspectors

Nothing wrong with a 2 wheel cart. They roll fine - put a strap on it.

We have these "safe" trollies that have a winch on them to lift the gas bottle up to the back of the welder. problem is they were designed by a ham fisted mong. They have almost no leverage and almost no ground clearance. Didn't stop them costing about a K i reckon.

MinnesotaDave wrote:Nothing wrong with a 2 wheel cart. They roll fine - put a strap on it.

Be advised...he didn't tell you to use a strap-on..he said to use a strap

exnailpounder wrote:

MinnesotaDave wrote:Nothing wrong with a 2 wheel cart. They roll fine - put a strap on it.

Be advised...he didn't tell you to use a strap-on..he said to use a strap

Who knew the hyphen had so much power

MinnesotaDave wrote:

exnailpounder wrote:

MinnesotaDave wrote:Nothing wrong with a 2 wheel cart. They roll fine - put a strap on it.

Be advised...he didn't tell you to use a strap-on..he said to use a strap

Who knew the hyphen had so much power

The English language has so many issues. So many weird rules and words that can be so close

MinnesotaDave wrote:

exnailpounder wrote:

MinnesotaDave wrote:Nothing wrong with a 2 wheel cart. They roll fine - put a strap on it.

Be advised...he didn't tell you to use a strap-on..he said to use a strap

Who knew the hyphen had so much power

Pointing that hyphen out might have just saved someone a lot of trouble

Who knew the hyphen had so much power [/quote]
Pointing that hyphen out might have just saved someone a lot of trouble [/quote]


Not to mention what a pain in the ass that mistake can be.

Poland308 wrote:Who knew the hyphen had so much power

Pointing that hyphen out might have just saved someone a lot of trouble [/quote]


Not to mention what a pain in the ass that mistake can be.[/quote]
Pun intended?

Man that dolly just got way more dangerous! The safety director would be jumping all over that.

There are some things that you just can't let slide.

For everyone's conscience. To no degree did I even notice the phrase strap on in that light. Jeff, you have a mind like a lazy Susan. You'll get back to the actual meaning of something but you have to think everything but the original meeting.

Farmwelding wrote:For everyone's conscience. To no degree did I even notice the phrase strap on in that light. Jeff, you have a mind like a lazy Susan. You'll get back to the actual meaning of something but you have to think everything but the original meeting.

It's part of my charm

PeteM wrote: Man that dolly just got way more dangerous! The safety director would be jumping all over that.

There are some things that you just can't let slide.

Making pun of something like that is a common trait among 99% of all welders.

Poland308 wrote:Making pun of something like that is a common trait among 99% of all welders.

Its like a secondary work skill. Measuring, torch cutting, fitting, making horrible jokes that get people laughing...

What would work be without it?

PeteM wrote:

Poland308 wrote:Making pun of something like that is a common trait among 99% of all welders.

Its like a secondary work skill. Measuring, torch cutting, fitting, making horrible jokes that get people laughing...

What would work be without it?

What else do you do when you have to sit around for a couple of minutes because your company only has one of the Mahoney you need and you can't do anything until you use that machine.

PeteM wrote:

Poland308 wrote:Making pun of something like that is a common trait among 99% of all welders.

Its like a secondary work skill. Measuring, torch cutting, fitting, making horrible jokes that get people laughing...

What would work be without it?

Boring! Thats what. My wife always says that men never grow up and in some cases, like me, I agree with her. I take life one day at a time because God knows I have buried alot of my friends so I feel lucky to still be here. I just want to live til I die so you guys either have to deal with my "matter of fact" personality or not read my posts

Farmwelding wrote:

PeteM wrote:

Poland308 wrote:Making pun of something like that is a common trait among 99% of all welders.

Its like a secondary work skill. Measuring, torch cutting, fitting, making horrible jokes that get people laughing...

What would work be without it?

What else do you do when you have to sit around for a couple of minutes because your company only has one of the Mahoney you need and you can't do anything until you use that machine.

The vast majority of things that have come up in those moments can't be written on this site, or told to someone under 18 without permission from a parent, guardian, local law enforcement, and possibly the governor.

Even then its iffy.

exnailpounder wrote:

PeteM wrote:

Poland308 wrote:Making pun of something like that is a common trait among 99% of all welders.

Its like a secondary work skill. Measuring, torch cutting, fitting, making horrible jokes that get people laughing...

What would work be without it?

Boring! Thats what. My wife always says that men never grow up and in some cases, like me, I agree with her. I take life one day at a time because God knows I have buried alot of my friends so I feel lucky to still be here. I just want to live til I die so you guys either have to deal with my "matter of fact" personality or not read my posts

Absolutely! I was working in barge hoppers for a couple of years, and in the summer it would be 110 degrees by mid morning. We had a radio to keep the crazy away, which happened to be tuned to the same station as they listen to in the office. So I came up with the bright idea to call in a request for Deep Purples "Knocking at your back door" for the lady that hands out paychecks.

That one got some smiles and blushes!

I wouldn't have blushed at that I probably would have been actively trying my hand at it.Not like it would be the first time I ever wanted to spawn with one of the staff. I really think people that have taken the hard road are the best people of all...that's my report!

What else do you do when you have to sit around for a couple of minutes because your company only has one of the Mahoney you need and you can't do anything until you use that machine.[/quote]

The vast majority of things that have come up in those moments can't be written on this site, or told to someone under 18 without permission from a parent, guardian, local law enforcement, and possibly the governor.

Even then its iffy. [/quote]
Hah you think this is iffy! You should go back to high school. This ain't nothing. This crap is like elementary school now. It's sad but true.

Well, we moved the gas down from the bus barn and I tried it out-answer-nope. cranked it up to 29.5 volts and somewhere between 500-700 ipm and varied the 75/25 gas. Just got some really freaking hot short circuit which after two passes I almost burnt through and I have never moved that fast on 1/4" bar!

Farmwelding wrote:Well, we moved the gas down from the bus barn and I tried it out-answer-nope. cranked it up to 29.5 volts and somewhere between 500-700 ipm and varied the 75/25 gas. Just got some really freaking hot short circuit which after two passes I almost burnt through and I have never moved that fast on 1/4" bar!

Back the wire down. Significantly.

I do spray transfer with .035 wire using typically 27-28 volts and 250-280 wire speed.

You're listening for a hiss, like gas escaping, not a sizzle, like bacon frying.

Steve S

Otto Nobedder wrote:

Farmwelding wrote:Well, we moved the gas down from the bus barn and I tried it out-answer-nope. cranked it up to 29.5 volts and somewhere between 500-700 ipm and varied the 75/25 gas. Just got some really freaking hot short circuit which after two passes I almost burnt through and I have never moved that fast on 1/4" bar!

Back the wire down. Significantly.

I do spray transfer with .035 wire using typically 27-28 volts and 250-280 wire speed.

You're listening for a hiss, like gas escaping, not a sizzle, like bacon frying.

Steve S

yeah I talked to Jason Moser and he said the same thing. He runs like 450. That makes sense since so much wire just osuhing in doesn't have time to melt and drop as balls of molten metal.