What welding projects are you working on? Are you proud of something you built?
How about posting some pics so other welders can get some ideas?
Josh MacD
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I'm learning MIG welding with a small hobart 120 and am mostly farting around with some scrap parts and making some simple projects to learn different aspects. I see people making little creative figures and sculptures out of miscellaneous bolts, nuts and such. When making these things, how would I bend those pieces into shape? I have a standard small propane torch, bench vise with anvil and lots of elbow grease. Is it a matter of heat it up and muscle it into the shape you want? or is there a trick that'll save me some sweating and swearing but doesn't involve a $200 tool?
Hobbyist MIG welder with 75/25 gas on a Lincoln SP-140 in my garage/workshop/gym/storage space. Very new and still learning.

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Farmwelding
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You can bend a lot of stuff with the tools you have especially with small peices. I've bent 1/8" strips of steel by hand in a vise to make parts. Vise and vise grips along with a propane torch will do you pretty good. A hammer may be needed at times as well.
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.
Instagram: @farmwelding
Nick
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Make the tools you need,all kinds of ideas an plans on the web,if you hAve a welder an the ability to cut stuff,you can make what you need,or buy it,somewhere on here I posted a square tube bender,that I built because I had no way of doing it,it worked great
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Put some heat to it and you might be surprised how soft steel gets when its red hot, and how easy it is to get it there, weather with a oxy torch, or throwing it in a wood fire for a few minutes. Both of my grandfathers in montana shod horses, and worked iron with little more than a fire made of cow dung, ironworking goes back many centuries, ya just gotta get some heat to it. Or more leverage if its cold.
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