Welding Tips and Tricks

It has long been said that the next town to mine is a place where men are men, and sheep are nervous.
I was at a burial after a funeral, i noticed two rednecks either side of me were getting aroused. This was disturbing until I noticed I was absent mindedly fidgeting with my wife's key ring. Looking at it in my hands, I realized it included a little stuffed sheep. To a healthy Dambodian, this was equivalent to porn.

It has been said that those people engage in those practices on the edges of tall cliffs. All they want to do is push forward and all the sheep wants to do is push back

A little (appropriate?) AC/DC parody...

Guy even sounds like Bon Scott

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-4lk2-UA_I

Steve S

http://www.amazon.com/Century-AC-120-St ... B007BMRJAE



Found this in my moms garage i bought it when i was in Highschool gonnat get some stick practice in now gimme some tricky ac rods to run I want a challenge not that i can do much with this lol

JDIGGS82 wrote:http://www.amazon.com/Century-AC-120-St ... B007BMRJAE



Found this in my moms garage i bought it when i was in Highschool gonnat get some stick practice in now gimme some tricky ac rods to run I want a challenge not that i can do much with this lol

I would start with 6011 and AC 7018. My two cents.
-Jonathan

something else i havent done in like 14 years we will see how hideous it turns out

Had a wonderful day today. Doing 3G in mig and stick and so far the requalifying is going good. Have not taken a 3G in 6 years so was happy I remembered how to do it. I will honestly admit that I watched Jody's 3G stick videos before I struck a arc for a good refresher course. Thanks Jody!! Next I get to hone my tig skills on .100 3003 aluminum. Making two fuel tanks and other misc items.
-Jonathan

awesome glad its going good for you

JDIGGS82 wrote:awesome glad its going good for you

Have you done anymore practicing lately?
-Jonathan

Actually did some today gonna cut apart Monday and etch them did one the other day on an overhead turned out nice been job searching in the PA area as well and been studying up on my print skills

Trying to broaden my skills, I did Oxy-Acetylene last week for the first time, and MIG yesterday… they give me a whole new appreciation of TIG. Each process has its strength, but I don't regret focusing on TIG - it definitely matches my style. Stick is coming up, LOL.

I know what you mean. I own several different types of welders, but my plasma welder is my favorite at the moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf0VA83suYM

RichardH wrote:Trying to broaden my skills, I did Oxy-Acetylene last week for the first time, and MIG yesterday… they give me a whole new appreciation of TIG. Each process has its strength, but I don't regret focusing on TIG - it definitely matches my style. Stick is coming up, LOL.

Well I discovered something yesterday. I was tig welding on aluminum and in the middle of the bead and a fly flew over and died right in the path of the weld. Thinking that the argon would blow it out of the way I kept going. The fly stayed there and when I for right up on it the arc immediately jumped to my left and would not focus back in the path, so In aggravation I floored the pedal until the arc came back and fried the fly and I moved on. Thankfully I was just practicing on scrap. I did not think a small fly could mess a weld up so bad. Anyway interesting story.
-Jonathan

...but, he just wanted to learn how to TIG weld.

Superiorwelding wrote:Well I discovered something yesterday. I was tig welding on aluminum and in the middle of the bead and a fly flew over and died right in the path of the weld. Thinking that the argon would blow it out of the way I kept going. The fly stayed there and when I for right up on it the arc immediately jumped to my left and would not focus back in the path, so In aggravation I floored the pedal until the arc came back and fried the fly and I moved on. Thankfully I was just practicing on scrap. I did not think a small fly could mess a weld up so bad. Anyway interesting story.
-Jonathan

I once had a gnat or mosquito (couldn't tell under my hood) Kamikaze into an aluminum weld once... went straight into the front edge of the puddle, and "POOF". I saw some black floating and moving to the edges, so I assumed no harm, no foul, but the joint failed x-ray at that spot. The tech said it looked like a tungsten inclusion. Apparently, whatever bits didn't instantly boil off got buried in a little clump of bug residue. Fortunately, this was a spool not installed yet, so I could fix it in the stands.

Steve S

I had the opportunity to meet up with a few fellow weldors that live about a hour away today. We got taking welding and I asked if they were on any of the welding forums. To my surprise he subscribes to Jody's videos and owns a Tig Finger! Once we found this common ground the conversation opened up and we spend 2 hours talking.
This got me thinking about the impact that Jody has on more than even he probably imagines. Thank you Jody for all you do and for all that you influence.
-Jonathan

Superiorwelding wrote:I had the opportunity to meet up with a few fellow weldors that live about a hour away today. We got taking welding and I asked if they were on any of the welding forums. To my surprise he subscribes to Jody's videos and owns a Tig Finger! Once we found this common ground the conversation opened up and we spend 2 hours talking.
This got me thinking about the impact that Jody has on more than even he probably imagines. Thank you Jody for all you do and for all that you influence.
-Jonathan

What you said. I've been a weldor 44 years. I wasn't a great stick weldor until Jody, he inspired me to buy the MIG I have wanted since 1979, A little over a year ago it seemed like it might be worth the trouble to buy a TIG machine. My wife might see it differently, but I am grateful to him. A person can buy lots of nice tools, with no one to show them how to use them, they aren't very useful. I've never had much opportunity to learn from a competent weldor. I've still got a ways to go, but I'm leaps and bounds a better weldor now than I was before I discovered Jody Collier! Thank you to Jody and the others who came later for the free education, and thank you to the men and women of the forums, who've been so generous with their knowledge!

SuperiorWelding and Bill B.

Well said gentlemen - Jody, this forum, and the other ones I go on have been excellent and helped me learn more about tig welding in a few short years than would have been possible any other way.

Picked up awesome tips about stick welding too

Did I mention I love my tig finger?

Not related to welding, just a vent:

Spent the day talking to diesel mechanics about a problem with one of my trucks. My anger is surpassed only by my confusion and desire to become a diesel mechanic and run them all out of business.

Boy when I figure out how to mount a Bobcat on a bicycle...

Better now. Thx WTT forum

^ What kind of truck and what's it doing?

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Hey 79jasper,

'93 Dodge Cummins 5.9 PR250

Leaking Bosch VE injector pump. Unfortunately not covered by the recall.

After talking with several infuriating individuals I've decided to reseal it myself, and after some hours today looking at the tutorials I was able to find online the big question in my mind right now is just about locking it up before I take it off so it doesn't go out of ... sequence.. as it were. I get that the injector timing is adjusted by turning the pump in relation to the head, what I don't want is the rotor turning inside the thing while I work on it on the bench, if that makes any sense.

The truck runs well but leaks like a sieve.

It's a beater through and through but I hate to take a running truck and walk away from it, especially since I could use it for a parts runner and to haul trees and other junk around out here.

Found a place with a reseal kit for 20 bucks, from what I've read that's really all a rebuild is, unless someone ran gas through it (not the case) and everyone I've spoken to (3 seperate mechanics) want at a minimum 1400 bucks. I can teach myself to be a diesel mechanic and horse gelder for that kind of money.

Oh yeah, just a seal leak shouldn't be a big deal.
And yep, don't want it getting out of time.

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Not done one on that motor - but Bosch VE series are very easy to work on - only really 3 places they can leak - throttle shaft O rings - top cover seal & drive shaft seal - but the drive shaft rarely gives trouble unless it's been run on bio fuel that has too much residual methanol content - so long as you understand how to time the engine & take the pump off in the correct position there should be no problem reinstalling it - they don't spring back much - the top cover & throttle shaft can generally be done in situ - obviously the drive shaft one means a complete tear down - I would suggest trying it on a scrap pump first if your doing the complete thing - not much to mess up but if you never done a pump it's a learning curve - & unlike welding aluminum - pumps really do need to be surgically clean ! - wear rubber gloves - don't put sweaty hands on mating surfaces & have clean diesel to wash / lube them when assembling - I never looked on Your Tube but I imagine someone likely has a tutorial on there - don't think the price for doing them is because it's rocket science - just time consuming especially if they take it off the motor & install - if the truck is'nt worth the expense you just as well tackle it yourself.

Surgically clean is key.

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79jasper wrote:Surgically clean is key.

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Don't let Steve hear the work "surgically clean"...