Been learning MIG over the past couple weeks.
0.35 Wire with 1/4” material. 75% Argon and 25% CO2. Doing cursive e’s with pushing and pulling on everything except vertical. Only pushing zig zags with vertical. Any tips would be appreciated
Pictures are in order from Flat, Horizontal, Vertical, Overhead
How many of you folks wear laceless boots I think it would be convenient for production work because there's no risk of cooking my laces but I don't want people to think I'm some kind of cowboy cosplaying douchebag
Hello everyone. Im 27 y.o. ship repair man from Eastern Europe. The biggest goal in my life is move to USA, LA and live a happy life. When i was a young boy i dreamed about it. All my life is about this dream.
I have almost 4 years experience in Europe with repair.
To be honest i finished my previous career and start Welding career for the dream. I weld stick and semi auto. Working with oxygen torch etc. angle grinder. Any metal works
I live here not bad life. I have good salary. Good car but.. not my dream.
I made about 70-90 massages for employees in USA. Nobody apply. Guys i just can’t to give up with my dream. About 20 years ago promise to this small guy in mirror.
I do what i can. Im doing my best to find a small chance to change my life. If somebody can give an advice or something. Maybe help to find a real employer who can help me i will be appreciated for the rest if my days.
P.S. Sorry for my bad English. Its my 3rd language
Using a glass cup I recently bought, welds come out sometimes perfect, sometimes very burned. What can be the cause of this? Other cups do not have this issue
This is at 12L/min, 1,5 seconds pre gas
I've been welding for quite a while now, 9 years I believe, might tig and stick, no certs. I'm honestly working in a canister factory making 18 an hour. I did structural for a bit until I contracted an injury, but that's resolved now. I don't really know how to proceed with my welding career; I know it's what I want to do, but I'm having issues finding welding companies that take me seriously, and I don't want to travel too far for work. I definitely need to switch jobs if I want to move up in pay, there isn't a serious future for me in this company. Open to any advice here, also willing to elaborate on details about myself and whatnot.
A&P school has you get a very basic understanding of welding and here's my first project ik it's an abomination
But thought maby some with slightly better skills would think at least they are better at welding than me lol
I don't know any technical terms so don't get to Uber technical on me
I cant weld, but I plan to take it to a bike shop and ask them to repair. But I am Pretty certain they will all tell me its not possible so they can sell me a new one.
Got to say I really like this thing. Very uniform bead, no soot. Used Lightweld unit on 2mm 6061, at 700W, 1.6mm 5356 filler at 65ipm
Had a few minutes to throw this together today please excuse the shit welds and spatter like I said I throw it together
For context, I’m a hobbyist, not a professional. I have several projects that require welding and most of my limited experience is with MIG, and lately mostly with a cheap flux core inverter welder. I found a Miller Dialarc HF-P on a local listing for $400. Listing says it works. Comes with a cooler and a bottle but the cooler needs a new hose (not sure if that’s something I can make or if it’s available after market, couldn’t find anything when I searched. So I want to know, what am I missing out on if I go for this vs a newer one at 2-4 times the price (used). I want to get an HF TIG because I tried Lift TIG and sticking/regrinding the tungsten was wasting most of my limited project time. And gas.
In my experience, tools used to be made better, but on the other hand this one is from the early ‘80s, based on the model number. Is it built like a tank and will last forever? Or is it probably a few hours from turning off forever?
Several months ago I started a shop remodel and I listed off the tools and whatnot I have in my shop and I asked for input on useful purchases to add during the remodel (big or small). One thing a couple of guys mentioned was a decent rolling cart for moving tools and material around the shop. At first I was like "yeah, whatever, its not that big of a deal to make a couple of trips occasionally" but awhile back I bought a harbor freight cart on a whim and let me tell you, TOTAL. GAME. CHANGER.
I use that stupid cart for everything and it has quickly become my most used item in the shop. I recently put HVAC in my shop and i've been making a real effort to keep it clean since the remodel and if I have parts to clean or whatever, i'll just toss them on the cart and wheel them outside and clean them. I dont have a big shop but its about 1000sqft and I have multiple different stations for different tasks (ex; chop saw does all of my 90 cuts, bandsaw does all of my 45, vertical bandsaw does odd angles, belt grinder deburrs, smooth top table for small part assembly, welding fixture table for heavy welding, etc) and its no big deal just to toss whatever I have on my cart and wheel from station to station. Hell, there's been plenty of times I do full assembly right on that stupid cart when my bench is 15 feet away.
Anyway, to whoever told me my shop needed a cart, thank you.
To those of you who dont have a cart, get one, itll change your life.
Finally graduated my course today! It was an 8 month course, 2 months theory/bp reading and then 6 months in the shop welding. I’ve graduated passing all the requirements, SMAW 1G 2G 3G 4G. MIG and Flux core 1G. TIG stainless and aluminum now as well, these were the last two I had left.
Aluminum was tough as hell to start but it became my fav by the time I was done with it. I failed my first MIG test (posted about that here) and also my first stainless test. Doing an open root for stainless TIG was a lil tricky but I got the hang of it now real good.
Just glad it’s all said and done with, I feel really accomplished.
What’s the best tube bender that will bend 1-2” pipe past 90 degrees?
M23 just started working at a big box store and looking to keep a forward momentum by getting a job either part time or full time in welding. I have some experience with mig, but I have no knowledge of where Else people go to get certified and working fast. Ive already been quoted $2900 for a basic intro to welding cert from Welding Nevada, but my dad thinks a technical school would charge different for more universal knowledge... URGENT please HELP ME WELD I AM A STRONG ARTIST AND WANT TO WORK HARD
I'm on a Lincoln tombstone. Running AC but also was going DC straight. I really like 6010's. I had to do some low heat stuff and they LOVE to stick fast. Is it just dealing with the biting or turn up the amps? I started giving them a good strike and that helps but I lose my target a lot of times. Sometimes I'm on the game and they work OK but that's not often. Really old rods. If I rub them a bunch of dust falls off, looks kinda like mold. I don't have a rod dryer. When they work for me though I love them.
I have plenty of opinions now to make a decision now but I’ll keep the post up for anyone who just wants to chime in. Thanks to all who validated my concern!
Hey all so I think looking at the picture you can kinda tell I’m going to ask if these are good welds. I’m not a welder but I see issues in my eyes.
For reference, I’m a water treatment ( junior ) operator and we have a centrifuge system with a screw conveyance system. The people who rebuilt our centrifuges did not use our old cradles they it sits in, therefore the new cradles feet had to be relocated. The company who’s rebuilding our is rebuilding our conveyor system sent their welder out to relocate the feet further out. Well this is the result, I don’t want to be an ass and diss someone’s work, especially a welders but this is not something to play around with, a centrifuge is no joke when it comes to hard vibration, high speed rotation, plus the unit is about 5/6k pounds. To me I see pin holes, and it looks like the guy pretty much just cut and weld, didn’t even grind the paint down before trying to weld. Is this something that I need to show my site supervisor and project manager? Could these weld quite literally be dangerous over time on a heavily abused system?
Oh and an edit because they didn’t even close the gap on the back side of the leg… they just left a wide open hole. I’m not really liking what I see the more I look.