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Reply:I will show you mine, if you show me yoursMe!
Reply:Originally Posted by Me!I will show you mine, if you show me yours
Reply:Mine is small can I see yours????  see nothing!!! DanMy instructor said someone will catch on fire during class...He wasn't joking!!
Reply:now this is with a little weave on pipe if u want smoother let me know ill get ya a picLincoln Pro Core 125Lincolin sp 100Miller Big 40Lincoln Idealarc SP250miller matic 212http://www.facebook.com/hdwelding?sk=wallwww.hdweldingbeds.com
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Reply:just wanted to let you guys know, all of you are really awsome who comment back and help people out on this website.
Reply:This is quick and dirty, out of position, 1/8" shim washer welded to 1/2" thick forged ring.Lincoln SP 125+, voltage "H", wire speed 8.5, Airgas 'Steelmix' gas, .024 ER70S6Blackbird
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Reply:keep em coming
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Reply:[QUOTE=Tinbasher;177536]Although, I was always taught  My humble offerings******Tinbasher, excellent--as usual! Can you share some more info, please?Machine?settings?         speed/volts/amps or approx.?Wire type and size?Gas?Blackbird
Reply:Hey Tin Basher, are those smoothies done with spray and/or pulse?I haven't had an opportunity to run spray transfer before.Short circuit is not what I call smooth-weld-friendly! City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Heres a couple first is 5/8" plate to 1/2" to make an I beam 2nd is fitting a turntable(fifth wheel you call them over there? )to 1/2" 3 run 2 layer done with 20+yr old 315 mig a mag machine settings 3/8 wire speed 9 0.9mm wireCreative metal Creative metal Facebook
Reply:Wello, I have been waiting for yours   Nice stuff above everyone.David Real world weldin.  When I grow up I want to be a tig weldor.
Reply:thanks guys you all have some sweet welds, thanks for sharing.
Reply:Sorry guys, here it is reposted with some info.I'll start by saying that for 90 % of my work day I am fabricating, so, I don't do a lot of welding...I use my machine mainly for tacking, so it's an old hand me down from a position where it was welding 16 hours a day. It's pretty beat and cantankerous, but I've grown to know it's moods. It's a 300 amp Canox machine, 8 or 10 years old...none of that fancy pulse business...just a crank on the front...and I run almost exclusively 0.035 solid wire in it...the 70 000 yield one...I'm not sure of the number.We have a manifold system for our gas supply...I think the rack is Argoshield 15C. We also have the mix suited to spray, but I'm usually too busy to change out bottles so all my mild steel work is done with the 15 C. I find it sprays fine if you keep the proper angle and always push...otherwise it gets real messy with a lot of spatter.As far as measured volts and measured amps and measured inches per minute. I have an idea of roughly where on the machine the heat needs to be for different applications, but beyond that I just fine tune it until I get what I'm looking for.All of our piping systems are for low pressure applications...and we don't conform to a stringent written welding procedure or anything like that. It's pretty much a free for all...as long as it holds together. Our structural work is done by ticketed guys...I have no welding tickets and just learned by doing... a slow, slow progression. That being said, I think learning to weld on MIG, like I did is a big No-No...it gives you lots of false impressions about how welding works. These first 2 were on 6 inch schedule pipe and 1/4 " flanges. It is done at the high end of short circuit, I'd say 24-26 V...and I'm giving it lots of wire, to prevent  spatter...using a turntable...pushing with a slight weave.This is 1/4 inch to 1/4 inch mild steel using spray transfer with the machine cranked right to the ****...about 32 V is what she can muster...that's the highest number painted on the front anyways This one is 14 gage Black, done at about 21-22 volts short circuit transfer...Maybe down hand...I can't rememberLast edited by Tinbasher; 04-04-2008 at 09:11 PM.
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Reply:nice work Tinbasher and everyone good to see not everyone is looking for a stack of coins look with their welding but its each to there own in welding Creative metal Creative metal Facebook