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I'll bet it's been at least 4 years since I did any scarfing.Couldn't successfully cut the welds, and remove 3 pieces of 1/4 plate welded to 11ga diamondplate. So I dug out the torch.
Been so long since I ran one......I was a bit timid, and didn't go down to the base metal on the first pass.
Same basic process as Arc Air, but not needing a big welder, and compressor.
In this pic, and the previous pic,, you can see that I only nicked the parent metal in a coupla places........and only about maybe 1/32-1/16 deep. The cleanup with the grinder shows the low spots. TRYING TO GRIND THE WELDS OUT CAUSED MORE DAMAGE THAN THE SCARFING TIP
The straight lines are where the grinder got into the metal while trying remove the welds.Old school still rocks.
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Originally Posted by farmersammm
I'll bet it's been at least 4 years since I did any scarfing.Couldn't successfully cut the welds, and remove 3 pieces of 1/4 plate welded to 11ga diamondplate. So I dug out the torch. Been so long since I ran one......I was a bit timid, and didn't go down to the base metal on the first pass. Same basic process as Arc Air, but not needing a big welder, and compressor. In this pic, and the previous pic,, you can see that I only nicked the parent metal in a coupla places........and only about maybe 1/32-1/16 deep. The cleanup with the grinder shows the low spots. TRYING TO GRIND THE WELDS OUT CAUSED MORE DAMAGE THAN THE SCARFING TIP
The straight lines are where the grinder got into the metal while trying remove the welds.Old school still rocks.
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Originally Posted by Oldiron2
Sorry Sammm; no pictures of the torch and tip = it didn't happen that way...
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Same same........bit timid at first till I got the feel for it again. Remember.........only maybe use the thing a few times a year back then.
Got settled in, and now we're cruzin'
Gonna use these things, I highly recommend a full face shield. You sometimes get stuff spitting back in your face.
Really handy for gouging welds out.
Reply:I mean.........these guys are handy to have. Maybe $20-25ish for a genuine tip that matches your torch. Few bucks, and you have a mini Arc Air.Or, you can ride a grinder all day long...................
Reply:Used to work with quite a bit of somewhat thicker plate back in the day. Not terribly thick..........mostly up to 1/2-3/4, with an occassional piece of maybe 1 inch. I don't do much anymore.I don't believe I ever could cut as good as Denrep, or Irish Fixit, but I was a fair hand back then
I think some of the best torch work I've seen these days is that fella, IC Welds, on UTube. A real master at it. He's a rig welder, and does it day-in-day-out. A total artist.
Reply:Denrep had a signature move. He always had his hand in his pics, pointing to the work, when some idiot said whatever it was, was impossible to do. I miss the oldtimers.
Reply:Here's one for y'all
Sometime around 2010. I already had 2 "m's" at that time, maybe even back to sometime in 2008. Every ban earned me another "m"
The arguments/discussions were just as epic back then https://weldingweb.com/vbb/threads/39119-Plate-gussets
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Originally Posted by farmersammm
Here's one for y'all
Sometime around 2010. I already had 2 "m's" at that time, maybe even back to sometime in 2008. Every ban earned me another "m"
The arguments/discussions were just as epic back then https://weldingweb.com/vbb/threads/39119-Plate-gussets
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Originally Posted by farmersammm
I really miss Denrep. When he was with us, he was probably the best torch man on the board. Knowing his azz from his elbow, he would have taken one look at the pics, and known what was goin' on.I admired Denrep, and used to put up a lot of torch stuff for his enjoyment/critique. Irish Fixit was a good torch guy too.Used to do a bit more repair work than I do these days, and the scarfing tip got taken out of the drawer maybe once/twice a year.For any of the guys on the board nowdays........this is a scarfing tip.
I was removing an old air bag suspension, and installing a Hutch spring suspension on my ancient Great Dane. IIRC, I was trying out a new tip that I got at the LWS. It wasn't a genuine Harris tip.........some sorta aftermarket thing. Anyways, I wound up ordering a genuine tip from a Harris supplier somewhere out East, or maybe The Midwest. I'd overtightened the old Harris tip,, and needed a new one. Or dinged the seat somehow.........something of that nature.Anyways.............
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Originally Posted by Oldiron2
I hope you don't consider that I'm in that don't-know-the-tip group ...I have at least one, a Harris also, but haven't used it in years, partly 'cause the plasma does a good job for lots of work...but mostly because I just don't have the need to scarf that often.As for denrep, I agree he was damn good at that and more. Just for fun, I'll raise you one though...I bet I'm the only one here who had a thread that was started by both denrep and myself:https://weldingweb.com/vbb/threads/2...lated-PicturesIt starts with his post (unfortunately, all his pictures are gone) but if you go down to Post 11, you'll find the thread's instructions and what was supposed to be the first post when David R combined the two, but something went wrong, he told me, and denrep went first. It was going to be 'sticky' for two weeks or so...per Post 16. At one time, that was the third-most viewed thread on the whole site. It's been inactive for some years and needs some new-old pictures to revive it. Sammm, your first post is #30 there, accepting (per your comment above) you still admit to being Samm too ...Do you remember which "crazy" idea first got William McC. banned?
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Originally Posted by Dirtyamaha
A lot of old names in that thread. I am mostly a lurker and haven't been around for a while. Are a lot of these guys not on the forum any more?
Reply:No.............................I think he called him Wild Bill(?????????)
Reply:What the Hell(shrug).........might as well make it easy. Ruins the effect. Nothing should be for free. |
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