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For filling gap practice someone took say some angle iron and cut about half off on each side lengthwise.. then filled the gaps? Would it be good practice for doing covor passes and stuff? IDK how some one would cut it but just a though?Mullets&Pullets
Reply:filling in gaps in order to practice for doing cover passes?  as in cover passes on pipe welding?  I may be a rookie, but that doesn't sound like productive practicing to me.  If you plan to be a pipe welder, you best bet on doing proper practicing, as per the welding codes for that kind of pipe.  What kind of welding process are you talking about?? 1st on WeldingWeb to have a scrolling sig! HTP Invertig 400HTP Invertig 221HTP ProPulse 300HTP ProPulse 200 x2HTP ProPulse 220MTSHTP Inverarc 200TLP HTP Microcut 875SC
Reply:Filling gaps suck! I think in welding /fabricating they waste the most amount of time on a job and it's hard to have them look nice when done. Your time would be better spent working harder on the fit up. You'll unfortunately get enough practice on gaps naturally sometimes they just can't be avoided.
Reply:perfect practice makes perfect.anyone can make easy welds ... its the upside down, off hand welds with 1/2" clearance to the wall that makes you worth you water.AWS CWI xxxx21711968 SA200  Originally Posted by WelderMike  I hate being bipolar, It's awesome.
Reply:If practicing for pipe, just use pipe. Also, instead of practicing filling gaps, you might consider practicing fitting instead, then you don't have as much trouble filling gaps.
Reply:ive never welded pipe nor have I fitted pipe so I was just wondering.Mullets&Pullets
Reply:Originally Posted by big wormFilling gaps suck! I think in welding /fabricating they waste the most amount of time on a job and it's hard to have them look nice when done. Your time would be better spent working harder on the fit up. You'll unfortunately get enough practice on gaps naturally sometimes they just can't be avoided.
Reply:1AgKidGo ahead and do it; calories burned in futility can still be a constructive experience.CharleyhorseIn 77-78 I actually had a JØTUL franchise.  This period was when OPEC's Oil Embargo had it greatest effect [55 mph on the Interstate].  The price of heating oil ^^^.  Everyone that could was burning wood.Although: Northern European cast iron stove were high quality, they were not designed to heat, the typical US suburban wooden tee-pee.   During this period JØTUL's generally failed because users would stuff them full at bedtime - jetted the draft for a 747 - in an attempt to get, an 'all night burn'. The first failures were the interior 'shield plates' [cast iron].  The plates:are/were, an attempt to buffer the exterior wall relief from cracking, 'in the shallows', from excess heat.These inadequacies spawned the domestic welded stove industry.  Even today - these stove are ubiquitous at yard-sales and auctions - because they are not UL listed [voids insurance].Cast iron is best because it is dimensional stable through heat cycles;but don't waste your time attempting a repair on the 'shield plates'.  Aside from being toasted & burnt  - E7018 is garbage for cast repair. Fabricate a facsimile from the heaviest steel plate that will conveniently fit - you will be: dollars and experience ahead . . . Opus
Reply:Originally Posted by OPUS FERRO1AgKidGo ahead and do it; calories burned in futility can still be a constructive experience.CharleyhorseIn 77-78 I actually had a JØTUL franchise.  This period was when OPEC's Oil Embargo had it greatest effect [55 mph on the Interstate].  The price of heating oil ^^^.  Everyone that could was burning wood.Although: Northern European cast iron stove were high quality, they were not designed to heat, the typical US suburban wooden tee-pee.   During this period JØTUL's generally failed because users would stuff them full at bedtime - jetted the draft for a 747 - in an attempt to get, an 'all night burn'. The first failures were the interior 'shield plates' [cast iron].  The plates:are/were, an attempt to buffer the exterior wall relief from cracking, 'in the shallows', from excess heat.These inadequacies spawned the domestic welded stove industry.  Even today - these stove are ubiquitous at yard-sales and auctions - because they are not UL listed [voids insurance].Cast iron is best because it is dimensional stable through heat cycles;but don't waste your time attempting a repair on the 'shield plates'.  Aside from being toasted & burnt  - E7018 is garbage for cast repair. Fabricate a facsimile from the heaviest steel plate that will conveniently fit - you will be: dollars and experience ahead . . . Opus
Reply:Nothing wrong with practice filling gaps. I am sure that just about everyone here has done it whether they did the fitting or someone else did. Got a buddy who's instructor in college would always tell students when asked if this gap is to wide to weld "if you can step across it weld it if you can't,weld it till you can"Millermatic 252millermatic 175miller 300 Thunderboltlincoln ranger 250smith torcheslots of bfh'sIf it dont fit get a bigger hammer
Reply:Pipe welders often weld lots of things besides pipe, and many times it's a repair and not newly fabricated or required to be code.I find myself filling lots of gaps to save time....I just use a piece of copper behind the weld and lay beads along the edge to build the metal back into place. The back side usually looks pretty good and sometimes needs a wash layer to fill in spots, then flapped smooth.