Improving your welding?

[PhysAssist]

How come astronauts and proctologists got there titles backwards?

Jumbo shrimp- a large shrimp or small jumbo?

Hot water heater- cold water heater or hot water cooler?

Military intelligence?

 

[dragoneggs]

Jumbo shrimp- a large shrimp or small jumbo? Hot water heater- cold water heater or hot water cooler? Military intelligence?

A new 'oxymoronic' thread in order?

 

[PhysAssist]

A new 'oxymoronic' thread in order?

Hey Dragoneggs,

I have to credit George Carlin with my contributions thus far, but if others are interested in continuing it, I'm certainly game for it.
Thomas

 

[PhysAssist]

A new 'oxymoronic' thread in order?

Hey Dragoneggs,

I have to credit George Carlin with my contributions thus far, but if others are interested in continuing it, I'm certainly game for it.
Thomas

 

[dragoneggs]

Hey Dragoneggs,

I have to credit George Carlin with my contributions thus far, but if others are interested in continuing it, I'm certainly game for it.
Thomas

Yeah I picked up on that... I started reminiscing in my head about the hippy dippy weatherman and the sports score report. :laughing:

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Let's improve our welding in here, keep this thread alive before I bring out the pallets.

 

[BlacknTan]

No one will improve their welding by typing on the computer...

The only way is to lay down weld and practice.

 

[CalG]

So let me get this straight. You came on the job and had to fight the old guys tooth and nail to make your improvements, were successful, made improvements. Basically more than ignore the old guys, you had to devalue their experience and over-rule them. Then you became an old guy and now "old guys rule" again. Well anyway the more things change the more they are the same. I'll be an old guy before too much longer and you can bet I'm taking notes

l.

This happens a lot! ;-)

 

[CalG]

To the topic:

Years ago, I got my ticket welding aviation seating products.

I can TIG .040" and under 4130 like no one's business. (At least well enough to get the coupons through ;-)

Now, I have a set of bottles (with aviation tips ;-) and an AC buzz box.

You don't want advice from me!

The pros often come across as seeming to fail to understand the reality of an AC buzz box (nor the utility), and so the advice to change equipment comes from a willful lack of experience. Not all that much help for the novice, really.

So I like to read the simple success of the innocent, along side the seasoned and sage advice from those who have done it all.

Resting on laurels sort of pisses me off ;-)

Mostly, I hate it when someone posts their new fabrication project and get's shot down for the weld appearance! STOP BEING SO JUDGEMENTAL! ;-)

 

[dragoneggs]

Well I decided to buy a HF 20ton press and the first thing I did is test some of my fillet welds using a 110v MIG :shocked: on 1/8in coupons I cut up. I was pleased to see that my welds held up at least enough for me. Also enjoying the press which I outfitted with a pneumatic bottle jack. Put some caster wheels on it and the whole setup was less than $200. And I have a spare hand crank bottle jack to boot!



My current shop is small so I put most everything I can on wheels!

 

[Arc weld]

The problem isn't with someone posting pictures of their projects. Most people wanting to learn appreciate constructive critism. The problem is with someone posting pictures of their projects where they ask for opinions and then make excuses for cutting corners and not doing the best job they could because they aren't a pro. It shouldn't matter.:anyone:

 

[Arc weld]

Well I decided to buy a HF 20ton press and the first thing I did is test some of my fillet welds using a 110v MIG :shocked: on 1/8in coupons I cut up. I was pleased to see that my welds held up at least enough for me. Also enjoying the press which I outfitted with a pneumatic bottle jack. Put some caster wheels on it and the whole setup was less than $200. And I have a spare hand crank bottle jack to boot!

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My current shop is small so I put most everything I can on wheels!

Weld only one side and test your welds. Butt welds are the best for bend tests.

 

[Sodo]

The problem isn't with someone posting pictures of their projects. Most people wanting to learn appreciate constructive critism. The problem is with someone posting pictures of their projects where they ask for opinions and then make excuses for cutting corners and not doing the best job they could because they aren't a pro. It shouldn't matter.:anyone:

+1 !

It shouldn't matter. Members can do their projects however they want to.

 

[roadhunter]

My goodness. We don't need to look in the background of evey pic and nit pick people to death for the way they do things. Sometimes the way things are done at home or on the farm or ranch are different than what happens in a professional shop or jobsite. I work in construction and some project job sites are extremely strict compared to the way I might do a construction project myself. I don't wear my seat belt on my tractor, I use 14 gauge extension cords, I don't wear a hard hat, and I allow my daughter to watch and help when possible. All things that are not allowed on many of the professioanl jobsites I work on.

So does it do any good to point out that I don't have a hard hat on if I post a pic on this site? Or that I shouldn't let kids play where I am working?

Would be like having a driving instructior pick you apart for your driving technique. Does it really do any good to say "you don't have yoru hands on 10 and 2 in that pic you posted where you are driving"?

 

[Reverser]

CalG, Roadhunter, well said. Good observations. :thumbsup:

 

[CalG]

[QUOTE

His first day he had to rip a 3/4-inch thick plate with a torch. I walked by him when he was done. I asked him what brand of chainsaw he used to make that cut!:laughing:[/QUOTE]

I once was "celebrated" for making such a clean cut (O/A) on a piece of overkill trailer hitch , 3/4 inch plate.
I started with the O/A. but finished with a hacksaw for various reasons.

You might know that the "celebration" caused me pain. Even I could see the difference between a torch cut and a saw kerf ;-)

"Beauty is in the eyes of the beer holder!"

 

[dragoneggs]

Weld only one side and test your welds. Butt welds are the best for bend tests.

I did that too. I understand about butt welds but that wasn't what my project was about.

 

[Arc weld]

Don't ask for opinions if you don't want to hear the truth. Sugar coating things doesn't help anyone. If you take pride in your work, you try to do the best job you can. If you don't fine, just don't make excuses for less than your best.

 

[dragoneggs]

Don't ask for opinions if you don't want to hear the truth. Sugar coating things doesn't help anyone. If you take pride in your work, you try to do the best job you can. If you don't fine, just don't make excuses for less than your best.

Arc, who are you addressing here?

 

[Sodo]

Forum members can ask whatever questions they want. And they can choose to be satisfied with any finish level they feel appropriate.

Sometimes I'm satisfied with a finish quality because I don't have time to redo it. Sometimes because it would be waste of metal to redo it. Not excuses, it is what it is.