Interesting Welding Statement.

[fattyfat1]

I brother-in-lawed this weld with a co-worker with dual-shield, (flux cored mig w/argon shielding gas) run off of a lincoln ranger 9. it was a shutdown situation so speed was key. about 3 times faster than stick. the huge knife gate was removed the following day, a large blind installed in it's place, and a dual-shield mig weld made on the large pipe with two welders in under 5 hrs.

 

[Egon]

Nice pictures. What schedule pipe and what was it transporting?

It should normally have been raining for a shut down type of job ???

 

[mbohuntr]

Sweet, We made some big stuff 1" ,1-1/2" plate using verticore... Hey Alan, Where's the 3 pt pins on your tank?

 

[Sully2]

First to do so I believe and back in the olden days when I was in the USAF, Dzus was to quarter turn fasteners like Kleenex was to facial tissue. It had become the generic term for quarter turn fasteners. Do a good job and you will be copied.

Pat

YUP! They sure did.

 

[fattyfat1]

Nice pictures. What schedule pipe and what was it transporting?

It should normally have been raining for a shut down type of job ???

sch 40. it was an effluent line transporting wastewater from one clarifier to the other. the giant knife gate was leaking by terribly allowing secondary claification water to enter the river, before it could go into the third clarifier. also when the tide would come in, tide water would back up and leak by the valve the opposite way. we blinded it off so this could this could never happen. the line now has a lateral in it that diverts all secondary waste to the third clarifier.

 

[Egon]

Thanks for the additional information.

 

[wushaw]

Quarter turn fasteners, quarter turn fasteners...

What about Dzus fasteners??? Dzus, the ORIGINAL quarter turn fastener used in aircraft and many other applications.

...or we can call them those deally bobbers that hold a panel in place with with only a little turn...

Pat

Most folks don't know what a Dzus fastner is, so quarter turn is the generic usage term for the general public.

 

[SPIKER]

I was a welder for fun and profit, not asme or any other type cert. I was also 6 years in military USAF: worked big stuff, KC135 (Boeing 707's modified to refuel in-flight), B1-B bombers and B1 Bombers. while there are welds on them most all is rivets, usually some welded in landing gear parts pinions ect an oh ya those dang 1/4~1/2 turn things that would often not work for much even with a good snoopy wrench I still have a pair or two of PINK under-ware as reminders for standing on a B4 stand arm pit deep in a airplane wing changing filters while Hyd. Fluid ran down to the opening & my arm pits all way into you're boots... :x worse was when there was a-30 degree wind chill seems every thing waited to start to leak when the fluid finally warmed up but the actuators and lines were still cold... ahh those pleasant days working the flight line mid winter blizzard in Kansas... I do think there were/are some welds on some of the main heavy strut parts in the wing sweep system of the B1 and some of the main rib structure in one of the next gen fighters. I didn't work them read this in an in science Mag. most of these welds were in heavy alum, so might not been Mig could have been a TIG automatic robot? Way back then my welding experience was mostly Oxy Torch on Cars. I Like Mig welding (haven't done much in last year or four) been using a Buzz Box on the farm with 6010 & 7018 to repair broken cylinders and tractor parts and bucket rep..

Mark M

Mark

 

[AlanB]

Well, following up a bit,

Yee haaa, after only about 10 years of waiting

The boyz came out and set my new coffee pot up

I was told I needed to go Decaf if I drank that

Course one of my other guys walked by, said I should have added fins to the "top" and it would look like a rocket going into the ground right between my tanks

It is just too cool too see it come to fruition.

Finishing touches to do, and we will see if it works.