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[firemanmike69]

I was going to ask if they were AR. Question, shouldn't they be going the other way? With the curl of the bucket? Or are you expecting the dirt to fill the voids, and protect the bucket?

We don't have the ability to roll the curve in the AR at my shop so I figured exactly what you said that the dirt will fill the voids and act a the wear surface

 

[Pine Strip]

Here is a lift for my Bi/Fold aircraft door. Good welders are in high demand in my part of the country.

 

[Shield Arc]

We don't have the ability to roll the curve in the AR at my shop so I figured exactly what you said that the dirt will fill the voids and act a the wear surface

Can't remember every adding wear strips to a bucket, but probably have. I have spent days hard facing clam buckets though. I always just did it the way the operator wanted it. Back in my drilling days, I seen more knock down fights over what angle to weld the teeth on! I'd just stand back until someone would hold it for me.:laughing:

 

[firemanmike69]

Here is a lift for my Bi/Fold aircraft door. Good welders are in high demand in my part of the country.

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Holy garage door opener! Good looking welds

 

[firemanmike69]

Can't remember every adding wear strips to a bucket, but probably have. I have spent days hard facing clam buckets though. I always just did it the way the operator wanted it. Back in my drilling days, I seen more knock down fights over what angle to weld the teeth on! I'd just stand back until someone would hold it for me.:laughing:

Those are some big drills shield. I know exactly what your talking about some guys want dot hard facing some want "x's" some want circles some want grids and if you start welding the "wrong" pattern they yell and scream and question your mothers virtue

 

[Karen01]

Miller Thunderbolt AC/DC welder scratch start tig photo's of stainless.
Millermatic 185 mig welder. 3/8" plate steel- ER70s-6
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Good Work, Thank you,






Gardening services

 

[BIG DOOLEY]

Good Work, Thank you,
Gardening services

Thanks and Howdy from Michigan!

 

[sixdogs]

I'm an advanced beginner/beginning intermediate MIG welder of farm stuff that's in position. I have a Lincoln SP 170 and here is a typical weld of mine. The photo looks funny because it appears the weld stops prematurely but that is an optical illusion. The metal has an arced curved surface to it and I welded the flat surfaces and it looks right.

Here it is...

 

[weldermike]

Heres a couple tig welds using the positioner.

 

[k0ua]

Heres a couple tig welds using the positioner.

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Ohh.. Ahhh.. Pretty!

 

[brain55]

Heres a couple tig welds using the positioner.

I thought about posting some pics, but this is a tough act to follow, lol

Brian

 

[ericher69]

A t-joint of 1/4 aluminum made with a Millermatic 210 with spool gun.

 

[jwmorris]

 

[paulharvey]

If you weld a Pepsi can to a Coke can, do they break each other down like dissimilar metals? Perhaps you need to weld a piece of a RC Cola can in-between to prevent electrolisis?

 

[caps]

OK, so how in the world did you do that???
DETAILS!

 

[k0ua]

OK, so how in the world did you do that???
DETAILS!

HF TIG rig set at about 10 amps would be my guess.

 

[weldermike]

HF TIG rig set at about 10 amps would be my guess.

Inverter with all sorts of wave balance and pulse features is more likely.

 

[LD1]

I tried the cans with our dynasty. HF, I thing 5 amps, and triangle wave with pulse set to not deliver much heat. Now granted, we didn't have a small enough tungsten or filler, but I still kept burning through.

If that was done with a conventional gig, m
y hats off to you.

Are you sure those aren't solid slugs of aluminum with. A can body over it???

 

[jwmorris]

Welded thoes with an old Miller syncrowave 300. Have welded others with syncrowave 250's and Lincoln square wave 225.

It can be done with a normal cup and a 1/16 electrode (prefer 2% to pure as you need to keep the tip sharp vs the normal ball for aluminum) but its a bit easyer with a .040" 2% electrode and a gas lense.

Never tried it with any of the inverter machines I have but I bet they would do it.

 

[Shield Arc]

I need to remember to try this soda can welding. I'm sure I won't have much luck. My Dynasty can only do so much for me, and this would be asking way to much of it!:laughing:

Here is a guy who is an amazing Tig weldor. Bill bought a new Dynasty 350, and had one he!! of a time dialing it in.
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