Underdog57
Veteran Member
I want to weld some bracing and/ or gussets on the dog ears on my loader curl linkage (I've seen several bent badly!)
1st idea:
I was thinking of welding a straight piece of 3/4" x 3/4" solid bar across the bend in the steel from pin to pin.
2nd idea:
Bending some 3/8" thick x 3/4" flat bar to follow the curve and welding a few triangle gussets to the flat bar and bracket.
The brackets on the loader are 3/8" thick. I don't want go any higher than 3/4".
I have a 300 amp DC stick welder with a 6010 port and would like to use either 6010 or 6011 1/8" rods ( have lots of them ) I do have some 7018 but it's old and it hasn't been stored properly.
What do you think? How would you do it? And how many amps would you start with?
1st idea:
I was thinking of welding a straight piece of 3/4" x 3/4" solid bar across the bend in the steel from pin to pin.
2nd idea:
Bending some 3/8" thick x 3/4" flat bar to follow the curve and welding a few triangle gussets to the flat bar and bracket.
The brackets on the loader are 3/8" thick. I don't want go any higher than 3/4".
I have a 300 amp DC stick welder with a 6010 port and would like to use either 6010 or 6011 1/8" rods ( have lots of them ) I do have some 7018 but it's old and it hasn't been stored properly.
What do you think? How would you do it? And how many amps would you start with?