Shop / Tools Opportunity to learn/experience welding... Episode 1
- Thread starter frieed
- Start date
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
I wish I had weekends off. I'd gladly teach you welding, in trade for some light electrical work.
- Location
- Draper, UT
Sat. and Sun. are fine with me
I know the basics but it's been a pretty long time since I've done any.
gijohn40
too poor to wheel... :(
- Location
- Layton, Utah
Give me a few weeks and I will have week nights off too... and then I will gladly help you out.
Anyone have suggestions where to get some scrap to practice on? I recently ordered some sliders, and have gained access to a 110v welder. Would like to practice my booger welds again at least a little before I try to stick the sliders on. Been over a decade since I touched a welder.
I have scrap you can come take...most of it is in half-sheet skeletons from stuff I've cut, and you can chop it up into weldable chunks all you want.
Excellent, I'll shoot you a text
I've got a slew of scrap as well. Its smaller pieces most of which came off the ends of tube from my trailer build or left over stuff that I scrounged from other guys when I was trying to figure out how to weld a year ago. I'm really close to Carl so if you want to pick up some of my stuff too let me know.
Alright Eric I need to take you up on your offer now. I borrowed a little 110 but it just doesn't have the power to burn my sliders in. I've been practicing a bunch on the scrap I got from Carl, but I just can't get enough penetration no matter how I set the machine up. I can booger weld with the best of them, but am in need of some 220v help, or at least a 110 with more punch than this one. I know you need nights, I can do Wed Thur or Friday nights. I'm going to paint the sliders tomorrow, and hopefully get the frame prepped as well.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Are you running gas with your 110 welder? Consider running straight Co2 If you can swing it. It will burn a hotter Weld with that gas.
Running flux core. According to the welder it can't weld this thickness, and I can't multipass for crap
- Location
- Stinkwater
Are you sure it's not your setup? My 110 flux core machine has the grunt to weld 3/8ths if I set it up right, but not if my ground isn't solid or if I'm on a weak extension cord.
The Yota frame shouldn't be that thick, how thick are the sliders?
- Location
- Draper, UT
I'm ready, let's set up a time
I'm trying to burn 1/4 in, the machine says its only good for up to 3/16. I'm sure a large part of it is technique. I can get corner and butt joints to burn fine, but when i'm doing lap joints I can't keep the puddle going on the bottom piece. It will burn in the edge of the top piece fine, I just can't keep it hot enough on 1/4in
Name it sir
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- Location
- Draper, UT
I'm available this evening or anytime this weekend
I'll shoot you a text
RogueJeepr
Here!
- Location
- Utah
This weekend is out for me but like Jeeper im another stick welder.
Id like to improve my underneath stick skills. I can weld good but underneath a car, its totally different. Almost drips on me .
Id like to improve my underneath stick skills. I can weld good but underneath a car, its totally different. Almost drips on me .
- Location
- Draper, UT
Bump!
Weather is getting pretty nice for a bit of welding.
Weather is getting pretty nice for a bit of welding.
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TurboMinivan
Still plays with cars
- Location
- Lehi, UT
I have something I would love to bring you; I just don't know how soon I could get it up to you.
My trailer's bolt-on spare tire mount broke. Sure, I could buy some new pieces and bolt it back on, but I'm thinking about having it welded on in a different (hopefully more convenient) spot. This would involve welding 1/4" plate steel to 1/4" plate steel in a T junction. Can your equipment handle that?