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| VaccaRabite |
 Jan 28 2006, 12:53 PM
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This was my first free weekend in the month since I bought my welder, and I have been dying to play with it.
My first project will be making a rotisserie for my car, but right now I am just playing. I bought a piece of 1/2 inch hollow square tube and have been practicing cutting it apart and butt welding it back together again (and the grinding and such that goes with it. Just doing flux core right now, as when I build the rotisserie that is what I will have to use with my welder (lincoln 140). After just making beads for an hour or so, I tried welding the two bits together. Then broke them apart easily. Doh. I have gotten some "pretty" welds that broke easy, and some ugly welds that broke hard. After a couple hours of playing, I have gotten to the point where I can get 2 good welds, but still 2 sides of the square are crappy welds. I can still break the bar apart. But the last attempt for breaking it I have to put all my weight on the bar when I lifted, and it started lifting me before it gave. Still, only 2 of the 4 sides had descent welds on them, so I have a way to go yet. Soon as I eat some lunch, I am going to go out and arc some more. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/welder.gif) |
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