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good advice guys,
only one thing welding flat is great, but to get the strongest weld they weld up hill. i find up hill and over head are easier.. the 7018 rods i have are in a rod oven..
on the low heat comment. the ovens we use at home and at work are at 350f , so they are perfect for cooking lunch in:LOL: :LOL:
i work at power plants and oil refinerys and they xray all our weld so the pressure is on:D :D
my dad has a tig and thats the ticket. but if your good you can make a stick weld look as good as a tig.. ive seen guys at work weld tincans together..
Harmon
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When I built my '27 frame I spot welded it and took it to a professional welder. He was referred to me because he teaches welding at a school. I told him I wanted it Migged (that was the high tech 17 years ago) He laughed at me and said he was going to arc weld it. I told him I wanted the welds to be pretty, and he said I would be happy. When I picked up the frame they welds looked like a welding machine had done them. The man was a super good welder, and he was right, I was thrilled. Beads looked like the nickel rows you hear about.
Don
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I would have rather seen you make your cut at a 45 degree angle to give more area to your weld.Do you intend to box the spliced area? The last p/u I did,I simply flipped the piece I took out over, overlapped the bottom,and fitted in at the top. i prefer to arc weld this kind of work, dc reverse,90 amps,7018 rod. Hank
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I am overlapping the 2 halves 8", and I am going to box and weld the inside, as well as weld fish plates front and back. I am going to use 6" plate across the 8" gap diagonally to give me more area to weld to.
CHAZ
The frame is 1/8", should I use the same for my boxing plates and fish plates, or should I get 1/4 inch?
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Use the 1/8th inch. Going to a thicker material just increases the probability of cold welds on the thick stuff or burning through the thinner while trying to get enough heat into the thicker.
Mark
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Sounds like overkill to me. Why not butt weld the flanges,cut the overlap to a point on the out side,fully weld the inside and outside and then box with the 1/8 in plate. hank
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Overkill is kinda what I am shooting for! I have always heard "if you can't weld good weld a lot." If I were more confident in my ability to weld I would engineer a correct kick up, but I am trying to do this all myself, and that is how I feel most comfortable doing it.
CHAZ