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[spoonman]

3/32 is a good diameter of tungsten for you.

I actually prefer the gas lens and collets from Arc Zone, for there ease of use and that they work great.


I have been doing some SS at work recently. Because this is pipe welding I am "walking the cup" which gives me that neat weave look. On small pipe I would free hand and step.

A couple more.

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[Archer Fabrications]

That looks good, i dont think the #7 is big enough to walk imo but thats just me. And thats the biggest i currently have, my miller came with 3/32 collet body and tungstens 2% ceriated.

 

[Fehrion_sit]

does anyone bevel their intercooler piping before welding or is it too thin to even do that?

 

[all_motor_mike]

i dont... u dont really need to it burns right through..... i use 2mm wall tubing


mike

 

[Archer Fabrications]

I ordered some 3/32 gas lenses and some more 7 and 8 cups hopefully things will work alot better, those gas lenses were cheeeeeeeap.

 

[Archer Fabrications]

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7018 electrode stick welding with a miller syncrowave 250dx
Got an 85% on this plate. Not bad, lap joints are a bi*** though haha.

I believe this is 3/8 plate. 135amp multi pass.

 

[jjrock5]

Can I ask what all the browinsh substance is on the beads? Rust?

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Can I ask what all the browinsh substance is on the beads? Rust?

I quenched the metal in water to cool it when i was finished. The quenching makes it look rusty cause the water in the quench bin wasnt clean.

I dont particularly like stick welding but im giving it the best ive got to get good grades and structural certs. Although i have no plans of making a career out of structural welding. Just automotive and TIG. The certs are something the school was offering for a huge discount. 4 certs for the price of one in horizontal and flat stick and MIG. They do have a section for TIG but no certs. Those ill have to get on my own. And those are the only ones i really care about. The AWS TIG CERT.

Currently this semester the focus is STICK And oxy fuel, blue print reading and math for welders. Next semester TIG and MIG, metallurgy, and communications for marketing yourself
As a welder. I use my personal Diversion 180 TIG for my personal projects and dsm things. Im trying to track down material to make a t3 manifold so i can run a .70 AR BEP housing for the hx40.

 

[Sirnixalot]

a little OT but urban, I have had pleasant dealings with acestainless for manifold weld' els.

those and a head flange from SLS that has the recess for sch10 pipe (stm sells them) are what i plan to use on my first real tig project after my Longeity 200sx ships (and it get a shit ton of practice)

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Im in canada and there is a local place called pinacle stainless that has the same kind as stm.

 

[Colt4G63 also]

I recently got a Spoolmate 100 for my Miller 140. After about two hours of practicing aluminum welding for the first time, I jumped right in to making a catch can.

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That UICP in the picture is steel, and it doesn't like my water/meth injection. The aluminum replacement is already in the works.

 

[Gamble97]

Not bad. Grind it some more, and keep an eye out for cracks as aluminum likes to crack when ground down.
I'll be honest a spool gun is not the easiest thing to do (for pretty results) but it sure is freaking fun!

 

[Colt4G63 also]

I realized after I started that I would never get that roll of nickels that everyone likes to see. They come out looking more like slugs crawling around the seams, but they're strong slugs.

Every now and then I get a half inch of really pretty weld, but it's really hard to maintain the right speed, angle, distance, shielding gas coverage, etc, etc... FYI don't buy your aluminum wire from Harbor freight. I paid nearly $30 for a 1.1lb roll of the soft alloy (which sucks), when the normal going rate is about $11 a roll, and you can get the stronger stuff for that price too.

Switching back, it makes steel welding seem easy enough for an infant to do successfully.

 

[talont3t4]

Welding from last night. I bought a bunch of material today, so I'll be out welding in the garage all night tonight.

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Is this a 2G front subframe? I wondered what happened to this project, let me know or I will have to start my own and I'm so short of time already haha

 

[greengoblin]

Is this a 2G front subframe? I wondered what happened to this project, let me know or I will have to start my own and I'm so short of time already haha

Look here:

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/cus...tubular-front-k-member-build-share-ideas.html

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Oxy fuel lap joints tomorrow. Pix to come

 

[Gamble97]

Finished another catch can today. Welds were ok, not as good as when I had a small torch. So I may look into another 9 sized torch. Gave it a quick spray paint.

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and an outside corner joint from class last week

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[Archer Fabrications]

Take a pic of your torch, 9 sounds tiny i use a 17 and would probably love a smaller one. I installed my gas lens with a #8 cup can't wait to get burning

 

[all_motor_mike]

i use a 9 for everything.... and that finished product looks very professional gamble.


mike

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Oxy fuel!! Got 100% on my corner
joint

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And lap joint, got a 90%

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[Gamble97]

Corner looks great!

Made a bracket for a friends seat.
welds came out crappy looking but it will hold no problem.

 

[Colt4G63 also]

I finished up my UICP today. I made the BOV flange from an old master cylinder I had laying around the shop. It can also be threaded to accept a 1g BOV.

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You can see how the water/meth was rusting the steel one. The way the aluminum polishes up so easily is just an added bonus.

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[Gamble97]

It may not be pretty but if it works it works right!
I wish I had a dsm and a bigger garage to build parts for my car.

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Does methanol corrode stainless?

 

[YZFR1]

Practiced some Oxy-fuel cutting today. Three straight cuts, one 45* bevel cut, and two circles on a 3/8" plate.

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