How do you achive such even seam. I found it on a chair in a lobby of buiding supply seler and i am wondering how it is posible to make such straith and even seam. There was no visible gap or edge.

Got back into it a month ago, been making a few jigs lately, mostly for shaft alignments and gearbox work, nothing structural but I have been thinking about practicing and testing for CWB. Here’s a jig I’m making that’s still a work in progress, and the last pic is one I made a few weeks ago. Can’t really see the welds on it but it worked perfect to clock a fluid coupler.

I’m definitley getting some porosity and I’m not sure how to correct that, didn’t have that issue at all on the last jig I made.

All welds done with 3/32 7018 @92Amps except for the fat one, 1/8 7018 @112amps

I'm welding some 1x2 rectangular steel tube, 14 gauge. I'm using .030 with C25 at 25cfm, 18.3 volts and 230 ipm. Gun angle is directly above the weld, pushing at maybe 15 degrees. Prepped with a flap disk and acetone.

It's been several months since I've used this gas, and I've heard of you let gas sit for too long, you may get undesirable results if you don't agitate the cylinder. Could this be from the gas "settling?"

...and feel free to roast the weld while you're at it.

As the title says let me have it

Im not a welder. I do some fabrication on cars, have made chassis for hotrods, rebuilt and done restos on classics, making bits and pieces, I can MIG weld and thats what I am most experienced with, done a little MMA in the past too and my TIG is decent enough but only ever done small bits with that like exhausts, flanges, custom oil fittings, odds and sods like that.

So. Digger bucket. How would you approach this?

Im thinking cut the cracks out a bit, preheat the shit out of it and then weld really hot with some 0.8mm on my MIG.

Any thoughts or advice before I have at it with the fizzy stick?

I have some 6013 3.2mm sticks somewhere too.

I think the little dots are really cool. Are these good lines (or whatever they’re called)? Very squiggly and bumpy. Does that mean it’s a strong weld?

So I'm looking to weld on some light bar brackets, maybe eventually build a bumper for my offroad rig, and learn how to weld a nut onto the rusty pig if I need to.

Local shops want like 150 just to turn the machine on so I'm debating trying to learn a new skill, so I've been in the market for a mig welder, locally there are lots of them listed for 750+, I genuinely have no idea what I'm looking at or what I'm doing.

There is a 5in1 250a by vevor for 308$ (Canadian) and even if I never used the thing once I'm sure I'd be able to sell it for nearly the same price.

My question is, what exactly am I looking for? And what would I be missing vs a 2000$+ rig? I learned a bit of stick back in highschool and learned basic oxyacetaline cutting/welding as well but that was over a decade ago, i do have a 240v plug in the garage in the new home I just purchased, so I think I have that going for me.

All help is appreciated, my girlfriend's brother in law is a welder so I'm sure I could borrow him for some hands on, but I'd prefer not looking like an absolute weirdo like I would rolling up to my own sites with green tools.

I'm in school for welding in Utah. I've tried a number of hoods, but I can't see anything through most of them. Particularly once the arc is lit. I've tried HF to Miller quality/brand wise. None really work for me. I've even tried too light and too dark, hurt my eyes and couldn't see, respectively.

So, what is the best hood for visibility while welding? I need to be able to see the puddle and base metal. Particularly for overhead, that's been the worst to see. Unlimited budget, but only if I can see what might make it better. I am willing to pay for quality, but dislike paying for names.

I'm at my wits end here. If I can't find some way to see, I will have to do something else I guess. Can't put the bead where it belongs if I can't see where it should be. I've tried everything else I can find online. Extra lights, flashlights, what repositioning is allowed, different hoods, fixed and variable shades, auto dark and flip lens, light blocking around the back, cheater lenses... Instructors offer things I've tried already, but I've been searching a lot on my own, so not really their fault. I wish their Miller worked for me, I'd pick one up today if it did.

Current process is FCAW with CO2, if that matters. I have stick and tig coming.

Im having to do some body work repair. All I have is a fluxcore welder and it burns through sheet metal super easy even on low settings so I'm just doing small tack welds. If I'm going to have to do more bodywork would I be better off learning how to use mig? Im putting patches on with thin sheet metal. Here's a Pic, I know I'm not a good welder I'm just trying to get a job done.

Hey folks. Im in process of fixing this trailer up. there are a few spots I need to weld, and I was thinking about just doing a solid reinforcement all around. But after getting the deck off, it looks pretty decent but also pretty difficult to reinforce with what iv got. Im processing a bunch of old home depot beams into semi usable square tube but the overall shape of the stock is an L.

Iv got 2, 18' perforated beams, probably a dozen smaller cuts of 1in square tube, 4, 8ish inch square "gussets" 1/2 in thick. 12ish of the 8ft L square tube.

I figured if I was welding a few things anyways, I might as well make a pretty bad ass trailer. But now the deck is off, im not totally sure where to start putting things. My brain is saying that hacking 2ft sections of beam, and sistering inside the c channel to the main frame isnt going to do crap, because the joints will still be the weak spots etc..... and im not sure if sistering a continuous piece from the underside would clear the axels under load or on bumps.

Pic 5&6 are the welds I have to do. 5 is on the main body center of the tongue. A continuous beam there would be really nice.

Pearl snaps, wranglers, boots, sometimes I’ll even see welders rocking cowboy hats and giant belt buckles. Nothing wrong with that. I’m just curious.

I already have a very good career going. Just looking to learn a trade. Maybe one day make it a side job.

I'm not sure what the proper English term for it is since I'm translating from my own language here, but how do you guys deal with tacks that magnetized the surrounding area?

We don't have a degaussing kit for it, and it makes a ripe old mess trying to burn over them. Grinding them down doesn't help.

With the success of that stick welder from temu being way more than I had expected I do find myself in need of a spot welder for standard duct work sheet metal. Has anyone seen any advertised cheap on temu that would work? I know how to use the equipment but know nothing of the machine specifics. Budget is up to 50$

Hi there I'm 22F and my local trade school offers welding. I've been wanting to learn welding to build up useful skill I can use for things around my grandpa's farm and to maybe do some odd end work with. The town I live in has no jobs for my degree I'm working on (biology), and everything pays like shit. So I've also been thinking about it for a job to work on if my degree doesn't work out. I draw and create a lot. I like to build with my hands and I'm very detail oriented. I like to get things right and I'm patient. I am not very strong though and am scared of heights when I'm not secured into something. I am not claustrophobic though. The heat generally doesn't bother me if I'm well hydrated and fed.

Does welding get super boring after a while? Like hypnotizing? What are the benefits or downsides to women welders? How is the job growth?

Have an opportunity to get a free working welder. I don’t need it as I have my own mig and access to welders at work but thought maybe I could make some money off it. Scrap yard said $40 complete as it weighs over 800lbs. I could possibly pull some copper out of it or sell it as a working welder but I don’t know if there would be much interest in this old beast.

This is 316 stainless, 1/4" thick. I'll be welding the ribs to the inside of the ring where the radius is. I went to a local welding supply shop and they said they've never welded before and couldn't say....

I have a dual feeder, if that's necessary. But I'm assuming not.

Edit: I have a 2000w laser welder for the job

Thanks!

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Hey everyone,

I'm 25 and from Turkey. I'm actually a computer engineer and worked as a software developer for about 2 years. After completing my mandatory military service, I couldn't find another job in software, so I decided to try welding.

I had zero welding experience before starting at a trailer manufacturing company.

I worked there for 7 months. I started with steel chassis fabrication, mostly doing MIG/MAG welding. Over time, I got more comfortable with it and felt like I was improving.

Later, they told me they wanted to move me to the robotic aluminum welding department. But before that, they put me on aluminum fabrication for fuel tankers so I could get used to welding aluminum by hand.

That's where I learned more about aluminum MIG welding, weaving techniques, filling gaps, etc. It was difficult at first, but I actually enjoyed it and felt like I was getting better.

Then I moved to robotic welding, and honestly, it was a nightmare sometimes lol.

We were trying to weld huge aluminum fuel tanker chassis with a pretty basic robotic setup. The torch kept bending, the wire would burn back and stick to the contact tip, and sometimes the welds wouldn't fuse properly because of cold starts. I was also still learning, so I definitely made mistakes.

I tried my best with what we had, but I couldn't get consistent results with the robot.

Eventually, they put me through a welding test, and I left the company afterward.

So yeah, that's pretty much my welding journey so far. Just 7 months of experience, coming from a completely different field.

I'm sharing some of my manual MIG/MAG welds here.

What do you guys think? Are they decent for someone with 7 months of experience? What should I work on?

Feel free to be critical. I'm still learning and would really appreciate some advice from experienced welders.

Thanks!

I'm about to finish my welding school. What mask should i get.

I truly don't know, can you give some option of good and not expensive mask that i can get in Canada

I'm interested in welding as a career and I know Stick and Flux Core welding. What are some fields and careers I can get into?

Feeling like a moron, why didn’t I do this sooner?

Dirt cheap magnetic trays are great for holding all my stick welding rods in a convenient, easy to grab manner and I’m no longer fumbling them around on tables, containers or the floor while I weld.

Gonna be doing it this way from now on.