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rodney johnson
08-10-2000 17:36:51
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Re: welding tips, anyone? in reply to sparky, 02-10-1999 18:34:38
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hi sparky learning is hands on, for the best part good gloves are long past the wrist, working gloves, save for handling parts, grinding. if you plan on projects get a couple of grinders, big one and small one, safty glasses are a must and work boots, when slecting a helment get one that covers your face fully, tint should be least 9, most use a 10 shade i am currently using a 9 with gold reflective, i can see really well has a more natural tone i will more likly to get a ten gold reflective,also have largest viewing help in those restrictive spaces, also i found the auto darkening helments limited in thier viewing of the work area, nice for tacking or moving around a giving structure again the cap is a must as well, wear long sleves t shirt, leather arpon, leather sleeves keep your bottons done up, burns can be nasty, when tacking i keep my safty glasses on thier rated for uv. if you burn your eyes, well its the worst, headache, feels like sand under your eye lids and stinging not a fun day at the beach lol!!! always keep the work and equiptment clean for best results, good ground clamp should be a good work out, one that stays, always disconnect the battery in any vechile, keep the area free from rags and flamables, again if your project minded set of torches are very handy, cut off saw is a good investment none of which is absolute many small shops can cut and notch parts, or equiptment rentals. all boxes or packages of rod should be dry and warm, opened boxes or packages should be in a heated enviroment untill next time they are used, for best results, slide rule can be applied here dry and warm, rod oven another good investment, was at another fab shop for hoilidays no oven, while setting the machine welded up some plate, placed the rods on the plate nothing fancy, but did the job, as my buddy ray says all the time (!!!! stay in the corner!!!) good peneration begins in the corner, welding is an art to a degree (good welds) we have seen those who have papers and certificates we still laugh :+
my buddy ray, is also my welding supervisor at work once you been at it for a while, you come to know, 25 yrs worth, no grinding after he's done, not bent or twisted, under cut, cold lap, or excessive splatter, pin holes, prosty, stick welding has its own way, like the different rods you will use as well as the materials and thier thicknesses, good tacks begin in the cornor!!!! you will come to know how materials will roll and shift and how handy good clamps are for holding them in thier place (vise grip) c-clamp ,bar clamp, vise , good tape, couple of hammers christmass is coming ;) coarse is handy, hands on classroom ,if that is not avaliable to you the local liabary perhaps, a good top surface weld is where the slag lifts off the weld. simular to peeling a banana, even in flux core this is seen, again the machine, material, rod,travel speed are in thier idea conditions, now we get to mention the chipping hammer, wire brush , chisle again good welds begin in the cornor!!! :) if beating the slag off becomes a workout elimanate the variables involved, in most cases just touching the slag with chipping hammer should be enough safty glasses :)drag the puddle never push yes even ray says thier are some conidtions where pushing is nessarry, all in good time though have some fun with it sparky :)
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