Show off your welds thread!

[DeathBlade556]

Since we have had so many welding picture threads might as well have a single big one.

The prize for the best welds.......bragging rights.

The format:

Welder type
Welder info
Gas
Electrode/Filler
Material
(pictures of the welds)

My example

MIG(GMAW)
Lincoln WeldPak 100HD
100% Co2
ER70S6
Socket, 1.5x1.5x.25" tube, 1" bolt, 3/8" plate, 1/8" plate

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s156/DeathBlade556/DSCF6371.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s156/DeathBlade556/DSCF6374.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s156/DeathBlade556/DSCF6372.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s156/DeathBlade556/DSCF6379.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s156/DeathBlade556/DSCF6369.jpg

[limegreentj]

nice! ill take some pics of mine someday when im not in a hurry

[Krod]

Welder type: MIG
Welder info: Lincoln 180c
Gas: 75/25 Mix
Electrode/Filler: .030 AWS ER70S
Material: 0.25 & 0.1875 Mild Steel


Starting the lower arm frame-side brackets on the YJ

1st pass tying the .025 into the 0.1875 Frame Plate (Gets another pass to tie that into the frame itself)
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/satnav9r20/Jeep%20YJ%20Rebuild/IMG_0179.jpg



Burning in the Ballistic Cartridge Joints for the lowers
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/satnav9r20/Jeep%20YJ%20Rebuild/IMG_0176.jpg

[oldschoolyotaguy]

miller 175
75/25
.030 wire
first is push, second is pulling
adding a 1.4" rib to a 3x3 box on an engine stand

http://i37.tinypic.com/28u4oyo.jpg

http://i35.tinypic.com/25s5pif.jpg

some aluminum tig
used the school's squarewave
~90 amps
3/32" filler
1/8" plate
just a short one, showin a kid in an evening class how to do a t-joint on 2 pieces of scrap

http://i36.tinypic.com/knfv8.jpg


7' piece of 1" thick high carbon for a case skid steer tooth bar
victor torch, which the school had only a 00 tip for, which required a rose bud to pre-heat it (couldn't hold the rosebud and take the pic at the same time)
76" cut

http://i34.tinypic.com/257jgo8.jpg


check out that slag dross haha get some!

http://i34.tinypic.com/szh0k2.jpg

http://i36.tinypic.com/2wp5rbm.jpg

[oldschoolyotaguy]

wow, im even more amazed how nice those came out from a cell phone... LG dare ftw...till i break it

[oldschoolyotaguy]

deathblade, try cleanin up your workpieces a little more, i'd use a grinder, or even a wire wheel... all that silicon on your bead (the crusty brown shit), is impurities that youre burning up in the puddle... other than that, not too shabby :thumbsup:

[oldschoolyotaguy]

had to dig through my external hard drive

outside corner joint
5/32 6010 rod (mother ****er rod)
~100amps
fighting arc blow the whole time
http://i36.tinypic.com/25ktukh.jpg

same wire, downhand
~125 amps
this is lighting the rod up
http://i37.tinypic.com/fd585h.jpg

and actually welding
http://i38.tinypic.com/faoevn.jpg


some 1/8 7014 horizontal
http://i35.tinypic.com/300w2us.jpg

http://i37.tinypic.com/344qirt.jpg

[limegreentj]

heres one so far, i cant get good pics on a camera phone


flux core .030 powerweld wire, clarke 125en machine, 1/8 inch flat stock (the bolt is 3/8ths)

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb131/limegreentj/timstruckcover3.jpg

[busij44]

Putting a hoop on the TJ "bumper".

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/busij44/2009_0930frig0004.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/busij44/2009_0930frig0002.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/busij44/2009_0930frig0003.jpg

Just tacked in the recovery lugs with the mig. I'll burn them in with my buzzbox.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/busij44/2009_0930frig0005.jpg

My "rig".

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/busij44/2009_0930frig0007.jpg

[limegreentj]

they look nice! but they seem a little cold to me...dont seem like its burning deep enough which shouldnt be a problem with that machine. good lookin stuff though man!

[busij44]

they look nice! but they seem a little cold to me...dont seem like its burning deep enough which shouldnt be a problem with that machine. good lookin stuff though man!

Yeah, I think you're right.....shoulda wicked up the heat a little more. I'm still learning as I go. Been quite a while since I've done much welding.

[limegreentj]

the technique of the weld looks very neat though! its always better to be a little hot rather than cold


oh and that is a sexual welder ya got there!

[oldschoolyotaguy]

before you burn in those d-ring mounts, preheat them to around 300 degrees, since they're quite a bit thicker than the bumper....it'll also prevent subsurface cracking from the thicker material soaking up the heat and cooling that side of the weld.... its basically like quenching a hot weld...

[tjblair]

This is just a display I was working on at the shop
Hobart 140 handler
.030 innershield
Oh yah and more cell phone pix:035:
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/rr115/tjblair/jeffj%20builds/1015091702b.jpg
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/rr115/tjblair/jeffj%20builds/1015091702a.jpg

[oldschoolyotaguy]

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/DSCN3410.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/DSCN3433.jpg

bothe done as you see them, lincoln185 mig 75/25 .030 wire

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/boxbuttwelded.jpg

1/8" 7018 rod, ~115 amps, it was a double bevel


http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/boxcapped2.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/boxcapped3.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/boxcapped4.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/boxcapped5.jpg

all 4 of these were done as they're pictured, with a lincoln 135 mig 75/25, .030 wire

[wozz]

Ill play http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs181.snc1/6011_119464259038_655819038_2489862_413873_n.jpg

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs161.snc1/6011_119466309038_655819038_2489891_280457_n.jpg

[joshs1ofakindxj]

Miller econotig
75 amp
7018 rod
sch80 pipe meets factory driveshaft yoke
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs167.snc1/6253_228523515342_755350342_7686100_5554359_n.jpg

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs167.snc1/6253_228523505342_755350342_7686099_3062674_n.jpg

[limegreentj]

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb131/limegreentj/18753_1271040908158_1593931622_3066.jpg

[tjblair]

board huh?

[limegreentj]

lol had a shitty day in the garage...so i decided i was done workin for a bit and was just gonna piss around...lol

[oldschoolyotaguy]

some tig welding from work... 274 gallon fuel tank for a CAT C15 powered Ingersoll-Rand air compressor for a drill at work...compressor puts out 1300 CFM @ 350 psi, all day long... $100k just for the compressor, we have 2 haha

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/Compressor%20Truck/1268947046234.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/Compressor%20Truck/1268947160701.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/Compressor%20Truck/1268947149290.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/Compressor%20Truck/1268947110690.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/Compressor%20Truck/1268947100237.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/Compressor%20Truck/1268947087958.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/Compressor%20Truck/1268913924682.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/Compressor%20Truck/1268947068390.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/Compressor%20Truck/1268913889190.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/Compressor%20Truck/1268913866841.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/Compressor%20Truck/1268913828616.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/Compressor%20Truck/1268913811354.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/Compressor%20Truck/1268913785188.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/kouperstein2/Compressor%20Truck/1268913765978.jpg

and yes, every weld was done ONE TIME, using filler wire and NO I DID NOT go back over the welds to "smooth" them out...and yes I was walking the cup, no reason to freehand it... plus it only took about a minute and a half to do the 2 4" pipes and the smaller ones, the 2", were an absolute PITA since they're about 1-1/2" apart

[limegreentj]

nice work.