ED I think we can agree you need some experience and I think the best way to get that is not to start with dissimiliar metals that if they break could causse a lathe to jam and or injury. Get 10 or 20 pounds of 7014 stick rod, either 1/8" or 3/32" and weld all kinds of joints. A reference book from the library will have pics that will show youhow to evaluate your welds by appearance. That will be a start. If by the end of the pice of rods you feel good you may try the joint you need. However lathe bits is a term that may describe several alloys of steel some of which may give you fits. I have done exactly what you describe, However I have welded with stick for over 50 years. And no I did not start out how I am suggesting. But if you do it may help speed things up a bit. Enjoy
Last edited by Rich Hale; 06-03-2008 at 07:19 PM.
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