Welding/Fab General Discussion

Good morning all – My home owners insurance (USA) wants a spark arrestor on the fire place chimney. Has anyone dealt with this before? Any General guild lines/requirements? I noticed that Cebelas sells a spark arrestor for your tent stove that is "certified for National Forest use", but no one seems to know what that means regarding requirements or performance criteria. They seem fairly straight forward, a vertical screen with a top, or a cover similar to a rotisserie cover that vents out the ends. Any who I thought there must be some official requirements and some one on this form might know what they are or where to find them–tks grant

Hello, I have made dovetail base blanks for a metalshaping power hammer. I made them as blanks for urethane insert dies, but I have extras. I was considering boring and welding an s-9 round insert to make what are called "pin dies" in the metalshaping cirlcles (see image below). I don't know anything about welding such exotic alloys as S-9. Any input? -Adair

I've been trying to come up with a popcorn texture to replicate the base of a deer antler, but haven't had any luck with my stick machine and old 7018 rods. Being more of a good grinder than a good welder, it's nice to find something that bad welds are actually good for. When life gives you lemons.... That's not porosity in the weld... that's the holes for blood vessels to pass through!

I made this bench that the wife saw in wood. I changed it around a little and made it in metal. If it's worth making, it's worth making out of metal. I tig welded the end caps of the top 2"X 3" tubing and the spacers between them. I tig and mig welded the legs to the bench and bottom plate. The legs are 1-1/2" X 3". The angle cutting of the legs was a real pain. A cold saw would have been wonderful. I used my chop saw with a composite blade which bends a little as you cut. So, lots of grinding to get everything to fit. I plan on powder coating it and will post pictures when it is done and in place. I didn't think this project was right for the "member projects"…

I've looked several places for good projects to practice my arc welding but haven't found much im willing to try yet. Does anyone have suggestions for good projects, especially some that might be some kind of tooling for smithing or some other kind of useful project. I'm not looking for those suggestion like "get a piece of plate and run a bead down it." Thanks in advance.

Hay fellow welder's I need some Help !! I mite need to fab up an angle frame box out of some navel brass that will get put into a concert slab & then some Lg lettering go's in that frame & is then grouted in to that frame -- Its to Honor the Vet's here *** MY ?? is I don't want to weld / braze it with a torch to much heat & warp age issues this piece is 22' L X 1' W more or less So I have a Tig - Mig - Arc welder available I would like to Tig this job but I don't know what rod would work ?? any Info or help or Ideas on this would be great !! I am hopeing to change this project's metal supply into silicon bronze & that I can Tig will see on that not my c…

I recently added a 42-14 Uni-Hydro to my shop. I don't have three phase, so I have been adding a PhazPak to each three phase motor I have, and I haven't had any problems. I got the Uni-Hydro in the shop and I wired in a PR-3 Phazpak. I have noticed a couple things instantly. On heavy loads the motor will cut off. The first real run of the machine was shearing 100 pickets. It took about an hour to do so. When I was done, the motor was smoking. What have I done wrong, and how can I fix it?

I'm easing into a new (to me) welding power unit, a Thermal Arc 350 Ultra Flex. Really like it so far. Anyone here know if a Hobart 19 pin tig pedal will work with the 19 pin remote plug receptacle on the TA? Preemptive replies to the inevitable comments: Yes I have and have read the owner's manual. I have called my local welding supply store, waiting on response. No I haven't tried this question on the welding forums because A. I'm a member of too many forums already and get irritated with those one question members and B. With all the wise folks here someone probably knows the answer. Thanks in advance!

As this is a family-oriented site, let me just say that there's a big difference between a bead welder and a blob welder. I'm of the latter group! My latest excursion into the dark arts was about as frustrating as I can stand. After beating the snot out of my godzilla guillotine during an adze-making exercise, I decided to ramp up production on another guillotine. I should have known better than to think it would go smoothly. Some days my blobs actually look rather bead-like and I'm genuinely impressed with myself. Today was not one of those days. What does it mean when the blob won't stick to one piece of the assembly but bores right in to th…

I made this third hand the other day to help me hold things on the bench. It's a 6"x6"x2" thick mild steel block with 3/8" round unknown stainless rod and 1.5" diameter ball bearings. I tig welded the unknown stainless to the ball bearings with 625 Inconel filler and the unknown stainless to the mild steel block with 317L filler. -Hillbilly

I’ve been welding here in Thailand for about 8 years. This country has steel shops in every neighborhood. Ornamental gates and fences are a real part of the economy. Now I am getting ready to move back the states. I have been looking online at ornamental/architectural suppliers and am striking out with google searches. The other day I was looking for candle drip pans, but the only site that seemed to be selling them was kingmetals.com Can anything suggest some websites or link to a forum on iforgeiron.com? Thanks.

I'm looking for some advice/recommendations on welding some large stock The project involves welding a pair of 1.5" thick plates to the back of a 12' plow blade. these plates weigh around 200lb each and will be welded on edge with a contact area 1.5" wide and 12" long. the mounting spot on the blade is .25" thick and everything is mild structural steel. I have a vintage Craftsman 180amp(25volt) AC welder to accomplish this with. My welding training consists of a trade school course 30 years ago but I do weld steel up to .05" thick fairly regularly and the welds have always held up well even in high stress applications. I have my own thoughts on how to accomplish thi…

Hi guys. I'm working on a project that would involve welding some RR track to a bar of scrap steel. (Assuming mild) Can anyone suggest the best way to go about this? I have a mig and a stick welder is available. If stick is the better option, what rods should I be looking for? Cheers

My second welding project - getting better at it but plenty of room for improvement! This project was a Welding Cart to keep everything organized - this project is so me (I have a weird need to keep things in order - OCD I guess)! Will finish it with a coat of paint when it isn't 10 degrees out. It keeps my welder and plasma cutter "mobile" and everything I need all in one place. One less idea just banging around in my head now - hopefully it gives you an idea of something similiar you may find helpful. BTW - it was all scrap yard finds.

Hello all. I recently picked up a welding rod oven with a bunch of different rods at an auction and I'm wondering what y'all think would be the least expensive way to keep the rods dry, seeing as how I live in the PNW, and more specifically on the west (or should that be WET) side of the mountains. There's a significant amount of humidity in the atmosphere, especially from October through June. I weld only on occasion, so I'm having a hard time justifying keeping the oven on all the time. My current stock (what came with the oven) consists of 6010, 6011, 6013, 7018, 316/316L and about 4# of UTP65 believe it or not. I was thinking of putting the oven on a timer, and …

Hello all. I currently have a gas forge set up with a 5/16's steel brake line with a .35 MIG tip that I soldered into place. Although this seems to work just fine I am looking at switching to a 1/8 pipe nipple that I will be brazing a MIG tip into as it seems a bit more heavy duty and will tolerate being moved around much better than the brake line. My question is I am looking for a low temp Brazing rod that can be utilized with a propane torch as I do not have a O/A set up. Does such a rod exist? I've been looking on google and most all were unclear if I could use a simple propane torch. All help would be greatly appreciated. Senator

I am trying to make a morning star. I have hand foreged a bunch of spikes and am now trying to weld them to a steel shotput. My first few tries have ended with verry flimsy spikes so I was wanting some idea on how to weld these spikes to the 8 lb hunk of metal and have them stay on solidly. Any advice would be appreciated.

Has anybody here ever considered blast welding? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosion_welding Possibly somebody that blows things up for a living? Using fire to create something is awesome; but doing so with explosions just delights the 10yr. old in me... Anywho, thought I'd though that nugget out there and see if I get any bites. Lol. Sincerely, Crawler.

Well folks this is a new take on welding PPE. If I were going to take a photo of the item for sale I would make sure it had all the rivets installed so that if there are 3 on one side there are also 3 on the other side. Description: Outer covering is durable and impact-proof, convenient to observe wear well, and protect the head against hurt by spark. Hand hold design is easy to used. The Center Glasses Should Installed by Youself

Good afternoon everyone, I have been using brazing rods with sheet steel for a short while with what I would call a good outcome. I was reading something about welding using a bronze welding rod. What I was wondering is if using an O/A torch (Much hotter than any MAPP air torch) with a bronze filler rod is considered welding or brazing. Thank you much.

prejudice should make a loft for a local high 480 yards, for that purpose by a 180-beam ipe 3 meters long and supported by 2 pillars boxed 80x 80 x 3 mm, I'm creating a portal to support lean spars to which I will have to support the platform, the platform should have a capacity of 400 kg / m / q what can you tell me about what advice can you give me? I will have to use tricks that will not collapse Directory to all and achieve a robust, monolithic mathematical formulas that I have to apply? thanks to those who will want to help me look forward to the next hello tips and experiences

I was looking at my Victor Oxy/Act cutting torch head and found these numbers 0-3-10. Does anyone know what these mean? I have the manual from Victor and want to find the proper pressures when using my #4 welding tip, and also my Rosebud tip. I know it depends on the tips size and size of the metal, but I was looking for the general pressures used for these tips.

Been thinking about a plasma tracer which could be made with materials on hand. Engineering and design was limited to "what next" with an acceptable amount of "that didn't work very well". LOL Out-of-pocket expense came from v-bearings and cam bearings for the carriage. The table is 36 X 60 with a max work piece of 21 X 35. Spacers under the cutting head were used to adjust for different material thickness and the table legs fold down to allow for easy storage. The stylus handle rotates for easier tracing and the stylus point is a 'ball end set screw' which permits for free-hand tracing of drawings. The stylus head length is adjustable in order to enlarge or reduce …

So being away from my shop for several months working this year, I decide I needed to buy a 110v power source for small projects in my portable shop not wanting to haul the Trailblazer and all the gear. My blood has always run blue and have been fond of Lincoln products too. I happen to see a TWECO Fabricator 141i and it caught my eye. It has all the quality I have come to expect from a professional unit. In my career I been exposed to a variety of 110v units, buying my first one in the late 1980's, a Italian made unit which left a lot to be desired. This unit is capable of MIG, TIG and stick. It has arc control, inductance and remote on off for the TIG. I had a little jo…

Yesterday after work my neighbor came over asking me to cut out some dents on his truck and weld in new sheet metal. I did all my layout, cut out the dented/crumpled area and fabbed up a replacement. Tacked it up and welded it with my 110 lincoln running flux cored .030 wire. The job went fine and afterwards I was compensated with Burgers and brews at the bar down the street. As of last night it seemed to have been a good after-work job...until this morning when I woke up for work and couldn't open my eyes. I was using the same shield I use at work all day long and have never had a problem with getting flashed through a shield. I use a Miller Elite auto-darkening shield a…