Otto Nobedder wrote:Pnkflyd,

As much as I appreciate your avatar (the album cover), it's your signature line I like best!

Steve S

Ditto

If you happen to have 300 hours of spare time, 7,000 American nickels and the desire to make 35,000 welds, then you can make a nickel couch. Interesting.... Technically the currency belongs to the state and any misuse of the banknotes or the coins is illegal and punishable. For example it is illega...

One more vote for tacking on the flats vs corners.
My thought for saying that is this:
If by chance that you don't melt the tack on the corner when you weld the joint out, you have a place where lack of fusion or possibly a crater crack could result in a weld failure.

Heat input (joules per inch) = Volts x Amps x 60 divided by travel speed (measured by in/min) I suppose there is an "assumption" that a weave (particularly a wide weave) will not have the same "forward" travel speed along the joint, therefore given all other info remaining the sa...

That makes sense, feed two birds at once type thing. Awesome quote....I like that you are feeding two birds at once vs killing two birds with one stone :lol: I like my lil feathered friends and enjoy watching them at the bird feeder when the ground is covered with snow. They need extra calories to ...

The chart don't need to be exact(although I'd like to be as close as practical)...what I mean is that the AISC(American Institute for Steel Construction) uses AWS D1.1 (structural shops), AWS D1.5(bridge shops)as the code to adhere to. So if you follow those codes, you have some wiggle room for the ...

John, I'd love to help, but I can't get these schmucks to buy anything but .035 I assume it's because the consumables are always the same. Steve S No worries buddy :ugeek: At the moment, I don't have access to equipment and materials and I was trying to work this all out on paper before I got back ...

You linear scales for WFS and Amps look good to me - only change I would make is to the Voltage scale. I would set your voltage increments to 0.5 or 1.0 volt to make it easier for a welder to read. The digital machines I've seen so far only read out to tenths. Otherwise, I'd say try some of the set...

My only constructive comment is to either double tap the trigger or back into the crater to fill it when you stop to make the crater the same size as the rest of your weld.

I took this idea from Al Moore who wrote an article in the Inspection Trends magazine Feb/15 edition (pages 24and 25).

Anyone here have some .045" L-56(ER70S-6) and 85/15 who can try something for me....? :idea: I made a machine settings chart and want to see if others find this useful in setting up their machine. I intend to start using a chart like this on WPSs that I write for small fab shops that are AISC c...

However, technically you can weave as wide as you want to as long as you can prove it will pass. There is technically nothing we can say against a wide weave if you pass your bend tests repeatedly. That is not accurate. Bend tests only give information on discontinuities on the weld and ductility. ...

Just as a rule of thumb (and I don't recall whether this was from AWS D1.1 for materials of 3/4"+, another code, or an anecdote from a weld inspector), you should never weave to produce wider than a 5/8" bead. It is shown in AWS D1.1:2010, Clause 3, Table 3.7 "Prequalified WPS Requir...

see if this helps. Long story short, after striking your arc, hold a slightly longer arc for a second, and pause. You have to let the weld heat up and get the flux burning. http://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/support/welding-how-to/Pages/low-hydrogen-porosity-detail.aspx You may be on to something...

Superiorwelding wrote:I can't get a pic of the actual bottom but here is a view from the print. Hope this helps.
-Jonathan

That's what I wanted to see...thanks

I was hoping for a pic from the back side of the base plate.(the very bottom as it sits in the pics) :P IN the original post the top drawing appears to be missing some hidden lines, unless I'm not seeing the detail in the second drawing correctly. I envisioned the 4140 stub fitting through a hole in...

I remember rebuilding my old 12 bolt that came factory in my 70 RS/SS Camaro. I was cleaning the thing up and wondering where all of that grease came from. After I got it clean enough to look it over for leaks, I found that the factory plug welds where the axle tubes were pressed into the cast housi...

Are you simply welding brackets onto the axle tubes or will you be welding to the cast housing? Axle tubing is a no brainer as it is just mild steel, however you may want to build a fixture to be able to clamp it down and restrain it during and after welding to keep the tubing straight(depends on th...

Braehill wrote:And we call the guy living under a bridge in Miami crazy, hmmm.

Len

LOL....

After years of being hard to find or banned here you can find conc nitric suitable for etching in quantities from 1/2 liter upwards on Ebay - ( the good folks at Ebay found a loophole in the description - you need to buy / search for " gold testing kit " ! ) not even that bad a price for ...

I don't think we're going to have any issues. I'm just being cautious. I can't imagine the AWS begrudging the forum Jody created sharing his recognition. Especially since this is an extention of his "weldor training" concept they recognized him for, and clearly not a commercial site by an...

Sweet! Does this mean I can stop the "reprinted with permission" aspect I've been pursuing, and we're covered? I don't want the forum tied up in any copyright issues... Thanks for sharing! Steve S Hmm...I'm not sure buddy, I really don't know about the legal issues regarding the reposting...

well shucks....amazon says the item is no longer available

http://www.amazon.com/Speedway-Series-1 ... pd_sxp_f_r

Hello everyone this is my first post and I need some help. I was given a 100 amp speedway series arc welder... I know it sucks but it was free so I can't complain anyways problem is all the internal wire is jacked. I know these welder a sell for around $70 so I bet someone out there has one and can...

edit* added reference Snapshot from the AWS Welding Journal, February 2015 edition Jody Page 002.jpg Jody Page 003.jpg Thanks, John- I wonder if we (somone?) might highlight or emphasize the Jody portion of it. His photo is on page 66, and his write-up is on page 67. Hmm...let me see what I can do.....