I had some success on the first one but still ended up with some distortion in the center of the piece. I think I could solve this with a better welding sequence. If I have a 36" long outside corner joint and I am going to weld it in 2-3" intermittent welds, what is the best place to start...

I am going to try to clamp as best I can. Tight arc and small filler....can do.

I am fabricating a slightly tapered c-channel. The top and the web of the c-channel will be 1/8". The bottom will be 3/16" thick. I am looking for tips to control distortion when i'm welding this thing together. I don't have any fancy heavy duty square clamps to try to clamp the thing to d...

I finished this project up today. I was able to hammer the gap down while hot. I ended up welding about 4-5" on the bottom edge, stopped, hammered down the next 4-5", and then continued welding. It worked great.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

It is indeed steel.... The thought had occurred to me to weld on an 1/8" fish plate to the frame to fill the gap. I just need to do the calcs to make sure that an 1/8" fillet will be substantial enough for that portion of the weld. It may be faster to pad with beads at that point and put i...

I am in the middle of replacing a trailer coupler on a trailer I bought. I have removed the old coupler and am installing a Bulldog 50 degree a-frame coupler. Unfortunately the fit up is terrible and is leaving me large gaps to deal with. The top of the coupler fits flush to the top of the trailer b...