image.jpeg As always the work you Guys do is amazing, but I figured I'd post a truss build I recently completed. This is a Dana 44 front jeep axle with nod cast center section, the truss is mild steel. I u grooved the cast were the truss lined up then layerd a butter pass with Weldmold 700 and capp...

What settings are you using for the spoons? Do you have pics of the weld? Thanks guys, I used my dynasty 280 DX, 45 amps using the pedal, .045 308 filler. The easiest way for me to do them was to dab a small amount of filler on the stem section them hold the spoon next too it then blast it with a q...

Being in a spoiled situation for LWS I found service is directly linked to the guys behind the counter. Service and friendliness is because of the staff not weather it's a local or national chain. I agree with you on this completly, I have a smaller LWS near me also but the counter guys are about a...

I know they have done people wrong I suppose that's why I mention what they have done for me but that's only the 1 store I don't have a lot too choose from around here.

Thanks Spoon flowers aren't my usual thing but for a couple of women I think I can make them

Made a few of these for some freinds sorry for the crappy pics.

Yep shady indeed lol 3 weeks ago they gave me 20 pounds of ER80sB6 still not sure what I'm going to do with that stuff, the box had about 4 inches of dust all over it and couldn't even tell what it was till I cleaned it up. I believe it was champion brand wire, the inconel is techniweld I think and ...

I know a lot of guys have issues with their local Airgas stores but I happen to have a real good one near me, today they handed me 10lbs of inconel 625 1/8 dia, and 10lbs of Eureka 45 .035 dia tig filler for free. They have always been good too me on my Argon purchases filling my 300cf bottles for $...

I very seldom use anything but a gas lense unless I'm working on aluminum then I go back to a regular cup. On my my 280DX I normally switch between a number 6 and 7 gas cup depending on what material I'm working with, and my stick out is always just enough to see and get into what ever joint. I usua...

I would suppose it's possible, just like anything else in the world that's manufactured in mass quantities things slip through quality control and in some respects their is zero quality control. So I would say if the thoriated tungstens work on steel roll with it but I would try the others on some o...

Thanks for that Lt Badd

Middle of nowhere Greenhill Alabama, formerly from Dayton Ohio.

Well my experience with HR120 has always been positive however it does not weld like regular stainless at all. It will crack easy through the center of the weld bead and crater crack at the end if you don't taper off super slow and back step a bit while adding a small dab of filler, use a big cup an...

Yes I live in a right to work state, but I have one question for you Otto does RA330 weld similarly to HR120 the new job offer does a lot of that material

Northwest industrial fabrications, sorry Otto didn't think about anyone being on here from my area, I'm not heart broken they have no benefits or insurance for their employees but I needed the work, and I' personally saw the failure the HR 120 disk came out looking like a taco were it pushed through...

My name is Kurt and I'd thought I'd share my background with you all seeing that I'm new on the forum. I've been in CNC machining for 18 years running 5 axis mills machining everything from 6AL4V TI, Inconel, 304,316,17-4, and aluminum grades from 6061 to 7075 for the medical and aerospace industry,...

the owner of the furnace came in this morning to verify a test fire of the furnace and the heating bypass completely failed, imaging A giant roots style supercharger spinning in reverse pulling super heated air into a furnace, the air has to choke down and go through the assembly that I welded to th...

Boomer I have to do the same thing, but as I figured everything changed on me again at the last minute, instead of the 2-3 they wanted me to do a 2 inch weld and skip one inch on a 40 inch dia and to top it of its actually a sleeve for some sort of coupling that goes inside a high heat furnace. The ...

I have a lot to learn especially on welding symbols and process but I've spent 16 years in machine shops and I always go by the print period. I've looked online for 2 days and like you said I can't find anything like this, I'm going to try and get a pic of the entire print tomorrow and PM it to you ...

Update on the part haha, they want a length and pitch weld all around and the company I work for took it upon themselves to use HR120 for the entire assembly instead of using A36 as per the drawing. The HR120 is a supposed to be a ring 3/16 thick by 8 inches wide welded to the OD of a A 36 pipe but ...

For comparison this is a a real print from some parts on the CNC side

As far as revisions go the print is non existent on changes or revisions, I can read prints but this is getting out of control it seems

I am very scetchy about it I went with ottos advise on it, now there wanting me to weld it out all the way around using pitch and length from the symbol 2-3, I made it it clear that I'll do it there way because the boss says so, but this has gone on before with these Mickey Mouse napkin prints

I agree and what your saying makes way more sense too me, I'm the only guy in the shop that can tig, everyone else migs and I showed the print around and had no help what so ever, the prints are constantly changing without revisions, I figured someone on here could shed some light on it for me and I...

Thanks you Otto it was a bit confusing because previous prints didn't have this, the company I work for does large scale industrial fab I believe the smallest thing we build weighs 90,000 pounds completed and the prints are just horrible