Welding Tips and Tricks

Thanks! Most of the parts I build are for flight, so that's common. It's nice to find folks who can point that out. Many years of practice (and a few grey hairs, lol) to not sweat class A NDT.

advanced
never ceases to amazing how many great
welders bless this site
craig

Advancedynamix wrote:

I made 30 of these this week. Not supposed to say what it is, probably shouldn't post pictures online, but I'm proud of them and I figured that you guys might enjoy a peek.

This is a piece of art work! I would throw my wife's flower arrangement off the dining room table and use this as a centerpiece...

Welded some more on roll cage. Lots of people wanting work done. Thanks John.

Looking good!

Thank you!

How do you like those glasses?

good for tight areas

Is the sensitivity and shade adjustable?

yes

Advancedynamix wrote:

I made 30 of these this week. Not supposed to say what it is, probably shouldn't post pictures online, but I'm proud of them and I figured that you guys might enjoy a peek.

wow, amazing, beautiful work I can only dream of doing as a tig novice. Thanks for the peek.

Hollywood1 wrote:Welded some more on roll cage. Lots of people wanting work done. Thanks John.

Are those the Miller or Sevore glasses? Probably one and the same thing

Oscar wrote:

Hollywood1 wrote:Welded some more on roll cage. Lots of people wanting work done. Thanks John.

Are those the Miller or Sevore glasses? Probably one and the same thing

Yep... Miller bought the marketing rights to the Servore goggles about a year ago.

Steve S

My latest roll cage. So much time goes into fitting each and every piece. I will say, proper fitment ensures the best weld (still working on that part haha). I apologize for the sideways pictures. I guess they are like that if I take a picture with my phone tilted... Even though they are the right way on my phone

Looks good. Is this Mustang going to be a drift car? I've never seen curved top bars like that before.

Yes this car will be a drift car. I build most of my drift cages like FIA cages though. I don't think FD cages are sturdy enough.

AFR_Autoworks wrote:Yes this car will be a drift car. I build most of my drift cages like FIA cages though. I don't think FD cages are sturdy enough.

If it passes FIA it should pass anything

I would assume you have a radius bender as well as a traditional bender?

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looks good!

GreinTime wrote:

AFR_Autoworks wrote:Yes this car will be a drift car. I build most of my drift cages like FIA cages though. I don't think FD cages are sturdy enough.

If it passes FIA it should pass anything

I would assume you have a radius bender as well as a traditional bender?

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Yes I have a tubing roller along with a normal tubing bender. This is my first cage using the roller this much. It certainly adds allot to the style of the cage and is really nice for roof bars in cages. It was not cheap but certainly a worth while investment.

Hollywood1 wrote:looks good!

Thanks!

1/2" diameter 316L sanitary.... Tricky little stuff..lol

How is 316 to weld? Much different then 304? Never done any 316. In my line of work I will likely never use it, 304 and 321 are all us car guys really use.

fusion weld?
if not what filler did you use?
craig

motox wrote:fusion weld?
if not what filler did you use?
craig

Yeah it's all back purged, fit perfectly flat and welded with no filler full penetration.

AFR_Autoworks wrote:How is 316 to weld? Much different then 304? Never done any 316. In my line of work I will likely never use it, 304 and 321 are all us car guys really use.

316 welds very similar to all of those, I've used 321 and 347 filler with headers in the past. The cage looks good, I'll have to dig up some pics from my 25.5 SFI chassis I put in my 91 Mustang GT. Funny I look at those welds now and say man I can do better.

With food stuff it is a lot of 316L and 304.

Rick_H wrote:

AFR_Autoworks wrote:How is 316 to weld? Much different then 304? Never done any 316. In my line of work I will likely never use it, 304 and 321 are all us car guys really use.

316 welds very similar to all of those, I've used 321 and 347 filler with headers in the past. The cage looks good, I'll have to dig up some pics from my 25.5 SFI chassis I put in my 91 Mustang GT. Funny I look at those welds now and say man I can do better.

With food stuff it is a lot of 316L and 304.

321 is so fucking expensive though.

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