We had to arc weld in ISE lab today. Heres what I made....













What do yall think?

BTW, this was just practice stuff, they kept the part to be graded. I felt like making this wierd thing. Want to try MIG and TIG now...

 

Not bad for a Noob

forget mig skip it and go to tig

 

*throws you the chipping hammer*


heh, they don't look too bad for a beginner. 7018 is cake to weld in the flat. try any uphand or overhead with it? that's where it gets a bit more challenging.

what size rod were you using?


edit: I do mostly arc welding in my career. stupid oilfield & railroad industry. i don't get to weld on nice shiny new metal very often, most of the time it's 'fab this rusty piece of **** back together with this not-so-rusty piece of **** and make it work the best you can!' lol

 

looks good!
I love tig welding! its clean, quiet and looks awesome! my only problem was accidently touching the tip to the metal and having to go grind it again lol.

anyways! I think those look great

 

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heh, they don't look too bad for a beginner. 7018 is cake to weld in the flat. try any uphand or overhead with it? that's where it gets a bit more challenging.

what size rod were you using?


edit: I do mostly arc welding in my career. stupid oilfield & railroad industry. i don't get to weld on nice shiny new metal very often, most of the time it's 'fab this rusty piece of **** back together with this not-so-rusty piece of **** and make it work the best you can!' lol
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4 realz man thats not bad at all bro. I'm on a weld/fab/maintenance crew and I work at a industrial place too and they dont expect us to weld with nice shiny metals either. Its either cut and fix a bunch of overhang support and **** that has rusted out. But other places we cant get too we use orange oil to take care of the rust problems. And that about it. Sometimes they make us fab up important **** with stainless, but thats like once in a great while.haha.

But try some vertical welds, thats the fun part.

 

looks great

 

reminds me of my stick welding.. *blush*

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but on the bottom welds, should he not be making a diagonal cut into the top peice, then back just infront of the puddle on the bottom peice?

 

not bad...love the splatter though..ttt........

 

cool for a beginner!

 

is arc welding the same as mig welding? I swear I see machines that say arc/mig welder. correct me if I'm wrong

 

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they generally are the same machine, arc doesnt use any gas, mig uses gas to keep the weld cleaner.

 

Thanks guys

The rod was 1/8

They just sent us into a station and said practice. Its not bad except for the masks they gave us fit like **** and everytime you lift it, the nut that secures it lossens.

 

heh, such is life. just leave that **** loose, try with some 3/32 rod, that **** is butter! you can do absolutely beautiful welds with it compared to 1/8, it's less picky about electrode inclination and angle.

 

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So arc welding is the same as Flux core wire welding? Is the wire typically larger than .030 ?

 

i want to see if i can fit a welding class into my schedule

 

arc welding uses consumable electrodes (welding rods) that are placed into an electrode holder (stinger) and are used up when you weld stuff.
i don't know how else to explain it.

 

Arc welding or "stick welding" uses rods that are covered in flux. The flux covers the rod creating a shield for the weld when it its molten.
Mig welding can be flux core meaning the flux is included with the wire or you can shield the bare wire with a gas such as Helium.
At work we use mostly arc welding and tig welding and occasionally use the mig for large projects with no inspection.

 

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Here is the update. The arc welds were all done the same day, these were just kept at the lab. The other welds, which I wish I could say are my own, are done by a GE welding robot. Pretty cool toy if you ever need to make a bunch of consistent welds.

 

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hahaha, CHEATER! looks good though, arc welding is fun sometimes, you don't have to have a completly clean surface, and you can do it 1 handed easy..

for instance, i work as a mechanic in the utility industry, and sometimes we're finding our selves installing bin's and wheel chalks on trucks, and we're arc welding these things right on the truck.. its sooo easy to strike a rod, and blaze it away.. not to mention all the kewl colors!

 

I remember learning how to arc in high school. It was pretty fun. Better then sitting in class listening to a teacher haha. Look pretty good for first time. Wait until you start to arc over head. I use to get the rod covering in my hair, didnt feel or smell to good.

 

yulp, and when welding underneath, instead of being natural and doing it from the top down, you have to go from the bottom up, it feels weird at first, but then ou can build up some serious beads.. and they come out bitchin.. i love arc welds when i need to knock something out hella thick.