anybody here want to weld some soda cans? heres my attempt at a soda can.

thermal arc 185tsw.
1/16" 1.5% lanthanated tungsten
3/32" 5356 filler rod.(only size i had)
HF start: 2amps
amps: 16
a/c balance: 65% cleaning
a/c freq: 150hz
no pulse

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Modified by Lam.N at 3:07 AM 4/2/2006

 

If I'm not mistaken.......I think Jon from Full-Race can weld the thin parts together. Im not positive, i just heard about it.

 

ill take a hack at it tomorrow

 

get some 1/16 rod and it should make it a bit easier That and make it cleeeeeeeeeeeaaaan! I'll try to weld one up tomorrow

 

I had to do that in College , Part of the Asme cert. I saw cans in my sleep for days after.


Modified by CRVRX at 3:45 AM 3/7/2006

 

During a NASA show one of the NASA welders welded the foil off of gum wrappers together. He keeps it in his tool box. I have to hunt him down a take a picture of it.

 

I have a Miller sychrowave 200.... do I want to use a hot or cold HF start? I want to try this again lol. I thought it was ******* impossible before(i tried it with a non adjustable tig Lincoln 175t) lets see that ****

 

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you need to clean the can off... they put a coating on the botton of the can so when its being made it rolls smoothly down the production line... put a soda can under a black light and the lip will glow blue. also, they coat the outside and inside of the can so the drink never touches aluminum.. clean it all off and it will be much easier to weld

 

I just did it without an inverter machine. old school lincoln sq wave 175. 1/16 filler. and 3/32 tung. 25 cfm flow. 13 amps. It didn't seem that hard.

Didn't want to contaminate any of my wire wheels so i didn't even clean it. Just one swipe of some acetone and that was all.







tell me what you guys think. Would have made it look all pretty with stack of dimes and jazz, but just wanted to see if i could do it. Maybe i will next time,

 

hmm as i look at that i have 2 coke cans directly in front of me....maybe i'll try too. ive never tried...but id imagine once you get started it shouldnt be that bad? i see starting being a bitch though

 

i just tried it...its tricky...i had trouble holding a steady arc when starting...but after a few tries got it down......i'll try it again next time i get 2 cans and see if i can make it look good....it would be much easier if i had smaller rod, or just fused it

 

Thats a great job , Its def alot harder to do than it looks thats for sure

 

i wish i knew how to tig

 

i see this thread growing to atleast 5 pages...

 

your a killer

impressive

 

thansk man, i am gonna do it again to see if if i can get it to look nice with a nice bead.

 

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I try everyday in school, and after about 15 minutes i just give up.

 

The bottom is easy .Cut two in half and weld them back together. Like a bud can to a coke can. Or something like that

 

C'mon Randy, baffle us with your bullshit! lol

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RMF &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> The bottom is easy .Cut two in half and weld them back together. Like a bud can to a coke can. Or something like that</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tony1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">C'mon Randy, baffle us with your bullshit! lol</TD></TR></TABLE>
Hey Tony ,You saw the razor blades. Don't make me do the same thing with the cans.LOL

 

lets see the cans ,

 

Damn you guys . It takes for ever to do. OK

 

nice