Welding saves, pictures please

[drf256]

Mag sucks to weld. Didn't have to repair this case prior to sale, but figured why not.

No matter how much you clean it, it's still dirty. Especially the case bottoms where they've had no paint on them for years and have been sitting in bar oil.

Guys like Srcarr deserve a lot of credit. Mag is harder to weld than aluminum. Especially Stihl cases.

 

[drf256]

 

[Moparmyway]

 

[drf256]

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Very nice Kev.

Have you tried spinning fins off a donor jug on a lathe?

I was thinking of using a cheap AM jug for fins and just spinning the fins off the broken jug for a perfect fit.

This work would only be worth it for a unicorn jug though.

 

[Moparmyway]

Thanks Doc !!
I've thought about it, but stopped short of actually doing it.

This donor cylinder was junk, can't recall if it was scored, gouged, or if it was missing plating. Shoot, my CRS has gotten so bad lately that I couldn't remember if I had a keyway in my last saw, or if I ran it without. I just advanced timing a few weeks back. This getting old sucks !

 

[junkman]

Mag sucks to weld. Didn't have to repair this case prior to sale, but figured why not.

No matter how much you clean it, it's still dirty. Especially the case bottoms where they've had no paint on them for years and have been sitting in bar oil.

Guys like Srcarr deserve a lot of credit. Mag is harder to weld than aluminum. Especially Stihl cases.

Have you tried burning the oil off with a torch first ? I have to do that when welding cast iron engine blocks to get them clean.

 

[drf256]

Have you tried burning the oil off with a torch first ? I have to do that when welding cast iron engine blocks to get them clean.

I did.

Tried to run arc over it as well.

Stuff welds like Fido's butt.

 

[Stihl working Hard]

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Awesome job there Kevin well done

 

[srcarr52]

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Have you tried burning the oil off with a torch first ? I have to do that when welding cast iron engine blocks to get them clean.

I jet spray them for 1/2 hour, bead blast and then I still have to run the tig torch over most of it to burn out the oil and wire brush the contaminates out. I have a dedicated stainless steel brush that sits beside the tig torch. Weld a little, brush a little... repeat.

 

[concretegrazer]

 

[junkman]

Sounds weird ,but an old timer told me to put the part overhead when doing cast ,he claimed the impurities would go to the bottom and get a cleaner weld ,i have yet to try it though .i am not the greatest overhead welder .

 

[dall]

Sounds weird ,but an old timer told me to put the part overhead when doing cast ,he claimed the impurities would go to the bottom and get a cleaner weld ,i have yet to try it though .i am not the greatest overhead welder .

Overhead is the same as flat down

 

[Moparmyway]

Awesome job there Kevin well done

Thank you Sir !

 

[rocketnorton]

Overhead is the same as flat down

2 diff levels here. flat [bench work] & all position... stick electrodes are labelled as such too.

 

[Moparmyway]

Husky 395

 

[Moparmyway]

 

[Moparmyway]

 

[Mag Craft]

 

[merc_man]

Had to build a hitch for atv. Tore factory one off pulling logs.

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[fossil]

Looks good Roger!