I've been confident in my welds with it as long as I vee grooved my material. That changed today. A sprocket I welded with in broke this morning, then this afternoon a tube I welded broke. Neither weld had good penetration. Grooved the parts out again, and welded them with the arc welder and a 7018 rod.
When I first started welding, I didn’t always take the time to prep the joint…usually ended up having to redo my work. If the material is thick enough to stick weld, I like to do a root pass with 6010 (usually 1/8”) and follow it up with a 7018. A 6011 will work in place of the 6010 if you don’t have a good DC welder.
Any estimate of the final yet? Half done? 3/4?
Probably 15 - 20 more.
Anesthesia should have worn off my know, how’s Kathy doing?
So would 50 be an exceptional yield for that field? What would you normally get for a cutting?
Not really. 70 on a good year.
Oldest had a mishap with the wife's van few days back and this reminded me I wanted to ask some questions. Local yokel wants almost 2k for ordering and painting a fender and bumper cover. Screw that, wish I was there to tell him to stick his quote. Anywho, what are the cool kids using now days in terms of equipment and paint. Got some projects I was hoping to be able to work on when I get to retire anyway and planned to have some time to do a bit more research. HVLP gravity gun I would assume. What will do for an occasional, non-professional, use? Going to make some calls to couple places to price out the parts, or straighten the fender and just get a bumper cover.
This is what I do too, if the parent material is thick enough. Last time was on a Cat 515 skidder I was leasing. An existing crack on the frame (1” thick) became a problem, so I V’d it out heavily, then laid the 6010 base, and filled the rest in with 7018. Worked great.
Still had a good amount of pain medicine going last night. She said it was a little more sore this morning while i was helping her get situated in the living room. Her kids will be stopping in to check on her while I'm expanding minds at the Carpenter University.
@JoeDirt ... I know i have Sata paint guns from when my dad used to run body shops. That's what i used to paint the orange Harley. I know paint and materials are through the roof these days.
Sound's like my kind of luck when trying to get some projects done. Part way done and repairs needed to finish . . .
Not yet Adam, have a couple weeks before it lands. I think the leading candidate is “Bad Medicine” (the creek we live on is called Medicine Creek). While Bon Jovi is far from my favourite we love the 80’s music in this house.
Thanks for the info. Took a look at those real quick. Gravity feed start about $600 and the cups are extra it seems. Bit out of the question for a shade tree type jobber.
