Agreed!

It's just like caulking.

Just don't try and smooth it out with your finger.

 

Wait until you get your hands on a plasma cutter...

NEVER mig weld galvanized metal indoors..

 

...NEVER mig weld galvanized metal indoors..

Or weld it with ANY process, without adequate ventilation.

Lead & zinc fumes cause all kind of problems.

 

All the joys of a hangover, without actually going out drinking.

 

yea but a real welder can tig........

 

Are you using Flux-core wire or Argon?

Core

 

yea but a real welder can tig........

A real welder knows the difference between GMAW, GTAW and SMAW.

[Edited by bwal2 on 03-07-2006 at 11:54 AM]

 

Only tip I can give you is when you're finishing a bead, zap your end crater about three times to fill it. Prevents a weld crack.....Had school but it was mid- ninetys,and I've drank alot of beer since then.

 

its all in the WAVE...............

 

Argon, tig is next

 

divorced overweight alcoholic is what makes a good welder.smaw or mig is for people who can't weld.

 

kritic
Professional Member

yea but a real welder can tig......overhead!





Mig weld galv sheetmetal with silicone bronze with plenty of wind to blow the fumes away or vent to suck the fumes away


Oh yea , and say hi to that monkey for me, you are just getting started on a long road to becoming a welder. any time you think it is all that simple, go certify....or start running vertical and overhead beads....catch a piece of hot slag in your shirt and have it fall through your shorts and into your boots

you'll see that monkey teaching you a few new dance steps





[Edited by ct2 on 03-07-2006 at 01:28 PM]

 

A REAL welder can SMAW over head and tig and mig. I have no problem SMAW but I like the speed of mig. Tig is the way to go por criticle welding and looks. I have my mini welder loaded with flux core because I do a lot outside work. How about underwater SMAW,.. huh, anyone know how to do that?!

 

As I understand their is no cert. for mig, I was kind of waiting for the monkey comment, when compared with the disoplines we have been learning, gas and stick, mig is easier to me. I do not want to be a welder, removing heat is much more fun! less flying molten objects too!

 

tig root and hot pass 7018 fill and cap 6g position.3/16 th landing.

 

tig root and hot pass 7018 fill and cap 6g position.3/16 th landing.

I hate that I understand ALL of that.
It's a good thing my A.D.D. moved me away from that field while I could still see & breathe.

Most old welders aren't as old as they look.

Work safe.

 

I know a fellow who welds looking into a mirror to weld areas too small for his head to fit in!

 

Lead & zinc fumes cause all kind of problems.

Yea but they sure are tasty with a milk chaser.

 

I welding something that was moving once

Had a conveyor attachment that was busted.. couldnt shut it down so I worked on the thing every time it came back around.

A 10 min job took about 2 hours.

 

hate that I understand ALL of that.

Yea me to :