arc welding tips/help
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arc welding tips/help
What?!?!?! Rods come in various thicknesses, the numbers on them mean something totally different. You can get 3/32"-6011, or 7018 rod. The difference? 7018 has a tensile strength of 70,000 PSI, 60 series is 60,000. A 120V welder will only weld with AC rod, which is harder to get and doesn't weld as well as AC/DC rod. For a beginner, use 6011, it's a fast freeze rod that will resist burning through, but gives you very little time to work with. 7018 gives a nice bead. Use 7024, or JET rod to fill large gaps, as it won't stick as much.
Welding is all practice. Keep the rod at a 45 degree angle, play with your heat settings. I'f it's freezing to the work continuously, increase the amperage a little. Run flat beads first and get good at it before trying to weld in other positions.
Welding is all practice. Keep the rod at a 45 degree angle, play with your heat settings. I'f it's freezing to the work continuously, increase the amperage a little. Run flat beads first and get good at it before trying to weld in other positions.
#12
arc welding tips/help
Here are a couple more helpfull ideas, go find a used bookstore and get a welding manual, possibly an intro to welding from a community college. The other is to scrounge up alot of scrap metal, preferably the same thickness you intend to weld and practice on it. Try an auto shop for junk body panels and brackets and old exhaust tubing.
If you do create a weld station and line it, watch for gaps behind the metal where sparks can smolder.
If you do create a weld station and line it, watch for gaps behind the metal where sparks can smolder.
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yes i keep a huge jug of water,but i usually weld outside of the shed and if it's raining i don't weld unless i absolutly have to and thats when i use the shed but i also just put a sheet of metal down on the floor....One thing i'm wondering is it safe to be standing in say snow/slush in the winter welding outside,this is an arc welder remember any one able to help me out with this question.
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arc welding tips/help
rob0781
I just wanted to agree with some of the guys about what you should do( I was a welding instructor for 10 years before I became a forum junkie).
1- Find a good book on basic welding
2- Take a beginner course at a local junior College or career center
3- Make friends with a local person that allready has some welding knowlege and see if he or she will give you some pointers in the art of welding
4- By all means get a quality shield, welding hat,work boots, coveralls, saftey glasses, jacket and gloves
Good luck and be careful , and start welding.......... hands on, practice, and go for it.
I just wanted to agree with some of the guys about what you should do( I was a welding instructor for 10 years before I became a forum junkie).
1- Find a good book on basic welding
2- Take a beginner course at a local junior College or career center
3- Make friends with a local person that allready has some welding knowlege and see if he or she will give you some pointers in the art of welding
4- By all means get a quality shield, welding hat,work boots, coveralls, saftey glasses, jacket and gloves
Good luck and be careful , and start welding.......... hands on, practice, and go for it.