Its been a long time coming, but Ive finally got a way to stick two pieces of metal together, PERMANENTLY.
Picked up this Lincoln Electric AC 225-s Last weekend with a bunch of cool toys. Loads of 6011, 6013, and 7018 rods, a big box of assorted vise grips, some sheet metal shears, and even a old homemade sheet metal break!
Been practicing just being able to lay down a decent bead, and this afternoon did some practice on a 45° chunk of 1/2 inch angle iron we happened to have laying around.
It was really interesting trying different techniques for controlling the puddle. From starting on the top or bottom of the incline, what amperage, rod angle, feed rate and what type of rod.
Here are the welds Ive done so far, not the best work, but im very open to ways to improve!
Picked up this Lincoln Electric AC 225-s Last weekend with a bunch of cool toys. Loads of 6011, 6013, and 7018 rods, a big box of assorted vise grips, some sheet metal shears, and even a old homemade sheet metal break!
Been practicing just being able to lay down a decent bead, and this afternoon did some practice on a 45° chunk of 1/2 inch angle iron we happened to have laying around.
It was really interesting trying different techniques for controlling the puddle. From starting on the top or bottom of the incline, what amperage, rod angle, feed rate and what type of rod.
Here are the welds Ive done so far, not the best work, but im very open to ways to improve!
