ITT: post chassis fab, weld, and machining porn, bonus points for your own work
Saved this earlier, basic stuff but seems like a fun project that you could actually feel the benefit from, would also be cheaper than buying normal rods and bushings
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Had to weld some sleeving for my rear strut rods for my mr2
>>14916840
Man, you're obsessed with this guy.
>>14916957
Looks good
>>14917109
I am?
>>14916840
How hard is it to weld? If I wanted to change my own cat out I would probably need to know how to weld.
>>14917511
Total beginner here, I find it to be pretty easy so far.
Then again, I've only worked with relatively thick steel so far.
>>14917511
>How hard is it to weld?
With your average wire feed MIG welder, on exhaust pipe, extremely easy.
With a TIG welder on exhaust pipe, significantly more difficult if you don't already know how to TIG weld.
Don't even try using a stick welder on exhaust pipe.
I like dis thread.
As I'm sitting in my shop running my table.
>>14917511
You could learn to do that pretty quick, but welding overhead is tough even with a MIG, would be much easier if you dropped your exhaust and welded it on a table
>>14916840
I can't tell too much by the pic and vid, but that looks like sloppy MIG and there's too much bead for him to just be tacking it. Minimal prep too. I get he's just doing it for fun but that's not weldporn.
>>14917511
It really depends what you're welding. MIG and TIG on thick steel aren't too bad, but if you want to work with thin-wall tubing you'll need to learn a bit about setup (backpurging, gas lenses, materials, etc) and use TIG for a proper job. IMO you could be ready to TIG an exhaust in a few weeks of practice.
It's so easy to burn through thin stainless because it doesn't conduct heat well. It really takes some extra practice.
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>>14917490
>looks good
I'd hope so since I do this for a living
pic related, some gud shit
>>14917573
>doing it for fun
heheheheh
>>14917574
That's some quality weld senpai
>>14917574
I would cum on that weld desu
>>14917574
>I do this for a living
i want to go to trade school for something. learn a high paying skill. would you recommend welding?
>>14917574
10/10 weld
>>14917574
Nice. Here's a mig lap weld and some plug welds I did practicing for the ICAR test
>>14917574
aesthetic
>>14917636
dude whats wrong with your hands
>>14917619
Yes I would, if you're willing to accept the health risks that go along with the job.
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>>14917664
t-thanks guys
Stick welding pisses me off. How do I git gud?
>>14917779
Only time I've done decent looking stick welds is on really heavy gauge stuff, maybe practice on a local bridge girder or skyscraper construction site
Some fat as fuck oxyacetylene welds.
I wrote a little message.
>>14917735
>health risks that go along with the job.
eyes, lungs and the occasional burn i assume?
>>14917857
Eyes, lungs, skin, both heat and UV burns, joints, heavy lifting, you can have heavy shit fall on you. Depends on what you do specifically but a TIG-only job is usually safer but not always.
>>14917779
Seconding heavy gauge shit, as well as keeping the electrode close enough to not spray shitloads of hot metal everywhere.
Also don't try to go too fast.
>>14917490
Rivet-porn?
r8 my second attempt at welding ever
I know, I know, corrosion
>>14918075
Top weld looks nice
>>14918377
Yeah, that's the one in particular I'm most proud of.
>>14917564
Where you located? If you're near Everett would you let me rent time with that?
>>14917564
Please tell me that is a Lincoln torchmate 4x4
Check out these dank horrible freight flux core specials.
>>14919941
Lincoln is fucking garbage and Torchmate is too now. Lincoln ruined that company. Don't ever buy a Torchmate now.
I bought this torchmate before they were acquired by Lincoln, and service was great. During and after the acquisition, customer service is basically non-existent now.
LDR, Arclight or Westcott.
>>14918700
East side. Shipping is cheap. Or I come to that side for tradeshows/business meetings every once in a while.
>>14919982
So how terrible is that thing? I have never welded before, and probably won't do a whole hell of a lot of it. Still want to learn though.
>>14917574
Question. How do you get both sides of a fillet weld to join with tig? I can't seem to get them to puddle evenly and they end up looking shit. I can tig outside corners and either stuff really well, but fillets get me...
Also just wondering, what's your salary look like and what kind of work do you do? I was going to go to school for welding but it fell through. Going for diesel power generation shit now
>>14919991
>Lincoln is fucking garbage
sounds like operator error haha
nah look mate i'm going to have to disagree with you there buddy. But your entitled to your own personal opinion.
>>14919982
If it's functional, it's fine; given the horrible machine.
Babbys first Arc/Tig, came down to these two. Which does /o/ think would be the better machine?
Can't find second hand machines for shit that aren't 50,000 years old and look like a small rusted box with a power lead coming out of it, I wish I could though.
>>14920327
>Question. How do you get both sides of a fillet weld to join with tig?
Are we talking 1/8th inch material and up or sheet metal? It will depend on thickness. For sheet metal thats thicker than 20g you use a little intuition and gravity. Your travel angle is also really important here for dictating how the projection of heat from the torch is spread between the two work pieces.
For thicker stuff? Throw your tungsten at that join and do it enough times that you can visually work out where it needs to be to evenly melt both pieces.
Just gotta keep practicing
>>14916840
>welding without proper PPE
absolutely disgusting. i hope his tip slips and he burns a hole through his floor.
>>14916840
I think these aren't too bad, I don't know shit about welding so I wouldn't know better but they certainly don't look bad.
>>14917779
Have you tried to stop sucking?
>>14916840
hey guys, dont usually post on /o/, but im 18 years old and graduating highschool, and i was thinking of becoming a registered welder. Ive never welded in my life, but ive heard its fuffiling work and good money. Any advice on how to get started?
>>14922384
Buy a cheap welder off craigslist and get some steel scraps and start welding. Once you get some practice and a feel for if it's for you, take some technical schooling on welding
>>14922464
three more questions
>what would you consider a cheap welder?
>does welding pay as much as people say?
>should i join a union and if so how?
>>14917574
here again
enjoy some 20g stainless mig porn /o/
>>14922481
Get the cheapest Lincoln or Miller mig that can use gas (not a flux core only welder), it can pay itself off easily if you do learn to weld by doing side jobs. The basics you need are -
-welder (they normally come with kits with fittings, wire, tips, etc.)
-cart
-tank of argon/co2 mix
-auto darkening mask
-gloves
I use a leather apron but you don't really need that
Really the best thing you can do is do a community college welding course to see if you like it and learn, learning any type of welding (oxy acetylene, stick, mig, tig, brazing) will help you get a feel for how metal reacts to different things so don't worry about only doing the type of welding you plan on doing in the field. I spent a lot of time oxy/acetylene welding this year even though I use mig 99% of the time on my own projects and it definitely helped my skills all around.
>>14917574
It looks fancy, but in terms of strength making it a bit thicker would have been preferrable.
>>14920559
Are they dc only? If I was buying something like that I'd probably not opt out of aluminium.
>>14923460
It's not the only weld on that workpiece, it's also a slide that goes into an oven that holds baking sheets, it doesn't need anymore than just a bit of filler. The welds together will hold and the work-pieces will fail way before the welds do.
>>14921902
What kind of tyres?
>>14928649
Look like Toyo R1R
