Some welding I did today

[Charley Davidson]

Got called into work from where I'm laid off from to do some sample welds and it turned into a few days of welding & hopefully my welds are good enough to land a large contract from a company we have been doing a lot of machine work for.

This is by far the heaviest welding I've ever done, I welded 3 of these and have about 20 more to do, and welded 10 of another 5 piece weldment that I have about 20 more to do. Didn't get pics of the 5 piece one.

 

[randyjaco]

They ought to handle one hell of a load; what ever they are.

Randy

 

[burnrider]

Nice beads, how many years experience?

 

[Charley Davidson]

Self taught & only started 2 years ago, I have a welder, I can weld but I'm not a welder:shush:

 

[Old Iron]

From what I can see this morning it looks pretty good.

Paul

 

[Marlorup]

Those are some good looking welds. Do you have a jig to line everything up, or just use clamps and vice-grips?

 

[November X-ray]

What process were you using? I cannot get the pictures to blow up enough to tell but it appears you are either using flux core wire (FCAW) or perhaps stick electrodes (SMAW) due to the spatter pattern. Have you ever tried welding with 7024 rod? In the event you are welding this with SMAW and since it is flat, the 7024 rod might be a good choice if you have the machine capable of using them. They have 50% iron powder in the flux and although they require quite a bit of amperage, they will lay down beautiful welds with not much effort on your behave, especially for the application shown in your pictures. Just remember that the "2" means it is for only flat and horizontal welding (however I have had success overhead with these before).

Good Luck in obtaining your contract!

 

[jumps4]

looks nice charley
steve

 

[Old Iron]

And if-n you run the 7024 right the flux will curl up and fall off.

Paul

 

[Charley Davidson]

What process were you using? I cannot get the pictures to blow up enough to tell but it appears you are either using flux core wire (FCAW) or perhaps stick electrodes (SMAW) due to the spatter pattern. Have you ever tried welding with 7024 rod? In the event you are welding this with SMAW and since it is flat, the 7024 rod might be a good choice if you have the machine capable of using them. They have 50% iron powder in the flux and although they require quite a bit of amperage, they will lay down beautiful welds with not much effort on your behave, especially for the application shown in your pictures. Just remember that the "2" means it is for only flat and horizontal welding (however I have had success overhead with these before).

Good Luck in obtaining your contract!

Don't know what wire I was using but was using 75/25 argon. Don't know why I has so much splatter but it cleaned up pretty good in the tumbler

Here are some close ups of the welds and some pics of the 5 piece weldment, wish I had pics of the ones the other guys did for comparison.