How much time did you spend on your welding?

[marshalt]

Not enough, apparently...

http://sceep.boogerwelds.com/weld.jpg

 

[Saint Peter]

Fuck. That is terrible.

 

[unregistered]

 

[Saint Peter]

...or asshook...

 

[glynndah]

I'd love to learn how to weld.

 

[Que]

None the last three days. It has rained non-stop.

 

[Saint Peter]

Pussy.

 

[eyer]

I'd love to learn how to weld.

Evidently, the bozo who did that job...

...doesn't share your passion.

 

[Jennifer]

I'd love to learn how to weld.

Me, too! I think the masks are super sexy. Plus, you know, the sparks! I love fire.

 

[Que]

Me, too! I think the masks are super sexy. Plus, you know, the sparks! I love fire.

...and if you don't wear a hood, you can get a George Hamilton tan.

 

[Jennifer]

...and if you don't wear a hood, you can get a George Hamilton tan.

I would probably turn to ash. My fair skin couldn't take the heat.

 

[Que]

I would probably turn to ash. My fair skin couldn't take the heat.

I do a lot of tack welding with my eyes closed. By the time the arc flashes, the tack is mostly done, so looking at it through a hood does no good.

The other day, I started with a tack, and ended up filling a 3/8 inch gap and I had very fine wire spooled so it took a lot longer than I tend to weld with no hood. The flash burn dried out the bottom edges of my eyelids and caused my nose to peel slightly between my nostrils. Dumb.

Whenever I do that I always wonder why I didn't apply sunscreen.

 

[Jennifer]

I used to solder at a job I had eons ago. Can that be considered "light welding"?

It was on circuit boards for timing control devices.

 

[Jennifer]

Way to be a ditzy bimbo!

Way to be a lame ass alt!

 

[Jennifer]

but alts are super sexy..twirls hair...pathetic old woman

Hi Kitty! Yes, I'm so old. You need to update your insults.

 

[Riles]

I get nervous when guys are fixing stuff - I always get enlisted to help, and I always end up with some kind of pain.

 

[Liar]

I get nervous when guys are fixing stuff - I always get enlisted to help, and I always end up with some kind of pain.

Just a tip: Most of us have no idea what we're doing and wing it.

 

[Que]

I used to solder at a job I had eons ago. Can that be considered "light welding"?

It was on circuit boards for timing control devices.

That is closer to brazing where you heat up the two pieces to be jointed then let the metal from a bronze rod flow into the "pores" of the metal. Brazing and soldering are kind of like bonding with hot glue.

In welding whether by traditional smithing, or modern electric arc you heat the metal to the point that the steel has reached a melting point, displace the oxygen so that it doesn't oxidize and burn through the way it does with a cutting torch and then allow the two pieces to exchange molecules. It becomes one piece of steel if done right.

Modern MIG (metal, inert gas) uses a wire feet that also has a nozzle that dispenses either CO2 or CO2/Argon gas to gently pressurize all of the oxygen out of the area. As the wire feeds, if melts away. It is no harder to use than a glue gun.

The cheap wire-feeds MIGs work pretty well. They don;t sizzle quite the same and the bead isn;t as pretty but they work. For even less they have wire-feed welders that have an acid core like acid core solder. I have been using that sort of wire in my welder for a while because until recently I hadn't gotten around to replacing my stolen Co2/argon bottle and regulator.

 

[thør]

Not wearing prescribed PPE is a good reason for me to send you down the road.

 

[Jennifer]

That is closer to brazing where you heat up the two pieces to be jointed then let the metal from a bronze rod flow into the "pores" of the metal. Brazing and soldering are kind of like bonding with hot glue.

In welding whether by traditional smithing, or modern electric arc you heat the metal to the point that the steel has reached a melting point, displace the oxygen so that it doesn't oxidize and burn through the way it does with a cutting torch and then allow the two pieces to exchange molecules. It becomes one piece of steel if done right.

Modern MIG (metal, inert gas) uses a wire feet that also has a nozzle that dispenses either CO2 or CO2/Argon gas to gently pressurize all of the oxygen out of the area. As the wire feeds, if melts away. It is no harder to use than a glue gun.

The cheap wire-feeds MIGs work pretty well. They don;t sizzle quite the same and the bead isn;t as pretty but they work. For even less they have wire-feed welders that have an acid core like acid core solder. I have been using that sort of wire in my welder for a while because until recently I hadn't gotten around to replacing my stolen Co2/argon bottle and regulator.

We have an argon beam cautery that we use on certain tissues in the body. I imagine the concept is close to welding.

 

[thør]

Not enough, apparently...

From the file name, I've guessing that this is the wannabe welder:

http://sceep.boogerwelds.com/asshole.jpg

 

[Que]

We have an argon beam cautery that we use on certain tissues in the body. I imagine the concept is close to welding.

In that case argon is involved in generating a laser beam. The control is similar. A steady hand, control the heat, probably pulse it on and off as you need it.

 

[Jennifer]

In that case argon is involved in generating a laser beam. The control is similar. A steady hand, control the heat, probably pulse it on and off as you need it.

A little goes a long way with it. It's very powerful. Very useful on the liver and certain cancerous tumors.

 

[Conager]

I've borrowed a Mig-welder a time or two, but I don't trust it. Not hot enough. If my life is dependent on it, I stick-weld it with the big portable Lincoln.

To be honest the first picture looks like my work. Never put a little weld on something when a lot would be better.

 

[Que]

I've borrowed a Mig-welder a time or two, but I don't trust it. Not hot enough. If my life is dependent on it, I stick-weld it with the big portable Lincoln.

To be honest the first picture looks like my work. Never put a little weld on something when a lot would be better.

Somewhat true. I once had to weld up a trailer hitch on a van with my little MIG. I heated everything up cherry-red with my cutting torch, then welded it.

I usually have .018 wire loaded up.

They make wire-feed that is much heavier and is every bit as hot as a stick. I haven't seen that with MIG though, it is core shield. The main difference is instead of having the flux on the outside like a stick it is on the inside. Same effect as it burns off. A lot of slag with either method. MIG is clean.