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Fatzook

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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:18 pm

monkey wrote:

alien wrote:

hey monkey show everyone your awesome welds on my half-doors =P

I can't yet :oops:

dad has the welder set up for TIG so i have to wait til he is finished before i can start welding them up (Have to swap it back to MIG) :wink:

and i don't think those welds are going to be awesome...it's been a while sense i have welded steel that thin :roll:

Just TIG it then? :crazy:

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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:20 am

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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:05 pm

SierraDan wrote:

Had a go at welding. Doesnt seem too bad for my first time.

My vertical down that i didnt keep straight haha.

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steak_knife

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Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:41 am

I had to fill a gap...

& stuff... :roll:

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zooky08

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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:04 pm

Far from awesome, this is my 90 degrees joint weld on my winch cradle. I'm only a beginner so don't pic on my welds

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steak_knife

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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:09 am

Lil gap filler..... :helloo:

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BrumbyBoy

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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 4:21 am

Solid wire vert up, to a structural purpose standard, pritty average but got me a pass on that weld for 3rd year tafe as a boiley.

3 run vert up with flux core outer shield, again very average but got me a pass.

J prep in 25mm plate. something like 20 runs in this including the backing run. This is the macro test. Very happy with this as I did it first go, only one in the class to pass first go.

Those v8 intake manifolds come up on every forum i'm on lol, you guys should see some of the fab work and welds on mini truck forums...

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Calmini

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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:38 pm

Straight out of the current Vitara 3" production run

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Mig by hand with .035 wire.

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ohhyer

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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 6:39 am

Is that done by pulse mig ??

Calmini

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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 4:18 pm

ohhyer wrote:

Is that done by pulse mig ??

No, we do not Pulse Weld at all.

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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:03 pm

Proper weldment is something we take great pride in at CALMINI.

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Gwagensteve

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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:28 pm

And cracks in welding.....

I have a Tracker (Vitara) rear A arm relocation bracket from a Calmini Kit here that the owner was seeking to submit for engineering approval.

As part of that process, a crack test was required, run of the mill for fabricated parts going through the engineering approval process.

Surprisingly, the bracket was cracked through the end of the weld. ( I am an NDT technician of 15 years experience and carried out the test myself) It was a small crack granted, but it was in a critical area.

I repaired it, but the bracket was never used because the engineer wouldn't approve the heim joint for road use, so we fabricated a ball joint spacer, which has been on the car in question for a few years now. (That spacer was built in 2008)

In progress in this shot.

Whilst I don't claim I'm a good welder, and my welds are never as pretty as the ones on Calmini's gear, part design is more important that a pretty weld. In my opinion, the A arm bracket supplied in Calmini's kits is poorly designed.

Sorry, I didn't intent to hijack this thread with Calmini bashing - I am genuinely impressed with the welds on the A arms posted - sometimes I think part design is a bit lacking.

Steve.

zooky08

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 10:01 am

Done a few welds this morning at work. I think they are okay for a 1st year

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nandor85

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 4:34 pm

i thought i wasnt that good at welding fuck some of u guys need some practice lol

this is some alloy and stainless tig ive been doing at tafe first time on a tig

the first pic is a sink section and a tray section, the rest are my welds

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94BAZOOKA

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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 7:49 pm

No awsome about this but my first ever vertical up

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Fatzook

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Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 1:54 pm

Pulse MIG

Both pieces are 8mm. Single pass, 10mm fillet. Steel was a bit dirty :oops:

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Rusho

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Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 3:45 pm

Fatzook wrote:

Pulse MIG

Both pieces are 8mm. Single pass, 10mm fillet. Steel was a bit dirty :oops:

What have you bought now :mrgreen:

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Fatzook

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Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:01 pm

Rusho wrote:

What have you bought now :mrgreen:

Nothing.

Oh BTW, your coily has disappeared :beer:

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Rusho

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Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:08 pm

Fatzook wrote:

Rusho wrote:

What have you bought now :mrgreen:

Nothing.

Oh BTW, your coily has disappeared :beer:

Has it turned into a ute by any chance pompoms

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just_cruizin

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Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:25 pm

What's the benefit of the pulse mig

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31zook wrote:

Makes me want something similar

Rusho

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Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:30 pm

just_cruizin wrote:

What's the benefit of the pulse mig

This explains it far better than in could

http://www.lincolnelectric.ca/knowledge ... sedmig.asp

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dono1

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Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:08 pm

Does anyone do arc welding anymore or is it a lost art?

Fatzook

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Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:15 pm

dono1 wrote:

Does anyone do arc welding anymore or is it a lost art?

I break out the MMA every now and then. Not due to any real need, but I do like to keep 'in practice'.

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DarkHorse

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Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 11:48 pm

I should get mine out again for a play, I'm getting lazy with the work MIG.

Pulse is pretty!

just_cruizin

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Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 11:58 pm

dono1 wrote:

Does anyone do arc welding anymore or is it a lost art?

gas pipelines, for field welds when they're not done by a robot mig

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31zook wrote:

Makes me want something similar

zooky08

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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 5:50 pm

Use arc welder for all the steel pipe lines at work

6 months into the trade and I think I'm going okay, 3.5 years to go Armsup

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DarkHorse

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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:24 am

That's with a stick? Very tidy!

SierraDan

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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:35 am

That's MIG.

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zooky08

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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:14 am

Yes it's mig, I'm not so good with arc yet.

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rustyzook

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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:28 pm

dono1 wrote:

Does anyone do arc welding anymore or is it a lost art?

only for ammonia lines out side of food prep areas witch isnt often at all,

other wise its oxy and brown tip Armsup

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