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Old 05-31-2003, 09:08 PM
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For those of you that think you can weld
Try this one. This is the splined section of a pitman arm welded into a chunk of 3/4" plate to make a new flat pitman.

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Old 05-31-2003, 09:15 PM
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well . . . me bragging about being a good welder doesnt make me a good welder J/K Looks good
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Old 05-31-2003, 10:06 PM
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well . . . me bragging about being a good welder doesnt make me a good welder J/K Looks good
Who's bragging?

The pic speaks for itself.
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Old 05-31-2003, 10:20 PM
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Very nice! I'd be happy if I had half the welding/fab skills you do.....

What kind of welder are you using? I have a Millermatic 251 sitting in the shop....collecting dust, for the most part. Hopefully it'll get a workout pretty soon - need to fab a new rear bumper/tire carrier now that I have the 35's on.
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Old 05-31-2003, 10:25 PM
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My grandma welds better than that!



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Old 05-31-2003, 10:55 PM
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Very nice! I'd be happy if I had half the welding/fab skills you do.....

What kind of welder are you using? I have a Millermatic 251 sitting in the shop....collecting dust, for the most part. Hopefully it'll get a workout pretty soon - need to fab a new rear bumper/tire carrier now that I have the 35's on.
That particular weld was done with an ancient water cooled Miller Tig machine. Seems like it still works just fine.

That's actually the top pass over a root pass done with 1/16th ER70S, the top pass was done with 1/8th in the same filler rod. The two welds almost meet in the middle of the 3/4" plate.

I am going to make another one as a spare just in case. I just want to check the travel first.
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Old 05-31-2003, 10:56 PM
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Does she work on jeeps?
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Old 05-31-2003, 11:02 PM
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Does she work on jeeps?
Um well can't say for sure but she probably does go wheeling from time to time.
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Old 05-31-2003, 11:08 PM
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Um well can't say for sure but she probably does go wheeling from time to time.
Garry
I figured you'd pop in and spill the beans as to whom those welds belong to. You should recognize the hand, you have examples on your rig.

I think Granny hung up her driving shoes when the bus moved out of state.
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Old 05-31-2003, 11:57 PM
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If everyone welded this well, they would not have a requirement for all welds on cryo-tanks to be done by a machine.
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Old 06-01-2003, 11:11 PM
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Mostly suberbans!
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Old 06-02-2003, 04:39 AM
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Blaine, you beat me to it again. I was going to say-nice TIG cover pass; but how many root passes to get through that 3/4" plate?
Damn I am slow.
Edit: BTW, did you slip that on a splined shaft while welding? Curious as to how much heat deformation you would get, in that small of an area.
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Old 06-02-2003, 08:02 AM
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Blaine, you beat me to it again. I was going to say-nice TIG cover pass; but how many root passes to get through that 3/4" plate?
Damn I am slow.
Edit: BTW, did you slip that on a splined shaft while welding? Curious as to how much heat deformation you would get, in that small of an area.
Only 4 passes were used. Two from each side. There is about a 1/4" wide band around the middle of the splined area to locate it in the hole I drilled in the plate. I then veed both of them back at about 30 degrees or so to weld into.
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Old 06-02-2003, 11:08 AM
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well . . . me bragging about being a good welder doesnt make me a good welder J/K Looks good
What is funny is that Blaine isn't bragging about HIS welds!
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Old 06-04-2003, 08:37 AM
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Yeah thats cool and all Blaine. But can you weld this:


I can't either...


Actually Blaine, your welds are some of the nicest I've seen and I see a bunch of stuff the guys at Boeing do.
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Old 06-04-2003, 10:05 AM
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Yeah thats cool and all Blaine. But can you weld this:


I can't either...


Actually Blaine, your welds are some of the nicest I've seen and I see a bunch of stuff the guys at Boeing do.
If that was one of your welds Richie it would have been a Diet Coke can
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