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Be gentle with critique of welding please. stryped 04-19-2008
Posted by stryped on April 19, 2008, 9:57 pm
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 Here are some welds I just did in my garage. I have not welded in
almost a year and I was trying to basically lay a bead. I know they
are probably pretty horrible:
http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w75/stryped_2007/

I had a hard time with 7018. I have had all my rods in a closet in the
house for several years. Think they have accumulated moisture? One of
the pictures is with 6013. It was a lot easier I think.

Just wondered what you thought.

Posted by Trevor Jones on April 19, 2008, 10:32 pm
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 stryped wrote:

> Here are some welds I just did in my garage. I have not welded in
> almost a year and I was trying to basically lay a bead. I know they
> are probably pretty horrible:
http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w75/stryped_2007/
>
> I had a hard time with 7018. I have had all my rods in a closet in the
> house for several years. Think they have accumulated moisture? One of
> the pictures is with 6013. It was a lot easier I think.
>
> Just wondered what you thought.

7018 should be kept dry. A cycle through your oven, on a cleaning
cycle, is not too hot, for driving off the moisture from the flux.

Clean the areas of paint and rust before welding, Get a decent knot
wheel on a angle grinder for cleaning, and don't look too hard at the
welds until there is a coat od Tremclad over them, and they will look
really good! :-0

Nobody ever got better at welding by not doing it! Practice is good!

Cheers
Trevor Jones


Posted by stryped on April 19, 2008, 10:44 pm
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> stryped wrote:
> > Here are some welds I just did in my garage. I have not welded in
> > almost a year and I was trying to basically lay a bead. I know they
> > are probably pretty horrible:http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w75/stry=
ped_2007/
>
> > I had a hard time with 7018. I have had all my rods in a closet in the
> > house for several years. Think they have accumulated moisture? One of
> > the pictures is with 6013. It was a lot easier I think.
>
> > Just wondered what you thought.
>
> =A0 7018 should be kept dry. A cycle through your oven, on a cleaning
> cycle, is not too hot, for driving off the moisture from the flux.
>
> =A0 Clean the areas of paint and rust before welding, Get a decent knot
> wheel on a angle grinder for cleaning, and don't look too hard at the
> welds until there is a coat od Tremclad over them, and they will look
> really good! :-0
>
> =A0 Nobody ever got better at welding by not doing it! Practice is good!
>
> =A0 Cheers
> =A0 =A0Trevor Jones

it is ok to put them in the oven I cook in? At what temp?

Posted by Don Foreman on April 20, 2008, 12:39 am
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On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:57:59 -0700 (PDT), stryped

>Here are some welds I just did in my garage. I have not welded in
>almost a year and I was trying to basically lay a bead. I know they
>are probably pretty horrible:
http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w75/stryped_2007/
>
>I had a hard time with 7018. I have had all my rods in a closet in the
>house for several years. Think they have accumulated moisture? One of
>the pictures is with 6013. It was a lot easier I think.
>
>Just wondered what you thought.

Baking your 7018 at about 300 to 350 in the oven for about an hour
might help noticably.

When I haven't welded for several months, I also do a few practice
welds on scrap before staring a job that matters. I don't think one
ever forgets how to weld once one has learned, because once one has
learned then he knows what to do if things aren't runnin' quite right.
If I haven't welded for a while, I often don't get things right first
go but it only takes a few minutes to "get it back".

I'll be doing some o' that tomorrow, in fact. I have practice bits
ready to go to the scrap bin after first attempts. I figure 10
minutes will have me cookin' again. I'll be MIG-welding conduit (EMT)
to make something. I sure discovered that 3/4" conduit isn't as
cheap as it used to be (holy buckets!) but I suppose nothing is.

Posted by Karl Townsend on April 20, 2008, 7:31 am
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> Baking your 7018 at about 300 to 350 in the oven for about an hour
> might help noticably.

My rod oven calls out a bit higher temp. 500 - 600 1 hour. here's another
manufactures link.
http://www.rodovens.com/welding_articles/storage_chart.htm

P.S. I used to use the SO's oven. She came home early once when I was drying
out some rod that had a bit of grease on them, I guess. I NEVER TRIED THAT
AGAIN.

Karl



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