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Posted by on June 21, 2008, 5:17 am
Please log in for more thread options > I am going to weld a 3" x 3" X .120" square tube on to a 12" square by 3/=
8"
> baseplate. =A0I want good strength as these will be the posts for an awni=
ng.
> Would you use 7018 or 7024 rod and keep the puddle on the plate, letting =
a
> small portion of the puddle flow to the tubing? =A0I have done this befor=
e
> with 6010 and 6011 rod, but want something that will look better, yet not=
so
> hot or large a puddle that it melts the tubing. =A0Anyone done this?
>
> Steve
>
> --
> "...the man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere
> critic-the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectl=
y,
> not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done."
> Theodore Roosevelt 1891
i would use a high heat setting and do as you said with the most of
the weld pool on the thick plate and a little on the pipe, but i would
then turn the welder down a bit and layer a second weld on top of your
first with 50% on the pipe and 50% on the other weld.
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> baseplate. I want good strength as these will be the posts for an awning.
> Would you use 7018 or 7024 rod and keep the puddle on the plate, letting a
> small portion of the puddle flow to the tubing? I have done this before
> with 6010 and 6011 rod, but want something that will look better, yet not so
> hot or large a puddle that it melts the tubing. Anyone done this?