Welding General Thread - A general guide on turning hot steel into trucks, trains, and airplanes as well as posting your own welds.

This may be a mild thread derail to the usual constructive discussion regarding welding, have you guys noticed the influx(hue) of faggots who put weeaboo shit allover their equipment for whichever company you work for? It's completely unbearable to look at some days just retards putting almost completely naked anime bitches on their helmets and shit, It's staggering at the place I work since i'm literally the only person my age that doesn't have that any gayshit allover his equipment. before any MATIs occur I will say I don't mind the existence of anime and jap shit, I use to watch animu back when I was teenager/kid and all that but theres a time and place for stuff like that and I can't tolerate anime shit showing up in real life places.
 
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Lach said:
This may be a mild thread derail to the usual constructive discussion regarding welding, have you guys noticed the influx(hue) of faggots who put weeaboo shit allover their equipment for whichever company you work for? It's completely unbearable to look at some days just retards putting almost completely naked anime bitches on their helmets and shit, It's staggering at the place I work since i'm literally the only person my age that doesn't have that any gayshit allover his equipment. before any MATIs occur I will say I don't mind the existence of anime and jap shit, I use to watch animu back when I was teenager/kid and all that but theres a time and place for stuff like that and I can't tolerate anime shit showing up in real life places.
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Yes, I recent went to go set up a lathe and the fucking controller was covered in weeb stickers. I wanted to fill rapid the turret into the spindle and blame it on visual obstructions to the boss.
 
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CEO of Gay said:
Is there a particular material I should be practicing with to hone those TIG skills
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Inco or cobalt. Shit welds like a dream. For real though. Get whatever stainless you can get your hands on and learn how not to leave it a mess of sugar.
Brenda Holiday said:
Are welders egotistical at every job? I don't know if its just mine... I don't understand. I've had people get butthurt at the suggestion that welding isn't difficult. They try and act like you have to be some kind of genius to point and shoot a fucking mig gun. Its definitely a skill that you can feel proud of but you don't have to be gods gift to man, especially when its getting grinded down smooth anyways. "Welding isn't difficult" wasn't said in derision, but encouragement to someone who was interested in trying.
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They shouldn't be. I've got like 14 different AWS D17.1 certs (aerospace) for stainless, cobalt, titanium and inconel in all positions and I will say all day that anyone with an IQ over 100 and actual work ethic can learn how to do it. Its just time under the hood and practice. I look at welding a lot like learning a musical instrument, you need like a week of class work to learn the theory and a few months of practice to teach your body to implement the theory. After that it's all refinement.
The other thing to remember is in a professional setting you are working to spec not perfection. These assholes who think they are gods gift to metal are usually working with a tolerance that was set to be a country mile by engineering. Do they put out good parts? Yes, but they are winning a race that was set up to be easy in the first place. If they are telling you you need hold +/- .001 on an end point and you are swinging that on the reg you've got a reason to be proud but most guys are holding .020 tolerance and acting like noone else could do it. It's all a bullshit job security strategy. Like I'll be straight, I got bored welding every day so I transfered to the machining department and have been learning that the last few months. Welding is infact pretty easy.
 
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Lach said:
retards putting almost completely naked anime bitches on their helmets
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Not saying its not cringe but this is the modern version of the 40s pin up girls (which I have on my old hood lol) occasionally you get a true weeb but sometimes these dudes don't even know what anime bitch the sticker is of
Bummer said:
It's all a bullshit job security strategy
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I think you hit the nail on the head there, because the welds this line does take less than a minute and get grinded off. It pissed me off because I wasn't even belittling anyone, just trying to encourage others who were interested in welding. I've met other people who are amazing welders who aren't welding that tell me the same thing, that they just got bored of it. I think that is what happens because there is a ceiling to welding. You can only go so high before you hit that ceiling, and if you don't plan on moving up and doing more complex welding then that ceiling is as low as what your current job offers. There is only one other weld line here that does heavier shit, but I consider that even easier.
 
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WelperHelper99 said:
The weld won't rust any faster than the metal I'd that's what your asking. Either way for a patch would work, at least how I visualize it without pictures.
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♂CANAM productions♂ said:
Simpler question.
1) In a "Butt joint" weld is corrosion from water and/or chlorine gas more likely to intrude from the weld face or the base "root" (Is that the right term), or doesn't fucking matter like Juju?
2) Lap or butt joint for something bodywork (or better suggestion) that would work for the car fender attached to the wheel well? Yes, my wheel well is all steel unfortunately, I already plan on a T joint weld for the perpendicular part.
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Normally when repairing cars people use butt welds. Lap welds are easier because they're less likely to burn through, but they're more likely to collect moisture and will start rusting sooner. Whichever way you go, use two component epoxy primer and then seal the weld line with PU sealant. If possible, definitely do this with both sides.
 
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John Badman said:
How do I do that? Would a simple outlet fan be enough? Do I point it outside the garage and I’m ready to go?
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If you're pulling air out of a space, don't forget you have to bring other air into the space to make up for the air removed. To keep air in an area fresh I have found it is often easier to set a fan to blow in, and let the fresh air force the stale air out.

You can get crazy and deep into the engineering autism with flow rates, filtration, air change hours, where to put your intake and exhaust ports, and all the rest of it, and if you did it right, you would have an area that always had fresh air and is very safe to weld in. But often, just opening the garage door and getting a fan going so fumes flow away from you should be good enough.
 
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CEO of Gay said:
If you're pulling air out of a space, don't forget you have to bring other air into the space to make up for the air removed. To keep air in an area fresh I have found it is often easier to set a fan to blow in, and let the fresh air force the stale air out.

You can get crazy and deep into the engineering autism with flow rates, filtration, air change hours, where to put your intake and exhaust ports, and all the rest of it, and if you did it right, you would have an area that always had fresh air and is very safe to weld in. But often, just opening the garage door and getting a fan going so fumes flow away from you should be good enough.
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I have a garage and door so I was thinking I set up in a corner and have one fan blow in through the garage door and one blow out the regular door.
 
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WelperHelper99 said:
A fan wouldn't hurt either depending on how tight the garage is, just to circulate air.
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It doesn't, but it's usually not necessary. Garage doors are taller than people, so by the time the smoke layer would get low enough to affect the person, it would already be escaping out of the door. Circulation doesn't hurt, but you know you gotta be careful with where that fan is if you're using shielding gas.
 
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Barry McKockner said:
It doesn't, but it's usually not necessary. Garage doors are taller than people, so by the time the smoke layer would get low enough to affect the person, it would already be escaping out of the door. Circulation doesn't hurt, but you know you gotta be careful with where that fan is if you're using shielding gas.
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I was thinking at the end of the garage tbh where the door is. Just don't want him getting hurt is all. Lost my voice for over a month because the vacuum in my booth switched off and I didn't realize it.
 
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WelperHelper99 said:
I was thinking at the end of the garage tbh where the door is. Just don't want him getting hurt is all. Lost my voice for over a month because the vacuum in my booth switched off and I didn't realize it.
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Booth is not the same as a garage. A booth is smaller and more compact. A garage has a much larger volume before it gets to a critical level.

Also, critical question: Attached or detached? If it's attached, always ventilate so the fumes don't get into your attic and spread around the house annoying yourself and/or family. If it's detached like a shed, just check when you stop to see where your smoke layer is at. If it's low, ventilate. If it's not, you're good. But you'll have to stop every once in a while anyways because of the machine's duty cycle (unless you spent an assload of money on a good machine), so that's a great time to air it out as well.
 
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