Jed D
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as alex w says glove are an essential, well at least 1. i tend to just use one depending on the angle. or dont wear any, cheap way of getting a sun tan but its not nice 
im just learning steve, done a few basics at college when i done mechanics but im working unpaid doing it purely for the experience and so far so good.
we've just done a huge bulk order of railings for the local church that need bars on the windows, 150 different shaped windows  and the boss undercharged big time 
[Edited on 14-10-2011 by JedDy]
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richc
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quote:
Originally posted by gazza808
Mig welding is easy. (I'm a coded mig welder btw and do it for a living)
Good advice on the material tbh, so much easier to learn on some decent material, I would start with a 6inch square of 6mm plate first and just run beads from one edge to the other covering the plate, then turn it 90 degree's and start again, also have a read up about the proper angles to hold your torch etc as it does make a lot of difference.
What you weld?
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gazza808
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Now any thing that comes through the door now.
But when I did my training and got the trade, I was welding up stair cases and 1.5-15tonne a frame mobile cranes. Hence needing to be coded for insurance purposes.
Can also tig weld, but abit out of touch with it now it's been that long.
[Edited on 14-10-2011 by gazza808]
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richc
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quote:
Originally posted by gazza808
Now any thing that comes through the door now.
But when I did my training and got the trade, I was welding up stair cases and 1.5-15tonne a frame mobile cranes. Hence needing to be coded for insurance purposes.
Can also tig weld, but abit out of touch with it now it's been that long.
[Edited on 14-10-2011 by gazza808]
What sort of NDT you lot do? Thats all i am getting at.
Its just we do alot of nuclear/sub-sea work and its all X-ray and Radiograph and it annoys the piss out of me when people weld stuff like digger buckets, and exhausts and think they are top welders and claim its easy. My farther-in-law is the same. They make exhausts and he laughs when anyone mentions MIG and claims 'anyone can do it' and all his work colleges think they are amazing and act all smugg because they 'can' TIG some SS exhausts. They wouldnt have a clue if it were Ali. Their welding wouldnt even pass DPI, never mind radio or the likes and for some reason it boils the piss out of me.
The welders at my place have to be able to weld MIG, TIG, MMA on Mild, SS, Ali, Duplex, weldox.
This isnt a personal attack; I have issues 
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gazza808
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Ndt wise, one in five cranes had it's welds x ray'd etc and we'd get a report back (sent out so not completely sure what other tests were done),
but also after each weld we had to weld a certain piece on a test piece and that would be submitted to destructive testing on completion of the welding stage, and I would have to submit test welds periodically to be tested to check I was still up to scratch, obviously not as strict as your place, as you can imagine.
At the new place no testing at all lol, but we don't do any jobs where it's really. Needed now,
Hope that made sense as I'm posting on my phone.
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Phoenix Autosport
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its well worth taking an evening course at your local college if you can, i did one a couple of years ago and it was geat to get some advice when learning so that you know all the basics and how adjusting feed speed and power will affect the weld.
i also picked up a lot of tips for car work as the guy teaching was a mechanic during the day
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3CorsaMeal
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My grandads mate welded the Eiffel tower
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Jonny.K
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all depends on what ur using it for but gassles welders are pish u cudny melt a milky bar wrapper with one for heavier stuff like structaural work id use a liquid cooled one but for working on a car youl be fine with and air cooled anything between 120-200 amp welder will be quite sufficient for you and MIGs piss easy ti learn if you can figure out to set your machine up then youl be fine if i can weld anybody can
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Jonny.K
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
My grandads mate welded the Eiffel tower
bloody hell must have took him ages!:O
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Jed D
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Tom G
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Originally posted by F17_AJK
all depends on what ur using it for but gassles welders are pish u cudny melt a milky bar wrapper with one for heavier stuff like structaural work id use a liquid cooled one but for working on a car youl be fine with and air cooled anything between 120-200 amp welder will be quite sufficient for you and MIGs piss easy ti learn if you can figure out to set your machine up then youl be fine if i can weld anybody can
Mad mike couldn't!
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