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Welding is the most economical and efficient way to join metals permanently. Welding is very important for our economy because more than 50% of the gross national product comes from welding. There are different kinds of welding. Some processes cause sparks and others do not require extra heat. Welding can be done for various purposes outdoors, indoors and underwater, outer space.
everlastgenerators.com/products-category-58.html” title=”Welders”>Welders are used for various industry groups. Some of industries where welding is used is agriculture, construction, mining, bulldozers, cranes, material handling equipment, food-processing machinery, papermaking and printing equipment, textiles and office machinery.
Welding is also used in fabricated metals like pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks, sheet metal, prefabricated metal buildings and ornamental work. Welding is also used for transportation purpose like shipbuilding, aircraft, spacecraft, railroads, automobiles, trucks, buses, trailers and associated equipment.
Welding is also done for primary metal industries which include steel mills, iron and steel foundries, smelting and refining plants. Another group is the electrical and electronic equipment companies.
Welding is a fusion process, in which metal parts are heated to the melting point and fused together, usually with a filler of the same material melted along with the parent material. There are many types of welding processes like Oxy-acetylene Gas Welding, Arc Welding, Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) and Metal Inert Gas (MIG).
Arc welding is mostly used for structural steel welding. Electric current that flows through a high resistance air gap generates an intense arc with temperatures ranging from 6,000 to10, 000 degrees Fahrenheit. MIG welding are mostly preferred for industrial welding applications. The two basic inert gases used for MIG are Argon and Carbon dioxide. A mixture of 75% Argon and 25% carbon dioxide is also very common.
The shielding gas that is used in TIG is Helium. This process is considered most controllable and cleanest method of welding. TIG process can weld thin, light and dissimilar materials. Soldering and Brazing are the two most common methods of joining two metals. In Soldering and brazing, parent metal is heated and the filler metal is melted into the joint where it cools. Lead based filler metals are used in soldering and brass based filler metals are used in brazing.
Uneven heating and cooling in welding operations gives rise to significant residual stresses in the vicinity of the weld. The residual stresses and discontinuities in a weld have a significant influence on the fatigue life of a part. The fatigue part of a weld is often less than the base material. Residual stresses may be removed by annealing.
Welding is not suitable for all types of metals, as some materials, such as stainless steel can get cracks when overheated. Welding has become highly automatized over the last decade, and the use of welding robots is now common place in certain industries, such as automotive manufacturing plants
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When mig welding, do you start out with the electrode touching the workpiece? Or 1/4 from the piece?What exactly is the stickout, how do you remove stuck wire from the piece?
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But you have to promise to watch my new beef jerky in the oven video …lol
ok ok
thanks
you’ve got some pretty good videos and now I’m thinking about buying that little arc welder…. How thin of metal can it do and can you make a video trying the welder at all amp.
ok thanks. I have a REALLY tight budget so i would rather use cheap wire..but i still want the weld to look and perform decent. Im gonna lift my lawnmower about 4 inches so i need it strong and i want it to look as good as possible so i was just asking. Thanks a lot!
mig welders need a shield gas unless u use flux core wire.
the best way to get a nice bead id to set your heat, and turn up the wire feed speed,…..strike an arc and turn down the wire feed till you get a nice bead with little splatter
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you may want to do a search on that (google). That may give u the help u need. Good luck!
If the nozzle is arcing it means the insulator between the nozzle and gas diffuser is probably shot. You will have to either replace the insulator or make sure you don't touch the work piece.
Arcing outside the weld zone is not good, can lead to inbrittlement and cracking.
Oh, and good job on buying a miller…i hate it when people buy crap gear and expect miracles(or ask me to perform them with their junk welder)
First off, are you a good welder? If you have limited experience, you will not get good weld penetration with a MiG welder. Also if you use one of the cheap welders that you can buy at Lowe's or auto parts stores, they don't produce enough power to get a deep penetrating weld.
MIG means machine inert gas. Those cheap welders are called MiG but are just wire feed welders and not MiG. You must use gas to get a good weld. A cheap gas to use if you are a good welder is carbon dioxide. The weld is good only if you are very experienced. Next you can use 75/25 gas mix which is 75 % argon and 25 % carbon dioxide. Doesn't take as much skill and produces a reasonable weld. For a top job, use 100% argon. It costs a little more but does so much more.
If you buy a MiG, get a good one in the $2000 dollar range, such as a commercial Lincoln, Miller or Hobart. Go to welding school at your local Vo-tech and practice, practice, practice. Once you learn, you can weld car doors, bodies, exhaust, frame or anything else you so desire. As a good MiG welder, you can get a top paying job and be set for life. I prefer a auto darkening helmet when I weld. It makes learning so much easier.
That weld looked pretty good. better than I everd did with that machine.
i have seen worse welding from 30 year olds realy nice job
Consistency, quality, and operating cost. Remember, you don't need highly trained welders, just machine operators to run them.
glad you asked, Mig welding is really a simple task if you can already stick weld. what you see is what you get with a mig. follow the following process and you'll do great.
if right handed hold the handle slightly to the left just enough to see the wire sticking out of the nozzle, weld to the left in an overlapping circular pattern usually between 1/4 and 7/16 wide the lens should be sufficient if for arc welding. a quick practice on scrap metal should ease your concerns quickly. you will see the deposited weld in the lens and no chipping needed
Hope you are not using pure argon (just a wast of money for pure). You should be using a 75/25 mix of argon/co2. The shielding gas shields the molten metal from the atmosphere, more so oxygen and nitrogen to prevent porosity, and reduce the chance of cracks. To rent a tank you should call a local welding supply for the prices as the price varies quit a bit by location. I am in Ohio so a price I would give you would not be true for your location.
Here is a good site to look at, http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/index.html
http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/Mig-welding-tips.html
(32 years welding)
I used it to make a “suit of Armor” like dude that was made of tacked pieces of paper thin tin like steel and it worked if I hit it real fast. I mainly use it for 16gua-3/16ths/ Sure I’ll make another video with it turned up. I’ll go do that right now as a matter of fact.
Mig welding job listings in Dallas TX:
http://electricalengineer.electrical-designer-guide.com/a/jobs/find-jobs/q-mig+welding/l-dallas+TX
Do you recommend a certain brand of flux wire? And is it hard to make the welds look decent?
I would recommend Lincoln Electric wire it’s nice and you can make pretty welds with any wire it just takes some practice and if you shine ‘em up, you can get you welds to look like TIG welds!!!
There is a big difference between MIG and TIG welding, in both the process, and the skill level required of the weldor. They really are two different processes altogether, and the MIG is the much easier of the two.
There is much to read on the web, including some great information at the Miller and Lincoln websites. They can give you a pretty great overview of TIG welding. But, as with many skills, it takes hands-on practice as well as study, to be successful.
If your fiance has ever welded with a gas torch, he might already have the skills he needs. Unlike a MIG welder, a TIG does not feed an electrified filler wire for you. You are in control of a separate heat source (the torch) that you must manipulate in order to melt the base metal together, while adding the filler by hand to the molten puddle you're creating. It's the same way a gas torch works, just with electricity, rather than gas, as the heat source.
The tricky part comes in learning how hot to make the puddle, how much heat to apply (with a foot or hand controller), and how to coordinate the filler at the same time. Quite often, TIG welding involves metals like aluminum or stainless, which have their own quirks that need to be considered. It's by no means impossible to learn all of this…and it can be a very valuable skill to have, often paying higher than MIG welding jobs.
If your fiance shows this prospective employer that he is a professional who takes pride in his work, has studied the subject, and is willing to learn, he may get his foot in the door and start down a new path on his welding career. I wish him the best. Study all you can, and if you know a buddy who is good with the Oxy-Acetylene torch, go visit him right away for some practice!
Best of Luck!