Today's Welding time!

[dragoneggs]

The welding forum has been quiet lately... so I thought I should start a thread based on a popular concept. Let's post our welds... be it a big project or small, routine or not, and of course please post pics. I would start but I'm on a long business trip and have the jones. I will say though, when I am out and about, I find myself looking at welds wherever I might be.

 

[shadetree]

Great idea. My 'welds' have not reached picture quality (long way from it) yet. I am enjoying trying to learn and hope one day...

I like to see what others have done especially small projects.

 

[Shield Arc]

Here are a few projects I've built at home.

 

[weldingisfun]

Just finished this one.

 

[rkidd]

These are some of the projects I fabbed up for my B2650. Fabbed up a compact ballast box for ease of getting around, and I have 500 more lbs of weight I can add if I need it. Light brackets for my LED lights, welded on some hooks to the bucket, and welded up some 1/8 steel for some chain toolboxes that mount to the existing holes in the loader frame. Going to make one for the other side also.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Good idea DragonEggs. There are some real craftsmen welders here. I am not one of them. I am more at the beginner utilitarian stage and trying to get better with practice. A couple small stick projects from last summer.

Chain Saw vise for filing in the woods






And a trailer hitch on my dump trailer so I can pull my wood splitter along too



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[aarolar]

I can fill this one up from work here's some 7018 work I did on my bucket thumb recently.

 

[aarolar]

Little pulse mig on some heavy plate brackets.

 

[aarolar]

Joking around with the boys at work.

 

[California]

Little pulse mig on some heavy plate brackets.
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What sort of amperage does it take for material that heavy?

And - is one pass like this sufficient to make a weld as strong as the material?