Cutting up to 1/4in steel - what do you recommend?

[Arc weld]

Make your cuts at least 1/16-inch big, then grind or sand to the dimension you want. If you Tig weld aluminum after plasma cutting this can happen.:thumbdown:

Don't know how to post a link but maybe you need to get some coke bottle glasses, move to the trailer park , ride around in a go cart and go by the name Bubbles.

The first time I was assigned to weld the top on, on a big oilfield tank with 6010, I had a few leaks on my section. There was another guy with the same name and they thought he just had a bad day. I knew better and he never said anything. You have to like guys like that. :thumbsup: Thankfully that's why they tests tanks and 31 leaks isn't so bad. :ashamed::ashamed: I would have been about 18 at the time, a few month's out of high school working in a bucket truck. It was relatively easy for the other welders to fix. I'm just glad I wasn't the one who was told to cut the temporary D rings (for lifting) off a tank. The poor guy that did, got them off alright except instead of saving the tank, he saved the D rings. He cut holes in the tank around where the D rings were welded on.

 

[dragoneggs]

Glad I wasn't the only one trying to overthink the obvious.

Terry

Jeez, Terry. Thanks so much for chiming in and relating... I feel better now! :drink:

 

[dragoneggs]

I'm just glad I wasn't the one who was told to cut the temporary D rings (for lifting) off a tank. The poor guy that did, got them off alright except instead of saving the tank, he saved the D rings. He cut holes in the tank around where the D rings were welded on.

That's funny! But probably not so much then for him.

 

[Shield Arc]

In this case on the aluminum tank it resulted in a leak when leak tested with air.

Bingo! I built a 60-gallon gas farm tank out of 1/8-inch aluminum I bought at the scrap yard. On a square tank 5-PSI of air and a little soapy water is a good way to test the welds on the tank.

 

[PhysAssist]

Has anyone used one of these: Coupon Display

If they're even reasonably useful, it would be a great deal at the price.
Thomas

 

[CNC Dan]

Has anyone used one of these: Coupon Display

If they're even reasonably useful, it would be a great deal at the price.
Thomas

I have one of those. Good for sheet metal, or thin plywood. Not the best quality, but works OK.

 

[ericher69]

If the YouTube guy had much further to cut he would have been way off at the end. In about 2" he was off by the width of the chalk line, started from center of the line and was at least 1/16" of by the time he finished.

Thanks for the comment;

First cut ever with modified saw
Freehand
Filming
Uh yeah it wasn't accurate; rolleyes

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[PhysAssist]

I have one of those. Good for sheet metal, or thin plywood. Not the best quality, but works OK.

Thanks for the information.
T