Seeking advice on welding hook to FEL bucket

[sixdogs]

Yes, that weld. I just never saw one break that way.

 

[Shaneard]

Yes, that weld. I just never saw one break that way.

If you have to remove something that has been welded on 4 sides you can grind away 3 sides and break it off like that, done it many times!

 

[Xfaxman]

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I understand the OP is using a plate to give him more welding surface when welding to the FEL bucket. Just curious how would a person determine how much plate is enough??

I use the TLAR method.

That Looks About Right.

 

[k0ua]

I use the TLAR method.

That Looks About Right.

Love it!:laughing:

 

[Gary Fowler]

You second photo in the above post #28 is amazing. It's close to a centerfold weld that every welder should tape to the mirror in the morning.

Shieldarc--I can't imagine any of your welds ever tearing under any circumstance ever. Never. Why did that weld fail?

The weld didn't fail. Bending a fillet weld like that is analogous to ripping a phone book in half-the secret is bending it so you are actually tearing it one page at a time which is similarly how you are breaking that weld, a micron at a time. If you want to see the tensile strength of the weld, try breaking it in the other direction. You wont have enough force to be break the weld. You will just fold the parent material over.

 

[ovrszd]

Doesn't bother me to display my inadequacies.

This is with a Miller 250 MIG, .035 wire, 21V, 45%. Two 1/4"x2" flatbars.

Didn't take 23 blows of my 4# hammer to break this......

 

[ovrszd]

Here's the broken pic, meant to add it in the first post.

All critique welcome.

 

[Shield Arc]

When I did that 7018 fillet weld break test. I beat the top plate down on to the bottom plate. Then I had to beat it back the other direction to break the weld.

 

[Shaneard]

Here's the broken pic, meant to add it in the first post.

All critique welcome.


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Do the same weld on the back side as you did on this one (both welded) and hit it, the material will bend before the weld breaks (most likely).

 

[ovrszd]

When I did that 7018 fillet weld break test. I beat the top plate down on to the bottom plate. Then I had to beat it back the other direction to break the weld.

Yeah, I clamped one piece to the table and then beat the vertical piece toward the weld. I think that's how you did it.

I didn't have to beat mine back the other direction......

Pretty obvious where my weaknesses were.