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Welding Trailer 101... time for a ck5 critique
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camiswelding
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post up your email address,,, I shoot some to you...
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13lazer
1/2 ton status
i'm an aws/icc structural steel and welding inspector, you forgot to mention your rod oven. you will need one on caltrans jobs, or anywhere that an engineer requires E7018 electrode. in the structural welding code aws d1.1 theres a table that gives limits on atmosheric exposure of all low hydrogen electrodes. though with that ln-25 you wont typically need to stick weld much. nr232 fcaw wire is substituted for E7018 on almost every project nowadays. the AWS D1.1 structural welding code would be a good thing to keep around in the event you need to argue with an inspector.
wheres your boom lift? most work in tne field is up in the air and ladders suck. on my last project the welders made really cool beam chairs out of 2"x2"x1/8" aluminum angles bolted together, and used c clamps to attach to the top flange of the beams they were working on. they would have been 3x heavier if steel had been used.
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nice rig by the way
wheres your boom lift? most work in tne field is up in the air and ladders suck. on my last project the welders made really cool beam chairs out of 2"x2"x1/8" aluminum angles bolted together, and used c clamps to attach to the top flange of the beams they were working on. they would have been 3x heavier if steel had been used.
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nice rig by the way
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camiswelding
1/2 ton status
I do have stick... but I would prefer "splattershield" with the ln25....
One of the things my instructors keep hammering home on is having resource materials... we are actually graded on our logs/technical publication/maintenance manuals.... I dont have the structural requirements in there yet,,, structural is the next class...which Im doing only so I can legally weld on my next (red iron) shop
rod oven and boom lift... interesting ideas... I never thought of either...
thanks
cam
One of the things my instructors keep hammering home on is having resource materials... we are actually graded on our logs/technical publication/maintenance manuals.... I dont have the structural requirements in there yet,,, structural is the next class...which Im doing only so I can legally weld on my next (red iron) shop
rod oven and boom lift... interesting ideas... I never thought of either...
thanks
cam
13lazer
1/2 ton status
no problem, stick welding is a great process. unfortunately its too slow in construction. in a shop you could end up doing anything. in the field, your ln-25 is the ****. when i come up with "extra" money, i want a little tig machine i can run off a 100 amp, 220v circuit in my garage. tig is the highest quality and slowest weld you can make. its great for fabbing truck parts in the garage. i have alot of sheetmetal work to do on my trucks, but i'd rather avoid the mig wirefeeder if i can. unfortunatey those tig machines are a little pricey
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botboy
1/2 ton status
13lazer said:no problem, stick welding is a great process. unfortunately its too slow in construction. in a shop you could end up doing anything. in the field, your ln-25 is the ****. when i come up with "extra" money, i want a little tig machine i can run off a 100 amp, 220v circuit in my garage. tig is the highest quality and slowest weld you can make. its great for fabbing truck parts in the garage. i have alot of sheetmetal work to do on my trucks, but i'd rather avoid the mig wirefeeder if i can. unfortunatey those tig machines are a little pricey
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Look into the miller Maxstar's, that series will do 140/150A off of 120 or 240V, they are nice, small machines (under 20 lbs) and do DC stick or tig.
