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Chadwick said:
Then it was time to tackle drum end no other pics than these bc it was time to put work in.
3 of 4 of the bolts were twisted... could not get Allen head anything to work tried every kind of hand or battery powered impact device.. even sleezee-out! To no avail. Black Allen head bolts counter sun into dead end cable locker deal...

Now my closed fist to elbow length is longer the I have room wherer these were welded.
Add a short used rod length stinger gloves my fat head and fatter hood all in where it really doesn't fit... and one of the crew (literally his hand holding visegrips and small @$$ nut (not bolt) < fixered that 👀) .
And yes all three came rite out... total shit globs .. however it 💪! :flipoff2::usa:
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Fuck all of that. I've had to do that far more times than should be legal and the disgusting part is when you finally get something stuck to the head well enough to hold with a tool, the welding heat loosens them to where they will almost turn out with some skinny fingers.
 
Chadwick said:
Rtv/silicone inside of them Allen head bolts.. b⁴ we spooled drum full of cable.

Next go around pick the silicone out and put Allen wrench in clean hole..... learned the boys something. They'll thank me next time.. we have new bolt now for every change will be decided whether they get changed with cable change or not right then.
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Like this? :laughing:
 
[486] said:
I don't really remember, it was a few days ago
probably, I like them a lot more than 6013s or 7018s, but what do I end up with piles of for nearly free? 6013s and 80/9018s
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My free stuff is the hardface with the grit, 6011, 7018, and some with dark grey flux and a black dot on the end.
 
M92PV4U said:
My free stuff is the hardface with the grit, 6011, 7018, and some with dark grey flux and a black dot on the end.
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hard facing rod is big money, I thought I had some but it turned out to be nickel rod for cast iron which while neat isn't really something I ever use since I got so much brazing rod to use up
Had some mil surplus "4130" marked rods with dark gray flux on them but they act like 7018s
Old moldy box of marquette "arcut" rod... funnily enough never used any of those, always grab out of the can of unidentifiable mixed shit that grandpa saved (or that came included with one of the many welders that have followed me home)

Oh right I was blathering on trying to remember the ones you reminded me of with the "dark gray flux" comment, some 6022s
nearly a black flux on them, real thin flux, and they dig really deep
interesting that they use black iron oxide as the flux, not cellulose or rutile or whatever else
 
[486] said:
Oh right I was blathering on trying to remember the ones you reminded me of with the "dark gray flux" comment, some 6022s
nearly a black flux on them, real thin flux, and they dig really deep
interesting that they use black iron oxide as the flux, not cellulose or rutile or whatever else
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Made a shitty exhaust hanger for my f1shitty. Maybe nicer than the truck really deserves. Using the tig torch to heat rod for the bends worked pretty good.
 

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So ... Uh ... It's been a minute since I picked up a stick welder. I figure, why not knock the rust off with some verticals and overheads on a critical part like (a different) a trailer coupler. :homer:

Lol the last post was me and a shiddy welded trailer coupler. :laughing:

Good enough to get it home where I can grind it all off and start fresh with my mig.
Actually, maybe I'll just flip the trailer upside down and redo it?

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Johnny Longrifle said:
So ... Uh ... It's been a minute since I picked up a stick welder. I figure, why not knock the rust off with some verticals and overheads on a critical part like (a different) a trailer coupler. :homer:

Lol the last post was me and a shiddy welded trailer coupler. :laughing:

Good enough to get it home where I can grind it all off and start fresh with my mig.
Actually, maybe I'll just flip the trailer upside down and redo it?

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Shit'll hold. :flipoff2:

What rod? Get some 6011 for that out of position stuff. I just stick welded some SSQA latch boxes onto a New Holland skid steer that had it's own new holland brand quick attach. My welds aren't great or anything, and I vertical downed the bitch, but with the amount of weld and bracing I put on there I have no doubt it'll hold up to more than the skid steer can put it through! :laughing:
 
billybob_81067 said:
Shit'll hold. :flipoff2:

What rod? Get some 6011 for that out of position stuff. I just stick welded some SSQA latch boxes onto a New Holland skid steer that had it's own new holland brand quick attach. My welds aren't great or anything, and I vertical downed the bitch, but with the amount of weld and bracing I put on there I have no doubt it'll hold up to more than the skid steer can put it through! :laughing:
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pics!!

We'll be the judge.:lmao:
 
Don’t remember the last time(if ever) I’ve posted any of my work in here. This was a fix for a bent/buckled/fucked peice of aluminum square tubing for the arm of a fume extractor.
And then a weld at the end of a doubler plate on excavator arm
Other guy thought I should have just used self tappers🤦🏻‍♂️
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First two pieces of metal I've ever stuck together, last night. Bottom was first attempt and worked up from there. A lot of start, stop, look at weld, adjust setting, repeat. Tried to keep ~5/8 stick out. Still tuning to reduce spatter, much better than what was on the flat areas that I tested on. Filled in the holes, but forgot a pic.

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HF .035 flux core, using this.~26V, ~116 current.

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First actual project is going to be repairing these and adding more metal. More to come later.

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FlatLander said:
First two pieces of metal I've ever stuck together, last night. Bottom was first attempt and worked up from there. A lot of start, stop, look at weld, adjust setting, repeat. Tried to keep ~5/8 stick out. Still tuning to reduce spatter, much better than what was on the flat areas that I tested on. Filled in the holes, but forgot a pic.

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HF .035 flux core, using this.~26V, ~116 current.

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First actual project is going to be repairing these and adding more metal. More to come later.

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Doesn't look that bad, it will hold
 
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First time using flux core it's the only thing that would fit back in the pocket behind the subframe bolt anchor sleeve. Figured it might also do a better job burning through the rust on the remaining metal I was trying to bond to.

Unibody rotted out from the inside. Took a bit of Cardboard aided design to make that piece to replace the inner floor and wall of the frame tube and have something to attach the top of that sleeve to.

The upper part that's shiney is 2 layers of sheet metal on top of my new piece. So had to burn in a wide swath to stick it all together. Next up is the outer plate that covers that whole mess and boxes in the lower pocket.

Hey it's better than what wasn't there... right?
 
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