Al. Mig

[Terence638]

I have always concidered
8" pipe equals 8" weld
Then you take diameter X wall thickness + 20% clean up
8" pipe with 1/2" wall thickness = 4 hours + 20% clean up = (+ - ) 40 minutes
That would be for an Xray quality weld.
Thats what I bid my work...

[Terence638]

I Think The Way It Is Done We Will Be Notified On The Winner(s) In The Next Issue Of The Miller Monthly News Letter.

[Terence638]

Do you use push pull gun or the standard gun sent withh the unit?
I know you have to order the U-grove rollers
do you use the spoolmatic?
These are questions I would find the answers usefull
thanks for your help.
Terence
PS picture of the weld would help...

[Terence638]

Can somebody tell me the exact machine and set up to weld annodized Aluminum with a pulsed mig set up? I will be welding pipe together no open-butt, just pieced together?
I am not sure if it is the 350P with set up for aluminum.
Miller prferably but i am open to other rigs also.
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[Terence638]

If it is real bad you can go to the emergency room and they will put steroid based eye drops in and that will make you feel beter rather quickly.
Terence

[Terence638]

I am not sure but I think you said thet you may be getting up to 2" thick cuts?
That is a lot of steel to be cutting through with the torch.
Smith has a nice small set up that you can change the tips to accomodate a thicker cut. Any thick cut like that require a preheat on top and...

[Terence638]

For all you wise guys, as you can see I have made it to a senior member status and I am very proud of my postion.
I hope I can continue my forum days here and help others as I have benn helped....LOL
any way this is a great forum.
Ahh Iremember the days as a junior Member....those...

[Terence638]

In NY. on the structural steel test NYC.
we have to use 5/32 lo-hi only.
It does not take to long to gring the backing strip off. if you get an 7" ginder it take not ime at all, When I ran some jobs for the power authority the welding inspector who was great if you knew hao to weld....

[Terence638]

looks like the power palnt maybe able to get you 1st place in the race. very well done,
Terence

[Terence638]

Hi Walker
Yes the backing strip is ground off in order to fit it into the bend machine.
The inspector should tell you the procedure befroe you stsrt to weld.
Usually you extend the backing plate past the end of the weld the lenghth past is your preferance. you would use this extention...

[Terence638]

GT
It depends on the machine you are using I used pure argon with a 250DX Syncro
it takes patience and you have to get the setting right
On shed.40 pipe i used.
Pure argon 30-35 cfm
1/8 pure tungsten or Zirtung (just started to try the Zirtung)
tig setting at...

[Terence638]

The guys down at pipewelders and to some extent the guys over at atlantic towers have been doing this for a number of years, Down at Pipe welders the original owner of the Buisness was a union pipefitter down in Fla. and his boss came to him with a broken/bent/destroyed galvanised tower in 1965+-. and...

[Terence638]

One suggestion
WEAR LONG SLEEVES
BUT ALL ELSE IS PRACTICE

[Terence638]

I remember my high school shop teacher making a statement about how a welder shows his wears if he can weld to cans together. back then 25 years ago,
I guess it was a tin can and not AL.,
The short video was very good.
I think if you walk the cup you will tend to destroy the cup...

[Terence638]

Yamaha,
I was not able to open the picture. could you send it over to me i am also interested in building a trailer like this becuase it is about 500 a trip to get my boat in the water at both ends of the season. I had to build a cradle for my sailboat ina a pinch just so a transp[ort company...