Theweldor
Senior Member
I have to agree with TS... Nice Work
I have been thinking about that all day and couldnt think if a thing but I think you nailed it lol!!Did you give that owl a name yet-how about Work Shop Owl 93
Thanks so much. When I started this i searched everywhere for any kind of information and very little is out there. I really wanted to do this thread in the hopes that others will benifit from what I have learned in the whole process!Damn man, nice work. Very inspiring for anyone considering doing major replacement type work.
Definitely setting the bar for quality there
Yea thats the way the hendrickson manual shows how to do it like you describe. I practiced that on some half inch wide test plates. When i got to the actual welding on the brackets they werent as wide as the 1/2" test pieces and the .045 wire was burning in so nice I just didnt feel i needed two passes as i didnt have to weave all that much. Plus being able to pisition the axles so that my weld was perfectly horizontal and it was like welding into a v. That positioning really helped! The Hendrickson manual says to use .045 wire. Still what I have done looks hunded times better than most jobs ive seen others do! I have no doubt the truck will be worn out and gone long before those welds break!Your welds look OK but generally when doing multi-pass welds you don't weave a wide bead over the first fillet, especially with MIG. You cover it with 2 passes. That way you can direct the arc to get maximum penetration into the bottom and top plates. Done right should be smooth in the middle without a groove.
So how many multi-pass fillets are done at any factory now days?
Heres a hint, 99.9% are done by robots using a firehose welder. Are you trying to make yourself look good by making workshoprat92 look bad?
You really wanna get scared go to Oshkosh and look at some of the welding guys do on homebuilt aircraft! Scary crap lol!Nice work and I've seen welds from factories that didn't look as good as what you have done.
I didnt take it that way. In fact I even stated that the hendrickson manual for welding says the exact same thing. I probably would have done it that way if i had a wider area to fill. Tecnically welder dave is correct and nothing wrong with that.
One thing I have learned in my life is you never know everything and you can learn something from anyone! Thats why were here to share that knowledge and all input in my mind is most welcome!Thank you! I certainly wasn't trying to make you look bad. In fact I think your 7018 pass is probably more than strong enough. The school I went to had a CP200 with a 10E wire feeder with tiny drive wheels. The newer feeders with bigger drive wheels are much better. Very smooth arc though.
I've done many multi-pass fillets on large I beams, flanges, flare stack supports and guy wire brackets. I've seen multi-pass welds on equipment too but using a larger wire and 400 or more amps results in a much bigger bead.