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bLaQ.bOi

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Post a pic of your first ever welds/projects/anything related! even equipment

so ive only started welding yesterday and heres my first ever weld!

ive started a project, in the final staged of completion!

(top secret)

ok so heres a pic of the first ever job/project i helped (in a little way to make)

Tis a gigantic thing that holds stuff (cyionide i think it was) some chemical place... was sposed to hold a gignatic amount of psi aswell... 35 thousand? if i remember correctly... ne ways it was f**king massive!

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And a pic of the first weld ive done... (i didnt use any wire just burning the steel plain)

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pics of my gear soon to come (noob shit... cept they gave me this l33t helmet that turns dark as soon as the arc "arcs up")

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Craved Grand Master

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have to say my Alloy welding hasnt improved too much lol

Will, would you say that the Thick alloy of those truck bull bars is alot easier to work than a smaller 2mm sheet of alloy? are they done with multiple passes to increase the penetration of the welds?

XtremeChief Contributor

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Chris, Welding 2mm and such is ok its just you have to move/step faster thats what ive learnt lol :)

but welding thicker material is a bit easier

the channel of the bull bar is 12mm thick and the uprights/posts are 8mm thick

i just chew it in with a chopper(to V it out) and crank the heat

yep Single fillet because its all for appearance so it looks nice and neat

ive seen bull bars made from other places and they do a root run then they do a big weave ontop and it looks so dodgy though it has less chance to crack

Single fillet done properly can be just as effective and a poor 2/3 run

Pictures 2 and 3 where over head weld using 6mm to 6mm plate

r33_racer Grand Master

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work at good ole stoodleys hey? I work at retractable tarps at brendale. Incase you dont know we have supplied tarps to you guys and still do i believe. The welding on your bodies is good, very neat and tidy...however your bodies are annoying to fit tarps to.

I aint got no photos with me atm of what ive welded haha.

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work at good ole stoodleys hey? I work at retractable tarps at brendale. Incase you dont know we have supplied tarps to you guys and still do i believe. The welding on your bodies is good, very neat and tidy...however your bodies are annoying to fit tarps to.

I aint got no photos with me atm of what ive welded haha.

Wow small world lol

ta about welding on bodies, but i dont get to do that stuff yet im a bull bar maker at the moment ;) in only 2nd year apprentice :rofl:

though one day ill have my chance to make a body :laugh:

yellowsubmarine Collaborator

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yeah i agree thicker the material the easier it is to weld i work at webster twin fisher i build boats all day the toughest weld ive done is proberly 1mm aluminium and aint easy ill post some pics when get the camera ive done alot of mod 4 the 32 ill post them up in couple days c waht u think

boot_it Enthusiast

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Wow small world lol

ta about welding on bodies, but i dont get to do that stuff yet im a bull bar maker at the moment :) in only 2nd year apprentice :(

though one day ill have my chance to make a body :)

yes it is a small world i quit being a mechanic 4 a couple of yrs and went and worked at gibson tru bodies at brendale building all the tipper trays for the pine shire council ( as they had the contract to do them)

and it was fun doin this stuff from fixing cars

the only thing i hate doin was welding the galvnised rope rails up

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for those who dont like welding thinner metal, a bloke my dad knows is a welder/teacher by trade, and some guy he worked with cut up and welded bits of a coke can to show off.... wish i saw it, sounds damn impressive

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