not sure if this is of any interest to people on here but its a really good thread if your into this kinda thing

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread...5866&page=8

Definately!! finally a decent post!! :-D

I've just completed my city and guilds in Mig, onto TIG for 5 weeks now and its seriously difficult to get a good weld...so many factors to consider! the heat of the plate, the gas flow, the cleanliness of the plate, tungsten size, setting up the arc correctly- a few amps too high and you could burn through...

That thread literally opened up my eyes!! amazing...

Definately!! finally a decent post!! :-D

I've just completed my city and guilds in Mig, onto TIG for 5 weeks now and its seriously difficult to get a good weld...so many factors to consider! the heat of the plate, the gas flow, the cleanliness of the plate, tungsten size, setting up the arc correctly- a few amps too high and you could burn through...

That thread literally opened up my eyes!! amazing...

I've been tigging for about 8 months now and I'm still only knocking out average looking welds In fact, compared to those in that link mine are terrible! But they do the job and look better than MIG.

Gas flow, tungsten size and cleanliness are pretty simple things dude. I found that torch and filler rod entry angles are the most difficult things to get the hang of. The most important thing is to sit comfortably and relax. I tend to tense up without realising and it makes trying to keep a steady hand more difficult. Trying to keep the torch at the correct angle whilst welding around a tube is well hard though

Edited 13 May, 201115 yr by Phataz1

I can only talk about MIG and thats dead simple for me now, my welds look neat like tig...but i've been trying out TIG for two weeks now and its real hard! i know what you're talking about, i do the same...its hard to relax when you know you might mess it up with a slight jerk or the tungsten gets too close and sticks!

Lap joints are easy...its the fillet welds and circular tubing i'd probably get stuck on- what machine are you using?

those guys must have some sort of jig to ensure the torch stays at a certain angle at a strict distant!! surely...the welds are all uniform and identical!! almost like a machine has done the job in some cases...

Lap joints are easy...its the fillet welds and circular tubing i'd probably get stuck on- what machine are you using?

Exactly the same for me, although I've never really had to do a lap joint. Fair play for getting your MIG as neat as TIG, I could never get it as neat.

TIG is just much nicer, no spatter, loads of control I'm using an R-Tech TIG, pretty good as far as I'm concerned although I've never used any other machine.

With regards to aluminium TIG, it took me since like September last year until now to get the hang of how it behaves when it melts, and how to actually fuse anything together. I almost gave up a few months ago until one day it finally clicked :-D . Its so different to steel its unreal, it almost behaves like plastic?! I found that the filler rod entry angle is a hell of a lot more important with ali, it has to be perfect otherwise it just burns back and drops off.

I'd imagine it'd take a good few decades of welding every day to get as good as those guys in that link But yeah I'd imagine there are little wheeled frames to keep the torch a uniform distance off the metal, kind of like the same things you can get for plasma cutting.

that thread is the sex...

Its nice too see some other guys intrested in the same kinda things iv only just moved over to welding from being a teaching assistant in manufacturing at crawley college were i am doing a NVQ and a BTEC and have now moved over to to the same kinda thing but in welding personly i like TIG over any other prosses quite weird that i find it easyyer the weld in TIG than MIG or MMA

only just finnishing my levels one in c&g and hopefully go on to my level two befor i leave in november,

bin doing suff on gates were making shelfs and car trailers

A little bit of blacksmithin on the gate

And heres a crab that one of the guys i work with made for the gate i think it looks prity cool:)

But if i do anyting intresting soon ill have to stick some pics up

Edited 13 May, 201115 yr by louislewin

Dear Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

^ i came

That is stupidly perfect.

Unbelievable.

glad to see I'm not the only one with a fab fetish

fabrication borders on the erotic in my eyes

Dear Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dam thats good

god some of that stuff good!! i wish i could fabricate like that, think going to have a go when it comes to doing my exhaust system :)

Dear Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dam thats good

that for example has made me climax.

Lap joints are easy...its the fillet welds and circular tubing i'd probably get stuck on- what machine are you using?

Exactly the same for me, although I've never really had to do a lap joint. Fair play for getting your MIG as neat as TIG, I could never get it as neat.

TIG is just much nicer, no spatter, loads of control I'm using an R-Tech TIG, pretty good as far as I'm concerned although I've never used any other machine.

With regards to aluminium TIG, it took me since like September last year until now to get the hang of how it behaves when it melts, and how to actually fuse anything together. I almost gave up a few months ago until one day it finally clicked :-D . Its so different to steel its unreal, it almost behaves like plastic?! I found that the filler rod entry angle is a hell of a lot more important with ali, it has to be perfect otherwise it just burns back and drops off.

I'd imagine it'd take a good few decades of welding every day to get as good as those guys in that link But yeah I'd imagine there are little wheeled frames to keep the torch a uniform distance off the metal, kind of like the same things you can get for plasma cutting.

I'm thinking very hard into this now, i might just buy one of these myself and start welding for 1hr every day in the evening, i reckon i'll master it then :) only thing is, i have a MIG welder coming soon so i'll practice further with that first even though the wire feed is auto anyway but still, i can master the torch angle and heat settings...

skills that is

I'm currently going to college for engineering and I'm into stuff like this i need to try and do some stuff like this in my spare time :)

its an art, i need to learn tig. i find mig and gas fairly simple, love to be able to tig ally! i know the guy who welds all the lifeline fire extinguishers, they look like they're done by machine, its ace

Since this is a fabrication thread...hopefully this isnt a re-post...but loving the CNC/waterjet cutting and welding gone into making this:

http://www.zatzy.com/projekt/374743-mrspri...-megapower.html

That Saab is mental! I have just ordered a new tig welder thanks to this thread!

that inlet mani is perfect - machine surely!

i love a good weld. Especially ally as its not easy! Just end up with big holes init if your not carefull

Suitably named I think

Fabrication & Welding Porn

And yes, that inlet mani is filth.. Never knew this such photos could arouse me so.

Edit: MY GOD that first page! <3

Edit#2: Some of my peices, by no means a fraction of the quality in that thread but I was pretty happy with them considering I was 15

Turned into

They do the job anyway!

Edited 19 May, 201115 yr by VDubber23

considering the thickness of the metal and also the corrosion, i'd say you did a bang up job! very well done...