Welding class

[Jim B]

In about 3 weeks, I fly up to my brothers shop in Colorado to build a roller. I have been having all the parts delivered to his place. We have 6 days to get as far as we can. He is the welder and hotrod builder, I am apparently the "swamper."

 

[fletcherson]

Nice looking welds.

 

[old round fart]

He is more than a welder. He is an artist! That differential cover is really cool!

 

[Jim B]

Nice looking welds.

He has been practicing for about 40 years, daily. It always amazes me

 

[Jim B]

He is more than a welder. He is an artist! That differential cover is really cool!

He does come up with some cool stuff. He dabbles in a little metal art. Don't you hate it when your brother is the "overachiever" in the family?

 

[Jim B]

Here is the Jeep he built for SEMA in 2017.
TOXIC

 

[Space Coast Rodder]

Great job...

 

[Gerry]

Well that's one chassis where the welds won't be smoothed off, nor should they. Pretty weld are always a pleasure to see.

 

[Neshkoro]

How true. A good-looking weld is like a good-looking girl. Hard to stop staring!

 

[fletcherson]

I was a state certified welder, done it everyday for years, but my welds didn’t look like that. I could but it wasn’t necessary for what I was doing. I’ve seen some very talented welders that make most of us look bad, lol... Ron Pope can weld too!

 

[irishluck]

What kind of welding is best to do on these frames when building them? I started with the MIG, tried the TIG and then found that my stick welder did the best welding with penetration

 

[irishluck]

In about 3 weeks, I fly up to my brothers shop in Colorado to build a roller. I have been having all the parts delivered to his place. We have 6 days to get as far as we can. He is the welder and hotrod builder, I am apparently the "swamper."
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That car as your profile pic, is that yours? That looks amazing! anyway to post up some blown up pics of it?

 

[Pushrod]

What ever gives you the best penetration. I'm more comfortable with stick welding, but I only have a small flux core MIG.

 

[Jim B]

That car as your profile pic, is that yours? That looks amazing! anyway to post up some blown up pics of it?

Not mine, my brother built it. He has built a few cool "rat rods." Gets a lot of attention at car shows.

 

[RESINATOR]

The type of weld that is best depends on the finish you want in the end. The penetration has a lot to do with gap prep regardless of the welder. We use Heli-arc (TIG) to do our rails and frames. We prep them so the welds can be ground off flush on the outside and smoothed down a bit on the inside. This makes for a strong and nice finished product.

 

[irishluck]

What ever gives you the best penetration. I'm more comfortable with stick welding, but I only have a small flux core MIG.

Yea I found that my stick welder gives pretty good penetration. I had a brand new mig for a few weeks but took it back cause it screwed up on me

 

[irishluck]

The type of weld that is best depends on the finish you want in the end. The penetration has a lot to do with gap prep regardless of the welder. We use Heli-arc (TIG) to do our rails and frames. We prep them so the welds can be ground off flush on the outside and smoothed down a bit on the inside. This makes for a strong and nice finished product.

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I wasnt sure if a tig would be "strong" enough to weld on a frame as such. Plus im not a pro at TIG either lol but I can do it. I just finished mine with stick welding and then ground it all flush down too to get a nice smooth surface. That is some nice looking TIG welds though

 

[Intrepid]

Beautiful welds .. reminds me of Dabswellington.
Google images of this guys stuff its pretty cool.