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« on: 05 January 2015, 18:07:28 »
Been roped in to making one of these for SWMBO  ;D ;D ;D ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5WSII2SWiU

Nice little project before I take on the workbench (cant start that yet due to funds....or lack of)

I know hes TIG'ing his but obviously ill MIG mine.

Wonders if bear has spare oil filter housing lid thingy in garage. if so is that steel?
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Re: Welding Pigs
« Reply #1 on: 05 January 2015, 18:14:32 »
Quote from: Webby the Bear on 05 January 2015, 18:07:28

Wonders if bear has spare oil filter housing lid thingy in garage. if so is that steel?

Frayed knot Mr Bear, they're ally.  ;)
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Re: Welding Pigs
« Reply #2 on: 05 January 2015, 18:16:47 »
buggerin' buggertash!!!  ::)

ive got an old exhaust (as mrs don't want one as big as 4 inches in diameter  :o ;D ;D ;D) so I can use that for his body. any ideas for the face?
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Re: Welding Pigs
« Reply #3 on: 05 January 2015, 18:57:09 »
I should have some iron pipe fitting in garage.
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« Reply #4 on: 05 January 2015, 19:05:12 »
sweet thanks mate  :y
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« Reply #5 on: 05 January 2015, 19:11:56 »
You won't forget to post a piccie of your effort will you, Mr Bear? So that we can laugh like fu congratulate you on your fine welding skills  :y
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« Reply #6 on: 05 January 2015, 19:19:15 »
Haha! I shall do it Thursday STMO and get photos up asap..... then you can laugh all you want. I'm not very good at all. once I do I will enquire as to where EMD is with his guitar lessons!  ;D
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Re: Welding Pigs
« Reply #7 on: 05 January 2015, 20:22:29 »
You need steel not iron......
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Re: Welding Pigs
« Reply #8 on: 07 January 2015, 10:52:54 »
Quote from: Marks DTM Calib on 05 January 2015, 20:22:29
You need steel not iron......

If you used MIG in it's ''steel welding'' form and tried to weld alli or stainless.... what would happen?
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Re: Welding Pigs
« Reply #9 on: 07 January 2015, 11:09:56 »
Alli....fail.....miserably......stainless works, not pretty and strong but holds......iron....lol
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Re: Welding Pigs
« Reply #10 on: 07 January 2015, 11:16:47 »
 :y

What would it do though? The weld just slide off or summat?
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« Reply #11 on: 07 January 2015, 11:18:30 »
Read somewhere that you can weld different materials, but requires different gasses :-\
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« Reply #12 on: 07 January 2015, 11:26:10 »
You can weld stainless and alli with my welder but it would (i believe) involve changing the wire to flux core and switching the machines polarity.

i was just wondering what would happen if with my welder set to weld steel, what wud happen if i tried it on stainless, alli etc :)
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Re: Welding Pigs
« Reply #13 on: 07 January 2015, 11:29:53 »
Quote from: Webby the Bear on 07 January 2015, 11:16:47
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What would it do though? The weld just slide off or summat?

For alloy it farts coughs and creates shite without joining.

For Stainless it works but the joint is not neat or overly strong

For iron it just cracks off or cracks the entire work piece.
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Re: Welding Pigs
« Reply #14 on: 07 January 2015, 11:30:51 »
Quote from: Taxi Al on 07 January 2015, 11:18:30
Read somewhere that you can weld different materials, but requires different gasses :-\

Techniques, filler and welding type need to change to.

So for alloy you need ideally TIG on AC

For Iron, high carbon rods on arc plus a lot of pre and post heating.

For stainless you need a stainless filler (wire on MIG) and ideally Argon shield gas
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