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T Bourke's blogI need to make sure this weld is strong.
T Bourke -
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 9:31pm
I am working on a project where I need maximum strength. I am making some stands for portable lighting. The bases are 1.5" thick plate steel. I need to weld a forged 1.5" socket to it. I have some similar to these ordered: » read more | 12 comments My latest project, tag alder.
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Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 10:43am
metal art | Metal Trees | plant | welded Here is a link to my latest project. It includes pictures from start to delivery! » read more | 2 comments getting ready for Halloween
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 7:11pm
dragon | welded steel Getting ready for Halloween this year. I have 2 of these by my walkway to greet the children. My first commission.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 2:41pm
dogs | steel | welded Here is my first commission. I had some of my work displayed at a garage sale My wife was having. It sparked some interest and two people asked me about making stuff for them. This one actually worked out and I made this steel cut out for her. She breeds Doberman Pinscher's. She is going to have a friend air brush it. It is then going to end up donated to an organization that helps Doberman's who need medical attention the owners can't afford. Carbon rod arc heating
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Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 4:24pm
arc | weldng In my research for a cutting and heating rig I was reminded of carbon arc rods. My dad had a 2 rod torch but I don't ever remember it getting used. I read up on it years ago. In the last few days I thought about it again and started researching. I found some info about 2 rod and single rod heating. I am thinking I want to try single rod for heating. My local supply house has several sizes from 5/32" up to 1/4" At $20 bucks a box I think I am going to pick some up. However before I do I need to know what size? I have an AC only welder that can do 30,45,60,80,100 on up to 200+ amps. I plan on heating large nails up to 5/8 rebar for bending and maybe cutting. Oxy-propane setup.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 7:18am
bending | heating | propane | Regulator | torch I have been reading every post on torches here and spent some time on Google looking for the best way to do this. I am looking for confirmation that I am looking at the right way to go about this. » read more | 13 comments Dragon
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 3:57pm
Made a dragon out of rebar and some other stuff. This is before I have it cleaned up. A friend I sent the photos to says it needs more of a face. I think I need to get better at welding!
Good ways to clean slag?
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Monday, May 11, 2009 - 8:27am
cleaning | slag | steel | welding I am planing on making a bunch of these little stick figures from nails and washers (and any thing else that I may find.) I am still practising my welding technique. These are stick welded with 1/16" E6013 on an AC welder. So with time the welds should start to look better. However I need to figure out some better ways to clean up the figures before coating them. I plan on a light coat of WD40 rubbed in for now. I may also paint some of them. So far I just chip at them with a chisel and wire brush. » read more | 10 comments My first welded sculpture
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Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 9:18pm
ark welding | found art | steel I did some welding years ago in high school. My dad taught me how to weld with an AC only stick welder. Now over 10 year later I bought an old stick welder at a garage sale. After playing with my welder for a few weeks I am getting the feel for welding again. So today I decided to be creative. This is the first piece of metal sculpture I have made. This was made with an OLD AC stick welder using objects I had laying around the house. I used mostly 1/8" E6013 I also have some 1/16" E6013 but was having lots of problems with sticking and hard to start ark.  |
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