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Old Nov 4, 2009 | 03:19 AM
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Welders! Show off your work!

This is a socket weld. Fillet weld on 2" pipe elbow. SMAW, 3/32" E7018.
 
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Old Nov 4, 2009 | 03:37 AM
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Here is an uphill weld. SMAW 3/32" E7018. This was the first pass. Welding 1/2" stock to I beam. Followed by 1/8" E7018.
 
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Old Nov 4, 2009 | 06:00 AM
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Nice work!
 
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Old Dec 7, 2009 | 03:24 PM
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I could post pictures of my welds, but then I would be shamed to show my face here.
I just can't seem to get pretty welds on round stock.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2009 | 04:11 PM
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:-) I only get pretty welds, but never think to take pictures of them. I currently only have a couple pics of some of the big equipment we used to build out of stainless at a previous shop. (I'm in-between fab. jobs at the moment.) I'll try to remember to get pics for you guys next time I'm building something.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2009 | 09:09 PM
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I don't have any specific weld pics, since I'm more of a fabricator. I do have some nice project pics though-
Stainless stuff:




These returns were fun- That's all one piece wrapping around the posts, no slip joint:




Another spot on that job:


Some more recent steelwork:








A horseshoe coat hook I made:
 
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 09:32 AM
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Very nice work Jared !
 
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 09:53 AM
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Vertical ups are pretty fun once you get the hang of it, have good equipment, and thick enough material... I learned how to do them while building car crushers... almost therapeutic when you have 2' long welds to run, just focus on the weld, and nothing else...
 
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 02:46 PM
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Vertical ups are pretty fun once you get the hang of it, have good equipment, and thick enough material... I learned how to do them while building car crushers... almost therapeutic when you have 2' long welds to run, just focus on the weld, and nothing else...
I learned welding vertical on railroad rails. That was thick enough material. It wasn't very therapeutic though, being as it was 115' in the shade during the summer.
 
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 06:30 PM
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I learned to weld vertical when I was in high school instructor told me to fill the gap as soon as I started at the top he cuffed me in the back of the head and showed me how to do it right.
 
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Nice looking beads! Well done.
 
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