welding & metalwork

↻ 2025-02-05

• machine settings
  • MIG, settings by metal thickness
  • SMAW, settings by metal thickness
• electrodes & wire
  • corten
  • A36 steel
• handy tips
  • joint welding order
• tools
  • table
  • squares

machine settings

MIG, settings by metal thickness

SMAW, settings by metal thickness

electrodes & wire

corten

A36 steel

handy tips

joint welding order

• For tacking a square joint, in order,
  • tack outside angle of joint
  • tack sides of a joint, one and then the other in rapid succession so as they cool they pull against each other
  • tack the inside angle of a joint
• For welding a square joint, in order,
  • weld outside angle of joint
  • weld sides of a joint, one and then the other in rapid succession so as they cool they pull against each other
  • weld the inside angle of a joint

tools

table

• a 3/8“ top is the correct thickness, neither so heavy that it cannot be clamped down to a frame for level, nor so thin that it will warp easily
• a 3/8“ (or thicker) top also has good magnetic properties for holding a mag drill, which can be used as a tabletop drill press

squares

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