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Not bad and definitely shows improvement! If you’ve continued practicing over the past couple of months you’re probably a pro by now. It’s a little hard to tell cuz the pics are a little blurry, but it looks like the weld temp is just about perfect where you’re getting good penetration but not burning through. Test is to butt weld two pieces and then clamp one in your vise. Bend the other back and forth – the metal should break not the weld.
I did a little oxy aceteline welding back in school but have a 2nd hand MIG welder now. It is way easier to get the hang of MIG than gas. One thing I found is an auto-darkening helmet is awesome. Once you use one you’ll never want to weld with goggles or a flip style helmet again. I use a cheap harbor freight one and it’s served me well.
I’d love to learn to TIG weld, but the machines are just way too expensive!
My oxy/gas welding has greatly improved. Stick welding was kinda rough… Got into MIG welding and life is once again better:
[edit]: it won’t let me show my pics. 🙁
A brief fix by the forum administrator and it works 🙂
Here is my latest work with MIG welding. Below is an example of a “fillet weld” using 1/4″ steel plates 🙂
Thanks to onyx and college man for the technical support. 🙂
The first two pics are my cell phone trying to render very bright light… I tack welded with my right hand and took a picture with my left hand (don’t worry, i closed my eyes during the weld B) ) The third picture is same as the first two, but caught at a moment when the welding circuit was open.
trying my hand at TIG welding 🙂
125 amps on a remote foot control, 2% cerium tungsten ground to a point, DC reverse polarity, #5 gas nozzle, 100% argon at 12 CFM, E3507 filler, 1/8″ steel plate:
Hard to tell from the pics. If the weld is through and they pass the bend test, start progressing to thinner and thinner metal. TIG really shins on thin stuff like 18, 20, 22 gauge sheet metal. When you can weld thin stuff without blowing through but still get full penetration, you’ve arrived. Doesn’t look like it’ll take you long to master it. I wish I had access to a tight machine.
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