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15 contributions to Welding/Fab SKOOL
Dec '25 •
First time welding a roll bar
Ok guys thisnis my first attempt at welding a roll bar i got for my E30 K swap. Its a .120 wall DOM mild steel kit from garagistic. It has all the copes pre cut and the fit so far seems to be ok. I do have some sections that I will not use and I am using them to dual in settings. Right now im settled at 128a with 1.5s/8s of flow and am using 1/16 filler. My speed is slow and im pushing a lot of rod to fill the valley. Ill let Sensei Grant critique it from here.
1 like • Dec '25
So i tried the mig just to see how it was. Not bad I dont think.
1 like • Dec '25
Ha. Right on
1 like • Dec '25
Another failed attempt but im getting closer. Here you can see how steep the bevel was. Theres a 1/16th filler rod lying in it. I think this prep definitely aided in the weld not sinking in as much avoiding the valley weld. I didn't get full pen. This was still at 125a. I did run about 18s of post flow and it helped just a tad.
1 like • Dec '25
@Grant Pratt cool ill try 80 on the next ring.
Nov '25 •
Body work
20g steel on this old bmw of mine. Discovered a really bad repair that I couldn't let go before painting the car. Cut it out and got a new section from a doner. This is my tack welds at 35a on 20g. I let it cool and dont see any warping so I may go to 38a and see if I can get thepuddle faster.
1 like • Nov '25
Hopefully ill get a good fit and jump around letting it cool down as I go. There's enough material here to go at a decent pace and not warp it.
Oct '25 •
Custom go kart for the kids
Taking an old tractor style mower and making it a slammed drift kart. I have never owned a go kart or built one so im going to enjoy making this for me and the kids. Frame is 14 gauge square tube steel. 1.5" by 2.5" if I were to do it again id probably just do 1.5" square. Still need to buy the front wheels ans tires, going with a narrow 5". The rears are 8.5" and they look nasty with a 8" wide tire.
Oct '25 •
Mild steel
I dont often get to weld mild steel but I started a fun gokart project for my kids. Transforming a tractor style mower into a electric drift missile. Here's some welds from the subframe construction. I tacked it up with a mig and had plans to mig the entire thing but I ran out of gas so I switched to TIG and some practice. Not horrible but not great. The mig tacks really jacked up the cleanliness of it. 14 gauge 32nd filler 115a 12CHF 1.4/6 #6 cup Red tungsten
0 likes • Oct '25
I ground it all off with a angle grinder. I want to say I was up around 120 and it may have been too hot. For mild steel am I still limited to the radius of the cup im using? I dont care about looks I just want a solid weld.
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