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need help with a quick weld job
smaug1911:
I have just finished making weld-able tow points.
I just need some nice person to help me out on the weld.
Should be a fairly quick weld job.
They are 1"x3" steel to go on my rear bumper.
Seabee_BUC:
I would do it but I can only weld up to 1/4" with my welder. The penetration won't be what you would need for 1" steel. They would break off the first good pull...
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--- Quote from: smaug1911 on February 20, 2009, 02:28:59 AM ---I have just finished making weld-able tow points.
I just need some nice person to help me out on the weld.
Should be a fairly quick weld job.
They are 1"x3" steel to go on my rear bumper.
--- End quote ---
That's gotta be the length and height, not the thickness. How thick is the mount plate? Scott, you can do up to 3/8's with multiple passes, right?
Seabee_BUC:
That's not quite how it works Justin. The first pass should achieve a certain amount of penetration before multiple passes are made if you want it to hold properly. Otherwise it's just a molten bead being layed onto a piece of steel with no real bond. Each consecutive pass should penetrate the previous one, not just be layed over the previous one...
smaug1911:
DImensions:
The weld-able mount I have made is 3" long (top to bottom)
and 1" thick. (it is about 2.5 inches front to back, but I don't think that matters, since only the back will touch the bumper)
The bumper is made of 1/4" steel (I am pretty sure)
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