11-15-2019, 10:55 PM
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Re: Learning to weld all over...
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Originally Posted by mongocanfly
Andy...you never want to double up on metal like you did..your inviting a place for water ..then rust..plus the double thickness of metal will cause more stress...
cut your patch to fit the hole with very little gap...i like a gap because the weld seems to penetrate a little better...get your self some copper to use for a backer..youll be amazed at how good it works...with the copper you can run the heat a little higher and have a flatter weld thatll need less grinding
ive used some of those welding magnets and panel clamps from eastwood to hold my patchs in place
also like stated above use a .023 ez grind wire...
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I guess I could grind the inside piece out and it should be OK right. I just put enough tacks to hold it in place.
The hard part will be getting the grinder in there.
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