[TheForge] MIG Welding question

Mon Jul 22 14:14:00 2002

Just a thought but why weld?  Surely brazing or even solder would be easier 
and more satisfactory?

Adam

At 10:42 PM 7/21/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Not quite a blacksmithing project, but if I do a good job here my new wife 
>is more likely to let me set up a full shop. :-)
>I'm fabricating a large trellis for a climbing vine, the plan calls for a 
>frame of 3/4" square tubing lined every 4 inches by a 3/8" ring of  wire 
>(about clothes-hanger wire thickness).   Eventually a mesh will be wroven 
>across the trellis through these rings to form the actual climbing 
>surface.The only welder I have access to is a Lincon MIGPack 100.
>Bad ascii art:
>            o                  o              o               o         Rings
>       =================================  Tubing
>The problem is while I've taken classes on oxy-acetylene and stick 
>welding, I'm a newbi with MIG, and I'm destroying about every 5th ring by 
>burning a big part of it away.  So far I've played with the wire feed 
>speed and the amperage (currently amperage "C" and feed speed of 3 for 
>those who know this welder) but I'm still having problems with the 
>relationship between these two.  A second issue is how best to lay the 
>bead. I'm working on a spot-like weld, starting the bead a little bit away 
>from the ring and then moving the puddle against the ring and hopefully 
>fusing everything together before the ring melts.
>
>On the plus side I was able to justify getting a Dewalt Angle grinder to 
>grind off the bumps.
>
>Anyway, any advice other than "It can't be done like that, what were you 
>thinking?" would be greatly appreciated.
>Thanks!
>         Jeremy
>
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