badbluesplayer Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I just figured out a new way to weld. Just sling one of your strings across a plugged in iphone charger that's just barely unplugged enough for the string to catch in there: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Needs argon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 Needs argon. I had problems keeping an even puddle. I don't think I'm AWS qualified to make that particular weld in that position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I'm ASME qualified. I'll do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Bill Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I welded a low "E" string to a tuning key once by bumping the headstock against my mic. Come to find out none of the stage outlets were grounded. I could have been fried. The club owner claimed ignorance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 For rod that small you might want to switch to a #4 cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasbluezman Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Should've poured some flux on it first for some SAW. Now I who the welders are, or at least those that know about welding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I'm a pipe welder. Nuclear - Petro Chemical - Pharmaceutical - Fossil - Semi Conductor. Oh, and the occasional paper mill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 For rod that small you might want to switch to a #4 cup. That's what she said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinh Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Looks like you got insuficient penetration for a good joint. Serves you right for trying to weld dissimilar materials with very different specific heat characteristics. Brazing would have been better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Looks like you got insuficient penetration That's what she said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaysEpiphone Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Welding with guitars lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I just figured out a new way to weld. Just sling one of your strings across a plugged in iphone charger that's just barely unplugged enough for the string to catch in there: but WHY??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 but WHY??????? I did it by accident when I was changing the strings. There were a lot of sparks and a little tingling. Somehow I managed to unplug everything without getting zapped too bad. Both the iphone charger and the active electronics in the guitar still seem to work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluzhammer Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I'm a pipe welder. Nuclear - Petro Chemical - Pharmaceutical - Fossil - Semi Conductor. Oh, and the occasional paper mill. I too, have done my share of welding on several job sites. I always despised paper mills and coal -fired powerhouses, although I made lots of money on shut downs and outtages. I tried to gravitate more towards the orbital end as my eyes got worse. Eventually, I moved into HVAC and refrigeration service work. I will only weld now if I have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 This is my preferred method of welding. Been running the GTAW remote video heads since 85. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted August 4, 2012 Author Share Posted August 4, 2012 This is my preferred method of welding. Been running the GTAW remote video heads since 85. That's cool. I took a beginner welding class and the first thing the guy said was that you'll never be any good until you spend a whole lot of time doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I'm a pipe welder. Nuclear - Petro Chemical - Pharmaceutical - Fossil - Semi Conductor. Oh, and the occasional paper mill. Reminds me of my old man. He was a plumber/welder for years. He worked on upgrades to the Harbor Beach, MI power plant and helped build the Belle River power plant in Michigan. By the nineties he was a line splicer, working for Detroit Edison. Not sure why he ditched welding. Maybe work dried up around that time? Now I hear there is a shortage of welders (as well as some other trades). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluzhammer Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 This is my preferred method of welding. Been running the GTAW remote video heads since 85. Cool, I've never run that setup, although most of my orbital experience has been in a few pharmacuetical plants, and food processing ( Coca Cola, General Mills, Pepsi ). Most of my industrial gigs were as a hot welder in the coal fire plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I've run the Arc Machine tube welder in pharmaceutical and food processing. That rig pictured is a Dimetrics Gold Track. 36" pipe - 3" wall - with a extended land root .0110. and a 1/2" cap. Narrow Groove as it's called. The machine runs 360* both ways and carries two 10# spools of wire. We're operating it from about 100' away remotely by cameras mounted fore and aft of the tungsten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 AMI has an excellent video demonstration of the process. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7oyAXTj15Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I have a PUK welder I use for jewelry kind of a different process and a whole lot smaller! won't do much on metal pipe but it sure makes repairing prongs on diamonds rings fast and easy and the argon prevents any scaling so no clean-up Although I do get teased a bit when I go buy argon since they think my tanks are so little but hey it looks just like a full size welding rig through it's microscope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 AMI has an excellent video demonstration of the process. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7oyAXTj15Y Pretty Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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