for all you aspiring welders

[doughboy415]

Heres some of my work and welds,I'm using a lincoln 455 amp welding machine.

heres a platform I built to go in front of a milling machine,






BUILDING A CATCH BOX FOR ANOTHER MILLING MACHINE



FINISHED BOX SET IN PLACE BEFORE BEING PAINTED

[doughboy415]

some of my toys,


hand plasma cutter

ventilation system

CNC PRESS BRAKE

CNC PLASMA CUTTING SYSTEM






BENT IT WITH CNC PRESSBRAKE





CUTS THROUGH 1 1/4 LIKE HOT KNIFE THROUGH BUTTER(can cut up to 3")

[drummersteve7]

I am jealous. was just talkin to parts masta about welding..


soon, very soon.

[doughboy415]

NOW MY WELDS,

Just some plates to show them what it should look like,





this was a multibead pass,10 total beads,1 the 2 over,then 3 over,then 4over,









one of the parts I built

[TypeG]

let me borrow that stuff. later.

[doughboy415]

let me borrow that stuff. later.

Sure thing meet me in Chesapeake Va, where the company is

[Accrdwgnguy]

Man thats some great work. I can weld but I just don't have steady enough hands.

[xkjnboix]

dayyym thats some hard core shyte. that 3" cut was krzy clean haha

[cp[mike]]

yeah i was thinking the same thing, its crazy how clean that cut was through the 1 1/4. what were those parts even for? looks like you really know what youre doing.

[Charlie240sxt]

Looks good to me!! A tad hot maybe but with as thick plate as your playing with i guess i should hush haha

What wire and gas you using??? looks like a bottle of 75% 25% guessing 4043???

[doughboy415]

yeah i was thinking the same thing, its crazy how clean that cut was through the 1 1/4. what were those parts even for? looks like you really know what youre doing.

I work for SUMITOMO DRIVE TECHNOLOGIES, we make gears and speed reducers for gear boxes


http://www.smcyclo.com/modules.php?n...d=1&pmenu_id=1

here is one of the gear boxes with electric motor being shipped out,

[doughboy415]

Looks good to me!! A tad hot maybe but with as thick plate as your playing with i guess i should hush haha

What wire and gas you using??? looks like a bottle of 75% 25% guessing 4043???

hot,thats the only way I weld,running it at 27-30 volts with wire speed at 560-600, right now using .035 mig on 95%-5% mix(the best for heavy structural,

[AZASSHOLE]

Very nice work...I cant wait for next semster to start now lol

[C91BLX7]

Thats a pretty high wire speed

[TheNextEpisode]

Thats a pretty high wire speed

X-freaking-2

You must fly through reels of wire.