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[diggerjones]

Looks a fair weapon

 

[V8Druid]

what's the blade made of @Giles ? .... cutting edge ??

 

[Giles]

now THAT is a stone cropper ... must've been cheap for you to go high tailing it off on an impulse Giles ...

It came for the price of two rams I’d been looking at to build my own so was worth it. Local lad hires smaller ones for £500 a week so this was no brainer. Will do her up and help us with the 100 odd tons of stone we’ve got in yard that never gets used

 

[Giles]

what's the blade made of @Giles ? .... cutting edge ??

Not sure but it’s 40mm thick by about 150mm then 45 profile to hardened piece.

Doubt I’ll be bending it

 

[Giles]

Uncle Druid I need some welding help please haha

will fire up the big Lincoln electric mig but any advice for a non welder appreciated

 

[GazCro]

Uncle Druid I need some welding help please haha

will fire up the big Lincoln electric mig but any advice for a non welder appreciated

Stick.

 

[Giles]

Stick.

3.5mm rods?

 

[GazCro]

3.5mm rods?

Not the right man to ask tbh all i know is if you want it to last on a bucket repair stick.

 

[T whiting]

Get it spotlessly clean if your going to mig it cut a nice big v turn the volts all the way up and spray it in.

Most people don't like mig for big stuff because they use a small set that doesn't have enough juice or don't have it hot enough

 

[Quattromike]

Sparex is worth a look for PTOtube and parts. It's sometimes just as cheap to get a complete pto shaft and throw the old bits in the bin

 

[V8Druid]

Uncle Druid I need some welding help please haha

will fire up the big Lincoln electric mig but any advice for a non welder appreciated

as said in PM .... deep vee it, burn the paint off with a torch to get it clean and bang it in with the MIG ... 10-15 minutes as opposed to best part of 30-40 minutes with the stick .. and no inclusions ....... how do you suppose buckets are assembled guys? .... they ain't stick-ed up ....... a properly set up MIG will give you better penetration than a stick and unless you have a gas failure or loss .... zero inclusion risk

 

[V8Druid]

3.5mm rods?

2.5, 3.25 or 4mm Giles .... and if it had to be stick ... 3.25s, well juiced to get it burnt in well

 

[GazCro]

as said in PM .... deep vee it, burn the paint off with a torch to get it clean and bang it in with the MIG ... 10-15 minutes as opposed to best part of 30-40 minutes with the stick .. and no inclusions ....... how do you suppose buckets are assembled guys? .... they ain't stick-ed up ....... a properly set up MIG will give you better penetration than a stick and unless you have a gas failure or loss .... zero inclusion risk

I've just always assumed mig are OK on new steel but not the best with older stuff and you've greater choice or easier choice of filler rod.

 

[V8Druid]

Not the right man to ask tbh all i know is if you want it to last on a bucket repair stick.

as Thomas says Gaz, most ppl go for stick, 'cos they ain't got a big enough MIG to get the heat and therefore penetration ..... very few 'home' MIGs can deliver the level of current required for that sort of repair (or bigger) ..... a well wound up MIG set'll give you far greater heat and a bigger melt pool than a stick will. the welds tensile strength'll be equal to if not better than a smaller stick weld ....... and no inclusions to worry about

 

[Lancs Lad]

as Thomas says Gaz, most ppl go for stick, 'cos they ain't got a big enough MIG to get the heat and therefore penetration ..... very few 'home' MIGs can deliver the level of current required for that sort of repair (or bigger) ..... a well wound up MIG set'll give you far greater heat and a bigger melt pool than a stick will. the welds tensile strength'll be equal to if not better than a smaller stick weld ....... and no inclusions to worry about

What sort of amperage we talking Gra?

 

[V8Druid]

I've just always assumed mig are OK on new steel but not the best with older stuff and you've greater choice or easier choice of filler rod.

Agreed...... MIG does not like crap, but well prepared (cleaned) and it'd be my choice ... stick is a little more forgiving of crap as it'll float out in the slag .. to a degree

 

[V8Druid]

What sort of amperage we talking Gra?

0.8 (or even 1.00) at about 180-190 A and it'll melt that back together in some order ... lay in a root to get it back together and multi run it ... 'paps give it a cap off at 200+ sprayed on but TBH a tidy multi run or woven will be fine and'll be as good as the parent material

 

[GazCro]

Agreed...... MIG does not like crap, but well prepared (cleaned) and it'd be my choice ... stick is a little more forgiving of crap as it'll float out in the slag .. to a degree

Tbf like most things its all in the prep.

 

[V8Druid]

's all about penetration ...... be amazed what results can be achieved with a 160A 'toy' mig .... with 0.6, fully juiced and sprayed on to burn it well in .... not a cheap way of doing it as 0.6 ain't cheap , but if it's all you have ..... burn it in there using the heat generated by that big arc

 

[Lancs Lad]

0.8 (or even 1.00) at about 180-190 A and it'll melt that back together in some order ... lay in a root to get it back together and multi run it ... 'paps give it a cap off at 200+ sprayed on but TBH a tidy multi run or woven will be fine and'll be as good as the parent material

Cheers for that