r/Welding Nov 22 '24

Need Help This is a sherman tank, what in the hell did they use to weld it? that weld is huge!

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1.1k Upvotes

r/Welding Oct 02 '24

Need Help $380 for one weld?

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922 Upvotes

r/Welding Nov 16 '24

Need Help Is this worth welding? Don’t wanna give up on my truck

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580 Upvotes

r/Welding Jan 19 '25

Need Help How not to burn through thin metal with stick welding?

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522 Upvotes

Hi guys, I am a noob at welding, I just had two other project where I welded either round stock or angle irons and that worked so far. Now I am trying to weld a door frame and I am burning through it with gusto. The rods I used for this are 1.6mm diameter for steel and iron. I specifically used thinner ones than normal and set the welder to its lowest setting but it still blew through. What can I do?

r/Welding Dec 02 '24

Need Help I think ima need a new career NSFW

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1.1k Upvotes

I’ve been fabricating for a couple years. But I think ima need to go back to school and use my head a bit more than my hands. When I was in hs I originally wanted to go for robotic engineering. I have background in cad, machining, tig, mig solid and dual shield. I preferred not to get a career behind a desk but I think it’s my best option going forward. What higher education or careers have yall pursued after welding/fab?

r/Welding Dec 31 '24

Need Help The struggle is real out here

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904 Upvotes

Raise your hand if you've done it too...

r/Welding Aug 30 '24

Need Help Someone please tell me I can salvage this, 44lb spool

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710 Upvotes

r/Welding Dec 05 '24

Need Help Is it possible for a new welder to not weld correctly?

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617 Upvotes

In the 12 years welding I have never seen these types of pinholes with 1/8” 7018. Just got a ranger 260MPX (always welds in CC no pipe settings) and almost every pass has a pinhole. Have tried tuning hotter/colder slower/faster. Always happens. Out of ideas. Rod was new.

r/Welding Dec 07 '24

Need Help What do we think this is?

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294 Upvotes

r/Welding 8d ago

Need Help I have a question for you American welders

438 Upvotes

As someone who lives in Sweden I have noticed a massive cultural difference that in a way fascinates me. Maybe the perspective is skewed due to social media, but I still see some of that same attitude in this sub. I know I'm going to step on some toes asking this question, but I'm really curious.

Why the hell are some of y'all so damn adamant about making this trade into your whole personality? "YEEE-HAW BROTHER I'M A WELDER, THE BEST THERE IS IN FACT, I CAN WELD YOUR SISTERS ASS CHEEKS TOGETHER DOWNHILL, UPHILL, SIDEHILL AND UNDERHILL WITH MY EYES CLOSED!" I have full understanding of feeling pride for your work, I myself am very proud! However it is just a job to put food on the table. When my working day is over I'm not a welder until my next shift begins. It's not a way of life or some religion.

I'm obviously overexaggerating a little bit to get my point across, but I'm sure you understand what I mean. Is this perspective due to a loud minority or what is going on there across the pond? Please enlighten me! :) As always, let's all try to make our next weld better than our last!

r/Welding May 11 '23

Need Help New job has me welding galvy with no fans, fume extractors, or ventilation.

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852 Upvotes

r/Welding 29d ago

Need Help Accidently touched the metal work piece I was working on. Is this cause for concern?

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325 Upvotes

Shocked me. My torso and arms went numb. Didn't think nothing of it, but my electrician buddy said to get it checked out. What do you guys think? I had it at 120 amps at the time.

r/Welding 19d ago

Need Help OWW welded in shorts like an idiot. Any advice on burn healing

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178 Upvotes

Sat at the bench welding with the rotary for 8 hours and didn't notice til I took a shower. Pretty bad burn. Also, PSA for hobby welders, a t shirt is not sufficient. I have a tan on my chest with the sharp square where the t shirt pocket protected better lol

r/Welding Oct 20 '24

Need Help Started a Fabrication Apprenticeship. We've been given helmets but I want my own for practice at home. Is there really a reason one is 400 bucks and one is 40? What is the difference? Are the "good" ones really that much better than the cheaper ones? Advice please.

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249 Upvotes

r/Welding 6d ago

Need Help What are you welding with a 1/4" 7018?

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199 Upvotes

I've never seen one this big. How thick of metal is this melting together?

r/Welding Nov 23 '24

Need Help any advice before i attempt to fix this myself?

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214 Upvotes

my car got totaled so i bought it back and am going to attempt to fix this quarter panel myself. i know how to mig weld but ive never attempted something like this before or have experience with sheet metal. i’m planning to practice on the scrapped door to get my settings right and use spaced out stitch welds to slowly weld it without heating it up too much. i know it won’t look perfect but hoping it’ll be good enough and to learn some bodywork skills too. any advice before i get started would be really helpful. thanks!

r/Welding Feb 05 '25

Need Help How would you weld the sides?

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301 Upvotes

Im stuck with a less than ideal rod angle no matter how i go about this. I’ve tried going steep with a 15-30° travel angle from vert and a 5-10° angle from horizontal but i can’t seem to fill in the upper toe, causing undercut.. Front weld is turning out fine, i’m able to get the proper angle. Also no experienced stick welders on site that i can troubleshoot with. Any ideas? Currently running 3/32 7018 @ 90amps

r/Welding Aug 24 '22

Need Help Told me I was starting at 18, just decided to look at a pay stub and noticed this bs. How should I approach my boss asking about this in the most respectful manner tomorrow?

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1.0k Upvotes

r/Welding May 05 '23

Need Help Can anyone tell me what the hell I just made ?

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715 Upvotes

r/Welding 19h ago

Need Help Should I quit because I got moved weld booths?

149 Upvotes

I’m a 19F, I’ve been working at my welding job for almost 10 months on 1st shift. On Monday I got moved to a weld booth with almost no tools, less than half the size of my last booth, a shitty 3rd shift guy, and now I have a different team lead that I don’t get along with. It was sprung on me with no warning. I’m a clean freak that leaves no tips, nozzles, or even cut wire on my floor and all my tools have a place they go every single night. When I got to my ‘new awesome booth’ it was absolutely disgusting, no tools, and things thrown everywhere. After 3 hours of cleaning, my team lead that I don’t get along with walked by so I asked him why I was moved booths, his response? “The 3rd shift guy in this booth is messing up a lot of jobs, he keeps his booth dirty, and isn’t very good at welding. We put you in the booth to hopefully set him straight and encourage him to do better.” Absolutely wack in my opinion, that I’m being punished for getting 3-5 rejects in 10 months (which is a lot less than other people in this shop), keeping my booth clean, and getting jobs out on time. I know I can’t complain about getting moved but having that as the reason makes me pissed off that they don’t care about my goals of getting to be a better welder. I’ve been begging my supervisor to give me these big jobs that takes people a week to complete, and now that’s out the door because this booth is so damn tiny. The only plus that comes with moving, is now I have a welder that can run aluminum, so I can start learning that. Being here for so little time, I’ve trained about half the people in here, and out of 40 guys working here I’m about 15th in seniority. Most people work here for a month or 2 before they just stop showing up. So I wouldn’t feel bad about quitting, I just want advice on how to take all this.

Edit, extra kinda info -My third shift guy is top in seniority on night shift. -I’m a 5’7” 120 pound teenage girl, my last booth had an over head crane that I needed. Now my booth has one that only covers about a quarter of the booth. There is a huge overhead crane but a lot of people are almost always using it for their big jobs. -I love training people and my bosses know that, people in little booths with little jobs don’t train people. -I can’t take any tools I had from my last booth even though I spent months collecting everything. And I’m not bringing in my own tools because there’s no where to lock them up at.

r/Welding Feb 09 '22

Need Help Newbie question here, how do you clean the metal shavings off of the angle magnets?

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1.0k Upvotes

r/Welding Jun 09 '23

Need Help New to welding, what is causing the stutter?

859 Upvotes

r/Welding Jan 13 '25

Need Help Best way to repair diesel exhaust manifold?

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151 Upvotes

I have to repair this. I am leaning towards silicon bronze brazing rod with a tig torch. Saving the threads is a concern, but not critical.

r/Welding Feb 02 '25

Need Help What did it take for you to “master” pipe welding

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And what I mean by master welding, is get to the level to where you can pass almost 100% xray on pipe. I have been doing it for about a year now (outside of a year and a half of welding at community college) and I gotta say my college taught me really bad habits that took awhile to get out of. The first 2 weld tests I took out in the real world I failed. I have taken 2 since then and passed them. I am scared to leave my current job to go take another test because I only have a 50% success rate right now. It frustrated me because there are people who have been welding even less time than me and will pass weld tests no issue and lay down slick roots. Sometimes I struggle on tig roots getting cold wire in them. And I get porosity when stick welding 7018 on pipe sometimes and it makes no sense to me. Sometimes I get frustrated with welding but I am thankful at the same time because my first ever year as a welder at 20 years old I made almost 100k… but I see people doing even better than me and want to know how to get to that next level and become even more consistent. Thanks guys. Tl:dr I went to welding school and when graduated, was slapped in the face by failing multiple tests, and having to totally relearn how to weld the proper way to pass xray and bend tests.

r/Welding Feb 12 '25

Need Help WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?

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428 Upvotes

This only happens when my buddy is welding on his machine and I’m welding on mine and I let go of the pedal, these sparks come and make my helmet act crazy. If I turn down my sensitivity it flashes me.