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Ok I bought myself a welder for Christmas and need some links to sites that have good descriptions of the basics of welding. I have found quite a bit of good information on this page, but I need the very basics. I bought the welder to work on my 71 cutlass and to build some weightlifting equipment. But I need to learn techniques and safety.
The welder I bought was a cambell Hausfeld WF2000. It is a flux core wire feed welder, but you can buy a kit to convert it to mig, which I suppose I will do eventually. It has 30-80 Amp Output and welds 20g – 3/16” so it sounded like it would do most of what I want. I bought it because I got an extra discount at work and wanted to get either a welder or a compressor. And the welder seemed more like the one I couldn't do with other types of tools.
I already have the steel cut for one project. I am making a piece of grip working equipment. I have the 3/4 square 14 ga steel tubing cut into the various lengths needed for the gripper machine. And I have 2 pieces of roughly 1/4 inch by roughly 1&1/2 inch flat steel cut for the hinges. They will be drilled through and a bolt put through them for the upper part of the grip machine to pivot on. What I worry about is welding those to the 14 ga tubing. Should I just cut up the last of the 14 ga tubing or could I weld the flat steel to the side and the weld be sturdy enough? I don't think the weld would be highly stressed. I have a JPG of the basic plan if somebody could point me to a how to post pictures on this website. (added)Ok that was easy. The picture is a simple paint produced image and is basically a rough sketch of how the machine will look when I am finished putting it together. I may also mount the metal base to a piece of 2* lumber to make it stable, but that is not in the picture. I could put some metal feet, but I think the wood base would be easier and perhaps more stable.
The welder I bought was a cambell Hausfeld WF2000. It is a flux core wire feed welder, but you can buy a kit to convert it to mig, which I suppose I will do eventually. It has 30-80 Amp Output and welds 20g – 3/16” so it sounded like it would do most of what I want. I bought it because I got an extra discount at work and wanted to get either a welder or a compressor. And the welder seemed more like the one I couldn't do with other types of tools.
I already have the steel cut for one project. I am making a piece of grip working equipment. I have the 3/4 square 14 ga steel tubing cut into the various lengths needed for the gripper machine. And I have 2 pieces of roughly 1/4 inch by roughly 1&1/2 inch flat steel cut for the hinges. They will be drilled through and a bolt put through them for the upper part of the grip machine to pivot on. What I worry about is welding those to the 14 ga tubing. Should I just cut up the last of the 14 ga tubing or could I weld the flat steel to the side and the weld be sturdy enough? I don't think the weld would be highly stressed. I have a JPG of the basic plan if somebody could point me to a how to post pictures on this website. (added)Ok that was easy. The picture is a simple paint produced image and is basically a rough sketch of how the machine will look when I am finished putting it together. I may also mount the metal base to a piece of 2* lumber to make it stable, but that is not in the picture. I could put some metal feet, but I think the wood base would be easier and perhaps more stable.
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