I would have absolutely no fear of having it held over my head! Preheat and joint prep are the 2 key ingredients for the recipe. I have PERSONALLY welded 1" thick steel together using a 110V FCAW (flux core) machine Lincoln Electric Weld Pak 100 to be exact and I have also used a 110V Millermatic 135 sold wire machine to do the same thing. Second pic is of the legs laying atop the plate. I never thought I could do most of what I have done so far, but it appears I have.įirst pic is of the plate before grinding the welds and rewelding it. I really want this to work and I really want to do this myself. I was also planning to weld uphill as my research indicates I will get better penetration using my wire feed on thicker metal. Question is::::::How hot to preheat as far as color of metal?Ģ. I was planning to preheat the plate and allow the heat to wick to the legs. I need to weld them to the plate to form a three legged stand.ġ. The legs I have chosen for my anvil stand are 2" x 4" square tubing with 1/4" thick walls. Judging from the edges, I got near full penetration by going from both side. I flipped them over and welded the back side. After seeing how poorly it penetrated, I ground the welds out and re-welded them while still warm from grinding. I beveled the edged, tacked them together, and welded one side. I managed to weld three pieces of 1/2" plate together to form a square 12" x 12" x 1/2" thick. After much advice gathered and perusing my materials on hand to build my anvil stand.
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