batheroom welding setup
 

ok i realize how sketch this is, but its all i have and could do to get welding underway soo look at my ----

New Welder!
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Well its ugly as hell but it is what it is.... holding. Tail pipe welding to follow sometime
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I think you probably could have put down a bead if you would have remembered to buy a welding mask :1

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WTF your welds are flowing the wrong direction. GHETTO wall outlet will get your ---- burned

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Those shitty welds show just how good a miller is. You have no Idea how to weld and couldn't see yet the bits of weld themselves look nice. If you put some practice in and get a mask lol you'll be making nice welds in no time.

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Jeremy call me

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You are going to light that outlet on fire and burn your house down. This is just about the dumbest thing I have seen on here.

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Yeah no kidding I didn't think about that.. I't may even burn the 110 wirng in half inside the wall even more dangerous. it's so easy to install a 220v breaker and run a line for what you need. it will only cost about $50

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Not likely.

T mathis, make a trip south to my shop so I can show you some basics.

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+1
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it's amazing how a weld could look so shitty and good at the same time.
i miss using the nice ass welder at my old work. made me look like a pro.

one question.
why did you lay the beads across the joint and not along the joint?

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INCLUDING the 50ft roll of 12/2, 30amp breaker, etc.

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I plugged my 180auto set and my dynasty 200dx into my dryer outlet with bare wires for over a year never had a problem. Don't see why it would be any different in a 220v stove plug. It's grounded, has good connections on the hot leads. Why use a plug? Just limits the places you can plug into. :P

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30 amp breaker as in, dual 15 or dual 30?

If dual 30, he needs 10/2.

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i cant imagine youd pop dual 15amp breakers with that thing. Ive ran my 140 hobart on 115 maxed out and i never popped the 15 amp circuit its on, this is only a 180... on 240v youll be using half the current of the 115v.

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looks like you need to turn the amps up, also i hope hot slag burns your trailer down. O0

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Actually very likely. I am commercial kitchen service tech by trade. I see that ---- all the time.

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Now is when we need some Fred pics, to show how sketch you can get without burning ---- down. :8 Like the toaster, or the hot tub, or the painted bare wires, or...

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guarentee he was welding the pulling towards himself. thats why it ended up looking like he was welding across the seam instead
of with the seam.

shoulda been welding the seam going from right to left or left to right instead of toward or away from yourself.

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AS long as the wires don't touch it is fine, hes doing exactly what the plug is doing sans isolating the wires. Besides if the wires touch it'll likely just trip the breaker or arc out and burn up the wire.

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Hell yeah, why isn't Fred on here!? He is as HMT as HMT could get. :8

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i used crimp connectors on my welder when i put two 15ft extension cords together. tripped the breaker and blew sparks all over the garage, i had to solder and sleeve the wires with rubber tubing then.

now i have one nice 35ft 12/3 extension cord that lets me take my welder all over (which has a ~13ft cord on it)

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x53,328

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No, wrong again. The poor connection in the outlet itself will cause it to heat up. The connections will burn, along with the insulation on the wires, and ultimately heat up enough to burn the lugs off and short and could start a fire. Im glad you are an electrician and approve of his hook up and tell him he's fine. He's not, its unsafe.

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Here is an interesting thing to note. With my Dynasty 200dx, I have welded 3/16 aluminum at full go pedal flat 200amps, till I hit the duty cycle, and my air cooled torch was so hot I had wear my big metal core welding glove on my torch hand, and even then it was almost unbearable. All with bare wires plugged into my dryer outlet. I welded like that obviously not that hot all the time for a year in that basement. The black hornet has pieces from that welding, as does 90dx, as does Urban Indian, as does Brine04, as does Pistol, as does Trevor72, as does ect...

Never had an issue. Keep in mind also that the wires had to go in and out every time I welded so that we could still use the dryer, its not like I just plugged them in once and said good. That setup has traveled to many locations as well, and when they did not have 220v outlet, I would put the wires straight into the breaker box, works well like that too.

from my experience, for the couple short times he will weld like that, I don't see an issue. I was far more concerned about the newspaper that he had put down to protect the lino. :X

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hahaha

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I have to make temporary connections like this for 460v 3 phase all the time, its no big deal. We have to do it a lot for mobile welding, its not rare to have to pull 100 amps setup like this. When you plug the wires in you push them all the way in so you have a GREAT connection, not a poor one :1 The wires won't heat up or burn to the point of a serious hazard unless the wire you are using is too small or the breaker is too big and you are running on your machines max current. I've been doing this weekly for the last few years, and the old timers I run into on some jobs have been doing it for 25 years or more, no one ever has caused a fire.

That said we never leave a connection like this unattended, if we leave for lunch or for the day we disconnect.

I would agree that if you don't feel comfortable making a safe connection like this you shouldn't.

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The extension wire is 8/3 and 10ft long, breaker says 40amp 240v, leads are well tucked into the wall and checked on, breaker off when unattended. Was thinking of hardwiring the wires to a replacement dryer plug for easy plug and play if i do more of this. Voltage was between 3 and 4 so definately not near maxed out. Really just a temporary setup while I look for a shop or house.

The first welds were horizontal along the seam. Parts of the shitty resonator were blowing through and the bead was stacking up on the adapter so a bit tough in some spots to get the right heat, not to mention welding blind. Helmet = priority #1. The vertical welds across the seam were for strength :y

I'm looking forward to practicing with some new materials that have consistent thickness.

Dave I will come visit. I shall provide additional compensation for your knowledge with import beeers and strippers!

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Its a deal.

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I hope your insurance is paid up....... Tell me how many amps the welder is rated and I can tell you what you need to be safe and meet code standards.

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HMT as ---- mathis welding in the tub from what i hear too, atta kid.

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:S

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I bust cleaner beads on your moms face

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voltage would have to be in the 10's of thousands to jump that gap, on another note, this is the most ghetto thing i have ever seen.

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removing the oven for welding

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engineparts in the whole ------- flat

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welding in bathroom

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doing it on newsPAPER

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Frontpage!

HMT Ghettoness at its best ;D


HMT Impressing Accurat German´s since 2002 or so........ ;D

Practice, practice, practice it is the key

practice makes perfect

Stuff like this is why I have a secure job.

Just because someone got away with it before doesn't mean it isn't potentially dangerous. Plenty of "professionals" who've done dangerous ---- for years end up having One Bad Day where they burn something down. Plumbers and Roofers seem to top the list, Electricians usually have more smarts than that because mistakes with electricity can turn fatal fast.

But what do I know? The gene pool still needs cleaning, carry on!

nice welds

im sorry to say this but that just looks terrible. id ripit aprt do some practice and o it again. Im starting to see that on this site the number 1 tool is a welder. i like it

wow...about all i can say.

shits gangsta