how to fill a gap, hmt style
 

nothing special but i had these pics so i figured id post them

yeah ive got about 1hr of welding under my belt and my rig is the usual wire-fed mig jobber

i had to mate a 2" pipe to this 2.5" piece so i just filled it with nuts/bolts/some weld.

look how sexy it is :3

ill probably add a small layer of jbweld just to be safe. yes i had to make sure at least one piece of my setup was gnarly as ---- and here it is.

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Re: how to fill a gap, hmt style
 

rad

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Quite :y

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.. haven't thought of tossing bolts in there before welding...

new hmt standard

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there is a point where you just being ghetto and dumb because there are about 5 better ways to fill a gap like that that also cost zero dollars

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its ------- ugly...... O0 O0

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Lol, yea usually when I need to fill gaps like that i use the scraps from pieces of piping that i've already cut from prior fabrications. Guess your method works too, some might call it art? :y

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When I need to fill gaps I fill them with just weld. weld a little, let it cool, weld a little more to the edge, let it cool, ect ect.

It only works on stuff so big though.

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Or cut tabs in the end, bend down, fill a minimal gap, done.

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LOL, I just got some metal pieces to fit in there but whatever works.