I Built a Welding Fixture Table

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  @MariusHornberger · 2 years ago · pinned

  Dipping my toes into the world of welding was fun. I went the extra mile and made plans for this project. Check them out and support these videos: <a href="https://mariushornberger.com/products/welding-fixture-table-plans">https://mariushornberger.com/products/welding-fixture-table-plans</a>

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  @bwillan · 2 years ago

  A German engineer that says good enough with a 0.1 mm tolerance on his first welding project. &nbsp;Well done sir and a tip of the hat to you.

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  @A1fa1fa-a · 2 years ago

  Dude, I&apos;m a fabricator, and your welds need work, but my God, that tolerance and checking technique with the tools you have is just beautiful to watch. I absolutely love your videos.

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  @IDontKnowWhatToNameMyself-g1z · 2 years ago (edited)

  Hey professional welder here, by the quick clip at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE89b8MIQc0&amp;t=1043">17:23</a> it seems like your using too much gas. <br>It also looks like your using a cup size 7 or 8, a general rule of thumb is taking the cup size and adding 2. That gives you your desired gas flow, with a little bit extra for any leaks. <br><br>Whenever I adjust my gas flow I light up on a scrap piece and if there is no &quot;scratching&quot; noise as the amps slump down, then I know I got the right flow set. <br>If it does still scratch, then it&apos;s just a matter of adjusting it up or down and trying again.<br><br>Initial slump up (or slope) isn&apos;t generally something I use, it&apos;s annoying when tacking and only useful when you wanna restart on a weld with a bit better penetration. But avoid making the bead any wider right at the start. So for aesthetics basically. <br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE89b8MIQc0&amp;t=1242">20:42</a> THIS, it&apos;s by no means perfect but these few seconds are how you &quot;should&quot; be welding all the time. The excessive angle of your torch isn&apos;t technically correct, but it does reduce penetration and thusly reduce warping. 10-20 degrees from perpendicular is the &quot;correct&quot; angle. <br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE89b8MIQc0&amp;t=1247">20:47</a> it&apos;s miles better, notice how the weld initially &quot;wets out&quot; smoothly in the beginning and then sort of folds up on itself a few dips later? <br>What&apos;s happening is your initially welding with the correct amount of heat in the weld puddle, (THIS, it&apos;s not the amount of heat applied, its how hot the puddle is.) for those initial few dips you are welding at the correct speed. But as you were getting started you applied more heat than needed, so you succesfully made use of the excess heat but then failed to compensate (slowing down slightly) when this excess heat ran out. <br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE89b8MIQc0&amp;t=1257">20:57</a> use thinner filler wire, I would say a 1,6 would be plenty for this. 2,0 and you sort of have to use another dipping technique in order to not dramatically change how hot the weld puddle is with every single dip of filler. <br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE89b8MIQc0&amp;t=1309">21:49</a> If you had extra pipe available I would&apos;ve tacked them on as a strongback in order to prevent warping, you&apos;d still get some but much MUCH less than you&apos;d expect.

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  @sonnyjim7579 · 1 year ago

  After watching this i think ill just buy a table

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  @chrisjinks5197 · 2 years ago

  Guys guys,guys.....he&apos;s into welding now....<br><br>In a few videos time he will be building his own water jet machine eith better features than a commercially available machine

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  @AlecSteele · 2 years ago

  Awesome build! I learnt some great things watching!!!

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  @plusmanikantanr · 2 years ago

  Instead of Brake Cleaner PLEASE USE ACETONE when welding!!! John Cadogan talks about the tragic Phosphene gas generated by heating Brake Cleaner indoors when welding causing a non-recovery in the patient.

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  @scrapper666 · 2 years ago

  &quot;And since step drills aren&apos;t the most precise tools in the world, it made the exact hole size I was looking for.&quot;<br><br>When you can sarcasm that good, you have a very good handle on English as a second language.

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  @BeckyStern · 2 years ago

  That 3D printed jig for sharpening tungsten bits is <b>*chef&apos;s kiss*</b> Awesome project and thanks for sharing your process!

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  @coursdfghjgtherill5591 · 2 years ago

  Weld two pieces of scrap from your weld table with the same weld settings. Then cut through the weld on your cool saw, then you can check that your weld is penetrating the metal stock correctly. <br>You have the best YouTube channel.

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  @LBCAndrew · 2 years ago

  After having to have tiny slivers of steel removed from my right eye twice now, i always wear a full face shield. The crazy thing is, both times i was wearing safety glasses. Well... first time was glasses, the second time were these dewalt goggles which had a little gap near the nose that a piece flew in, bounced and hit my eye.

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