How to study home gas welding

Welding is an art and a welder is an artist. If you love art then you can be a welder artist. You can do many things in welding. Like making a steel, aluminum, copper, silver art structure. You can do your on garden equipment and house furnitures. It is easy to learn by going to my How to weld. You can choose gas or electric welding.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• For Gas Welding
• Full oxygen cylinder
• Full Acetylene cylinder
• Oxygen/Acetelene set
• Steel Welding table
• Full Fire Extinguisher
• Welding Goggles No. 8
• Long welding Gloves
• Welding Apron
• Welding Shoes
• Face Shield
• Cutting Saw
• Electric Hand Grinder
• Vise Grip
• Welding tools like hammer,plier,tip cleaner etc.
• Bare Copper coated Welding rods 1/8 & 1/16
• Metal for a steel chair

1. Prepare a drawing with complete dimension of a simple steel chair using a 1/8 x 1" x 20 ft. angle bar.

2. Read and understand the operational manual of the gas welding equipment you bought or borrowed. Focus on equipment and operation safety.

3. Prepare your safety equipment, materiasl, tools and Gas Welding set. Assemble the gas cylinders and equipment. Secure the standing gas cylinders

4. Test the equipment per instruction on the operating manual. This should include purging and lighting the gases.

5. Cut the steel metal to size as drawn by steel hand saw. Fit and layout the pcs to prepare to tuck weld.

6. Open the cylinder valves, open the torch valve and light the welding tip to neutral flame. Make sure you wear your safety equipment.

7. Prepare to tuck the welding joint earlier prepared and start to tuck weld the metal without adding filler metal until finish.

8. Weld the tucked joint using first the 1/16 filler rod then full weld with the 1/8 filler rod.

9. Grind the excess weld metal to flat finish.

10. Test the strength of the weldment by sitting on top of the steel chair.

11. Take a picture of the chair and show it to your friends for comments.

Tips & Warnings

• Ask at least two friends who knows how to gas weld
• Compute the cost of your project including the gas aned cylinder
• Buy good 2nd hand tools and gas equipment
• Buy from a reputable gas supplier
• Read the manual and understand it
• Do not start to weld if you are cnot sure it is safe
• Have your friend observe what you closely with safety goggles
• Never allow small children to observe your welding

Resources

• http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/BldgConst/Welding01/welding01_v2.asp

[agbasinillo]

on 8/19/2008 OXYGEN ACETYLENE WELDING & CUTTING EQUIPMENT

Introduction:
The oxy-acetylene torch can be used for various tasks. It can be used for cutting steel, welding steel, brazing and for heating metal. The oxy-acetylene torch is a safe tool if used properly. However, if it is used incorrectly, serious injury can occur to you and the equipment. Understanding and utilizing the safety procedures are required to be able to operate this tool in the Metal shop. The main parts that make up the oxygen acetylene equipment are:

• Cylinders
o Oxygen
o Acetylene
• Regulators
• Hoses
• Welding attachment
• Cutting attachment

Oxygen acetylene welding is also commonly referred to as Oxy-Acetylene.

CYLINDERS:
The oxygen and acetylene cylinders are designed to hold high-pressure gases. There are some important things to remember when using these cylinders:

• Cylinders must always be st

[vaageng]

on 6/27/2008 Hello mr agbasinillo
I have a new Ac/Ox small portable set bought today.
I need to Solder/Weld SS SUS304 pieces for a project I am working on as hobby. But I have no clue how to operate the Ac/Ox. No operators manual followed. So how to adjust Ac Ox mix? Which size tip to be used?
How do I determen the correct mix? How do I know when the SS is warm enough to start? What welding rod do I use for this?

[agbasinillo]

on 12/25/2007 Hi dja,

Tuck weld and Tack weld are the same. It welding a small bead on a joint to temporaly hold it together

Regards,

Austri Basinillo (Male/68) Philippines

[dja21149]

on 12/25/2007 What does "Tuck Weld" mean please?