2006 at the Hammond Barn

[Bob Carriere]

Well I followed Phil's advice and practice some more......

Tried out the replacement panel punch from Princess.... first one punched 3 holes and jammed........ hole are 3/16.


did some test on scrap angle...... and as suggested..... the base angle has to be very shiny clean....... setting at 30 for the wire speed and 3 on the heat range (Miller 210)....... and the plate has to be pressed very tight to the angle.....air gaps will result in enlarging the hole and minimal penetration.

Also found that I was starting the weld with the gun too close backed up to about 5/8 inch......... most spot weld were done in one puddle.... some if slightly off centered requried a second Zapp

When looking on the other side of the angle you could see where the red primer had been heated/burned.

On my test piece angle/sheet 18 gauge metal....... being a wackadoo welder...... I had to wack the sh** with a chisel to finally rip the top sheet metal.... I wanted to rip up a few welds on Rob's nose piece but he wouldn't let me......

Now for the cat sh**....... do you realize how dodo six cats can do in about 2 months.......a lot!!!! or a almost full bucket topped with a carbage can of wood ash..... that is ASH...... not A**

Interesting thing...... the four of us walked in 8 inch of snow in the back field around 1:30...... by the time I went back at 4:00 pm to dump the bucket in the gulley....the wind had completeld filled our footprint...... no wonder it was cool sitting on the tractor...

Also made some tests using the opposite side of the punch which has a flanger....... and overlapped two pieces of 18 gauge sheet metal....... welded nice....... stitching would need hammering with a dolly..... but.... I need a lot more pratice with that process....

BooB
PhD Wackeroo Welding.