stick welding pipework

[paceman1]

ok so I can weld plate box etc mig and tig
but I have no experience in using the stick to weld pipework I am going to have a bash at it tomorrow any pointers would be great help thanks

 

[Welderpaul]

1. Buy this
2. Read it
3. Practice

 

[paceman1]

no time I am doing it tomorrow

 

[Welderpaul]

no time I am doing it tomorrow

Good luck. Pipe is a very different animal.

 

[eSCHEn]

This end goes in the stinger:

The other end gets hot. Be careful.


HTH








Seriously though, check out the tutorial up there ^^^^ http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/arc-tutorial.htm

 

[paceman1]

only done a bit of 4 inch ally tube and 50mm steel tube with the tig machine before no stick welding practise

 

[paceman1]

eschen
yes lol that's about all I know mate

 

[oilcooled :)]

Make sure you have burn cream.stick pipe is ten times tougher than tig pipe. Hope it doesn't have to b water tight yet alone xray standard

 

[Tigman]

edge prep is very important get a good fit up , nice even gap , tacked up plenty ! what are you gonna try , fixed position or rotating ?

 

[paceman1]

tigman
I will have a bash at fixed and not fixed position
the fixed position looks pretty hard

 

[Tigman]

better to start with rotating the pipe , get a nice root run in with a 2.5 , 70 amps ish then cap and fill , I use 2.5 rods for cap , what size pipe have you got ?

 

[paceman1]

tigman
I don't know I can ask for different types of diameter pipe when I get there tomorrow

 

[Tigman]

dont go 2" too small ! , 3" to 4" to practise on is nice size , 6" even better

 

[paceman1]

true smaller pipe /tube is hard as I found out with the tig one day messing around at work the angles move more quickly as you weld
I did some 4 inch ally tube before on my old car it was easyer than the small stuff

 

[davidjohnperry]

Good luck matey my the force be with ub

 

[Bill Edwards]

Am I reading this right, you haven't done stick welding, and you're about to try it on pipe?
If so, you're trying to learn to run before standing on two legs, never mind walk.

Take the biggest pipe available and probably the most important thing would be to get the prep right. The wrong size gap or land can really upset the job, but having it vary in different places round the pipe is even worse.

What rods are you using? That makes a difference.
I don't like to knock people back, but if starting with stick get a piece of flat plate and begin with a bead pad...

 

[paceman1]

your right I am jumping in at the deep end I booked a day course to see what I can do or cant do so I thought I would ask for some advice to help me out bit .I know I wont achieve to much in a day but it might give me a clue as to weather I might be able to do it given a bit of training
the good thing is I have no bad habits so as a novice in the stick world give it a go

 

[wheresmejumper]

Good luck!

 

[Kent]

Courses are always useful if you take one thing Away that you use in future. Frankly without keeping up with stick you soon loose it. If you never had it a session with a good instructor has to be useful whatever

 

[paceman1]

as a new be on this site Ive got to say thanks for the replies