Incredible Welding

[tshetter]

I've seen a few of these images before but most of them are new to me.

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Original thread on Reddit

 

[j p smith]

Thats beautiful work!

 

[Mike.ASC]

Amazing display of skills

 

[zkling]

Beautiful welds indeed. The 3rd pic of the head tube cluster is actually brazed.

 

[tarbellb]

[ puts down mig gun, says "guess I should just deliver mail"]

 

[404]

The pattern is very attractive visually yes. The color change indicates that the sheilding gas was not adequate on those sections. Any color change is an oxide of iron/steel. So, pretty yes. Best welds? Possibly not.

 

[Tinner]

The 3rd pic of the head tube cluster is actually brazed.

Actually it's bronze welded with a TIG torch. Brazing distributes the filler via capillary action, like solder and also uses flux.

 

[RogueFab]

Mmmm. Trophy truck weave...

 

[sanddan]

The pattern is very attractive visually yes. The color change indicates that the sheilding gas was not adequate on those sections. Any color change is an oxide of iron/steel. So, pretty yes. Best welds? Possibly not.

Are you sure?

 

[zkling]

Actually it's bronze welded with a TIG torch. Brazing distributes the filler via capillary action, like solder and also uses flux.

It's actually BRAZED, the process is called tig brazing. Welding = melting base material, brazing = no melting of the base material. In this process the argon acts as the flux to prevent oxidation while heating.

 

[joeswamp]

I'm guessing that the guy who did those would probably be unbeatable at the game "Operation".

Seriously, some of these super-welder guys should probably be recruited as brain surgeons or something. I've met guys like this that did aerospace welds for a living and it was amazing to me how they could control their hands so precisely.

 

[that-guy]

that's a collection of pics from several different welders. the first two are Collin's @ToxicFab, and a few others are recognizable from other users on this site...

not sure if the OP is posting these to say as though they are his, but just letting it be known...otherwise, this is a nice collection of welds

 

[Stooge]

that's a collection of pics from several different welders. the first two are Collin's @ToxicFab, and a few others are recognizable from other users on this site...

not sure if the OP is posting these to say as though they are his, but just letting it be known...otherwise, this is a nice collection of welds

i dont think he was trying to pass them off as his own at all, just sharing some weldporn. he even wrote where he found the pictures and a link to where he found them.

I've seen a few of these images before but most of them are new to me.

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[zmotorsports]

Great!!! Thanks for posting those pictures up. Just when I was feeling pretty good about my TIG welding.

Mike.

 

[kazlx]

The pattern is very attractive visually yes. The color change indicates that the sheilding gas was not adequate on those sections. Any color change is an oxide of iron/steel. So, pretty yes. Best welds? Possibly not.

 

[NASTYZEN]

Great!!! Thanks for posting those pictures up. Just when I was feeling pretty good about my TIG welding.

Mike.

X-2 on that bud. Makes me look like a débutante.

 

[purplezr2]

Beautiful welds indeed. The 3rd pic of the head tube cluster is actually brazed.

Looks like a bike frame to me....

 

[ADSR]

sick!

 

[zkling]

Looks like a bike frame to me....

No arguments there, it is a bike frame, that part is called the head tube.

 

[cwh]

Thanks for posting these, but in the future please stay out of my shed!

 

[Kevin54]

I thought I posted a response to this last night but I guess I didn't.

Isn't the guy that did those welds a member of the H.A.M.B.? And a while back, there was a big article about it, plus if showed a lot more of the stuff that he has welded up. It is more than just welding, it is truly some artwork for sure.

 

[kazlx]

Those welds are from multiple people.

 

[Mitchw123456]

is this pic just messing with my eyes? Whats going on here in the background?

 

[beakie]

is this pic just messing with my eyes? Whats going on here in the background?

imagine it as an upside down oil pan (or right side up valve cover)
at bottom, bolt hole
need room to get socket in there
remove semi circle of "pan"
insert 1/2 of a tube
weld it up

 

[Mitchw123456]

Lol ok I see it now


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[Tinner]

It's actually BRAZED, the process is called tig brazing. Welding = melting base material, brazing = no melting of the base material. In this process the argon acts as the flux to prevent oxidation while heating.

You don't understand the terminology or the process. If you had called it braze welding, I could have let it slide. Bronze welding with an O/A torch heats the metal to a dull red and uses no flux. The metal doesn't have to melt at all, but you can puddle it slightly and alloy the two metals, this is usually done in the interest of speed rather than strength. A variety of bronze rods can be used.

With TIG, the base metal is almost always puddled, although not necessarily with lighter gauge metal. Silicon bronze rod is generally used.

Bronze welding, with any process is tolerant of loose fitting joints. In fact, it's a great way to fill holes in sheet metal.

Brazing uses bronze alloys, which melt at low temperatures and flux. It is used on tight fitting joints. The filler is drawn into the joint by capillary action.
The flux cleans the base metal and expedites the flow of the filler. A braze joint looks like a solder joint. The only way to fill gaps is to run so cold you loose structural strength, but it is a technique used in ornamental work.

I'm not trying to pick on you, you seem like a nice guy and you try to help people here. The gaps in your knowledge are readily evident when you post things like the quote above.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Far out that is awesome work, thanks for posting.

Makes mine look like ****. I am depressed but its some thing I can aspire too..

 

[rockinacummins]

That just gives me a tingling sensation in some of my lower extremities...

 

[superchargedv8]

anyone know how they get the grain in the metal to go in one direction like the first pic? Im thinking some sort of abrassive belt?

 

[kazlx]

anyone know how they get the grain in the metal to go in one direction like the first pic? Im thinking some sort of abrassive belt?

Belt sander with slack belt (no platen) setup.

 

[saceone]

is this real life

 

[joeswamp]

I think to get welds like this you pretty much have to do it for several hours every day. It's sort of like being a virtuoso musician.

 

[Eriehunter]

anyone know how they get the grain in the metal to go in one direction like the first pic? Im thinking some sort of abrassive belt?

That pipe/flange looks to me like stainless steel process piping like you would find in a food plant. The pipe has a fine finish on it like that. It is made that way and they use clamps similar in function like in picture #20 (right before the header collector) although the actual food process pipe clamp is much heavier.

 

[jhn9840]

Used to be a member on here that produced welds that look like those in the pictures. Might have been ZTFAB or something similar. Wished he'd start to post it up here again.

jhn9840
John


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[sberry]

Engloid that was on SFT was about that good. I could get almost that good but its a rare day I tig and to tell the truth really don't care,, ha
That is one where I hadn't picked up for a couple years.

 

[zTimbo]

I worked with a guy that could lay welds like that. I'm a halfway decent TIG welder for a redneck that never had any real training. After about an hour of him showing me some techniques and more importantly his torch set up I could lay down some almost as nice as those on some stainless, which in my opinion is the easiest stuff to make a nice TIG weld on.

Those welds posted by the OP are just plain amazing looking. Wish I had the time and more importantly the knowledge to get to that point.


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[sqznby]

Great thread, love me some weld pron.

anyone know how they get the grain in the metal to go in one direction like the first pic? Im thinking some sort of abrassive belt?

This is also another tool used to grain tubing. More popular because it is portable.
http://www.csunitec.com/sanding_polishing_grinding_finishing/pipe-sanders.html#boa

 

[zmotorsports]

Used to be a member on here that produced welds that look like those in the pictures. Might have been ZTFAB or something similar. Wished he'd start to post it up here again.

jhn9840
John


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Paul, aka ZTFab, hangs out over @ weldingtipsandtricks.com nowadays. He was also on ofnfabnet.com for a while. There is also a guy with a username of entropy on ofnfabnet.com that is an amazing weldor.

Mike.

 

[jhn9840]

Paul, aka ZTFab, hangs out over @ weldingtipsandtricks.com nowadays. He was also on ofnfabnet.com for a while. There is also a guy with a username of entropy on ofnfabnet.com that is an amazing weldor.

Mike.

Thanks for the tip. I'm signed up over there so I can watch the videos. I'll be searching out his work.

jhn9840
John

 

[Jarhead0408]

Beautiful!