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I had a friend that took his brand new bucket off his NH, turned it over and hardfaced the entire bottom of the cutting edge with his new welder. He turned it back over when done and his cutting edge, and his bucket, had a big bow in it. The heat warped it.
Someone with more experience than I should comment on the best way to avoid this.
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This is the sort of thing that separates weldors from guys with welding equipment.
Owning a gun doesn't make you a marksman. There is no simple answer. It is a whole topic. Apparently the guy had not read nor heeded if he read) any books on welding. All I have seen mention the fact that welding heat causes metal to expand and that poor technique can warp pieces of metal and assemblies.
Asking what to do to prevent this is like asking a pilot to tell you how to fly and not crash, expecting a couple sentences to make you a pilot.
I'll mention a few things...
Taking it easy and letting the heat spread and dissipate is good. (Make haste slowly!) Alternately welding one side and then the other is useful some of the time. There is really no way to just tell someone how to not get heat distortiion while welding except some useless comment like just do it right and it won't warp.
I suggest reading on the topic in standard welding texts (Lincoln has a terrific welding book about 8x11x2 1/2 inches) then practicing to gain practical experience.
Amazon.com has oodles of welding books. I just looked and they have 48 books on welding. Reading and practicing will help as there is no simple couple sentences answer to make you a pilot, marksman, portrait painter or weldor. A class is even better. Finding a tutor who will work with you one on one is even better. Looking for a simple secret hint to transform a novice into a weldor is just NOT PROVIDENT.
Pat
This is the sort of thing that separates weldors from guys with welding equipment.Owning a gun doesn't make you a marksman. There is no simple answer. It is a whole topic. Apparently the guy had not read nor heeded if he read) any books on welding. All I have seen mention the fact that welding heat causes metal to expand and that poor technique can warp pieces of metal and assemblies.Asking what to do to prevent this is like asking a pilot to tell you how to fly and not crash, expecting a couple sentences to make you a pilot.I'll mention a few things...Taking it easy and letting the heat spread and dissipate is good. (Make haste slowly!) Alternately welding one side and then the other is useful some of the time. There is really no way to just tell someone how to not get heat distortiion while welding except some useless comment like just do it right and it won't warp.I suggest reading on the topic in standard welding texts (Lincoln has a terrific welding book about 8x11x2 1/2 inches) then practicing to gain practical experience.Amazon.com has oodles of welding books. I just looked and they have 48 books on welding. Reading and practicing will help as there is no simple couple sentences answer to make you a pilot, marksman, portrait painter or weldor. A class is even better. Finding a tutor who will work with you one on one is even better. Looking for a simple secret hint to transform a novice into a weldor is just NOT PROVIDENT.Pat
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