welding tools

[Jeff Silvey]

well helping our family of welders on the forum. Some may have already made.
Made from 3/4,1/2 cooper pipe.

[Eugene]

Jeff. What do you do with the tools? Scrapper?

[Steve Butram]

backers for welding thin sheet metal ?

[Jeff Silvey]

Yes or other steel as well.

[Lt.Mike]

I’ll have to try that. Does that help prevent blowing out?

[Jeff Silvey]

I’ll have to try that. Does that help prevent blowing out?

It might. It keeps from welding to the surface that you have your work resting on.

[BigBill]

Safety note, please wear safety glasses under your helmet and when chipping slag. Besafe.

[tst]

I use a thick piece of 1/2" copper a lot for body work such as a cub hood with unwanted holes someone drilled in it, clamp the copper on the outside and weld the hood from the inside, the copper keeps the steel from warping and the weld comes out flush against the copper and the copper will pop right off leaving the repair and almost no grinding or sanding

[coppersmythe]

I use a thick piece of 1/2" copper a lot for body work such as a cub hood with unwanted holes someone drilled in it, clamp the copper on the outside and weld the hood from the inside, the copper keeps the steel from warping and the weld comes out flush against the copper and the copper will pop right off leaving the repair and almost no grinding or sanding

good morning all from the soggy deep south . a young co-worker at LSU showed me that trick a few years ago , I have welded all my life and had never heard of it . your never too old to learn . thanks tst for the heads up , i have a hood that needs that very repair , coppersmythe.............

[Lt.Mike]

I use a thick piece of 1/2" copper a lot for body work such as a cub hood with unwanted holes someone drilled in it, clamp the copper on the outside and weld the hood from the inside, the copper keeps the steel from warping and the weld comes out flush against the copper and the copper will pop right off leaving the repair and almost no grinding or sanding

Great tip !