Rick Rowlands
Titanium
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2005
- Location
- Youngstown, Ohio
Last year the Tod Engine Heritage Park acquired half of a 175 ton capacity steel ladle for display. To get the ladle down to a size that could be moved by truck I had to cut it in half. Now it is time to weld the two halves back together and before I get too far into the planning process I am coming here to ask for some advice.
First the pictures:
The plate is 1 1/4" thick A36. I'll have to do the welding with the ladle in the position shown in the first photograph. Since this ladle is just for display, weld strength is not so important. Even a crappy weld that is 30 lineal feet long will be sufficient to hold this thing together.
My game plan thus far is to bevel both sides of the joint, fit both halves up next to each other, tack on a backing strip and apply the root pass. What rods should I use for the root pass and for the rest of the passes? I'm not too sure about welding rod selection, what is good for what position etc.
The equipment I will be using is an SA-400 engine driven welder. Nice machine that I bought for $800 last year especially for this project.
First the pictures:
The plate is 1 1/4" thick A36. I'll have to do the welding with the ladle in the position shown in the first photograph. Since this ladle is just for display, weld strength is not so important. Even a crappy weld that is 30 lineal feet long will be sufficient to hold this thing together.
My game plan thus far is to bevel both sides of the joint, fit both halves up next to each other, tack on a backing strip and apply the root pass. What rods should I use for the root pass and for the rest of the passes? I'm not too sure about welding rod selection, what is good for what position etc.
The equipment I will be using is an SA-400 engine driven welder. Nice machine that I bought for $800 last year especially for this project.