Clive Hugh
Cast Iron
- Joined
- May 13, 2007
- Location
- Bunbury Western Australia
Has anyone machined a shaft that has been buit up with flux cored welding wire? Is it better or worse that gas shielded wire?
Thanks
Clive
Thanks
Clive
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Yes, I agree with you, I prefer a stick weld such as 6012 or 6013 and have done many shafts with stick and machined them afterwards but I also happen to have a flux core welder so the convenience of continuous welding has some appeal. However the wire is high tensile E70. which is another disadvantage. I'm not worried about the quality of the weld just if there is any discernable difference.
Clive
That was a good video. In the end I built up the bearing area and the threaded end with straight passes. Filled in the centre, redrilled the centre and remachined for the bearing to go on and recut new threads for the nut. It was a stub welded in a tube that is the element for a flail mower. The tube had to be straightened but they pull all over the place anyway when the lugs are welded on for the flails. Redrilled the lugs by turning down a length of bright shafting and drilling out the end of a drill and silver soldering them. Able to drill all the length in one go, about 8 foot long. Now carries 10mm bolts which last longer on the flails.KEF791 on YouTube has a great video on shaft build up.
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