How To Weld Sheet Metal With Oxy Acetylene

Take a little bit of the proud side of the weld off.

How to weld sheet metal with oxy acetylene.

Oxygen acetylene gas welding with the oxygen acetylene torch. Notice that this is not ground down it s just been wire brushed. Gap wire a wire used for correct spacing of butt joints. Oxyacetylene welding unit 1 information sheet 1.

See all 26 photos to set the flame open the acetylene valve on the torch body about 1 4 turn and use a. Two types of welds. Fusion welding and gas welding using rg 45 gas filler rod. For light welding like this 5 psi is a good starting place for both oxygen and acetylene.

Oxy acetylene welding is a welding process manually in which the surfaces to be joined which is warming to melt by a gas flame oxyacetylene with or without filler metal where the connection process without emphasis. Base metal metal to be welded brazed or cut. In practice oxy acetylene welds are made by moving the flame with its inner cone near the metal to be joined angled at roughly 45 degrees to the surface and oriented in a fore handed direction the direction that the weld is being made. In this first episode of the series mark from natoli panel creations is presenting an introduction to oxy acetylene fusion welding in mild steel.

Terms and definitions a. Concentrate on a good weld. Go into repairing it. In addition to the purposes of welding connecting gas welding can also be used as preheating brazing cutting and hard facing.

Look at your heat effected zone as described above. Fusion welding a welding process that joins metals by heating them to be a melting point and allowing them to fuse or flow together.