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introduction to welding
10/22/10 at 09:30:05

There are a lot of very knowledgeable and skilled folks on this board, so I figured I'd start here.

I used to have an old 83 Honda with a great rear carrying rack. Can't find much for the Savage, so I was thinking I could craft my own. Was thinking of either round or square steel tubing. I've also been interested in learning to weld for other projects.

How does this sound to get started? What kind of equipment would I be needing to buy? To tell the truth, I'm not even familiar with the different types of welding. Anyone have any good stories about how they got started?

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28376 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: introduction to welding Reply #1 - 10/22/10 at 09:58:22 I spent two semesters in high school, trying to learn welding... Turns out,... I'm not good playing with hot things... Now,... I have a friend that welds... Best of luck... ...
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12Bravo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 628 Mid-Missouri Gender:	Re: introduction to welding Reply #2 - 10/22/10 at 10:02:09 My suggestion is to take some welding classes at a local community college. Yes you can teach yourself to weld but there is a lot more to learn than just running a good bead. A mig welder is probably the easiest to use and a tig welder the hardest.
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Reply #3 - 10/23/10 at 12:50:31

I built a rack for the back of my 96 out of 3/4 in copper pipe. All the bends, 90's and 45's and end caps are available. Simple to solder and rugged. I have saddlebags on the sides and a trunk and turn signals on the rear. It attaches to the bike using the rectifier mounting holes. I moved the rectifer to the air box after I put on the cone K&N. A local body shop painted it free. I thought about having it chromed but opted for the paint to match my fender.

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Skid Mark Serious Thumper Offline FSO Posts: 1216 Calgary, Alberta Gender:	Re: introduction to welding Reply #4 - 10/23/10 at 17:49:17 Proably a good idea to get some instruction from either a trade college or some you know who knows how to weld. The potential for a Darwin Award would be very high if you have no idea how to weld and tried it by yourself.
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tcreeley Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 224	Re: introduction to welding Reply #5 - 10/23/10 at 18:59:10 I like playing with a coal forge and steel so that is where I made my rack. Welding is fun - local welding classes are offered at local highschools with shop programs too. I like torches, but using a hammer is even better!
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mick Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Hell-bound Posts: 7323 Dayton Oregon Gender:	Re: introduction to welding Reply #6 - 10/24/10 at 19:03:32 from the little I know about welding ,I know it's alot more than just joining metal together ,isn't their tons to learn about all the different metals. I would say school is a must,
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12Bravo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 628 Mid-Missouri Gender:	Re: introduction to welding Reply #7 - 10/25/10 at 07:40:34 mick wrote on 10/24/10 at 19:03:32: from the little I know about welding ,I know it's alot more than just joining metal together ,isn't their tons to learn about all the different metals. I would say school is a must, You are correct Mick
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T Mack 1 - FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline sold 2001 LS650 for a 1986 XLH1100 Posts: 2919 Emmaus,Pa Gender:	Re: introduction to welding Reply #8 - 10/25/10 at 17:06:12 I had a rack on from a Honda CB750 on mine. Not sure what year. Had to rivet together since the chrome will mess up welding. See my old thread. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1190410150/9#9
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Phelonius Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1897	Re: introduction to welding Reply #9 - 10/26/10 at 07:09:16 S'not so difficult to weld. Put the edges of two pieces of steel close together. Melt the edges and mix the liquid. Allow to cool. Done! Phelonius
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John_D FSO Serious Thumper Offline Ridin' and smilin' Posts: 1658 Vancouver, WA Gender:	Re: introduction to welding Reply #10 - 10/27/10 at 02:40:48 Welding is fairly easy. Good welding is a little bit harder...
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: introduction to welding Reply #11 - 10/27/10 at 06:55:35 If someone wants to be a pro, then classes are important, but if youre just needing to make a few little thngs work & thers no "People will die if that weld fails" issue, get a welder & start scorching rods.
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RidgeRunner13 Serious Thumper Offline haulin' the groceries! Posts: 649 Mustang Island, Texas Gender:	Re: introduction to welding Reply #12 - 10/27/10 at 19:38:09 I was "taught" to weld 43 years ago. I've been known to give my welding skills a stress test every now & then. So far I've had no failures. This was a double roll over & no welds broke even though several bars were bent.
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mick Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Hell-bound Posts: 7323 Dayton Oregon Gender:	Re: introduction to welding Reply #13 - 10/27/10 at 20:58:56 that's a great way to test your welding, but it could be a tad risky if you have no insurance.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: introduction to welding Reply #14 - 10/27/10 at 21:02:29 The world was conquered by people who had no insurance
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