s/steel welding
s/steel welding
(OP)
i've cut a s/steel benchtop (70cm wide) about 1mm thick to reduce its length and am trying to tig- butt weld it back together again. i've clamped the two pieces to a backing piece of steel 50mm wide x 5mm thick x 70cm long to try & line up the surfaces and reduce distortion. it has been tack welded every 5-10mm and it lines up well, but once i try to weld a continuous line major distortion comes into play predominately down wards. i've tried using lower amps, but means i have to stay in the one area longer, i've tried using higher amps can move quicker but also too much heat concentrated in one area, tried welding for a limited amount of time say 5 seconds which covers about 3cm of weld doesn't give me a consistant weld. how do I overcome or at least limit the distortion problem? thanks.





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