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NW Central Ohio | ...I'm no expert...I just had an opportunity to read a welding pamphlet by an "OLD" welder named Hal Wilson. He had been around the block a few times before he offered his advice. If you were welding tubing like that...and could cut a couple triangular pieces that would fit across the short side of the tubing (top and bottom), then you would them to the tubing along the longitudinal bends of the base piece, and than across the capping piece in the same way. I would guess that joint would be almost twice as strong welded like that than with a weld like what Deere used. If they could afford to re-heat that weld, (It's all about the time and money to do it) I think you would only need maybe an inch and a half either side of the weld reheated. That allows all those stretched grains to "relax" a little, taking the stress out of the weld. He gave an example one time of how welding around a shaft to build it up where a bearing spun could compress the base metal of the shaft. He did it, and then allowed it to cool....then machined it to accept a bearing. Then he re-heated the section that he welded, allowed it to cool again...and tried to take the bearing off The shaft grew so much, it wouldn't allow it. Most of what he said was simple stuff that we don't think about very often....but affects us all the time. | |
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JD 2310 soil finisher....might want to check yours
