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Thread: welding shovels

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    Default welding shovels

    I want to replace the damaged tip of a vintage shovel,, normally I just reshape them with a grinder but why not weld a piece of similar steel on and reshape that ..the shovel is 1.7 mm thick and I have a few donor shovels to cut up.
    Has anyone tried it before ?
    ken

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    I have not tried it but am aware of the following.

    Believe or not the metallurgy of a shovel is getting up there with the higher carbon steel tools.

    Mig if you have one using LW1 wire should put you close. Alternate is a stick inverter using LH electrodes and quick short run then moving somewhere else where metal is cold .Rinse and repeat.

    If using stick , weld with hotter amps than normal and travel real fast.

    In other words don't concentrate all that heat in the one spot. Weld a short bit and move away.

    Grahame

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    You could Oxy Acetylene same method as they used to use on car bodies ( some still do) weld 20-30 mm hammer flat move to other side same thing the back to the first side and so on until done

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