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Thread: welding shovels
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2nd Dec 2020, 07:45 AM #1Senior Member
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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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2nd Dec 2020, 12:41 PM #2
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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2nd Dec 2020, 01:46 PM #3China
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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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