, promptly replied "nah, I'm good.... thanks". Call me cheap, but imo that's retarded high. So the search for a reasonable quote continues.
This would only happen to me.....
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The filler I use to weld cast costs ridiculous money now. A 5lb tin for me is now almost 2 grand but I am well versed in cast welding and know whats worth using and whats not. Mig? Good luck with that. Even more to do that job up to my par requires two different fillers and two passes along with controlled cool down. I wouldn't do it for 250, id pass. Take that info and do what you want with it, im only aiming to offer some insight to value here
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The filler I use to weld cast costs ridiculous money now. A 5lb tin for me is now almost 2 grand but I am well versed in cast welding and know whats worth using and whats not. Mig? Good luck with that. Even more to do that job up to my par requires two different fillers and two passes along with controlled cool down. I wouldn't do it for 250, id pass. Take that info and do what you want with it, im only aiming to offer some insight to value here
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Glad they got it welded up for you that would of been a $20 job around here by actual good welders free at my work, dont see where high price was coming from maybe they were going to TIG it, polish, coat and wrap it for you and possibly install it back for you lol. Totally off the manifold subject and to the heater, got a master 70k btu propane similar to pictured above in my semi insulated garage 10 min on high and toasty.
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The filler I use to weld cast costs ridiculous money now. A 5lb tin for me is now almost 2 grand but I am well versed in cast welding and know whats worth using and whats not. Mig? Good luck with that. Even more to do that job up to my par requires two different fillers and two passes along with controlled cool down. I wouldn't do it for 250, id pass. Take that info and do what you want with it, im only aiming to offer some insight to value here
are you using titanium rod? Inconel? Gold? I’m no professional but All you need is 309l to weld a stainless v band to a cast steel manifold. It gets done like this everyday and it works just fine. truck manifolds (which is the turbo manifold of choice) is made from cast steel. We aren’t welding nuclear reactors here.
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The filler I use to weld cast costs ridiculous money now. A 5lb tin for me is now almost 2 grand but I am well versed in cast welding and know whats worth using and whats not. Mig? Good luck with that. Even more to do that job up to my par requires two different fillers and two passes along with controlled cool down. I wouldn't do it for 250, id pass. Take that info and do what you want with it, im only aiming to offer some insight to value here
The filler I use to weld cast costs ridiculous money now. A 5lb tin for me is now almost 2 grand but I am well versed in cast welding and know whats worth using and whats not. Mig? Good luck with that. Even more to do that job up to my par requires two different fillers and two passes along with controlled cool down. I wouldn't do it for 250, id pass. Take that info and do what you want with it, im only aiming to offer some insight to value here
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Verdad Gallardo Side action is one thing, day work keeping shop lights on and family fed price is different. Cost of living where each of us live is VASTLY different as well so no need to bite my head off we all have our own opinions and living circumstances which Im sure is part of the 250 quote. Fast work isnt good and good work isnt fast and quality shop rates arent cheap so its not outrageous to me if the work is tops. There is no nuc cert cast filler I am aware of or I would have tried it. If 309 works for you? It works for you, congrats.
Free weld up wins this thread. The dig comments show true class as ever
Free weld up wins this thread. The dig comments show true class as ever
Little shops like those are where you find the best people sometimes.
Yep, my local exhaust shop will do minor welding jobs for basically free. He actually charged me a dollar because he didn't want the word to get out that he welds for free and people would swamp him with work then LOL.
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Being a self-inflating hyper-critcal Instagram welder is such an incredibly weak flex. Functional welds are just fine.
Having a good support brace could have helped mitigate the breakage in this instance.
Having a good support brace could have helped mitigate the breakage in this instance.
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