Hi,
I'm a beginner welder and have been doing lots of practice in scrap metal and have done a few small projects. My current project requires a 2" 1/8 steel pipe to be welded to a 2x3x1/8. I have drilled the 2x3 on the 3" side with 2" holes. The pipe goes inside the 2x3 and sticks out about 7" on each side.
The holes turned out to be a bit out of center, so I have to grind the hole to make the pipe perpendicular to the 2x3, however the gap between the pipe and 2x3 is larger than I have planned. Not by much, but it is not a tight fit.
This is a basic drawing of what I'm doing: (2x3) || ==||== >>2" pipe || ===||=== >>2" pipe ||
I'm using a 0.35 flux cored wire to weld this (FCAW). What's the best technique to weld this pipe to the 2x3 and fill up the gap that I have? I have a 220v 185amp wire feed welder from Lincoln Electric. I don't gas hooked up yet so I'm using it as FCAW.
Thanks in Advance, Guillermo