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How to Clean Up Welds in Tight Places - Kevin Caron
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ส.ค. 2024
- From www.kevincaron.com - Artist Kevin Caron offers tips and tricks for grinding welds in tight locations ....
PLEASE NOTE! THE CORRECT SITE FOR BUYING CARBIDE BURRS IS HTTP://WWW.CARBIDEBUR.COM !
A viewer, Mike, is MIG welding a gate and wants to know how to clean up his welds in areas that are hard to get to. He doesn't have a lot of fancy tools, so he is using a Dremel to do the job.
Dremels usually only have an 1/8" shank on whatever tool you want to spin in them. You usually get some stone heads, and those don't last very long.
Fortunately, you can buy solid carbide burrs - Caron bought his at www.carbideburr... . You can find different shapes and lengths with 1/8" shanks, including single cut and double cut burrs. Double cut burrs cut more quickly. Single cut burrs only have flutes going in one direction.
If you have a decent air compressor - one with a 30 gallon tank should be fine - there's also a great little tool called a pencil grinder. It's basically an air-powered Dremel - very similar to what your dentist uses. It'll handle the 1/8" shank burrs.
You can also find grinding tools in a more "industrial" size. Caron shows a die grinder. It's similar to a Dremel, but it runs 1/4" shank burrs. The heads are bigger, too, providing more cutting surface so you can get work done more quickly. They're air-powered (pneumatic) so they don't get hot - you can use them all day as long as you have a compressor that can keep up with them.
Caron then shows some of the bigger burrs with 1/4" shanks. Two are for steel and two are for aluminum. The aluminum burrs have bigger flutes and are more aggressive. They work well with softer metal - if you try to cut aluminum with the steel burrs, they just get gummed up.
If you don't have an air compressor, Caron recommends a real handy tool he uses the heck out of: a Makita 9082 detail belt sander. It's only 3/8" wide and is great for reaching down into tight joints. You can come in from the side to grind flat surfaces to remove MIG welding or stick welding spatter, for example.
You can also reach all the way down into the joint with the rounded end. If you can't reach the fillet in the bottom of the joint, just add one more pass to raise that surface. Then you can work the detail sander's end roller back and forth to give you a nice, smooth look.
Caron hopes that helps Mike and anyone who wants to get a good look on joints after welding in tight places.
He's ready to cool off, so you have time to "like" his page at / kevincaronstudios and to see more how-to videos at www.kevincaron.com
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Harbor Freight sells an item similar to the Makita bandfile you were showing for about 32.00 (Item #92158). I've owned one for about a year and the teflon tape came off right away and it burned through the included belts pretty quickly as the machine is only one speed (fast). Still though, it's lasted this long and is great for taking the seams out of the first 4-5 inches of steel tube. Also, the belts are pretty cheap. When this one dies, and it will, I'll either make another one or possibly buy a better quality one like that Makita you were showing. For me, cheapness is a balancing act.
I've never seen a belt sander like that. very cool tool. may look into one
Seen the video, bought a Makita file sander. Great tool for blending welds. Thanks.
Enjoy it
Thank you for this! 🧑🏼🏭
You're so welcome!
if your working to very tight spaces then the hand belt sander is no good, would consider making make shift Thin chisels as I have , been a metal finisher for many years
Interesting idea! I will look into this for sure. Thank you for watching and posting.
@@KevincaronSculpture shape old Cold steel chisels to thickness to suit ,, even heat them up and put an angle on them
hope advise helps
Thanks for the wiebsites for carbide burrs , tux cheers
Thanks for showing me the options!
Thanks for watching!
Boy I'll tell ya what... I've got an issue with an AR15 handguard touching a gas block and it ain't fun. Dremel won't reach the corner I need to knock down and I've got 1/2" of room to push and pull. Looks like I'll be doing it the old fashioned way 😣
Any time you are cutting aluminum put a little bee's wax on the saw blade. Keeps the aluminum from galling. I use it on all my band saws, my cold saw, burrs...anything I cut aluminum with. Candles work too, paraffin is the key.
Cool, thanks for the tip!
I shall remember that as well. Thank you so much!!
Great info Kevin!
great advice, thanks for the contact and tool info.
Metal files are good alternatives for tight areas.
Not powered and requires manual labor, but affordable and works.
A drill with 1/4 inch rod/round stock up to about 6 inches long with a hacksaw slit end and emery cloth wound in the slit is also cheap and easy.
+patw52pb1
Great tips!
Great video. I'm always looking for ways to be more efficient when powerarc welding.
The weld is very hard and will ruin your file. Try using a worn file if necessary.
I have to grind out an old rusted weld , sure would like a Dremel like carbide die grinder with a 4 in shaft. 2 in isn't going to reach the interior corner of the weld. Some jobs are tough.
Good stuff. Always enjoy your tips. Be cool and say hey to "The Voice".
Fantastic
Thank you! Cheers!
To get down in that tight spot how about a small round file or a stack of hacksaw blades to make a narrow flat file?
+Alex kowalski
Great idea!
Yeah, that little air grinder sets my dentures on edge... thanks, guys!
Excellnt tool, but the belts dont last very long, especially if the belt isnt flat. One side movent to a weld and..... Pop.
For sure! That is the only thing I don't like about this tool. Thanks for watching and posting.
hey love your channel and your videos really just want to say that makita is 9032 not 9082 would love to see you make review of fronius magic wave tig welder or just try to weld with it if you havent yet
Opps.. guessed at the number , the tag was torn at that point....
find myself in this situation now. ive seen "flat head angle grinders but dont have the $350 to drop on one. Looks like its the die grinder with carbide bits...that I have. if only I had a long reach version.........hmmmm
Got ya covered! Look here....www.carbidebur.com/long-shank-carbide-burs/
@@KevincaronSculpture Cool, thanks!
Try a polyfan disc
Will have a look at them. Thanks for the tip.