Turns out the steel i bought is too thin to weld (6mm) so il have to get some pop rivets, so that will set this back a couple of days. Going to get some thicker stuff next time.
it shouldn't be, my feather is 3mm mild steel
^ what he said, I assume you've only got an extremely cheap Arc welder if 6mm is too thin?!
A cheap arc welder can't make 6mm steel feel to thin.
On the other hand, it's 20 years ago I welded something with a Buzz Box.
I Prefer TIG, and with my second hand Clarke, 6mm Steel is too thick for 1 bead.
3mm in 1 go is the max.
sorry i meant 0.6mm
yeah, that would be useless as armour, 3mm seems pretty soild
The cheapest I've used are hopeless at low amps, even then 6mm is fine but 3-4mm touch and go. But now we know it's 0.6mm that makes much more sense!
0.6mm, that's next to impossible to weld with good results, unless you have top of the bill welding tools.
I would glue it with TEC7
Im just going to use it for the bottom of the robot i think, so i can reduce some weight for thicker armor elsewhere. Thankfully i didnt buy much of it.Originally Posted by harry hills
.6mm steel =5mm HDPE
5 mm HDPE stops some respectable attacks.
0.6mm Steel will be dented and ripped just by looking sternly to it.
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