Spot welding mesh to SHS frame

[Ripley]

looks good

[Ripley]

Hello All,

For the uneducated; like me! What's SHS?

Ripley

[Brooksy]

Hello All,

For the uneducated; like me! What's SHS?

Ripley

Square hollow section

[Aussie_Bengo]

Hi Sam,

IMO it wouldn't be spot welding. A hot enough spot weld is just as likely to obliterate the wire as to bond it, there isn't a great deal of control, better for welding sheet metal together. I would think it is either MIG welding by someone who knows what they're doing or alternatively TIG which has much better control. I would think that it's more likely one of these than spot welding. Again without a decent picture it's a bit hard to say.
Also the mild steel used in SHS and the bird wire has low carbon content and is not as prone to issues at the heat affected zones like some high tensile or hard type steels.
Just my two cents....

Good to see you the other day by the way.

Kind Regards

[Brooksy]

I know what Sam is talking about being spot welded, it looks like a flat soldering iron has melted the wire onto the frame with no extra bonding material being added, i've seen small aviary's at Berkshire park bird farm not far from Sams like this.

[Aussie_Bengo]

I know what Sam is talking about being spot welded, it looks like a flat soldering iron has melted the wire onto the frame with no extra bonding material being added, i've seen small aviary's at Berkshire park bird farm not far from Sams like this.

OK, that sounds a lot like TIG welding as it can have a very small heat zone and you can use just the base material or use a filler rod as well (a bit like Oxy Welding or Braising). Its often used for stainless steel but works fine on mild steel (and aluminium (AC)).

Cheers.

[SamDavis]

Thanks for the feedback Aussie_Bengo and Brooksy. As Brooksy says it really looks like the wire has been flattened at the weld point with no added material. From what you say Bengo it may well be a TIG process.
I understand the aviary was built by Les Turner. He's a top bloke and his factory is not far from me so I'll drop by next time I'm in the area and find out for sure.

[Brooksy]

Cheers thanks for that Sam, tell your Diamonds birds shouldn't be watching a tennis match

[COUNTRY CAPITAL]

well sam did you get to the bottom of the spot-welding issue/ solution?
been a while since last post....

[SamDavis]

Thanks for reminding me.
I'm due to buy some seed/bran/etc and Les turner is close to the produce store so I'll drop by in the next week or so...