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Hmm, Overhead welding with 7018 and other fast freeze rods is very close to doing it flat. Just turn the amps down a very little and
keep a steady hand.
Scraping is another matter. I still have trouble getting a nice pattern doing it flat. Getting into dovetails on a base that cant be rotated
takes gymnastic ability. Flaking dovetails in any position is like a controlled wreck for me.
If possible, get some machined angle plates and material for small rectangular surface plates to get into small fits and work with those.
Just learning to get the blue spread correctly and at proper thickness is a learning process.
That will give you time to get tooling and basics learned and you'll have some nice tools as well.
keep a steady hand.
Scraping is another matter. I still have trouble getting a nice pattern doing it flat. Getting into dovetails on a base that cant be rotated
takes gymnastic ability. Flaking dovetails in any position is like a controlled wreck for me.
If possible, get some machined angle plates and material for small rectangular surface plates to get into small fits and work with those.
Just learning to get the blue spread correctly and at proper thickness is a learning process.
That will give you time to get tooling and basics learned and you'll have some nice tools as well.