mcoe wrote:Two of my friends.

That little finger flashlight looks like a cool item! Of course the TIG finger is also!
Where did you come across that flashlight?

Any additional thoughts on the difference in shielding gases affecting the hardness of the weld deposit?

Anyone with experience with Silicon Bronze? I have see "Restolad" do some cool stuff on cars with it using a TIG torch in his You Tube videos. He sure seems to know his trade!

Thanks guys for your input. The annealing aspect is interesting. I always thought that oxy-fuel put way too much heat into the metal and caused more warping and distortion. It would definitely be a broader heat. I think I have heard the same argument before concerning chrome moly tubular fuselage pi...

I just watched a you tube video by Miller Welding where they had Detroit Speed and Engineering doing a promo video for their welding equipment. In the video, one of the guys said they prefer to TIG weld their body panels on cars because the weld is softer and easier to sand and shape. I asked them t...

Richard, We just have a DeWalt pedestal grinder. I am trying to come up with a light to rig up over the unit. I don't know why there are not more accessory items available for these units. I would also like to adapt something to catch dust at the rear of each wheel. To snap them off, I just grind a ...

Man Richard! Talk about me trying to re-invent the wheel! lol The info in your post and the video is the exact ones I bought. You order the 8725A81 wheel and just specify the grit. I think the same person that showed it to Mr. Tig is the fellow that told me about it. Glad to see others were impresse...

I live about an hour from Toronto and have heard of this school, but do not have any first hand knowledge of them. A friends son is enrolled in another private welding school in Toronto and he said the tuition is around $11,000.00. He has been there since September and is just now starting to get a ...

We have the basic models of Speedglas helmets at our school and they are a fixed #11 ADF. They work okay, but most guys eventually buy their own with variable shades. I have the 9100xx and I like shade 10 for the stuff we do. The 9100xx has a larger viewing area. I just won a new Linde MISON helmet ...

Pete, That is so cool! I can't stop smiling! I am the proud father of three grown Daughters. I only started in welding late in life, but think it is so awesome that your little one wants to give it a go. Good for her and you! My girls are all more comfortable around tools than their husbands are. So...

I agree Steve. This place is special. I don't get on here as often recently, but the info is always solid. I tried a few other forums a while back, but it seemed like every other post had someone trying to put the poster down and puffing up their own chest. People here genuinely want to help and are...

The beads don't look all that bad for 6010 to me...especially the later ones you posted. One thing that surprised me was that a small Miller Maxstar 140 or 150 will not run 6010 electrodes at all. We could not even get the arc to light up. A friend told me his 150 would not run them and I couldn't b...

Hey folks, just thought I would share something with you. I was looking for a better alternative for grinding tungsten on a pedestal grinder. The silicon carbide wheels just wear out too fast and become dangerous once they get a groove worn in them. I recalled a friend at Lincoln Electric had mentio...

Congratulations on the new job!
I never liked to move around too much, but sometimes you just have to.

I'm thinking the step up transformer might be your best bet if your unit does not have multiple taps. Your machine is not very portable, so an added heavy transformer shouldn't be too much of an extra burden. lol

Really nice table there. The workmanship looks excellent! The only thing I would suggest differently, is to leave the top unpainted. Once you start using it, the paint will wear and chip and look like hell. If you are welding on it, grounding will be an issue in some cases. I built one similar last ...

Best wishes Brent and congratulations! 33 years for us this coming Friday!

I certainly can't top what Otto and Vince have posted! I happen to be a 32 year member of UA Local 787. I am also employed by the JTAC of this same local! (23 years in total, 6 of them full time) When I left high school in the 70's, I went to work in a factory and was a member of the UAW/CAW. This w...

Way to go! $22 sounds a lot better and sounds like a nice working environment as well. Always keep your options open.
Congratulations!

Steve, I think you meant that something that is worth $90 in the US, costs us $185 in Canada! lol
"90 degrees in Canada is like, 185 degrees in the U.S.

Celcius/Farenheit?"

Whew, I thought for a minute there that you were gonna tell me the link had been there all along. Then I would have known I was losing it completely! LOL
Thanks, I'll take a look!

Geez Nils, you are 58 years old! What ya doing wanting to start a business at your age? Ha, ha, just kidding man. I'm a 54 year old sack of bones myself! Go for it and prosper! All the best and yes, these folks here will be able to teach you a lot. I know that I for one would love to hear about how ...

We have the Powermax45 unit and I have a filter/moisture separator at the compressor and then another one right at the inlet to the unit. I think the main point here will be how long the consumables last. So far, so good.
Nice little units!

Thanks Alexa, but where do I find these paragraphs you mention? Are they on their web site or a book?
Thanks,
Brian

lol.....or as Steve says!

Okay, in re-reading your post, I think I did indeed miss your point! If you whip a 7018 rod, there is a risk that you will weld back over the heavier slag and trap some of this slag into the weld bead. It is also the reason that you don't usually want to run vertical down with 7018. In most cases, t...