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by Weber Sarge
Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:38 pm
Forum: Welding Projects - Welding project Ideas - Welding project plans
Topic: 3rd Hand
Replies: 27
Views: 46929

Re: 3rd Hand

Nice job - I like the sliding weight - looks good. Wish I'd had more copper around when I made mine but it's not a material I really work with - had just a few offcuts of sheet under the metal shear so that had to do. Glad to see someone else with a lathe - began to think I was the only member with...
by Weber Sarge
Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:59 pm
Forum: Welding Projects - Welding project Ideas - Welding project plans
Topic: 3rd Hand
Replies: 27
Views: 46929

Re: 3rd Hand

Here is one I made last winter with a sliding weight - http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr159/morepowr/weldingground.jpg The tip and ground faces on the round tubing are copper building wire that were tig welded directly to the steel , then turned down in the lathe . No more arc marks on work , bi...
by Weber Sarge
Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:20 am
Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
Topic: Mild steel sparks & weld porosity
Replies: 14
Views: 5395

Re: Mild steel sparks & weld porosity

Biggest problem I've ever had was grounding that lead to odd porosity and sparks . Make up one of Jody's hold-down fingers , just built mine and love it as it gives a nice grounding point directly close to the work .
Sarge