AKweldshop wrote: great place to share and obtain knowledge.

Yeah that is until you post something the "clicky crowd" object to and jump on it and take the piss, then its game over.

Thoughts?

It looks like a cold weld, I have a few blokes where I work that refuse to crank up the amps, their welds resemble chicken shit, but going by your pic, chicken shit holds......

The importance of properly made jigs for mass reproduction work. I landed a job just recently as a production supervisor in a welding shop, we make stillages, ladders and basically what ever is required. The first week was to get orientated with the place,I could see that some improvements could be ...

An update. The pure Al wire didnt help nor did the wider nozzle, but I was very surprised at the difference the gas with 25% Helium made, there was hardly any black soot (smut), you could see the side the welder came from had non, the other side due to nozzle angle had some soot which wiped off with...

Very nice.....

Yeah sorry, could have been more descriptive haha. I'm using a Lincoln 155 WeldPak (220V) 75-25 mix of 02/argon, .30 wire, welding 16-18 sheet for the car. The setting the panel "recommends" for voltage is "b" with a WS of 2.5 or "c" to 3.5. Doesnt happen all the time,...

I've had this happen on a few occasions and I'm not sure what it is. I'll be elding and it will either stop sizzling like bacon or it will just never sizzle at all and it will just make no real noise at all, and just kinda generate heat and lay down bead. Seems to penetrate still. IDK how to explai...

Some whimsical stuff Ive made. Pig Inn sign that hangs over my outdoor fireplace. Plasma cut and some forged bits done in the gas forge. http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh622/hydraulictoothfairy/IMG_0832_zps39ba53ea.jpg All plow bits and pieces bow man. http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh622/...

i had a small miller 110v plasma cutter. i believe it was the spectrum model. it was very handy for light material up to almost 1/8" then became obsolete when the consumable tips got too expensive if i could find them so now it's collecting dust on a shelf. Cant you buy the Chinese ones off Eb...

I did an update sometime ago but it didnt seem to stick so Ill try again. I tried the gas drier but nothing changed the smut was still there. We have just received a roll of pure Al wire and will try that with the pure Argon, the rep from Air Liquide said that a mixture of Argon and 25% Helium may h...

weld often, watch the puddle, watch the puddle, watch the puddle, and have fun. Good advise. :) I also like to listen to the weld puddle, it should just make hissssssssssss sound if you have wire and volts set right, this will give you a nice flat weld (if that is what you are after). If you get to...

amessina wrote:"NOTHING BEATS A WELD"

There is a saying in Aus.
"You can beat an egg, but you cant beat a root"..........look it up on google.....

DaleOdden wrote: a 175 mig and a 60 amp plasma cutter a couple of weeks ago. Wow! talk about fun.

I love making sparks too as I assume all here on the forum do .....

WerkSpace wrote:I like the Baja Bumpers the best.

Nice, I need something a bit more substantial though to stop the hoppers from coming through the grill.
I'm going to work out something for my truck then Ill get it all laser cut, weld it, and then get it chrome plated, I like chrome.....

The "bars" are BOLTED to the bumper. Note the shadow line. What a bunch of junk. A real welder would be ashamed. Steve S I did see that, I just assumed it was for packing and freight purposes. I did a google and came up with this, most is for Jeep but could be modified. https://www.google...

I dont think it would work, the cutting would stop at the second sheet and just make a mess of it.

Ive worked in a few places where they use them, my current place has them, I dont think they leak as they have an o ring seal.

AnvilJack wrote:And don't use an angle grinder with fire resistant jackets.

Holes. Holes. Holes. Holes. More holes.

Ive also seen leather aprons destroyed with an angle grinder......it all depends where you direct the sparks.

I recently used one of them inverter welding machines with low hydrogen rods, the rods dont stick at all, re starting the rod is a breeze too. These welders are not much bigger than a lunch box. :) they cost about $400 https://www.alltools.com.au/shop/images/sz/1255.jpg https://www.alltools.com.au/s...

Now that is nice.....I am looking for something similar for the front of my F250....

I just bought myself one of those full cotton non flammable jackets, I wanted a jacket that was light for when summer hits.

Excellent work, I hope you are being paid handsomely...

Was it a bulk bin that sits in front of the compactor that got away? A cuppla jobs ago I used to work for a waste disposal company and all the bulk bins were let down onto rails that were dyna bolted to the concrete, no chance of them getting away as there was a HUGE stop welded to the end on the ra...