I finally got back to the site, and appreciate the answers I have gotten so far, Because of the weather, and financial considerations, my building has taken a back seat to my wife's schooling. I need to get caught back up on building again and will probably move my torch into the basement to continu...

Like one of your other responses said, plans change, I had earned a 4 year degree in Industrial Technology and Taught welding at a High School , I have been welding since I was 12 years old, I taught my students with scrap metal and used equipment from a couple of businesses in the local area and by...

http://www.wingsforum.com/viewforum.php?f=322 this should take you to my build log, I don't have a lot of closeups, but it will show you what I have started, Mike's buildlog on the same site is much more detailed. I can say that I know how to gas weld, but that was when we would have two welders wit...

I am new to the group, but have been welding for years, I spent 10 years welding on the Railroad thermite welding rail and arc welding frogs, Nothing fancy but repetitive welding on manganese castings and some gas welding on rails. At home I am welding 4130 chromemolly normally with gas for aircraft...

I am building an airplane, and in the Hangar I don't have access to electricity so the majority of my welding has been Oxy/Acetelyne the first time I ran into this situation I had a Henrob troch and used a mild steel filler rod and it welded just fine, carry the plane around by the part and it won't...

When I first got started welding at home, I had picked up a century welder that was constantly live (another problem) but rven though it would handle most sheetmetal jobs without problems when the metal got thicker than 1/8 inch I started to preheat it with a oxy-acetelyne torch and would heat it re...