Hello all: Just got back to this forum, to see what sort of insight has percolated. I should have offered a photo or two, but was remiss. Noddybrian, the suggestion to weld something similar is just what I have done this afternoon, albeit the material was not as robust. No bubbles. I'm buying some s...

just finished a Swag Offroad project. Had to assemble a Press Brake. All the welds went smoothly until I got to the press arbor welds to the brake base. The arbor is 3/8" angle, as is the base. I ground the millscale off the edge of the angle prior to welding, then proceeded to tack it in 6 spo...

"I do this all the time, but like others state, the edges must be cleaned. I use a 60 grit slap disc and it's fast." I've paid diligent attention to the advise about using a dedicated SS brush to clean aluminum to avoid contaminates. I always wondered about the flap discs for that purpose ...

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Petrogen does indeed make a gasoline'O2 cutter. We had one on our USAR rig when I was still working. Only used it a couple times, mostly training. Always had visions of a big ka-whump! It's advantage was better portability because you had only one heavy pressurized cylinder to lug around instead of ...