I wouldn't call our shop a 'production' environment, we are a maintenance shop with some occasional welding task. I doubt that we would run it more than an hour a month.

Sorry it's been a few days. My personal life is interfering with my welding wants. :) I like the idea of fabricating the parts and having a local shop weld them up. That is by far the cleanest answer. Until I saw the I can get an Everlast Power 250 Dx welder with water cooled setup for about $2600 d...

I hadn't considered stainless. Because my job is fairly security orientated, I don't want to say too much. Parts will be part of a vacuum tube system. Original parts were plastic and have worn from constant impacts by the tube carriers. Most are showing cracks where the tube impacts. They are basica...

I've been watching the youtube channel for quite some time and now I need to ask a question. First a little background, I started out in the HVAC trade doing copper line brazing and then moved into a new maintenance job. It quickly became apparent that we needed to develop some welding skills in the...