Mates, I am kinda puzzled with those solenoid torches, valves lift scratch ingition TIGs. If I buy a 160 amp MMA welder machine that has "simple" TIG scratch option and has torch with gas valve, can I use a more advanced TIG torch with built in solenoid and get things workin`? (I am at the...

Isn't the surge over before the preflow ends? I don't see why the surge matters if the arc hasn't started yet. Gas surge causes unnecessary gas waste, if you tack weld for example. Many starts and stops gush out your ca$. This is why I am interesting in gas savers, like Harris 25 IGG or alternatives.

Picture 18th wins the worse tack weld award. But gets the most skillful grinder operator if it was able to cut in half a spatter ball.

What does that big knob in between two dials on gas regulator? Using ball flowmeter. Question arose when stumbled upon Gas savers, that prevent gas surge as mentioned above. And the guess was, that those dual dial flow regulators could have built-in gas savers?

sacman, set voltage to B. Then take a gun in one hand, another hand shall grab the wire speed control knob. Grab piece of scrap metal, thick one preferred. Begin to weld one handed and adjust your wire speed with another hand. If it is too slow you gonna see slow large droplets of metal falling, if ...

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Hi mate, just came in to ask, if it is not hard, can you show us the accessories and tricks you use to get all those tubes straight and lined up, before you apply your 50$ welds on `em?

Hmm, how did you let it bite several times, or it was a spidergang ambush?

When you recommend cleaning, are you removing the cover & blowing it out with a air hose? :?: Fly My Esab`s manual requires cleaning once a year, but I do every few months, because an atmosphere in our factory is so dusty(plasma cutter is in the same building), I would not recommend blowing pre...

Chinese are true spartans and minimalists when it comes to electronics, they put maximum minimum into stuff they export cheap. This is why their stuff dies often as it does not have durability reserve. When I studied electronics, and we had to design microchip logic schemes, our tutor told us, that ...

Yesterday watched a video about his welder, the boring guy there stated, that that machine comes with flux core tip on gun, as I have never welded flux core, kept my 2 cts in pocket.

The video -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6WzZ_LoDSg

Love to read, when a weldman goes to a shop, sees what they are selling, gets upset with the world, goes home and welds the same stuff and even better, just because he can.

What is the max thickness of Al you can weld with 160amps DC? (curious `bout this machine Migatronic Rallymig 161i)

Metals and how to weld them is ordered. It costs $12.50 + $3.61 shipping. From lincoln foundation. Some guys at Amazon are selling them for $33...

Cheap and quick.

Once upon a time I was welding a railings from round nickeled pipe, some elongation was needed before bending, grinded/welded parts were covered with gray nickel airspray. She likes Ni?

Does anybody know a fancy book, that covers metal weldability among different kinds of metals and welding fillers, I know that this is related to some chemistry, like atom sizes, but some6thing like this in depth would be nice to understand. http://issuu.com/rapidwelding/docs/sif_2012_product_guide?...

Metabo. Has both options, even a cord to attach to a battery connection.

Thanks for insight, glad that I didn`t agree back then to use mig (Lincoln magnum I guess) that boss showed me and weld aluminium. Only thing I knew back then, that for AL welding you need round rollers and special liner. I would make a great hole in that tipper.

Never welded AL. But if I had to weld a cracked aluminum tipper`s body. (one of previous job boss wanted somebody to fix his trucks, was welding noob then). You have AC Tig machine. How would you prepare and weld such task? (Let`s say crack is on the side and at angle 45 dgerees up, you can`t clean ...

110 amps and move faster.

Ya need to melt metal quickly, so that the metal around don`t get hot. Black is cooked. Golden is what you need, set gas postflow to 1 sec and cool your weld end with it, when finished.

I want my TIG time back. (MAG at work).

Looks like hiding fingerprints. Take TIG, and melt the bead. Once upon a time, I messed 200lbs of ss. Was making a lid for street cleaner tank, the parts were not bent perfectly and when Tigged, one surface plane was little bit shifted inwards, no big deal, but one mate suggested to use spoolgunlike...

1.Clear cookies on your web browser. 2.There is a option "not interested" in the right corner (but it doesn`t work very well, press it several times as it appears) 3.Your google search browsing habits were sold to "third party" 0. This is what Big Brother is doing on the web, he ...

MIT grad... She likes herself more than what she is teaching.

Umm,

https://www.amazon.com/Audel-Welding-Po ... +Reference

What do you think about this book?

...you know you are, if not, you are not.

...you are not afraid of any welding task, even if you havent welded a paper before.