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The rest of your welds do not look to bad, dirty material could be part of your troubles. A aluminum flap wheel will work good to clean the material and they make an acid to clean aluminum that works to. But be careful that stuff is really bad if you get it on you. A few other things to consider is ...

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Welcome to the forum, this is a great place to find the answers to those questions and advice from guys that have done this all there lives.

Hey mike, did you wish him the best of luck with that lol.

First, off are the parts going to be machined afterwards? Second, can you get to the the parts to clean them and grind them? Third, does the parts have any kind of stress on them? I personally like the lincoln nickle rods-soft weld 99ni, soft weld 55ni, and ferroweld. The 99ni rods are good for a si...

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Welcome to the forum, there is some great stuff here.

The other guys are exactly right the wipers will make a world of difference and save on your liner from getting clogged up. I went from a 15' to 20' on my millermatic and I have noticed the straighter you keep the cable without sharp bends in it the better off you will be, never noticed it that much...

Welcome to the forum.You cant blame a man for learning and trying to better himself. Information and experience is a powerful thing, good luck with your certification.

Welcome to the forum, you will find good solid info here from welders to fabricators and so on.

Welcome to the forum, this is a excellent place to get good advice.

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Lol believe it or not I get the WV thing often. And the roads, well I think they just gave up. I wish I saved some pictures from a job we just finished so i would have something to show. We added 3 feet of frame to a truck, moved the rear axle back 2 feet, extended the drive shaft, and put a 24 feet...

Hey Len, its good to be on here. Everyone seems really helpful on here so far and good helpful advice is hard to come by sometimes. I hope I can be of some help to someone on here i have done all kinds of different things over the years. Also to answer your question Im in southern West Virginia.

Hey guys, just wanted to introduce myself and tell yall what a great thing yall have here. First off, my name is Brad and I have a small business where I do mechanic work on heavy diesel and also do welding and fab work. I have watched some of the great videos Jody has put up on the site and I have ...

Jack I have used a trailblazer to tig off of and it done good. When you turn the knob to tig its supposed to switches the polarity to dc-. We had a bunch of the trailblazers that were older and on them we just switched the leads around to dc- and left it on the stick setting. I tig off of a bobcat n...