bulletbusiness wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 12:00 pm Why does the first inch on my beads look like they're a bit hot?

Because when you stopped welding the gas lens continued to provide argon shielding

https://www.millerwelds.com/equipment/welders/tig-gtaw https://www.millerwelds.com/-/media/miller-electric/files/pdf/products/tig/tig_product_guide.pdf Just a heads up... it seems Miller has dropped the 210 DX and 280 DX from their current product guides. See links above. My interpretation is the n...

Looks good!

is this a test for employment, or a test at an AWS accredited testing facility? Or something else? More information please...

Hi Dave
Are you asking if the 316 filler is in a different classification then 321, and if so you'd have to qualify using the 316?

Welcome to the forum, a little more information is needed...if you're referring to a specific video then the link would be helpful. "As of May 2019, more than 500 hours of video were uploaded to YouTube every minute. This equates to approximately 30,000 hours of newly uploaded content per hour....

Being so thin and corroded the area around the hole has a good chance of just opening up with any MIG or TIG arc, since this is a one of a kind live or die situation I'd probably not try welding JMO

Looks like a good solution, how about a link to this?

BugHunter wrote:Wow, impressive rose there. Nice job!

+1 on the rose

I recently bought a used Miller TIG machine with a cooler, cleaned it out and will use Weldcote coolant I got at my LWS for $22 per gallon.

A Fronius MagicWave 230i

BugHunter wrote: Here's what I was thinking. cut a .0625 x .125 counterbore into the ring part. Then insert the tube, then weld at the junction(s). Or, if Devcon would work, use that.

Yes, that's the ticket!

cwby wrote:30 degree bevel, nickle gap, nickle land.

Thought I'd post this graphic I found somewhere, might be useful for someone

Nice table, and we do know about the secret welds

Think about it like this, peak time will hit the weld with the amps set on the machine (assumes a full pedal press) the background will drop back to the given % you have set. The goal is to make the weld and at the same time keep heat input to the minimum. Lets say for example you wanted to weld at ...

Oscar wrote:

Spartan wrote:A TIG welder's reputation and status within the welding community is directly proportional to the number of filler rod tubes that they display for other TIG welders to look upon. It's how we impress each other and establish dominance.

Where do I stand??

If you have to ask...

That's a good assessment, great shot BTW.

No doubt the Dynabrade air tools are great, the last shop I worked at had them. That belt sander tool is great, but there are electric versions and other brands available

I'm almost certain he doesn't use that, on one of his podcasts at least a year or more ago he said he was using (if I remember correctly) a sony video cam, but I think he has also got a new one since then.

BugHunter wrote: I hope I am not the only one confused by these photos?

It shows that way on my win10pc as well, i think its because the pics are high resolution

You may do better to try and contact Jody thru IG, not sure he visits the forum and in the years I've been here haven't seen any posts, except by the admin which could be him or...

So if I store in one of those airtight tubes....how long will it be good for? I'm thinking aluminum 4043 filler and ERE70s I use the DIY PVC tubes, my aluminum and steel filler has never shown any deterioration, this is in my garage in humid Florida. I weld mostly stainless so the steel has been ar...

It's called a "third hand", used for holding small parts in place while tacking or welding. The weight on the back provides a gravity assist

I see Sparten posted while I was composing this, oh well...

and for the highest resolution pictures ever posted