Welding Tips and Tricks

Hi, My interest is in Motorcycles and bicycles. I'm a keen hobbyist and would like to get into the world of building some bicycles and Customs.
It's been great watching the videos and would like to learn more. Will be looking at buying a TIG machine soon, just as soon as I workout which one would suit my purposes best.

Welcome, hungryic,

We have many members from your part of the world. We also have many who share your interests, in all skill levels, with every imaginable level of equipment to work with from Chinese buzz-boxes to stuff that costs more than I spent on my truck...

There's a member, Zank, who owns a custom bicycle shop, who does amazing work. If you search his posts, those welds on high-alloy and exotic metals, combine with his fabrication skills, will inspire you.

Steve S

Welcome to our little corner of the internet hungryic. Like Otto said, there are a few members around that share your interest in building frames or at least working with tubing.

Is it true the water really swirls counterclockwise when you flush the toilet in Oz?

Useless trivia:

If the sundial had been invented in the southern hemisphere, the meanings of clockwise and anti-clockwise would be reversed, and our mechanical clocks would likely turn the other way.

"Clockwise" is the direction the shadow on a sundial travels around the gnomon in the northern hemisphere.



Steve S

Otto Nobedder wrote:Useless trivia:

If the sundial had been invented in the southern hemisphere, the meanings of clockwise and anti-clockwise would be reversed, and our mechanical clocks would likely turn the other way.

Steve S

WHAT!!!! You mean they read from right to left in the southern hemisphere?

Sorry hungryic, slow day around here. You better get back in here and regain control of your thread.

Fat Bob wrote:

Otto Nobedder wrote:Useless trivia:

If the sundial had been invented in the southern hemisphere, the meanings of clockwise and anti-clockwise would be reversed, and our mechanical clocks would likely turn the other way.

Steve S

WHAT!!!! You mean they read from right to left in the southern hemisphere?

Sorry hungryic, slow day around here. You better get back in here and regain control of your thread.

No we still read left to right but don't forget we are upside down while doing it, which is why we drive on the right side otherwise we would have to drive in reverse.
But which way do our electrons rotate in the arc travel, now that is a question!

And which direction does the weld pool swirl? I wanna know!

Fat Bob wrote:Welcome to our little corner of the internet hungryic. Like Otto said, there are a few members around that share your interest in building frames or at least working with tubing.

Is it true the water really swirls counterclockwise when you flush the toilet in Oz?

Our thunder boxes work differently, they don't swirl. They have a small volume of water in a lager diameter s bend so when you flush with a cistern volume of water it is more like a turbulent vacuum dump and I think we sit higher as well.

Your thunder boxes have a large volume of water (like a freaking dam) and a smaller diameter s bend which results in a swirl. The water level is so high I have rest the one eared elephant over my leg cause I don't like him mixing with unpleasant company.

Welcome to the site, always good to see another Aussie on here
We are kinda like chooks teeth.

Thanks for the warm welcome guys. Sounds like its gonna be fun. BTW I've never noticed teh way the toilet swells.

Dude, Coldman. I am dying of laughter over here!