220 here. https://weldingsupply.com/cgi-bin/brows ... SIGNOUT::1

I picked up one of these, much nicer cut. Bought on on sale locally, but they have nicer ones too.
https://store.evolutionpowertools.com/c ... ts/r355cps
https://store.evolutionpowertools.com/c ... -chop-saws

They are still updating, might be worth a call.

I like to flick my BIC the sparks will darken it, if it's working.

Braze or silicon bronze maybe.

Nice table!! Where at in Northern MN?

I'm glad some like em I've had 2 & both of them sucked IMO. This works good at home, if you can find one.
https://www.travers.com/91000-drill-gri ... 7-145-001/

I bought the Viking & finally tried it out. WOW it's like a new pair of eyes, I can everything again.

I had a similar issue a few years ago, I think the torch I was using was broken someplace & it wasn't getting good gas flow or the flow was contaminated. Like you a different torch worked fine.

Don’t know how it compares to Lincoln but I just bought one and it blows away my old cheap helmet. The headgear isn’t that great but in the comments on amazon guys say you can swap it for Lincoln headgear no problem. They even give the item number for the Lincoln headgear. Sent from my iPhone using...

Now I found this one. Is it even close to the Lincoln?

https://www.amazon.com/YESWELDER-Viewin ... B07V9G94NK

Thanks I did find some I thought they might take a different style since the view is bigger.

Looking at a Lincoln Viking. What do I need for a cheater? I have to have a cheater.

I've never tried welding with my left, I know I should at least try.

Anybody look into it? They're still looking.

I used a large flat washer with the hole sized to fit.

Do you have a different torch to try? I had a flex head & it was welding bad, turned out it had been flexed too many times. It must have been broken someplace & wasn't getting all the flow to the cup.

https://www.green-techmfg.com/

https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/a35 ... %20App.pdf

If you want to live at the end of the road, in the sticks.

I hope I didn't discourage anyone, some people might find it a plus.

Poland308 wrote:Some old pictures I had on file

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One is just a socket weld fitting. The other two are from the base of a pedestal I made.

Beautiful.

My miller Dialarc like about 115 amps for 3/32 7018, won't hardly run them at less than 95.
Tap the rod on the concrete floor when it's still hot, works pretty good for restarts.

WOW that's beautiful!!!

How about the torch itself? Is it a flex head? I had one that I couldn't weld alum, with (I'm no pro) change to a different on & welds great. Must have broke inside somewhere.

LtBadd wrote:Looks good, what machine are you using?

Mid 80's Dialarc.

Since I'm not a pro I'll throw out a couple of half way decent looking bubble gum jobs.

Well I don't feel so bad then. But then again I haven't post many pics of my work.