I have done this many times on brew kettles. I used stay silver solder with stay brite flux,first we drew a stainless reducer through the hole to get it to pucker from the inside,it leaves a nice little well on the inside for the solder to set in,then pre wrapped solder rings over the nipple,the flu...

KBS,rust blast,it's part of their paint system which is amazing stuff,super durable,it will convert already rusted metal,or keep metal from rusting,I use it after I water blast,usually last a couple weeks,good stuff,this is not a promotion just a product I use all the time

I use a product from KBS called rust blast,works awsome,an it I'd part of their paint system,super durable paint also,this is not a promotion just a product I use all the time,it will convert rust an also protect from rust I use it when I water blast,lasts for a week of longer

Make the tools you need,all kinds of ideas an plans on the web,if you hAve a welder an the ability to cut stuff,you can make what you need,or buy it,somewhere on here I posted a square tube bender,that I built because I had no way of doing it,it worked great

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Finished Tig Cart

Sounds like your doing your part with the rods,look at other issues,gas,electrode etc,go up or down with the argo see if it makes a difference, but as mentioned you seem to be on the right track,just look a little deeper,also what brand rod,I have bought some crap in the past,only buy Harris now,pre...

Thanks for the replys!

Here has got to be one of the dumbest question racing around in my head,when should you change the cup on your torch,is there a specific guideline,or just change it when it's beat?I guess I never thought muxh about it,nor have I ever remembered any one talking about it!

Saw it on tv last night,created for NASA,who would have thought that was even possible,if you haven't seen it,look it up,pretty amazing!

You didn't mention the macHine you are using,or your tungsten and filler! When I first tried tig,I got all kinds of weired looking welds,but yes nice clean,clean ,clean,clean,did I mention clean metal,will help alot,but hey your doing it,in a week you will move ahead leaps and bounds,I can't weld wi...

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Base for bench is 2 inch angle,you need an 8",and a 16" piece, the upright for axle are 8" also,the mandrel is a piece 24" long bent around a b-tank.then 2 pieces 6" long,I bent and welded the loop,then added in the 6" pieces, how I positioned them is put a level on the...

I started to realize,the more my projects grew,the harder it became to start a weld,that's when I would wave my Mapp torch over it to kick start the heat,don't have a huge expensive welder,so for now the preheat helps!

Not sure what happened to my post,I thought I chimed in on this but don't see it,anyway I can't remember the show,but some asian ship buideas were using lincoln welders,but that's not to say that all stuff is junk! There is good and bad from everywhere,if that were not the case,we would still be dri...

That last post the spell check got me good!anyway this is my piece of sandpaper I use,I got the idea from an old timer who did power plant welding,maybe it's in my head,but it works for me!

Seems the great tungsten death is all over the map,I use alot of 2% lanthinated, I really like E3,also Ceriated does pretty well,but I will say,once I figured out how to grind them right slot of my problems went away,especially on aluminum,I found that after grinding them,if I rubbed then back in fo...

I was in the same boat,really wanted a plasma,didn't want to break the bank,I pondered back and forth,drove me crazy,what was the right one,used or new,red or blue or gray or green,it all depends on what you are doing,I ended up with the everlast 80s,60% duty cycle,cuts up to 11/4 inch steel,@10 to ...

Those do look pretty handy,I think I might just get both sets,I'm kinda tired of building jigs,and clamping aids,!

I have several of these wheels,not real sure about them,you can definately feel a sort of vibration when you cut,kind of scary!They do cut but seems that after awhile ,they would eat the bearings on your grinder!

If you want dimensions,I can come up with something,probly wouldn't be all that difficult to make you a drawing,I actually built it fron the picture I saw,then cut and welded what seemed to make sense,the guy who originally built one,tried to post instructions,but they threw me off a bit,kinda not i...

Yes,it kinda pushes it it in, you know like a head start!

Can't seem to load more than one pic at a time!if you can tell me how I will oblige!

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