Welcome to the house. Happy you're out of the dark place. Keep your head up and keep on sparkin.

As Cj stated, magnets interfere with tig welding and I've had magnets interfere with mig welding. When I need extra hands, I use a "third hand" that I put together using a connecting rod from Caterpillar engine and pieces of 1/4 inch round stock. Nothing fancy but gives me that extra suppo...

50???? I can only wish I was back there again. I had a crash that damaged my dominant eye REAL BAD. Since that I have one "cat" eye that's always wide open and the other eye can't see without glasses and then I can't find the script when I'm working. I'm having problems trying to figure ou...

Do you have a fixture table? OR you can make some jigs to make your corners

Im not seeing a real distinguishable difference in the color but I'd treat them as red - 2% thoriated. Is that what you ordered??

what I see is dirty material unless the camera angle is bad. clean the millscale OFF to bright shiny material. You probably want another dab in between the dabs you have. hold the torch so you have to peek around to see the tip of the tungsten while pushing the puddle. try just running some beads wi...

I’m so glad you came along to teach me all the things that everyone with decades of experience knows is now incorrect. I’ve welded using that ratio much thinner than 1mm and much thicker) which is where the ratio breaks down. But you know more than I after your few weeks of welding. Wish you best o...

Hi Frizz and welcome to the house. IF you can post some pictures about what you have in mind, I'm certain there are folks in here that can help you out. Also pretty sure there are folks down in your neck of the woods that can shed some light. You might have to be a bit patient when waiting for a rep...

Eye see. Thanks for the update

have you tried a pressure washer with the hottest water it will make. NOT STEAM. I used my pressure washer with HOT water to clean farm tractor engines.

a friend of mine has an older century wire welder. He began having issues after it sat for a spell. Right where the whip connects to the machine he began having a helluva lot of problems. Check that area , might be corrosion or something else going on.

mojo, from what I'm seeing is the material isn't cleaned (could be the photo too). Brush with stainless brush in one direction and wipe with acetone or some other non chlorinated cleaner. Turn the amps up, IF that is 1/8 thickness aluminum, you'll need a bit more heat so you don't have to wait. Hold...

As CJ stated, the machines you have are work beasts and your skill and technique will get you around the fact that you don't have bells and whistles won't prevent you from producing great welds. The one thing I'd give thought to with having one multi process machine is ... should one of the capabili...

Welcome to the house. I can't help you with structural but I'd bet someone is in here that can. Enjoy your stay.

ohhhkay

QC has taken a total dump. Right on the welds of the product. IF I received a product that looked like that, even if it were a kids swing set, it would be going back. Absolutely NO ... if's, and's or butts.

Hi there and welcome to the round table. What part of the universe are you located?

stefuel, I have the 256D same machine but digital. be sure you're in 2T, all the other settings to 0 and be sure you're set for dc. If you're doing tacks on thin sheet metal, I'd use the finger button. It just seems to be quicker on/off (for me anyway). You'll want the amps a bit higher than normal ...

I was wondering the same thing, tweake. There has to be a way to keep the heat away from the seal.

I will try to reach out to some of the old timers. I'll also try to get some new folks to sign up. I feel it is important to stay in touch with the world in a manner that gets folks talking.

Not sure if this is the right part of the forum, BUT, where the heck is everyone? I'm basically retired and have plenty of time to get in here and read about operations and problems with those ops. Also looking for some assistance in fixing problems, helping newbies and picking brains for help. We h...

congratulations tweake. got your back.

IF not preheating and waiting for the 190 to get her going, would a dash of preflow help? And backing the hertz back a tad to get the heat in there?

IF tweake and cj are moderators ,, I'll volunteer to be secretary. BUT, I won't wear a dress. No If's and's or butts.

you will get more soot with the 5356 filler. without a doubt. try a 10-15 degree tilt on the gun and shove the puddle. Im not at the shop right now, but will look up the settings that are working for me and get back. Im back. try 429 ipm with 20.3 volts and 35 cfm gas flow. I have 2 different machin...