Steve Thanks for the advice mate, i value your input mate. A friend of mine who is an Engineer oversaw the job and he suggested the failsafe along with my input. He reckoned my welds would all have passed x ray. I take pride in what i do and like you mate, i will not be rushed by no bastard. I have...

I made a simple one out of an Alloy box only to hold a limited number of rods and mine is run by a 40 watt light globe. I only turn it on when needed. I must make a better box and perhaps leave the light on all the time rather than when needed only. Another thing i made was with 10 mm poly pipe. Cu...

I bought a dust extractor for home but at ur shed i have two doors. The only trouble is that the wind blows ( howls through ) the doors and its winds of cold. On Friday i was doing a fair amount of work on Galv and did a couple of runs then walked out. It looked like someone was smoking in the room...

I made a wooden letter box in the form of a house. It survived all week then on a Saturday night it would receive the teenager treatment. I spent many a Sunday remaking the box, i even put screws through it so the mongrel would get a sore foot. It still got destroyed. I then made a steel letter box...

I suppose Steve in my case anyway "i don't want to see my job fail " i have enough critics already and they would pounce on something like that quicker than you could jump." I made wheelchair ramp for a mate and he gave me two lengths of 75 mm angle which i had to cut and then weld s...

Thanks also Dave J i did try various lengths including just touching the slag onto the job and it made a slight difference but still had the slag. As i said that rod went to rod heaven and i tried another the following morning and got a damn good bead. All happy now. 75 to 100 amps. I can run 3.25'...

Thanks Mike. I got stung on that one and from guys that i buy from regular. :evil: I will give them a email asking for an explanation as to why. I have some 7018's as well, they are a WIA brand. Nice rods but i prefer the Lincoln Easyarc because a lot of the work i do is Galvanised and i get less f...

6013 2.5 rods. I recently went online and bought some to re stock. The mob i buy from advertised these rods in a can. when the rods arrived they were in a card board box. no big deal there but the writing on the box was ALL Chinese. Thats where the fun started. Any way i got one of my " rods o...

I made a tig torch cooler from an old washing machine motor. It pumps ok but not sure of the pressure mainly because it can rotate in the pump. It does seem to work. The torch and tig rod from the limited use i have given it docent seem to get hot. I don't use a Coolant or distilled water but do ch...

I have a portable oven i made myself. Any thoughts or advice gratefully accepted. Right firstly i have a old 2nd World War Aluminium box and i cut a square out of the bottom. In that i inserted a square 100 RHS. In the RHS i put a bottom with an electric light socket. Then i wired up a globe. This ...

Werkspace Man you are a legend. I dont suppose you know where you can get a booklet on flux cored gasless mig welding by any chance. Any help on this would be great. Stick i am ok but flux cored which i don't use if i can help it i have to use sometimes. Hate that stuff with a passion but you have t...

Hi Steve, Thanks for the advice mate. I made a couple of screens to keep some of the tossers out but even that didn't work for one persistent person. He pushed the curtain out of the road while i was grinding and got covered ( showered ) in sparks. :lol: Bloody fella still likes to stick his beak i...

In Australia we have a Makita saw which comes on a swivel base for mitre cuts ( wood ). I don't know if this particular saw would suffice for doing metal work , even with a carbide blade in. ? For portability the Makita range do offer chop saws but again all for Wood. :evil: I think. :| Any ideas f...

We have a chop saw at our shed and i will make one of these ASAP. We have at present a chute but too many sparks are flying over the top. A safety issue really because we have a lot of unwanted people hanging around while we try and do work. You get that at Men's sheds guys wanting to learn, i like...

I also thank people for their inputs on this subject. I have also just started to weld Aluminium and its a new game i must admit. Otto you and a few others seem to be Gurus on this subject so cheers guy's for all the help. My Welds look similar with a slight discolouration when finished and also th...

Hi Guys, I used to get the 1 ltd bottles of Argon and whoosh gone in a flash just like the cash. The price of everything down under seems to be a lot higher than elsewhere. Must be our cost of living standards i feel. I went on Ebay and bought a refillable gas bottle. Not cheap as postage costs me ...