The full eclipse was spectacular in Casper, WY! I have seen partial ones before, and it is cool to see through the welding helmet, but for the 2 minutes that it was full eclipse was amazing. Photos just don't do it justice. Next one is in 2024 from TX to New England. Catch it if you can.
R.J.

JP, I have the same machine and I have been thinking about doing the same thing, but I haven't had time to get to it yet. If you are willing to share your wire feed info, I will try to get the voltage data this week. Being married to an electrical engineer has its advantages. Give me a few days and ...

I did mine which was a 3/8" hook with the same machine and wire, and I did do a cover pass on mine. The fillet on the 3/8" hook was just too large to fill with a single pass. Worked great, and I use them all the time for picking stuff.

AdVirMachina wrote:How do you cope a square tube? I'm not seeing how that would work.

Checkout the photos in Post #2 of this thread by Louis1961. He shows some coped joints.

I always have four items in my pockets that come in very handy. Pen and Sharpie, as well as my 'Green Brain' which is a pocket notebook that has all of my chicken scratch in it. Also I carry a 3' tape which I use allot. For the shop I use dial calipers all of the time. I started out as a machinist, ...

Was going to signup for the NYC CNC open house next Friday, found out they expect about 500 people! I can imagine standing room only, I can't imagine they even have parking for that many, tried to see the place on Google Maps but there isn't a street view available. I know Roy and Jonathan will be ...

I have built around 15 different stands out of 1" or 1.5" 11gauge angle and I have done both coped and mitered, and for the strength of the 11 gauge (1/8") material I don't find that the extra time to cope the material is worth it. I use a carbide chop saw to miter the corners. On the...

Arno, That is a very cool design. One thing that I looked for and couldn't find was what is the lifespan on the GENIE cylinders. I am not familiar with the European testing requirements for high pressure cylinders, but the US DOT requires regular hydro-static testing, and on the Kevlar wrapped 4500 ...

but my aluminum scuba tanks are over 3000 PSI of dry air. What limits the pressure a supplier is willing to go to for a particular gas? Your aluminum SCUBA tanks were originally designed for the 3000 psi rating. SCBA tanks (firefighting) are often 4500 psi, but again they were designed and built fr...

I have used these a bunch in a friends shop on auto body work. Where you really don't want much heat in the metal. They seem to run a bit cooler and last longer than the flat ROLOC discs. And I have had the same issue with them coming off if you decelerate too quickly. Not something that I use all o...

Sorry I can't give you a specific answer, but I unsubscribed from him about 18 months ago and I actually forgot his name until I saw his name on one of the forums a month or so ago. Basically once I unsubscribed from him and stopped clicking on any of his stuff YouTube slowly moved him out of my pla...

I have the same machine. I went up from the Hobart Handler 135 up to the 210 and the 210 is much heavier. My cart is one of the cheap bolt together sheetmetal stand that you can get from many of the box stores. I have not found any problems with the height or top heavy issues. I plan to build a bett...

I used AR400 for teeth on a compact diesel tractor backhoe. The operator was digging through decomposed granite, so they would wear out any other teeth. At the time I only had access to a stick welder and very few other tools. The teeth were made out of 1/4"x2" bar and they were 5" lo...

I found some good fire nerd reading tonight. http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire98/PDF/f98052.pdf I didn't read the thing cover to cover, but the magnesium section was an interesting read. The biggest problem with any type of sand is the level of moisture in the sand. The fine silica sand that Steve ...

If you do get some F-500 you can always do a test run. A little magnesium scrap in the backyard fire pit and a test run with the water can.

Yes, A class D extinguisher is going to be an arm and a leg to buy, but they are invaluable in the case of a D fire. I have not looked into D extinguisher maintenance before, but it is all covered in NFPA 10 which is the standard for all extinguishers. I did find an owners manual for a D extinguishe...

I have been very happy with my DeWalt DW872 Carbide chop saw. I have had it about 9 months now and I have made around 250 cuts with it with no noticeable deterioration of the blade. Most of my work in 11 ga tubing, so I can't give you a feel for heavier cuts. I am not married to DeWalt, it was the b...

Sorry, I don't have specific suggestions for software to use, but I would like to comment that allot of forums that I see that don't update regularly in small increments all of the sudden do a massive change and that is when I see people get mad and move away. I moderate over at Team Chevelle and th...

Steve, congrats on the save. AED's are a wonderful thing. I don't work at an particular location, but I see them more and more often in workplaces. Also, I live in rural Wyoming and my community is a minimum of 30 minutes from a Paramedic ambulance and so there have been 8 AED's strategically placed...

Hello Randall from just up the street @ Exit 342.

Congrats! Good luck on the MIG test next week.

R.J.

Poland308 wrote:Looks good just starting to see a lot of those pop up around here.

Thanks. The are becoming much more cost effective rapidly. My neighbor installed them 8 years ago and per watt we paid 10% of what he did. In just 8 years. Also, 90% of the system was manufactured in the US or Canada.

Here is my first addition to the look what I did thread. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vhs31wf11k0/VWqQuHBvxpI/AAAAAAAAFXc/q-rL_gnPjcg/s640-Ic42/47.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BHTPKFmdEjE/VWqQuzNmR5I/AAAAAAAAFXs/GdGQxqIFQtE/s640-Ic42/49.JPG It is a frame for a 6.2kW solar array. It w...

Gary, I know that you are looking for welding specific techniques but I have to second the safety topic, and I am glad to hear that your program is drilling the message into them. I am a noob with a moderate amount of experience time. What I find myself doing most, or wishing I did after I screwed u...

Daniel, I can recommend the Hobart ArcForce 500i. I have had this unit for a year now in a setting that sounds similar to yours with very good results. This is the only unit that I have ever used, so I cannot give you comparisons to the Hyperthem or others while obviously get very good comments. I w...