exnailpounder wrote:Have a drink there fellers...it's all good. Just a little ball-bustin. electrodes a good dude...don't think he meant any harm...he eats with his hands and wipes with burlap so he's a little rough around the edges...nyuck nyuck nyuck.

How do you know what I wipe with??

Chips O'Toole wrote:You mean he's not really going to make the video?

No, he is not.

Actually, I was referring to this post by farm boy when I made my little joke: Imagine fillet welds as a mug and flat plate welds as a eating plate. Stick your hand over the plate and then the mug. Which has more heat radiating off that affects your hand. The mug because the heat is more concentrate...

Chips O'Toole wrote:I don't think I'm qualified to do that correctly. Since you know a lot more about welding than I do, could you do it and put it on Youtube?

Ok, but if you don't get a link it will be because I can't type.

Try this. Turn on the smallest and largest burners on your stove to high. When they are glowing hot, put your left hand on the small burner and hold it there for 5 seconds. Then do the same with the right hand on the large burner. Now you know how that steel feels when you are welding it.

I used to play the radio. Now I usually play the 300 disk CD player.

I made these at a cost of about 2 to 3 dollars a piece. I cut my rods down to 18 inches.......i don't like welding with the long rods. I had a guy at work cut the holder out using a CBC machine......i then bent it up on the company brake. http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f354/rahtreelimbs/Mobile%2...

Made these (out of wood ) years ago before or right after I bought my SW250DX. I have since added more tubes to both ends of one of them (not shown) as I am a tig filler hoarder.

kiwi2wheels wrote:This guy came up with a nice piece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqbxYVWgtyA

That is part 2 of the video I linked above that I used to make mine. It is where he further enhanced the tool with the offset piece.

Nice mistress. KTM 1190 Adventure. That must be a lot of fun in Alaska. :D Yeppers! I put over 5K miles on it last summer after picking it up the end of June. So far I've avoided any interaction with the law, but it's bound to happen at some point. The bike is a monster. :twisted: That would be a g...

WildWestWelder wrote:Is it true that you have more leeway on an inverter as far as tungsten selection goes?

BTW, what are the real advantages of an inverter over a tranny machine besides power savings?

Just use 2% Lanthanated for most everything.

Frequency adjustments and wave pattern adjustments and portability.

Or you could just make one: Dscf2919rs.jpg I posted the video on this site a few times. If you want to watch where I got the idea I will find and post the video. Found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLumr3Hs5xg Get a very large bowl of popcorn and a 12 pack of beer as this is the extended (EP) ...

AKmud wrote:Me and mini me with my new mistress.

Nice mistress. KTM 1190 Adventure. That must be a lot of fun in Alaska.

All I know is it made a huge difference for the better. :D I think the one she made me could use a few mods as it is cumbersome to put a hoodie over the helmet and would be better attached with velcro. I have a few other cheapo hoods she can use before we mod the Miller Digital Elite. ;) I also have...

You can always try the lay wire technique too.

If you are not heating both plates at the same time, your torch angle is wrong or your arc is wandering. Millions of aluminum tig welds get done every day with 4043 so it's not the filler. A welding machine does what you tell it to do and it has no mind of its own so when there is a fuckup, one gue...

motox wrote:HTP 221
miller 250 syncrowave
miller 140mig

Ditto except my mig is a Hobart Handler 210 (220V only) and Oxy/Acet rig, and Hypertherm plasma cutter. And plenty of machine shop machines.

Here is a pic of me sharpening my tungsten:


p.s. I fixed it for safety's sake.

jroark wrote:It's looking better now. If you look near my ear there is a second bite.

OUCH! It just goes to show, you can't trust a spider.

Did Mr.TIG do his "stir the pot" dance at the beginning of the video? That's usually the best part. :D Yeah he looks like the best day of his life is the day he was born :lol: I kinda feel sorry for him taking on a reputation...Jody can weld circles around him. Yeah, but he is trying to h...

It works GREAT! My laborer's arms are 2 inches longer today than they were. :lol: No heavy duty utensils for me any more. 20 years ago this would have been a toothpick but that wear and tear arthritis is taking it's toll...the golden years ...my ass :lol: I think the golden years must mean somethin...

I remember the time my step father in-law was over and he was in the converted garage (rec room) playing solitaire or something on his computer. I walked in there with the wife and mother in-law and we all noticed it smelled funny in there and he said it was the rice paper in the new ceiling fans (f...

Did Mr.TIG do his "stir the pot" dance at the beginning of the video? That's usually the best part.

exnailpounder wrote:See what I mean...you have totally de-railed this poor guy's thread...I'm going to have to put a stop to this

Yeah, I didn't realize it was a new guy so I will go back out to the workshop now and leave you and Nick to take the blame.

Nick has taken another thread off topic...again :lol: Sorry...it's Friday and you know what that means :lol: Like you never do. :lol: :lol: :lol: (or me either) :o Are you slamming already?? Who...me? You and Nick are the worst I have ever seen though :lol: Yeah, right! :D (at least I can spell) :l...