Sickboyboone wrote:And don't feel bad about the dumb ass move, my co worker left his digital elite on a header of the combine we were working on and engaged the machine. Turned his 300 dollars into 300 pieces

haha... oh man wish you had a pic of that, then I wouldn't feel quite as dumb

I have a Miller digital elite, Infinity and a 3M 9100 FX ADFLO with the 9100xxi lens. Love the 3M for comfort by far. I have been flashed a few times but it was my mistake. The miller X-Mode is rock solid and switching the lens every time you start an arc. The problem with the Infinity i find is th...

Most quality AD helmets have an adjustable sensitivity setting that should work, and like Farm said the X mode of the Miller eliminates this as well, I believe other hood manufactures have their own "X mode" solution as well I have the Digital Infinity, it replaced an 8 year old Digital E...

keep those helmet suggestions coming! was up too late last night online window shopping... I liked my Speedglas but had two issues with it, the main problem was an issue all auto-darkening helmets have at my shop (which is why everyone in my shop uses old school helmets with their auto-darkening he...

never seen this helmet before but it has to be the coolest looking helmet... http://mam.esab.com/assets/1/BDBA5CC688D14EBE822C00D265DF8E7D/img/266B30D7F84E44E093D847EC3FA2A1D3/12526-en_WW-MainView-01.jpg http://www.esabna.com/us/en/products/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.product&productCode=12526&...

keep those helmet suggestions coming! was up too late last night online window shopping... I liked my Speedglas but had two issues with it, the main problem was an issue all auto-darkening helmets have at my shop (which is why everyone in my shop uses old school helmets with their auto-darkening hel...

RamboBaby wrote:Yep, that's working out purdy good Raticus. Thanks again.

No problem! I'm gonna guess those are aluminum angles?

It's a blessing in disguise. Now you can get the Optrel e684. Best helmet for TIG, IMO. yeah I was about to start a new thread, about what your favorite welding helmets were... since it looks like I'm unintentionally buying a new one (looks like the new work boots are gonna have to wait)... What's ...

Out of compassion for your plight, I'd like to nominate you for Dumba$$ move of the Month actually :D That is an expensive boo-boo right there and I feel your pain :oops: If it's any consolation, you can deduct your helmet off your taxes next year :roll: ha, yeah, well if anything, I just broke a p...

Maybe time to keep a supply of covers on hand, even when TIG welding and change as needed. Of course after a new AD lens. :( oh I keep a bunch of spare inner shields and outer shields with me at work, but I just don't use them... never needed to, cause we're a TIG shop... yeah, right, TIG, next thi...

this was my brain dead mistake of the day... I usually do nothing but TIG at my job (a sheet metal shop that does a lot of stainless custom work), but we do all kinds of random stuff, mostly stainless but also aluminum or 'black iron' (mild steel)... But this week I'm knee deep in building big 5/16&...

I'm curious, what are you welding that you're only using 10 amps for? I don't think I've ever welded at that low a setting... that must be some really really thin stuff

I myself wouldn't worry about 11 gauge too much, that's some thick stuff... thin starts around 18 or 20, then I'd be real careful, but 11, I wouldn't worry too much. But you could do the following like you would do for the thin stuff.... Use some thick long pieces of aluminum stock clamped close to ...

thanks LtBadd!

what do you do when work is slow and nothing to do for a few hours, you bend and weld up a brushed stainless mailbox to replace the broken plastic one that was on a rotting pole leaning into your driveway... and throw a quick name letter on it in the last 5 minutes of the day using the notcher and a...

my biggest problem are the overhead light placements in the shop I work.... pretty much makes my helmet useless as far as auto-darkening, have to set my helmet to the highest sensitivity which basically turns it into an old school helmet, keeps my helmet flipping skills current

just browsed through all the replies and everything seems covered, so sorry if I repeat anything... most of all the work I do on the job is stainless, and corner welds are pretty simple... 16 gauge is pretty thick stuff so it should be a breeze to do. The key in my job is to get lots and lots of tac...

just thought of one thing, not sure if it was talked about or if you used some different scrap... but is this problem occurring on any steel you use? or is it just on this one piece of steel? i'm wondering if you're only having this issue on the one piece of scrap, that maybe there's an issue with i...

my issue isn't the cost, it's the hassle or running out of gas in the middle of something and having to drive to the gas supply store to get another bottle (especially on weekends when I'm doing projects and the gas supply place is closed)... of course having a tiny bottle doesn't help but even if I...

well so much for my theory... too bad you don't have a welder friend you can bribe to come over (beer is a good bribery) and let them go at it... if they get the same results at least you can't blame yourself.

as soon as you poke yourself in the eye you'll know why... I never did that myself welding at home but as soon as I got a job welding and would go through filler rod like potato chips on some big projects, it increased the eye skewering possibility ten-fold so I always bend the ends now... of course...

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nice job! what is that, kind of an extended Tri-Y setup with almost no collector? interesting! what did it go into?

just some ugly black steel ducts... been actually enjoying doing some really long welds using silicon bronze filler on uncleaned hot roll sheets, compared to the usual super nice stainless stuff I usually work with.... making some duct work for a customer. Am trying to do some nice stacked dime bead...

at my job (where we weld primarily stainless), we just use our giant 12' shear in auto mode and carefully feed (still learning how to do it consistently) a sheet of stainless of our choice of thickness to make filler 'rod'. Not as nice as allow filler rods, but you sure end up with a ton of it for a...

I think it's safe to say in this discussion that gas is the culprit... I myself doubt the insulator makes any difference at all, and having too much gas flow is a good thought but I doubt that too as it would have to be an awful lot of gas to blow itself out that consistently I would think (?). But ...