I get A LOT of parts plasma cut. Some of the complaints I would have are, one of our main suppliers we use cant do a hole in plate less than 1/2". When it is attempted it is never round or even 1/2" for that matter. I would guess they are set up for thicker material and this is not their f...

Lansdown13 I have had good luck with Miller welder generators. I have ran several units from a old 200 amp gas to a Big Blue 300 diesel. I have a friend that has a portable rig with a Bobcat 250 and his argument is how often do you need more amps than this machine can put out? It will do your TIG an...

I received a phone call day, telling me that a man was killed at a very good friends sawmill. It was hard to believe! They went on to say that the man had reached into a chain system and had his hood caught in the gears and was wrapped up onto a 2" shaft all the way to his knees. I realize this...

camlott55 I have tried quite a few gloves over the years and as of right now my favorite gloves are Tillman 50L and Tillman 1414L. In my opinion the 50 series gloves work very well in MIG and stick applications. I use the 1414's for general purpose and tacking, however I have a "bad" habit...

dmm26, My two cents... A co worker once came up to me complaining that he could not see through his Jackson Digital welding helmet and wanted me to give it a try. I quickly threw it on and agreed that it was hard to see out of. I spun the helmet around and his front lens was extremely dirty. Changed...

Steve If you only knew what goes on else where! Our parent company in Brazil is a total loss when it comes to quality and safety. The things I have seen come from there would blow your mind!! They just basically just get it done with no thought or concern (at least from our point view) for the safet...

To ease your mind these units were NOT lifted again until they were all inspected, again, and re welded where necessary.

As far as the fix for the welds, what I did for the last repair is pre heat the material to 250* and began welding from the root up. I kept the interpass temps around 200-250 and welded it all as quickly as I could. The material cooled very quickly between passes. I also used a wire wheel on my grin...

Was talking to Steve and he requested a update on how this all turned out. Well we sent two units back to the vendor to be repaired and when done sent a guy up to do a final inspection before we shipped them back. When I got them back I was VERY disappointed to say the least when I found that there ...

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Yes it has been a while. I seem to look everyday but never reply to anything. Guess my passion for TIG welding won me over lol. I will post a update on the other post. Hope your job gets worked out as well!

Daniel Welcome to the TIG welding world! From what I see you have it down better than some newbies I have seen. Practice will make your welds perfect ( although I don't think we ever think they are perfect) As far as Alum welding coupons PM me your location, if you live near me I will give you a bun...

I have a Harbor Freight mini lathe and have found it to work well for small jobs and prototypes. I am not a machinist but I do have a interest in lathes and mills. One thing I would advise it to purchase extra fuses, they will blow very easily when you get it stuck (ask me how I know lol). The large...

Here is a little better photo for you guys. I should have been clearer on what it was, this cracked weld serves two purposes. First it is a safety brace of sorts if it were to blow up and second it holds the block that the lifting eye is on. The bad thing about where it is, it will be lifted every t...

I was not around when it was lifted off the truck ( I shouldn't admit that). I found it when we were looking it over in general.

Until I can get better pics here is what is looked like when we found it. As to what it is I think I can safely say it is a clamp for 30" pipe. It will be used to push pipe 5 miles through a tunnel in South America. If you know what a directional drill looks like it is something like that.

To be technical this weld is not on the "eye" but the eye welded to this piece of plate. To be honest I was shocked that this was not picked up when it was inspected by the machine shop or my engineers. But I think if nothing else it has made us all more aware of the importance of quality ...

I will get a better picture tomorrow, however due to my non-disclosure I cannot do the whole thing. We are pretty sure there was no or incorrect pre-heating as this is 6" plate welded to 6" plate.

Thought I would share this with everyone. This is one of two cracked welds on a 20k lb weldment. This weld is on one of the four lifting eyelets. Let this be a lesson to us all, never let a machine shop perform welding if they are not comfortable with performing the work. Because of these cracks, po...