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Oscars that looks like a 6550 tube...class A?
Stone knives and bearskins.....and a NEW EVERLAST 164SI !!!
That's my newly shared work welder.
At home I got a Power Tig 185 DV. Nice, but no plasma cutting... Nice tight arc after a second.
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The usual suspects have jacked my thread again :lol:
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Coolidge wrote:The usual suspects have jacked my thread again :lol:
No Jeff and I haven't done it this time. And besides it kind of looks like you did it to me.
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Sorry man. Audio is an old friend.

How much $ was that kit? I've got my 164 on a couple old speakers in the shop. I've gotten good enough not to blow holes in .062 stainless.
Stone knives and bearskins.....and a NEW EVERLAST 164SI !!!
That's my newly shared work welder.
At home I got a Power Tig 185 DV. Nice, but no plasma cutting... Nice tight arc after a second.
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Kit price with the add-on options (2 more cord hangers and the accessory tubes) $450 plus $90 shipping. It came well packed in like about a 30x30x10 inch box.

PULSE TIG for the Win!! First tack welding...Jody was ZAP tack welding at like 150 amps. After some practice I got the hang of it but its a bit dicey, a bit too little on time and the two edges melt apart from each other and don't want to puddle together.

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My first ever use of the pulse feature, pretty much went with Jody's settings 130 amps, 50/50 amps, 50/50 on time/pulse, 1 second pulse. Damn but that makes it easy to run a bead. So easy I could use this for tack welding with more consistency I think. That's a tack weld far left I didn't go over with the pulse.

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I picked up some aluminum bar for this project 3.5x1.25x30 inches. I'm no Jody I can't just hold the parts together with one hand and weld it with the other. lol Camera is a Cannon EOS Mark II by the way.

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I love QSCs too, but I got a sweet deal for my setup. These CS800X's are somewhat bulletproof after replacing a high-wattage resistor for the fan that likes to desolder itself from a board.
nelson wrote:Oscars that looks like a 6550 tube...class A?
It's a 6N5 aka 6AS7G, but soon that Chinese tube is going bye-bye in favor of a Sovtek. The little 6N3s are also going bye-bye in favor of Tung-Sol 12AX7's on pin-adapters. I believe it is full class-A, but don't hold me to that. 8-)

Sorry for the hijack. :mrgreen:
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Your new name is Farmwelding
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Canon d5 mark ii? You must hit the lotto.
Stone knives and bearskins.....and a NEW EVERLAST 164SI !!!
That's my newly shared work welder.
At home I got a Power Tig 185 DV. Nice, but no plasma cutting... Nice tight arc after a second.
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Coolidge wrote:Your new name is Farmwelding
The usernames are non-transferable. And besides-Oscar doesn't want to be known as the farm boy who welds and can't spell on a mobile device.
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nelson wrote:Canon d5 mark ii? You must hit the lotto.
No its a 7D Mark II, gift for my 20th anniversary at work. ;)
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Almost finished welding up the cart...its clear I suck ass at welding round tubing. :x
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Small diameter tube can be a pain. It always takes 5 or 6 practice joints to get in the rhythm more so if it's been more than a month or two since I did them last.
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I really needed some stock to practice on and figure out amps. Really hard to see, maybe I should have gone to a much smaller cup. Used a gas lens #8.
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No its a 7D Mark II, gift for my 20th anniversary at work. ;)[/quote]

Upgrade to a full frame before you buy too many EF-S lenses!
Stone knives and bearskins.....and a NEW EVERLAST 164SI !!!
That's my newly shared work welder.
At home I got a Power Tig 185 DV. Nice, but no plasma cutting... Nice tight arc after a second.
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Time for paint!

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Farmwelding wrote:
Coolidge wrote:The usual suspects have jacked my thread again :lol:
No Jeff and I haven't done it this time. And besides it kind of looks like you did it to me.
Don't sweat it Nick...he's full of shit. Oh...did I hi-jack another thread again? :lol:
Ifyoucantellmewhatthissaysiwillbuyyouabeer.
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Farmwelding wrote:
Coolidge wrote:The usual suspects have jacked my thread again :lol:
No Jeff and I haven't done it this time. And besides it kind of looks like you did it to me.
Don't sweat it Nick...he's full of shit. Oh...did I hi-jack another thread again? :lol:
I guess so-can't go five minutes around here I guess. :lol:
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Pay no attention to these two jokers jacking my thread ^^^ should I hire this girl to model my new welding cart?

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If this keeps up, we're going to have a "safety meeting". The occasional thread hi-jack, where the OP plays along, is funny. Making a game of it in many threads is not.

Forrest: "And that's all I have to say 'bout that."
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Okay, that was some f*!ing ironic timing.
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Finished!

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Must be a Seattle Seahawks fan with the green and blue color

Looks nice and I'm sure you won't be disappointed by anything on that cart
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Thanks, I was surprised the cart came out flat and rolls on all 4 wheels. One thing though, my tungsten electrodes (I snapped them in half short half length) look like crap, all dark and burnt looking all along its length. I was using the air cooled torch at times near its limits. It seemed like I was struggling way to much with welding up this cart, hard to see the arc and puddle, I'm wondering if something wasn't off there. I reground my tungstens frequently. I was getting a lot of POP craters at the end of my beads. Had the argon about 18 cfm, #8 gas lens, maybe too much stick out?

And no we are Steelers fans in our house we don't like the SeaChickens.
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Sure is a fine looking cart :)

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