I'll comment that it's wise to set your course dial so your desired setting will be in the top half of the fine adjustment. This gives you the finest adjustment. If you look at Dave's explanation, you'll see if you're looking for, say, 90A, you can get that with either the lowest coarse setting, or ...

Hey, byumetalman,

I work right next to Bayou Metal Supply's Slidell, LA location. That company name isn't the source of your username, is it?

Steve

I had some coupons go through tensile test recently (for procedure qualification). 1/4" 304l SS. TIG coupon, two tensiles, and MIG coupon, two tensiles. Both passed. The result you want to see is under "Failure mode", and should read, "Ductile--Weld" All four coupons tested ...

I'm not letting you off on skipping out on this stuff. You have probably half of the types of jobs out there so... I'll be patiently waiting for your response along with many others. And don't be afraid to make it long. I'll read it all and I want as much advice from you experienced people as possi...

I'm sorry about what I have done. I will turn it down many (many, many, many)notches. Again I'm sorry and will focus more on welding Breathe, young man. You're entitled to defend yourself. I just mopped up the puke I found in one of the topics being referenced. I like a ball-bust or a joke as much ...

If the back view doesn't say, "ducks in a row..."

Nicely done!

Steve

Just had a cleanup on aisle four.

It's the nature of welders to bust each others' chops, but when that's all one is doing, it's well over the top.

Let's not descend completely into the seventh-grade locker room.

Steve

An acetylene bottle contains a porous media, typically pumice, and acetone in which the acetylene is dissolved. A chief culprit in acetone coming from a bottle that's been upright for the required minimum time is voids in the porous media. When drawing acetylene, it can behave like soda in a bottle ...

I finally did get the sdvosb certification. The bullshit never really ends though, and it looks like I'll need to file some more paperwork to view export controlled documents. Mostly it's just a pain to sort and navigate. Sometimes a solicitation says they need 100 brackets, and then it includes pd...

I didn't spot this thread yesterday, but for Memorial Day, I offer tribute to my uncle, LtJG John Keith, who was the first operational casualty of VF-17, the Jolly Rogers. His F4U Corsair was hit by AAA during a strafing run in the Solomon Islands 1 November 1943. He was forced to ditch, and was una...

Oscar (or anyone with this CK torch), I just received my Swivel Head Torch for my HTP 221 and was wondering how tight the little round clamp for the swivel head needs to be? I twisted the swivel head and then tightened the clamp and twisted the swivel head and it feels the same and easy to swivel s...

"Packing Gland" is redundant.

Packing and gland are synonyms.

Steve

N95, if they fit good, are sufficient for hex-chrome and most other welding fume. Even the megacorp that destroyed us a few years ago considered them adequate, and they were safety ASSHOLES.

Steve

... and Steve, how would you prep your lanthanated tungsten before welding aluminum? I make a short taper to the next size down. i.e. For a 1/8" tungsten, I'll taper it to 3/32, assuming that's the power range I need. 1/16" for a 3/32 tungsten. I do this for any tungsten on HFAC, includin...

Sorted. That episode would have recorded on Mothers' Day (and my mom wasn't available), so they skipped the week.

They announced it on the podcast's IG page, so I didn't get a notification because of how I access IG.

Steve

LtBadd wrote:

Otto Nobedder wrote: I go directly to the archive, http://www.wttpodcast.libsyn.com to download or stream it.

Steve

me too, BTW what happened to Monday's episode?

Excellent question. Where's episode 44?

I'll have to ask about that.

Steve

Artie F. Emm wrote:

Otto Nobedder wrote: (Who remembers Tom Swifties?)

Steve

Based on some posts, you have a deep and comprehensive knowledge of Boy's Life humor! (We get three copies delivered to our house.)

Guilty as charged...

I've used an aerosol gel heat-block spray, but I haven't done a real comparison to tell you if it had any effect short of costing money.

Steve

Is the podcast on spotify? Spotify is my go-to while working and if they can get on there I assume they'd collect money from it. And I'd be able to listen to it :D Frankly, I don't know. They're on Iheart Radio and ITunes, and several other platforms. Give it a search, and see. I go directly to the...

I once made the mistake of blacklighting a part in the shop bathroom, so as not to walk to the clean room.

"Ooops".

I did not want to know...

Steve

If you keep the rod buried real deep then you can't hardly see the arc. Just the reflection from inside the pipe. Only applies to the root pass. And a lot of guys who do it every single day or often and get damn near the same fit up just place it in there and just feel it. It's all muscle memory. Y...

exnailpounder wrote: This thread sure took an odd twist didn't it?

He said, sheepishly...

(Who remembers Tom Swifties?)

Steve

Okay, Chips, that's not weldporn by any measure, but that's pretty damn good for as little time as you have. Yes, one of the things that will make it take a while for your heat to work is too long an arc. GTAW is a "finesse" welding method because of how tightly you have to control arc len...

beavis-and-butthead-hehe.jpg :lol: It works great, just doesn't last very long anymore. :o Now if you are referring to the button, I haven't hooked that gizmo up yet. ;) ExThreadJacker: Did you just get back from vacation?? :P Nah..working a job way up north by Farmboy...lots of driving time...cutt...

For 1/8" 5p+ in a 1/8" gap, I run 105A. Yes, that's outside the suggested range by a little bit. For "bury-rod", it puts the root reinforcement where you want it, so long as you keep the rod 90* to the work, and with a good fit I don't need a hood to weld it once I'm started. Steve