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bluewave wrote:Jody you had said in a video you were trying to figure out how to get spaced ripples the stack of dimes effect. I think we have figured it out. Check these out and let me know.


Steve

Ok. that looks pretty cool. now i am curious about the technique you used.

jody

http://youtu.be/m2E_PAgoGSE

Well, no use beating around the bush. I am trying to sell a few tig fingers in this video.
let me know what you think about the split screen view. I finally figured how to do it and I think it will help in future videos.

Jody, I'm a big fan. As always thanks for your work. In the video Stronghand Tools 3 Axis Clamp and other Metal Fabrication Tools http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIYZHpmG7gQ you display a pretty cool holding fixture. I'm considering purchasing the tool after watching your video. I realize that clamp...

Hey folks, Over the past week I watched some videos on scratch start tig pipe welding using an old engine drive Lincoln. The guy was big on old engine drives and thinks the welding current works better on pipe root passes than newer machines that have a smoother arc. The crudest tig welding setup I ...

Hey Jody. I was watching the Lincoln PowerMig 350 mp video and at 5.39 in where you tacked the two plates together to pull against each other the video ran out in mid sentence. Did you load a wrong version onto YouTube? Kind of a strange ending... :?: Youtube glitched out on me and I didnt figure i...

Question; When you were welding the root pass on V-ground plates it appeared like you were going pretty fast with your "walk". Was that sped up or is that to keep from melting away the bottom edges of the plates? (I've never tried it) I think the "walk" motion was not sped up in...

congrats Steve. thats the good stuff.

jody

OMG, This reminds me of the time I misspelled the word hobbyist and some guy who had a pet peeve for misspelled words ranted on me. I am not a cad user... its on my list of new things to learn. I did make this thing out of leftover drops but yes I did have enough material to do it right had I slowed...

the htp unit is on loan. I contacted Jeff Noland of HTP and arranged a loan so that I can do a few videos ..but mainly so I can answer questions about htp with some authority. I get lots of questions about htp and all I could say until now is that they seem to have a good rep on forums. I do plan on...

Hey, here is a Link to the weekly video about tig welding some aluminum jobs using a HTP 221 Tig unit. http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/welding-aluminum-htp.html So far, I have used it for the aluminum jobs in the video and only one other job where I filled some misdrilled holes in a chunk of 414...

I am not sure exactly how long I will be able to use the HTP 221 but I do plan on doing a few more videos with it. Hopefully some jobs will come in the shop that test its capabilities. So far ...So good. It seems really solid.

Jody

Hey Paul, Thanks for jumping in and posting some pics as well as good info. I will just go ahead and say that I am in awe of your work. I know what it takes as far as prep, planning, sequencing, visualizing where stops and starts will be, executing, etc . to get a finished product to look like yours...

good work Steve. thats exactly what I am talking about.

Got any tips to share on how to make it happen?

jody

http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/mig-like-tig.html this weekly video is about trying to get that stacked dimes look on mig welds like ZTfab over at weldingweb. Yes, its true that a stacked dime look means absolutely nothing when it comes to quality. But, I still want to learn how to do it. Ever ...

I think 3/4" would work. I went with 1" because "there is no kill like overkill"

good luck ,

jody

Well it was kind of fun to watch that how you mashed the crap out of the bike frame with that slegdehammer:D :D Btw. Why did you use ER70S-2? Why not ER70S-6 for example? The main reason I used ER70S-2 along with Weldmold 880 is that Mike Zanconato supplied small diameters of both for me to compare...

Judging from the youtube comments, I shocked some folks by beating the bike frame with a hammer. So,.here is a little explanation on the bike frame welding video. Mike Zanconato of Zanconato custom cycles supplied the frame kit and the tubing kit was never intended to be used for a real bike....it w...

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