Rick_H wrote:Copper.....crank it up it sucks up the heat.

I've never heard of this before and I've tried it with no luck.


AC = aluminum and magnesium
You can also do steel with aluminum bronze wire in AC mode
Or a cast steel (If i recall correctly) with aluminum bronze in AC mode

I have a spare 110v non adjustable I would sell.

Same story around Chicago. A few mig-dog production jobs for $14 an hour and very few others jobs for more skilled workers. My union boilermaker buddy is working for me for the next few days because they are all out of work and the industrial workplaces are all going non-union so it looks grim arou...

Oscar wrote:Check to see that your stubby collet is at least 1.16" long. Any shorter and it could very well be the collet's fault.

Ironic....isn't it

I have it. Tried it a few different times on cast iron and on dissimilar metals. Cracks every time.
This stuff is crap

weldin mike 27 wrote:https://www.arc-zone.com/index.php?main ... ts_id=9771 this one with the round bit is designed to slip over the toggle pad of the clamp. A little tig tack should be sufficient to hold it.

excellent, that's what i need. Thank you

exnailpounder wrote:If it was me, I would buy that clamp and cut the ends off, swap them around and reweld it to what I need. It looks like it would be easy enough. Just my 2cts

it's not a bad idea and i have thought about it, but welding too close to a magnet will crack them.

Where can I get a clamp like this?
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/vtr-ug125-c3
BUT with the vpad on the other side? I need something like this to secure an oddball pipe to my chop saw

Ya but I don't want a horizontal bandsaw. I have one already. I want an upright one so I can cut shapes and stuff if needed. :mrgreen: OOOHHH..sorry. Jody has a video about making his own portaband table but I don't see alot of potrabands come up for sale on CL. I need to stop answering posts when ...

Ya but I don't want a horizontal bandsaw. I have one already. I want an upright one so I can cut shapes and stuff if needed.

Found a lot of craftsmans, and delta bandsaws on CL lately for a few hundred. Wondering if any of you guys have converted them to metal bandsaws with speeds of under 100FPM. I'd like it to be able to do steel/aluminum and mild if possible. Or my other thought was waiting for a deep throat porta band...

oops lol. Didn't know that

I don't have experience with the Alpha, but the garage journal is having a group buy on it. They are trying to get a very low price and consumables. The thread is : http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=285092 No matter how cheap a product is listed people still want things cheaper! :...

angle iron supports in place of the stock flatsides clamp will hold the thin wall tube Tried it on the bandsaw and that jaw isn't large enough to get a piece of angle in the front and back. The rage has a V groove but still ended up making it a little oblong. Or spit out. So i chose oblong lol What...

So getting more and more into this stainless exhaust work and thinking I should have a chopsaw to use if needed. Now with that being said I have cheap HF one that the clamp broke on it and I have an evoltuion rage 2 saw. I absolutely HATE the rage 2. Too loud, clamp isn't great, too powerful and wan...

Just doing some reading online the other day about headers and car stuff. There are people that swear by back purging mild steel. I don't see a reason for it, but wondering if there is some good reason some people swear by it for pipe and tube welding

how about a picture of how you have it installed? i've seen many people put things in backwards (collets, heatshields etc) and that causes issues

Have you tried a different collet?
Gas should be at least 25cfh. How far is your tungsten stick out? It could be too close or too far away.

The grey ball/snot from what I have noticed is mostly gas related. Not enough gas coverage and I haven't figured out if it's also a combination of dirty metal too.

I was going to order 10lbs of this. anyone going to want some? i dont need that much. i will probably do all 3/32

If you are using 100% argon, you won't get much for penetration. Double check you have the right gas.

lol no thanks. he had them for $60 shipped at one point.

Wow that's one nice lady you got there. She got a sister? I'm local so I'll pick her up

I can assure you he's none of the above. He's a good guy that welds full time, and made these cups on the side for several years because he needed one and nobody was making them... When he and Toxicfab parted ways, I think that he had to resume production of what had been a purely low key product h...

Looks nice.
want to build me one too? How do you like the green liquid? Any why do you have slats in every other slot?