Pour a cup of vinegar & half a box of baking soda in the tank, in a minute it'll be full of co2, put cap on loosely & rotate tank so liquid is not where you wanna weld. Rinse out the tank when you're done, , , ,

The original leads for my ta185 tig were the power lead & the gas. A few times I melted the gas line (not all the way through tho). This setup was stiff & clunky, the two were zip-tied together & caught on everything. I replaced it with a 'superflex' lead. Never burnt it but I was wearin...

Thats the 1st o/a torch setup I ever had. Is (still kave it) a 'Uniweld' set made in Florida <-that dates it! I got bigger bottles but kept the small ones.

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FWIW, I converted an ooold foot pedal to "modern" standards:

http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?45 ... foot-pedal

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You really know you are gettin' old when you realize you've been chasing a 'floater' with a fly-swatter for 15 minutes!

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Sure looks like an 'SSC' foot pedal


https://www.ssccontrols.com/


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SSC makes one damn fine tig pedal!(one came with my TA 185 machine)

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The Time Travelers Society Annual Meeting will be held last Tuesday, , , , ,

(quoted above) Atlas small horizontal mill! Now your making me drool! I've been loking for one for a while, I have the lathe and shaper I forgot about mills & lathes! Craftsman (Clausing) lathe, pops up at Sears Service Center as: "Yeah, we sold this once-upon-a-time" (part # on a blan...

Thermalarc 185 tig (& stick) (2 of these, , ) Lincoln 180 dual mig Hypertherm 45 plasma cutter 2 mixed sets o/a welding gear - Victor Rego Uniweld + Craftsman angle grinders (all ooold, 30 + yrs) Craftsman drill press, sanders etc Milwaukee portaband (2), Sawzall & ½" drill motor oold R...

My nephew, (an electrician), was working on a condo project where they changed brands/model #s/whatever of air conditioner units. There was a (prolly at least 100 lb.) pallet of 24"x2"x1½"x 12 gauge brackets with thinly electroplated galvanize on them headed for the dumpster. They all...

I have a number of vicegrips but the most used is my pair of "6ln". Had/have the same pair for 35-40 years, use 'em more than any 'plier' type I own. (ie vice grips-channel locks-pliers-etc)

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I tried turning the amperage down to 80 amps and it was hard to start and maintain a puddle./quote] This screams arc length to me. Even if 80 is too low to immediately make a puddle, getting started and keeping a puddle should not be an issue once the metal is hot. If I am mistaken about how much a...

Since I got a 'deep throat' Milwakuee portaband, I rarely use my abrasive chop saw (Ryobi 14" 35 yr old almost all aluminium saw), or my handheld hacksaws either!!

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I have a 'CK' 9 pencil torch with a 'superflex' line. Works good, gets hot pretty quick tho, , ,

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I'm in San Diego north county, , , Welcome!!

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First was a Miller (AC only) Thunderbolt. Got it used in the early '70's, still have it. Still have a sealed 50lb can of rod that came with it. Copper wound, weighs a ton! Not used for 10+- years.

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I bought a (used) TA 185 welder this weekend, gonna be for my nephew. I have one already I bought new about 8 years ago, love it! Anyways, I also bought a 'Weldtec' torch cooler that included a Weldtec 20 water cooled torch & 25' leads. The torch came with a gas lens (1/8" tungsten) & #...

Agree with Noddybrian about the resistance value being a likely culprit. Unfortunately SSC pedals may not be very easy to take apart and reassemble. They're easy to take apart, a bit of maneuvering to re-assemble, , , , Pivot pins are 'spring loaded' push in & seperate the 2 halves. Warning! Re...

My uncle once owned a 'Crosley' station wagon with a brazed together sheet-metal block, a nifty little car.

When I 1st got my welder, about every other time I used it, I broke the cup. I would go & buy 1 & promptly break it 2nd time I (tried) welding. Bought 6 of 'em, & still have 5 left in like 4 - 5 years, or more, go figure.

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How far do you have to go to swap tanks? If its like 10 minutes away, just swap empties.

Plus one on the Swag Offroad table. Why reinvent the wheel? If its business -time is money- then buy, but in your garage, whats the point of having all this fabricating/welding 'stuff', & then buying something you can make yourself? I made a base/table for my new portaband using my new portaban...

My brother has a (really) old P&H ac buzzbox, they solved the problem, kinda. a series of holes at each amp setting, you stick the 'fluxless' end of the rod in the hole, you want the rod that just fits in that hole/setting, , , , simple.

fwiw

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FYI: Propylene is Mapp gas. hotter than propane, I got a 2 (or so) gallon tank of it. I learned the hard way, dont use it on my bbq grill !!

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Poland308 wrote:Good idea! But I've never owned a vice with such a nice paint job.

I did, when it was brand new, lasted about 2 minutes, , , ,

Just like when we got a new piece of heavy equipment, "I scratched the paint on that one"

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