If, when you shave, you are shaving over some of your tats, well, thats a bit too much, , , , imho.

I have (2) Victor J-27 "aircraft" torches and a whole bunch of tips, 2 huge WWII era 'Rego' gauges with brass diaphragms. Regos rebuilt in the early '70's, still perfect. The Victor gauges (both) died years ago. One torch is old, other is really old, , , the 1st J-27 my brother gave me (ea...

I have a Milwaukee 'deep throat' I leave on my base most of the time. I have a 'regular throated' (?) one I dont use as much anymore. A small piece if cutoff metal jammed in between the blade & base, broke the blade. (<- a new, sharp one, can you weld them back together? I have TA 185 tig welder...

Poland308 wrote:Obviously you were lied to. Women and wealth are two things a welder can't have at the same time.

Actually, you can, , , just not for very long, , , , ,

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Woodbutcher wrote:I thought he just wanted to weld razor blades together.

Really took a turn here, , , not sure which way, tho.

(Like, what about Beale St?) (I was stationed at England AFB, while it was still there = Alexandria)

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I have a TA Arcmaster 185 tig welder. I have tried welding razor blades a few times but every time, the welder after a few seconds gives a surge of current & I blow a hole through the blades. No matter how low/hi the current is set. Tried blades on steel table, on aluminium plate, on copper plat...

What you are talking about is called a hot tap in the trades. Gas company here had (still have for occaisional use) a special valve they would weld on the gas main. Flowing gas carrys away the heat, they had to really crank up the heat (ox/acet) to make their welds. Had a local welder who among oth...

Now welding but, I wanted to take an automobile diesel class which had nowhere near enough students to continue. I asked the instructor if I could take a different class "title" and do the class I actually wanted. Turned out there was one class which meeded one more student to continue. Th...

This is the second ooold bottle 5Star would not swap out: ie, old out of insp bottles. The 1st was parsons (I think) argon 125cf bottle. after that first encounter, 5Star exchanged the argon bottle, no problemo. Wait & see on this mig-mix bottle, , , , 5Star is a lot cheaper & 200 yards clos...

Last week at a yard sale I got a 125 fc 'Air Liquide' (way out of insp date) for $25. 5-Star wouldnt exchange it. Went to 'AirGas', $110 for exchange mig-mix. Is/was $135 a good/bad deal??
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How much $ in 'Susan B. Anthony' dollars* would it cost?

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(* = 'J. C.' pennys) ('Jimmy Carter')

Not as a welder, but, I worked only 2 Sundays in 40 years as an equipment operator, once for 1/2 a day & once for 12 hours.

(made enough on that 12 hr shift to buy a new lc ws BIG big screen tv, when they were really expensive!)

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Other than 'hovering' the mouse over a thread to see a short bit about it, I would leave things alone. Change for improvement is fine, change for the sake of change is not. Plus, new progs are never right at the begining, and not for a long while after. These 'programmers' see it as "Theres alw...

I have done the circular saw route, with a 'sharp' fine tooth plywood blade. I put the blade on backwards, it chips off material rather than cutting, works for me, , , ,

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Anyone have a pic of the insides of an SSC pedal? I believe the top comes off by pushing the spring loaded pins on either side. I didnt take pics, but it takes a LOT longer to put back together than takin' 'em apart! My TA 185 came with an SSC pedal, only problem is its too light, slides around too...

"Till you get it right!"

What happens to me sometimes is, when practicing, I will lay down really nice beads (tig), go eat lunch (or whatever) come back & be unable to do anything right. Only difference is, its two hours later, didnt even turn the machine off. Frustrating.

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"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance!"

General John Sedgwick at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House immediately before being killed by enemy fire.

Via ad Infernum consiliis bonis delapidatur



"The road to hell is paved in good intentions"



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I worked for 'Kiewit' (PKS) on a power plant. Their program was "We do not pay you to talk on your phone here, period", Getting caught came with a good likelihood of getting two checks at noon. I worked on a railroad project where some workers brought two phones or extra batteries so they ...

Run a bead to get it warm, not too hot, push tungsten in, stretch a balloon over the cup, (a condom would work as well!!), step on the pedal once or twice to inflate the balloon/whatever. If it deflates quickly, yes, you have a major leak, and you can gauge just how bad it is. You can dip the torch ...

I tried tigging galvanized early on (practice on scrap!) Difficult to weld, crappy weld, and, a wicked headache. Definitly the wrong way to learn.
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Some of the small rubber tyred (made in England!) Cat back-hoes had their 'eyes' spin-welded on to the ram part of the cylinders. Some of the 950's also, as I recall.

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Greetings from a bit farther south of you.

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I have a 3x cheater when I tig, I'm like 6"-8" away. With the mig, I have another hood w/o cheater & stay back 2' mas o menos. (I wear near vision + astigmatism glasses, 'always' up to 3' away, distance + astig, driving, & have a pair made for about 42" away for the computer)....

Otto Nobedder wrote:Did you hear of the dyslexic agnostic with insomnia?

What does DNA stand for?

National Association of Dyslexics.

Also, is it: Uh-lew-men-um or Al-you-men-e-um?

Inquiring minds want to know.

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