Yes. A gun cartridge case vibratory cleaner/polisher might work well. Mine uses corn cob. I've used it on brass and nickel plate for a good polish.

Probably get 007 after me for that one.

Made in china

Woops, big retraction here. I just realised my response was not to the OP (I though I was being given the finger and got my hackles up).
Apologies to jdl66ss and everyone else.
Time for a chill pill.

Being inexperienced doesnt exactly help being able to join in the conversations here. So.......questions it is. Would anyone be able to define or describe this arc blow? Or gas blow? I didn't say I was inexperienced. I said I didn't do a lot of stick welding. When I do, it is mostly pipe stands and...

I don't do a lot of stick welding. I only ever get arc blow on larger square tubing say 4" and upwards.
Going the other way fixes it just about every time. On the odd occasion it doesn't I just cuss and keep going.

Welcome onekey. For anything I always think formal training is best. For welding, you get grounding in safety, how to assemble all the cables and hoses correctly, how the machine works, electrode types and uses and correct welding methods before you develop bad positional habits. An introductory cou...

[quote="79jasper"]^ didn't your daddy ever tell you "don't horse around on the trailers?" Not a horse in sight. Didn't think I was being stoopid either but I still smashed my finger tip. I was home at the time (not wearing work footwear) but wearing comfy leather slip on shoes lo...

Looks really slick. A bit of advice if I may. Loose the spare wheel bolt. I had a freak accident long time ago. Slipped off the draw bars in the rain and came down on my back. Just missed the spare wheel bolt. If I had come down on it I would have lost a kidney. First chance I cut it off and off eve...

Looks like a shielding issue to me. Its happening at about the same time in the run so maybe something is heating up and loosening up allowing argon loss or air in. Just go through your whole argon line from cylinder to arc and you will find it.

My stake was nice...[SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

Apparently I'm getting a stake 2nite for my birthday. They said something about a tomohawk. What the frac is that?

@Angus It was a County Court trial. The Magistrate (or Judge) would be judge and jury in this case. Jury trials happen in higher courts for big ticket items (here in Oz) like murders and serial grubs etc. Still a proper and valid court and trial and certainly may affect precedence everywhere includi...

@Angus
I don't believe there is much galvanized pool fencing going up these days at all. Most of it is powdercoat aluminium or glass type panel from what I've seen.

I too bought one because I was impressed with the functionality. Larry was great to deal with. He sent it out to oz fast with a great deal. I like the tool alot, it does everything he says and its light and stays in my tool bag all the time. I hope he does really well. I have only good things to say...

Unless of course you subscribe to this forum in which case we can save your ass or shoulders.

@Angus There are probably several brands of lung cancer each with a range causes like asbestos causes mesothelioma. Maybe this particular brand is less common from tobacco smoke I wouldn't know. If the verdict was fragile it would be tested under appeal, you would think there would be vested interes...

An old fart wouldn't have worked out how to do that.
Didn't I say before I was a noob?

I will paste it soon as I figure out how to on tapatalk

@Angus
I did find some evidence you were asking about.

@Angus, It's true they only send young men into battle because the old guys won't go. Having said that I don't consider myself an old fart either but I do wonder why lawyers and unions aren't having a field day with inner and outer shield processes. Apart from that it would remiss of me to ignore wh...

By the way stick welding gives off heaps of fumes as well. But if you read the msds for them, say 6010, it basically says if overcome by fumes drag the bloke outside, slap 'im round abit and send 'im back in to work.

Wouldn't you rather work with this process?

Hey Angus, I'll bite, I guess this is my straining post. Attached are three extracts: an msds extract for a Lincoln dual shield wire, "Chemwatch" extract for an Australian dual shield wire and an extract from Skilltech Australia (Apply Safe Welding Practices MEM05052A" course notes. N...

Welcome to the forum.
You don't say what size coupon you are using for 6g practice. This certainly affects amps etc. Also if you weave with lay wire you will end up with a flat or below flush root pass.
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