you da man.. i have been using the pedal pulsing technique on stuff and i find it great at keeping heat down on thin sheet metal, and it gives me a more consistant weld bead. is this why you use the technique or is there something im missing?

yo BURF86 blud!, sounds like youve got your foot well and truly in the door my friend. i used to work in a book making factory operating a folding machine before i became an electrician and i left that job cuz i just didnt like being kooped up in there all day, so i dont think i would want to work a...

well i can certainly remind you not to live in the UK if you want to weld! I pay approx £60 per bottle of gas ( cant remember what size it is, but the bottle is about 3 and a half foot tall :? ) and i have to pay £7 a month for the privillage of having their bottle to keep it in!! when its done i ju...

I dont think im ready to make a manifold 'just' yet as you suggested running at 200 amps and ive only got a 150A DC murex tradestig 151i- I realize that im gona have to upgrade to a larger AC/DC machine if i want to make a real go in this game. A local firm has a miller aerowave and i want it!! I bo...

so how long have you been tig welding then? ive been doing it nearly a year but argon is very expensive and i cant justify buying it all the time just to weld scrap metal lol, so my practice suffers, so i try to be economical with it unless i find the need to make a bracket or something and then its...

a purpose welding table is way up there on my wish list but when i first started to practice i had an old cut down guilotene blade about 10mm thick and put the clamp on there. i spent all my time welding very thin plate as it was all i had and i didnt have a foot pedal at that point so i had to get ...

ooo0oo, now thats what im talking about!! how did you get into welding then if you dont mind me asking? have you got any qualifications in welding? i only ask because i spoke to the owner of a local engineering firm with a small team of tig welders and i asked if i had to have a qualification for hi...

Hello, i have a large dilema, i am an industrial electrician and live in the UK. i am now at the end of my 4 year apprenticeship- passed all my exams and now its just a case of finishing my job report portfolio and ticking boxxes-( pen pusher crap..) i have a workshop where me and a friend build old...