My neighbor has a farmer job with which needs my help. Basically it involves modifying a 3 point hitch to "Quick Point" (or something like that) hitch adapter into a pintle hook and ball hitch trailer connection. The Quick Point, if that was the name, was something not used since before th...

Hello jegbflat, As has been discussed make sure the helmet is working correctly. My old Hobart helmet has a test feature - hold the ON button and it will wink light to dark to light twice. My Speedglas has just an indicator LED to show it is on. For a true test, point the helmet at a bright light so...

I have purchased torches and consumables from weldingcity.com. I have been very pleased with their products. I am only a hobbiest welder so I cannot speak to their suitability in a commercial environment. I will say that I know that the local community college welding shop has or had a purchase orde...

Hello Fatjackdurham, Back to your original questions... 150 amps would be sufficient unless you are welding field artillery. One feature you might want to consider would be pulse. I have found it to be handy for doing buildup on small parts without melting them into a blob. In fact I just repaired a...

Here is a clip of some REAL forge welding.

https://archive.org/details/SF174

Ken

I bet he could do a REALLY nice job if he had a TIG Finger

Ken

Thanks!

Ken

I did an advance search on the forum and per the instructions I entered a + in front of each term as I wanted to find ALL of the terms +mig +burn +through The "Search for all terms or use query as entered" radio button was also selected. However, I received hits for ANY of the words, not A...

309 and 312 filler not 316. My bad typing. Sorry.

Ken

From my experience the best way to reduce damage to AR500 targets is by allowing the targets to move. I have mine suspended from chains from an A frame affair - sort of like the frame for a swing set. More about that in a minute. As to welding... I had one 8" diameter 3/8" thick gong which...

I am just a hobbyist welder, retired from a non-welding career, so perhaps my perspective is limited. But the question is... since stubby gas lens configurations are so handy, convenient, precise etc. WHY would you use the more common medium gas lens? I have .040", 1/16", 3/32" stubby...

I had a similar problem once. The cause turned out to be the back cap. The brass piece of the cap was counter bored such that if slipped over the collet. It was less than 1/16" deep but it was enough that the collet was not pressed against the front of the collet body and thus the collet did no...

Thanks Len, I believe you are on to the answer. I "found" a copy of AWS standard A5.9-93 on-line. I suspect it might be a little out of date but it does indicate that fillers ER308H and ER316H have their carbon content limited to the upper end of the carbon content range of their non-H spe...

I wear prescription glasses so YES i do use magnifier or cheater lenses in my helmet. I generally prefer a 2X or for a very small TIG welding situation sometimes a 3X. I picked up some lenses at a good price from Zoro Tool (zoro.com). I believe they were 3M brand. I was looking for a 3X plastic lens...

A couple of years ago Jody did a video in which he described the virtues of 312, as a substitute for Hastaloy, when welding tool steel and other high carbon steels, stainless to mild steel, UFO metal to unobtainium etc. Following my usual monkey see monkey buy routine I sought out and purchased a co...

I have used these http://www.lehighvalleyabrasives.com/servlet/the-4/4-dsh-1-fdsh-2%22-Non-Woven-Clean/Detail They work GREAT and the price is right. This company makes excellent flap disks and has a good selection of other disks and cut off wheels. I have no business relation with this company. Jus...

Aircraft generator welder - that brings back memories. My Dad built one back in the early 60's - when WWII surplus was still readily available. I don't recall the amperage but the generator was about about 8" or better in diameter and a good 18" long. It was powered by a 4 cylinder water c...

Hello Richard, Welcome to the world of welding. It is a great hobby. As a hobby welder myself I started with a Miller Diversion 165. By the way of consumables I started with a name brand "kit" consisting of a nice plastic storage box, 3 collets, 3 collet holders, 3 cups and 3 pieces of tun...

Thanks chriso, I try to avoid anything google when I can. I trust them about as much as I trust Micro$oft or the NSA. It is bad enough that they assimilated youtube. I will have a look at some other downloader addons for Firefox and see if I can find one that works. I appreciate your confirmation th...

I have purchased the last couple of DVD sets and will continue to do so in order to support Jody's efforts. That said, I also save the new videos each week. Until recently youtube allowed me to select various resolutions 320, 480, 720 etc. to download. I have been saving the 480s as they provided de...

I have a pack of Sylvania 2% thoriated which I got by error some years back. I had ordered ceriated. However, the Sylvania were Made in USA, stored in a nicely carved wooden tray and had a red, white and blue label. They are in my collectibles display case along with a 1923 steam engine, a bunch of ...

Being a hobby welder - and believing in the old saying "he who dies with the most toys wins" :mrgreen: I have added several of the neat items which Jody demos to my shop. When I first took a TIG course at the local community college several years ago gas lenses seemed to be considered exot...

Recently Nils posted pictures of a third hand tool made from an old hammer head over on the TIG forum. So as not to hijack his thread I thought I would start one here so we could share ideas for third hand tools. Both of these were build from scrap which I picked up along the road while walking my d...

I purchased some gas lens parts for my WP17s a couple of years ago. I have not looked back. I purchase most of my consumables from weldingcity.com. The gas lens parts you need will not set you back very much. Go with the medium gas lens as the large gas lens is really LARGE. I can also recommend the...

Sorry in being a little late in replying to this thread... The additional light is a good idea. I have a 300 watt halide lamp above my MIG welding table which helps. But there are a couple of more basic things. Do you wear glasses reading or otherwise? I wear full time glasses and have found that a ...