It works GREAT! My laborer's arms are 2 inches longer today than they were. :lol: No heavy duty utensils for me any more. 20 years ago this would have been a toothpick but that wear and tear arthritis is taking it's toll...the golden years ...my ass :lol: I think the golden years must mean somethin...

exnailpounder wrote:Nick has taken another thread off topic...again Sorry...it's Friday and you know what that means

Like you never do. (or me either) Are you slamming already??

You are a climber? And you had your wife keep the tensions? Ladies and gentlemen we have us a real man here. I wouldn't climb agree if I was cutting on it if I was trained and had all the equipment. Not really, I used a ladder to get up the tree to tie a rope as high as I could. 8-) She was in the ...

...Now about that stump I have been trying to dig out for the last six months... You didn't consider explosives? I would have. I have formulae. Steve S Oh I considered it. But it's right next to my workshop. Funny thing is the guy that cleared the lot for my shop said one day you will be sorry you ...

Interesting thread. I agree with everything said here so I will leave it at that. Now about that stump I have been trying to dig out for the last six months with a shovel...I finally called the guy with a machine. But I tried.

I weld manganese steel to AR Bucket steel regularly. Never done it to stainless. If it's aluminum rod you are talking about, thread it, or drill and rivet it. I've seen old buckets repaired with stainless. It is very ductile, so cooling contraction won't break something. If stainless, I might use a...

You are welcome. Let us know what you end up doing and some pics too.

I better go practice some more...

If you have tip over problems just weld a tray in the bottom and stick some old weights from your barbells in it. Or eld a round bar across the correct place down there and add weights just like you would put them on a bar bell or a dumbbell. Good job for a first project.

It's a real problem. The way around it is to avoid putting things down. Develop a work method where everything has it's place even if it's a bucket that follows you. Tape measures can clip on your belt when away from it's place. Chalk is a pain so I keep chalk all over the place so there is always ...

Found this on the internet: Manganese Steel Manganese steel is sometimes called austenitic manganese steel because of its metallurgical structure. It is also called Hadfield manganese steel after its inventor. It is an extremely tough, nonmagnetic alloy. It has an extremely high tensile strength, a ...

Thank you! I started at 10 cfh, and each try I increased by 5 up to 30 cfh. I have literally welded, ground, then welded this joint a dozen times. For the filet, I also ground it to bright shinny metal to start with. But it looks scaled over when I'm done. Much more so than the flat welds. I have e...

exnailpounder wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBAPKZQMpgA

Here is 6 minutes of your life you will never get back

Yes, yes it was. I liked the repair weld.

You must have alot of brazing to do or is it for your collection?...I mean hoard :lol: I always buy 10 pounds of everything except one time I split a box of SMW with a friend. :D It's cheaper that way in the long run and I always use it for something. But I am kind of a hoarder too. :lol: :lol: I h...

Well I knew there must have been a reason...I guess cutting a bunch more and stamping them etc must cost a little more. Anyhow, I scored and got 10 pounds 1/16 ALBA2 for $123 cause I found a 10% coupon in my mail from October and it was still valid from Weldfabulous. I don't recall ever seeing .035...

exnailpounder wrote:You must have alot of brazing to do or is it for your collection?...I mean hoard

I always buy 10 pounds of everything except one time I split a box of SMW with a friend. It's cheaper that way in the long run and I always use it for something. But I am kind of a hoarder too.

why is 1/16 always (or most always) more expensive than 3/32 or 1/8 for 10 pounds? I guess it's because you get more rods. :lol: Thanks ;) Well 10 lbs is 10lbs, the smaller diameter wire is more expensive to make, I priced .030" 316L recently it was $12.90 and .035" was $8.82 per lb Well ...

I recently noticed it seemed like I couldn't see as well as usual when tig welding so I cleaned my glasses and cheater and tried again. Still seemed harder to see than usual for some reason. I changed from 11 to 10 on the shade on my Digital Elite and it was better but still not right. So after read...

I read on here recently that Bakers Welding and Gas had great prices on tig filler (I think they were discussing 4943) so I called them about some aluminum bronze A2 (ALBA2) for a price on 10 pounds as they only have 1 lb tubes shown. He said just order 10 and we will ship it in a 10 lb box. :lol: S...

jroark, I am, for the first time in my 48 years of life, in a position where, if $1000 worth of shit happens to me tomorrow, I don't have to call a single soul. I can just handle it. It'll hurt, but not like calling someone does. This is a good place to be, and I'd suggest not letting that money bu...

Otto Nobedder wrote:
My old "college days" hemostats have a prominent place in my tool box just for removing such annoyances...

Steve S

exnailpounder wrote: I still have my roach cl....I mean hemostats too

Robots are the coming thing....learning how to program,repair and maintain them are the jobs of the future. Future? I work with them. Dumb little blobs of tech that get confused at the drop of spit. But they sure beat having to manually perform tasks. Oh, scars are earned. Hopefully you learn too. ...

Cheap route if you can make an adapter... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH9h5Tu76As I saw this last year no longer have access to a lathe but would be a possibility. Chain saw sharpener blade. Checking Harbor Freight just now and grinding blades for the saw sharpener are wrong arbor size for my n...

Cheap route if you can make an adapter...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH9h5Tu76As

Yes, bicycle in the winter but during a blizzard our mom would drive me and one of my helper brothers around. I was born in Milwaukee and lived in the surrounding suburbs.