I hate the way Glocks shoot, I hate the way the trigger feels. The Springfield XDM has one of the best out of the box triggers of any handgun I've personally shot. Glock vs everything else is going to be a debate that never dies. Ever. My best advice: find a gun store that has a range that allows y...

I have a Springfield XDM 9 3.8 compact that I love! I'm probably going to get a Sig P320 next though Sent from my VS995 using Tapatalk I like 9mm for the price and availability of ammo, but .380 and .40 are also options I consider. Any pro's/cons of these? Then there are the wheel guns and .357 and...

If a 1911 closes hard enough rechambering a round, or if you let the slide fly from wide open, it can 'trick' the firearm into firing by jarring hard enough to simulate a trigger pull if being held with the grip safety depressed. Typically, only after the main spring is worn out by firing a few tho...

I have a Springfield XDM 9 3.8 compact that I love! I'm probably going to get a Sig P320 next though Sent from my VS995 using Tapatalk I like 9mm for the price and availability of ammo, but .380 and .40 are also options I consider. Any pro's/cons of these? Then there are the wheel guns and .357 and...

I have a Springfield XDM 9 3.8 compact that I love! I'm probably going to get a Sig P320 next though Sent from my VS995 using Tapatalk I like 9mm for the price and availability of ammo, but .380 and .40 are also options I consider. Any pro's/cons of these? Then there are the wheel guns and .357 and...

This is a video of me welding something at work. It has a slight gap on the sides. All I do is add more rod, move quickly to the next spot and add more rod before the keyhole wicks open to much. https://youtu.be/-KYIIoIeXFI Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Very nice. I'll bet you didn't learn t...

Great piece of work. Nothing better than to see a need for a new tool for a specific purpose and to be able to build it yourself with the end result being a task accomplished! :D Woodpecker, I reach in my bag of failures and successes everytime I start a new project, nothing is lost if I fail, noth...

This is a video of me welding something at work. It has a slight gap on the sides. All I do is add more rod, move quickly to the next spot and add more rod before the keyhole wicks open to much. https://youtu.be/-KYIIoIeXFI Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Very nice. I'll bet you didn't learn t...

tonij wrote:
electrode I love how welding can help to make an idea in a physical thing. There's something magical about melting metal.

There is also something magical how tigging galvanized can mess up a tungsten.

Nice build. Late advice but you should have waited little longer to paint. New ideas of nice-to-have-features always pops up. I made my last cart about 4 years ago, last mod this week... :mrgreen: I know what you mean. I added some hooks for hanging stuff after painting my cart so I just drilled a ...

Nope stay away from the alcoholic beverages. And as to where I'm from, that would be Beloit area. We are also referred to as Betroit. We are probably more ghetto than the south side of Chicago. Luckily I don't live in the city and am of the more rural area. I was born and raised in the Milwaukee su...

Farmwelding wrote:...you take an extra straw at a restraunt and practice feeding filler wire.

Thanks for correcting the bad English. Stupid autocorrect these days. Makes me dumber I swear.

You missed one. "restaurant".

What part of Wisconsin are you from? I grew up in Wisconsin.

...you take an extra straw at a restraint and practice feeing filler wire. Hey Farm, best not go to 'restraints' then :D I think the thought just "pooped" into his head. :lol: I wonder what the "fee" was on the straw posing as filler wire. :o Reference to the last post on this p...

You may need to use a copper spoon to light up on. Some machines have a pretty harsh arc on initial light up. Or light up off to the side and walk the arc over. You could also make a coupling/ sleeve out of pipe just a bit larger. Then weld that over top of the joint. So that it's a fillet weld ins...

cj737 wrote: I've done that, and always blamed them on one of my son's as "their first efforts"

I am going to have to blame my wife when I make an ugly weld in the future. "My wife wanted to try and weld so I let her do that bead".

Lots of steel in that cart and it turned out very nice. Good job. :D Very well thought out with rooms for all your accessories and a nice filler holder with removable closure. Don't you love it when a sketch turned into a reality? I have done the same many times and the drawings always get modified ...

Nice cart -lot of work but always worth it in the end. Had me going for a bit about why all the holes in the 1in tubes and then I went back and read your post and all was explained. :? Yeah in retrospect, I should have just bought new steel. Nothing wrong with re-purposing stuff. I do it all the ti...

Granddaddy wrote:thanks Roy, he loves his and I hope I do to. the cost of these hoods is high enough that I am reluctant to gamble before I can try one.

thanks again.

creek

Well if you decide on that one...
http://www.bakersgas.com/LINK3034-3.html

Those look like a pain in the ass to weld. I would need a drink after that aggravation. My knees and lower back are all but done from so many years of carpentry and I refuse to take drugs, any drugs, for the pain so a few strong ones after the day is done helps more than anything else ever has. I a...

These are frames for a high powered back pack fan similar to what the fire fighters use. The company that manufactures these are only capable of mig welding steel so they hire me to glue em up. This is a "special" design for the IDF (Israeli Defense Force), when they find a tunnel in thei...

Don't know how much you want to spend but here are two to bid on...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Miller-PC-300-P ... SwCU1YnmjR

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Miller-PC-300-P ... SwfVpYoIbd

exnailpounder wrote:Mig welding is so easy, it's just like using a hot glue gun.....

What he said.

This is the project. 3/4" x 0.120 aluminum tubing and 1' x 3/16 alum flat. I spent the morning cleaning the parts to make 20 then welded up 10, I'll finish this batch tomorrow. There is 120 total to do. IMG_0082.JPG IMG_0081.JPG IMG_0083.JPG IMG_0084.J[attachment=0]IMG_0085.JPG PG[/attachment]...

Can we still shit in your thread though? :lol: I guess I should apologize here. I have come to the determination that life should be fun no matter what you're into. I do my best to make sure everyone around me sees life as short so....I had a bad day myself til it was drinky-poo time. Its the only ...

I put the thumb wheel on as soon as I got to the shop this morning, things are going much better. I'll post a picture of this little monstrosity tonight when I have a network to download a picture to. I'm typically not a whiner, but yesterday just sucked. Can we still shit in your thread though? :l...