great looking job. I have just one question. I've tried the al/brz rods on a practice repair of old farm equipment and found that I had one heck of a job making the arc stabilize. Did you find it the same or did it light right up for you?

The heat might have chased back thru the head and weakened the hose under the handle or the fitting may have come loose. When you do the soapy water test, pull the handle back off the torch head and investigate there also. Keep us posted, please.
Bill

hello Kevin. Welcome from PA.

so will your lungs. caution...Will Robinson.

There used to be a guy on tv (when I had a test pattern and one channel) that when things clicked just right said..."I'll be a blue nosed gopher".
That is a great idea. Thank you for sharing.

great idea Oscar. What would the outcome be IF you set the gun up with a defuser like a gas saver tig? OR can one not confuse the two ???

I was suffering from back light and lots of reflection..SO, I tried to hold a shop rag onto the top edge of the shield with heavy duty paper clips. That kind of sorta helped but holy smokes it got warm in there and every once in a while one of those clips would spring loose ... :o ... never knew I w...

Really nice Tweak. Some day I want to get my hands on those design engineers and break their sharpened pencils in half and give them a crayon to draw with and they might understand about clearances to work on things.

Nice work Coldman. Seems that you should have a branch office down by the pier.

hello Bear....IF ya do a search for micro tig torches, you will get a chance to look over quite a few torches. I'm not sure how small you want to go, but you will most likely find that they are like bikinis....the smaller they are the more expensive they would be. Have fun and let us know how you ma...

hello raticus,,,the pics are not coming thru. Got to be the water from the Monongahela getting in the way. I'm over here by the Susquehanna and it's causing problems with pics. That's all I got to blame...with the exception of a tight fitting pink dress. Resend the pics, WE want to see too.
Bill

make sure that you're getting REAL gasoline to the system. I recently had a small generator, which I had running 3 weeks earlier, that I wanted to use on a project. Got it out the day before to start it and wouldn't start. Discovered that the "fine" gasoline had accumulated lots of "m...

THANKS A BUNCH,,,Chips...the check bounced and this pink dress is really gaining attention in jail. :oops: I found that the flex pipe on the muffler will work for a bit but it too will give up from vibration. Almost like that job Coldman was working on with the pram exhaust from the Cat engine. Some...

watch it close Chips. I just had to weld the muffler on my mower. I was mowing along and things got pretty loud, looked back and there it was ...DOL ... dead on lawn. the carbon inside also posed somewhat of a problem and the existing metal went PFFFFTT in a hurry. Good luck, and when you get done t...

Hi Z,,,,I am one who constantly reads the posts and take a little info from here and there and try putting it all together. Reading your posts I get wondering ... Do you know a jeweler who makes repairs in his own shop? An old friend of mine is a jeweler and I purchased a new ring for my wife from h...

Awesome ! I'm coming over and you can show me how, then we can sit around with a barley pop and some chow.

Bill.

Hi Newbie and welcome. I did read where you thought the wire speed control is working backwards - is the wire speed noticeable at each extreme of the control for you to tell if it is working backwards? One thing for sure is Never say Never. Also, when I started my journey, I started on heavier mater...

hey Mick, my friend's wife used to work for fastener supply outfit. I think that is a picture of those offset fasteners some people were asking about....

Welcome aboard from Pennsylvania, state side. Ancestors are from Wales and got tangled up with some American Indians along the way. Enjoy your stay.
Bill

Hi Richard, I have had a few shots are welding a nut over some protrusion and gotten the broken studs out. The way everything is going lately, I almost need a snorkel to get hold of the broken studs. HOwever I will remember the short allen stud trick. Do appreciate the advise and all of the help you...

Talk about strange happenings. I had some pipe positioners I wanted to clean up and sell, and sure enough broken studs. The first one, drilled hole as close to center as I could get and used a small chisel against the protruding edge,,out it comes. The second one I ended up drilling several times as...

On broken studs, I've always started out as small as possible, then worked up to a bigger left hand drill bit with the thought that IF the bit took hold it would back out the broken stud as it was still drilling a hole. With the allen head bolts, which are usually pretty hard, I have used left hande...

Hello Johnny and welcome. I also began anew with TIG welding aluminum. I did find that there are lot of folks in the forum that are more than willing to help you, others and each other when questions come while welding. The advice is very valuable and requires a lot of practice. A LOT of practice. E...

A bunch of prawns and squid turned up at the shop. Nothing for it but to stop work, get out the bbq and beers. Better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick. Sometimes life’s good. Coldman: not only have you accomplished a great job, you have made some great friends. Life is good. Congrats. Bill

Oscar wrote:it's 'cause a lot of people lose their wi-fi signal, that's why the bluetooth ground doesn't work too well

I had the same problem a week ago. A blue speckled U U bird sitting on the wire interfering with wi-fi.