Pour a cup of vinegar & half a box of baking soda in the tank, in a minute it'll be full of co2, put cap on loosely & rotate tank so liquid is not where you wanna weld. Rinse out the tank when you're done, , , , i thought rick was kidding when he said "voodoo trick", apparently no...

why not see the local repair shop for advice? i don't know where you are but over here a repair like that is not allowed for DIY'ers. its restricted to certed welders only and they have paperwork to go with it. one of issues afaik is type of steel used and heat treatment used. certainly with late mo...

tungstendipper wrote:
WHAT??

just a spammer. pays not to reply to them as it makes cleanup a bit harder.
report it and let admin do their bit.

a lot of spammers are doing manual sign ups and even posted "legit" replies so they don't get booted straight away.

see how he had the bungs in the tank. big mistake.
simply removing the bungs drops the explosive factor by a lot.

I would add this thought. Of course we all dream of becoming independent from our employers and the carrot of opening one's business is always in front of our eyes. If you have never been in business for yourself you may find that it is much more difficult than you could have imagined, it really re...

sounds good
always pays to test the market.
i ran into a problem myself many years ago. plenty of people wanting me to make a product but when it came time to open the wallet they upped and disappeared. need to test if the market is full of hot air or actually has customers willing to pay.

whats it like with other electrodes like 6013 or 7018 ?

I wouldn't be competing against my employer. We specialize in hydraulic doors for hangar bays and large commercial and agriculture buildings. I have to turn down a lot of customers that want small jobs done because that's not what we are geared for. If I were to start a company, I would be focused ...

picked up some new rods the other day. managed to find some 7018 in a small pack, but could not find 6010 but did find some 6011 in a 5kg pack which was the smallest they had and last packet to. tried them out today for the first time ever. first impressions of the 7018 is this is easy to run. resta...

have a look at a multi process machine.

don't forget stick welding. it may be a little old fashion but its a good way to learn and comes in handy.
you can get the rods in places where you can't get a mig into.

Electricians have told me that breakers are sized to protect the wiring, not equipment. correct. simply to stop the wire from melting and setting the place on fire. The Master Electrician who wired my shop, has told me specifically the opposite. The breaker stops current to your device should it de...

In his early videos it was keep your stick on the ice. He's regressed a little since then. of course "keep your stick on the ice" is the "proper" saying. which ave spins into his own version like all the others. how he manages to remember them all is a feat in itself. still frea...

MinnesotaDave wrote:
Electricians have told me that breakers are sized to protect the wiring, not equipment.

correct. simply to stop the wire from melting and setting the place on fire.

got a ute here with a broken egr pipe which is probably broken on or next to, the weld like they often do. it made me wonder about why they break there. this one has a cast 90 degree fitting on the end, to which a stainless thin wall tube is welded to. the last one broke on the stainless pipe in the...

Poland308 wrote:Saws are like hammers. Each one is a little different, but just right for a certain job.

and you can always use a bigger hammer!

will be interesting to see how that goes. i was looking at the stand version of that one.
what blades do you think are best for it?

Is the only answer to simply stop welding? Your problems might be twofold. The voltage may be dropping which could cause the machine to trip out.. Although on a modern inverter machine I don't really expect that too much as it's de-coupled the input so much from the output that pretty much 'anythin...

I’m Sorry but I disagree, gift cards and certificates while useful are very impersonal. My thought is this. Do a little research find out what he likes and make a decision based on that. If your afraid of getting him the wrong hood don’t be, I have a $500 speedglas helmet and I love it but there is...

whats the differences between difference between 6013RC and 6013RR?
i have 6013RC and having a hard time doing vertical up. down is fairly easy.

yes you can, but that depends on what mig gun you have and if you already have the narrow nozzle.
work out what mig gun you have and search around for nozzles for it.

other options can be to use stick or using self shielded mig wire (especially if you can leave off the nozzle).

never ever give a guy tools for a present. usually its never the right gear and ends up being throw out, which ends up being insulting to both parties. something like a helmet, which has a lot of personal preference, is a really bad choice. the $$$ is much better put aside for his dream helmet which...

i'm another newbie. one simple thing i have been doing is to put the joints into the vice and break them. you can where it didn't fuse very well. you want to clean all the mill scale off and don't forget your ground point. it helps to have a good ground going through shiny metal. it makes things so ...

i'm only a beginner myself so i can't really help much at all. hopefully someone else will pitch in. just check in the manual or inside where the wire goes, if there is a link for swapping polarity. make sure you clean the steel well, grind it off until its shiny steel, especially the earth connecti...

done a bit more testing. i think i'm still a bit low on the WFS. did some runs to see what it takes to melt right through. gives me a good idea on whats to hot and whats to cold. i have run out of that size steel so will have to raid the scrap bin soon. once i get a handle on wire speed and volts i ...

it pays to post what machine you have. so we can see what specs the machine has.
also what wire are you using?
a lot of those cheap ones have fixed wires so you can't get polarity mixed.