I will be making the tank out of 3/16 aluminum plate got a great deal on a 4x10 sheet it has some oxidation on it from sitting outside but I'm going to cut all my pieces and clean each piece and ensure all seams will be very clean.

Oh well that's very helpful information these are the things that only experience can give you I truly appreciate it

So my thought was if I went went all it would be 1/8 and as probably 14gauge which is a 2 lbs and some change difference. I do feel that stainless is stronger by nature and they both have their ups and there down. I don't know how much more argon I would need for the purge of each joint. One concern...

So I got my metal prices today and really wasn't a big difference in price as I thought there would be. I'm scared of the aluminum cracking over time but the stainless will cost me more in gas for purging so so I've got some things to weigh and see what happens

That was kinda my way of thinking on it I m trying to get a grasp on all the as options out there I didn't realize there was so many

Would y'all recommend folding the box shape or have each piece cut it will get cut on a plasma cutting table

I like the angle and flat purge block. I'm going to build a tank like the one in the picture and a smaller one to sit on the base of the larger one .I was thinking 14 gauge as with baffles to help some with the weight. I sticked one in the past not knowing anything about the sugaring effect.mostly I...

Thank you I've noticed that most tanks you buy are plain steel which I'm assuming the do to reduce cost but with that you end up with rusty tanks. I know that aluminum doesn't like flex and it being prone to cracking is why I was thinking stainless. I will at a few baffles and a bolt on lid to be ab...

Sorry I lost the post and to be honest started working on the honey do list for a while just know getting back to designing the tank was think of using 14 gauge stainless with two baffles thinking now more like 50 gal tank first question is should I weld the inside and outside im think of making the...

105 freq and 73 cleaning I really appreciate all yalls knowledge and thankful of the friendly pointers.

Wall thickness of pipe is .140 and tube is.125. I'm still pretty green at knowing how many amps I need for tigging. I can't wait til it just comes natural.

This was after I ground it back down to be do it I guess I forgot to get picture of the actual problem

The ladder is at work let me see what I can do on pic it was not on everyone one but pretty close

So we built this ladder for diving and noticed that when finishing a weld on the rungs we go black spot and it would not wet it. We ground out drill out still never fixed anything.we cleaned the parts with flapper and acetone. Machine is dynasty 800 argon was set on 18 #8 cup 1/16 gray tunston 1/16 ...

Thanks for the info I'll give a few things a try back I can get some decent so y'all can help me improve my crappy Tig skills

I would like to video my welding so I can watch and see what I'm doing wrong to improve. Hoping to post them to receive feedback on how to improve but I don't know how it is done. Can someone lead me in the right direction?thanks in advance.

At work a gentleman tried to spool gun a cart 3/16 aluminum and it was no where close to hot enough it was a miller 141. It barely has the power for 3/16 steel maxed out so only get 10% duty cycle

Louie thanks I looked at both them before when I bought my Lincoln Tig and just couldn't do it. Smith I don't have the room for a big transformer rig honestly I don't weld enough at home to justify it I liked the mp 210 until I seen the spool gun hook up and that was just a after thought Lincoln sho...

I have a Tig stick welder already so mig is all I really need I'll do some looking on there site. Thanks for your thoughts

Anything 3/8 and up I'll probably stick with 7018 so I really appreciate everyone's help with this obviously you like htp machine which of there machine have displays does anyone have a opinion on Everlast and longevity machines.

1500 dollars my first thought was a eaab em 215 but I thought it might not be big enough looked at a few Everlast but never seen one in person. I didn't know how some of the new features like indication affects weld never had that option

I'm looking for a new mig machine I've got a Lincoln Tig 200 so I don't need a multi process machine. However I would greatly like a digital display for volts and wire feed so I can reproduce the settings and not just guess. I be looked all the big brands but find I can get a no machine as cheap as ...

It was the first thing I dug out of the pile.

Y'all have been a ton of help I appreciate it all I'm going to pick up more filler and look around for some much better steel to work with. Can I get a picture of a weld to aspire to thanks again.

3/32 filler I felt like I needed more amps for the start but it looks like I'm cooking the weld.doe torch angle affect the heat of the weld.