welcome, i dont think any of the clamps or fixtures in that video are magnetic i believe they are all held in place by all those holes showing in the table top.

when you say cored wire i hope you are talking about innershield that is strictly gassless and the size being 1.2 all of my experiance is with either 5/64 dia or 0.45. But other than that i did make X-ray quality vee groove welds in every posisition but mostly overhead,vertical and horizontal if the...

When i made my first post it was to the first page as well so i did not see all the other info, But heres an interesting note when I got my miller it had the same trouble,,the motor ran but was not making any juice,,And i was really dissappointed and mentioned it to my dad, who had worked as a maint...

HI i have an old miller motor generator welder very much like that, those type of weders are usally great stick welders because of the motor drive, they have great basement power meaning that you can run 1/8 inch 7018 nice and hot and hold the arc really tight. without having the transformer cut out...

i have been in a similar fix, and i used a carbide spade bit that is made for drilling ceramic or glass . it is a funny looking bit that is just a shaped piece of carbide brazed to a drill shank: go slow and use cutting oil you should be alright. retapping the hole may be a little tricky too just re...

do you work with copper sweat fittings already? they seemed to put a fair amount of emphasis on that. how much lay out are you doing now? there are some cool mathmatical shortcuts that go nicely with it. p.s do you own an everlast machine?.. and if so how do you like it? those videos that jody made ...

personally i really appriciate the plain english and non fancyfull way you have of laying down the important info without making is sound all complicated. you have great techniques and your width of knowlege is really cool. I am mostly all self taught and have learned alot things the hard way. and d...

Ok i know this is really late: but i am new and i have been down that road and i remember wondering the same thing and after practicing studying and taking several classes while working in similar field i challenged the steamfitter tests and passed. And this is what they involve: if you wish to appl...

also if your first strike doesnt go very well and leaves the flux on the end of the rod a little irregular gently break the flux away with your other gloved hand being carefull to just expose the very tip. this should help with your next attempt, good news if you can strike standard 7018 with a regu...

thats great logic, I see your point about about the price . the 250 ex seemed like the safer choice since there are alot of warnings about combination machines having a proclivity to self destruct because of the internal plasma. and the duty cycle on the 250 ex is rated really good 60 % at full outp...

I had a everlast on order for five weeks when it was supposed to be delivered in two i didnt like the feeling of having that money just hanging out there like that and got my money back but not sure what to buy. anybody here have any thing good to say about the longevitys? I like the idea of having ...

HI i have been browsing this forum regularly and really love the good technical info that can be found here it is really a great rescource. I have been a practicing pipe fitter for about ten yrs and a welder for over twenty five. i am prepairing to gear up do food grade thin wall stainless work out ...