Did you clean the metal meticulously? Also, maybe back off the argon some. I'm a hobbiest so don't take any of that as gospel!

Funny delraydella! 255 lbs for the top, the frame is about 150. I want this beast to be solid and heavy

next i have made some footies for skids, these i migged. Then i made some gussets for insurance, migged also. Then some shelf support pieces. Starting to come together. Need two or three able bodies to help me heft the top into place, meet me tomorrow morning sharp!

luckily the guys at Speedy Metals never fail me. They replaced it with a flat piece no questions asked. I live close to them so its easy to run for something, and morning orders are always ready before noon.

Ha! Thanks Otto!

some more pix. I will post as the project progresses

I am working on a welding table. I am using a simple design with 1/2 inch steel top 30 x 60, frame and legs of 3/16 thick 2 inch square tube. I am going for a 3 inch over hang. I have a mig 135 from northern, but since im working with 3/16 material i thought it best to use the miller diversion tig. ...

What I like is going out to the shop ( my wife calls it the garage) and firing up the miller and making something artsy or functional or just trying something new. I don't like the day job interfering with my shop work and 2: not having a rediculus fab shop with all the trimmings! In due time amigos...

As a seasoned nooby (what is that?) I would like to post an observation: I spent my first year playing with my mig 135 from Northern. I did alot of projects with it and love welding. I then purchased a Miller 165 Diversion TIG welder. OMG im love it and my addiction to welding has only gotten more i...

I'm pretty new to aluminum myself but are you preheating? My arc will dance a lot at first if I don't preheat. Also remember they say you need at least one amp per 1/1000 th thickness, that's 250 amps if my math is correct

I'm a nooby too. I started my hobby welding world with northern mig 135. I have done a lot of projects with it. Now I bought a miller diversion 165 tig. Love it! Looking forward to a miller mig in the future. I love both types of welding

I have a northern mig 135 (my first welder), has always worked fine but lately it has been acting up, now It won't feed wire but it makes the normal loud click when I hit the button, but the rollers don't roll. Wire feeds manually fine. Any ideas?