Welcome aboard. The one thing that caught my eye looking at the ad was only an 18 month warranty. How long a manufacturer will stand behind their products speaks volumes. At least to me it does. I just shelled out $1100.00 on a tig inverter. The best price/features/warranty combination I could find ...

Hey guy I did a little side job for a guy that drag races Honda cars. 1st was a cracked cast aluminum oil pan 2nd was a cast aluminum valve cover he wanted modified 3rd was a cracked cast aluminum housing that holds the water pump????? last was a cracked header pipe. Long story short I tried turning...

I spent a lot of years pounding 11018 and 8018 in the shipyard. Lots of pressure hull work.
Probably burned tons of each.

IMHO 6013 is trashcan and plow blade wire.

One trick with sheet metal (under 16 ga.) is to use a shielding gas with less CO2 and more argon. somewhere around 90-10 to 94-6. It greatly decreases penetration and heat input which allows you to actually run a bead instead of "blop and stop" as I like to call it. Remember, sheet metal o...

Yeah, them "European" style torches really bite the big one. I'm gonna set up a WP 9 on a 20 ft. hose/cable so I have the torch and a light weight "whip" to deal with only and go foot pedal. Most of what I do is light gauge stuff. Motorcycle related stuff so a stubby WP 9 setup s...

Hey guys and girls. I decided it was time to step up and join the 21's century and retire my old 1970's technology. Had a Miller Dialarc that was giving me nothing but headaches. Also had a Miller HF-20 (1000 amps capability) and a Hobart Stickmate. Well, I offed all of them and made enough to buy a...