Hello again... I have a WIA 335 2RD mig that I would like to get a spool gun for instead of changing over from steel wire to ally and so on. While I'm not sure that the WIA product made it overseas at all if any Aussies on the board has any ideas I'd appreciate it. I have done the usual looking abou...

Thanks for the further responses.
I have not been able to get back to the aluminium stuff just yet as some delicate SS stuff needed to be done.

I must say that I love SS as much as I hate ally. Or perhaps SS just loves me.

Tony

Excellent tips thanks.
I'll try straightening up the angle and shortening up the stick out.
i am guilty of laying the torch over a fair way to see whats going on under the cup.

Cheers

Tony

G'day all... Have been trying to corner joint weld some thin (1mm) aluminium panels together to repair cracks on the folds. I have found surprisingly enough that it takes about 100amps to get it going and around 80 to keep it going (foot pedaling). Plus a fairly sharp 3.2mm electrode works better th...

weldin mike 27 wrote:We use AC down here for everything . Stands for AussieCurrent. . lol

hahaha hell yeah...

Found some telescoping RHS in a one steel catalogue. stated as being 35x35 to suit the 40x40 2.5 wall stuff with zero tolerance.

Sounds like a perfect thing.

weldin mike 27 wrote:Awesome, go aussies, I believe that member AnvilJack is from Adelaide.

Where are you from Mick?
I'll keep an eye out for AnvilJack too...

Hey, Sorry, RHS is our term in Australia . Stands for rolled hollow section. That chart will give you exacting sizes, providing you follow the wall thickness as well, with a minimum of fuss. Mick Ha. Love it... I'm an Aussie too. Adelaide Hills. I still hadnt heard of telescoping rhs though. RHS ye...

Telescoping RHS... Never heard of that I must say.
Will save me making up the sleeves or brackets.

Cheers Mick

Do you intend to wekd this joint? Mick Ideally not. I could tack it if required but I would like to have the ability of being able to disassemble the whole kit to shift it. The plates will come off and the uprights will be bolted into brackets. (In the worst case I could live with it if I had to th...

Hi there... I'm not sure where this should go exactly, so I'll drop it here. I'm looking to build a 3m long bench with plate tops kinda like a SH Tools table though without any of the quality, finish, CNC work etc... :roll: (wish I could afford a couple of theirs) The top rails I have are 40mm squar...

It's not frequency, there's no freq adjustment on transformer machines AFAIK. It's voltage for the HF arc. More voltage means more RFI which means more chance of weirding out the computer in the office ;) S/F....Ken M Thanks for that. I havent really experimented with it, but I've never had any com...

Thanks Steve... I wont bother trying to find a spot switch kit then for it. I can "pulse" with the foot pedal enough for my applications. The HF question was about the rotary know in the low section of the welder. (Where the cables are hooked up) Its something that is described as HF energ...

Hi all... I have a Miller Syncrowave 250 acdc at home. Its a great unit and I've been able to do a lot of 316 jbs around the house with it already and the results are beeeooootiful (at least to my eyes). After watching one of Jodys vids I was wondering about my HF settings. I would like to do some a...

A good way to tell if your a using 5356 or other 5000 or 6000 series rods and not 4043 or other 4000 series rods is a drop test. Just drop the rod if it sounds like a stainless rod you are using a 5000 or6000 series rod. If it has a dull sound than you have a 4000 series. You can also tell when wel...

What kind of machine are you using? I weld a lot of anodized. I use balanced welding on AC, pulsed at high amperage. It will float the anodized to the surface of the weld. I use 5356 rod and straight argon. Lovely looking welds... I have a Miller Syncro 250 AC/DC. I set the balance up towards 9 whi...

Perhaps a forum on gear and consumables pricing to build a database over time of what a good price for different things are like tig filler, vendors offering consistently better prices. Bulk buy opportunties so that members can collaborate to bulk purchase things perdiodically. ie do a six month bul...

Re the ally... I do the same thing with the ally I think is anodised. Its only about 3mm so I maintain the heat with about 80 amps, then pulse via the pedal to 150 for about half a second to sort of push the puddle along. Keeping constant 150 causes the base material to just melt away to soup. Perha...

Was thinking about metal preparation after spending a lot of time removing paint from the ends of tubing before welding. Is there any issues with using sand or garnet blasting before tig welding? This is on plain mild steel, not stainless etc. Would the sand blaster leave any grit in the metal or wo...