A couple of pics of a stainless trolley to suit D and E size bottles here in Australia. This is for compressed air to use at the racetrack for quick tyre inflation adjustments for an open wheel racing team. Also for the same customer a set of folding stainless stands to work on the racecars and an A...

kiwi2wheels wrote:I'll admit to sometimes peeling off the top layer of screen.......

It seems to work on Weldcraft lens, the no name brands, so,so

I do the same, you can usually get by with removing 1 screen layer.
Regards Andrew from Oz.

Re: Gas Flow I use one of these. Surprisingly, I get a slightly different reading than from the dial-gauge type regulator. I think I believe the ball type flow gauge better. The most important thing is that this will tell you what you are really getting at the business end. GasFlowMeter.png I use e...

Another thing is that the machine welding shown in your video is actually plasma welding and I suspect the hand held welding is plasma welding as well. I just couldn't get a close enough look at the head of the hand held torch. Regards Andrew from Oz. Which machine do you mean? The one welds the in...

Another thing is that the machine welding shown in your video is actually plasma welding and I suspect the hand held welding is plasma welding as well. I just couldn't get a close enough look at the head of the hand held torch.
Regards Andrew from Oz.

Again something a bit different for me.
This one is an Aluminium copy of a mid 70's Lamborghini Espada radiator.
I can't say work is ever boring
Regards Andrew from Oz.

My daughter asks me if I can make some fairy wings for some upcoming charity events? Well, what's a welding Dad to do? He makes them out of Titanium wire of course! :mrgreen: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/awill4x4/Family%20stuff/Karen/titink4_zps72e26abc.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/album...

Zank, am I correct in assuming the tubing is 4130 Cr/Mo?
If so, What do you use to linish the tubing with as all the 4130 we use has a slight coating over it?
Regards Andrew from Oz.

This is a common occurrence for me and I've found I usually just snug up the collet body firmly and screw down the ceramic till it seals but not too tightly and just push the ceramic till it centralises with the Tungsten.
Regards Andrew from Oz.

Like TamJeff I use the same system of folded edge baffles and for me end plates on the Mustang tanks we build. I also try to leave the top off till last and get all the mounts in place as it's easier to clamp them in position with lots of clamps rather than chase the Aluminium shell as it wants to m...

Not my work but my friends where I work after hours. He is putting this. https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/p480x480/547814_221585428015034_1213867363_n.jpg Into this. https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/p480x480/549765_121211121385799_842840852_n.jpg Chev LSX/...

Pete, Mike is right, amperage is everything on thinner materials.
Another trick if you have the room behind where you are welding is clamp some heavy material underneath where you are welding and this acts as a heat sink drawing heat away from the bottom surface.
Regards Andrew from Oz.

Another method I've used is to use a bolt to support the hole as the welding is being done. I use enough amperage to start welding on the cast but not enough to melt the steel or stainless steel bolt. One trick here is to linish the threads flat slightly so they don't come to a point and this makes ...

Otto Nobedder wrote:That is a sweet setup.
I envy the features. I can't convince the boss of the value of buying advanced features.
Post up some pictures of the new welds!
Steve S

Only when they are worthy of actually taking photos of.

Well, it's finally up and running. It took a bit longer to build the cart than I'd hoped but I could only work on it over the weekends so I'm pretty happy with how it's turned out. I also had a couple of dramas with incorrect gas and water fittings but luckily a LWS was open not too far away on a Sa...

Well I've been wanting to get one for a long time and a friend got a price for me I could live with so I'm now the owner of a Miller Dynasty 350. I couldn't stretch the money for the full Tig Runner kit so I'll rob the water cooler of my OTC Tig and build a weld cart myself. I've used a friends one ...

zank wrote:I did the welds.

What material are you using for your frames Zank?
Regards Andrew from Oz.

It's been a bit of a long project but the pics below show an interesting water to air intercooling setup on a 588 cube twin turbo engine for a ski racing boat. The intercooler uses 16 cylindrical Laminova intercooler cores. I fabricated the intercooler and Darren at Trikfab where I work after hours ...

For my part time job after hours I fabricated and welded this Mustang fuel tank. We've done a few of these now and this one is destined for an Eleanor copy which is why there is no filler tube welded to the top of the tank. (As it's mounted on the side and we don't know exactly where it will be yet)...

Again, something a bit different from me. We do some fabrication work for a specialist gearbox and component company that builds high performance and racing gearboxes. The pics below are part of the shifter arrangement we have to fabricate for our customer and these locate the shifter as it comes th...

Stagger, just use LW1 ER70 S-6 standard Mig welding wire and whatever gas you normally use for Mig welding steel and you will be fine. We do lots of Tig welding on 4130 and we only use ER70 range wires, we've never gone up to the ER80 range as the ER70 wires give a bit more ductility for our applica...

Any TIG Welder work in Oz mate :D ? Like most countries worldwide there's been a slowing down in employment. We here certainly haven't been hit as hard as the USA and Europe but over the last 18 months or so there's been a noticeable decrease in the jobs advertised. I work in a 2 person shop and we...

Great work pictures buddy and a interesting thread Spokesy :) Great to find another Kemppi fan :D Have you awill4wd liked MINILOG-function? MarKus, I use MiniLog as my default setting and use it all the time. It was worth buying the MLS 2300 just to get the MiniLog function. :D I refuse to pay Kemp...

Awill42d. When you deposited weld metal for the large 'cracks', did you butter (build of the sides of the joint) before welding the center of the joint? Tanks for your patience. Alexa No Alexa, I filled the large cracks with 6mm diameter rods bent to shape and tacked either side of the rod on the o...

Awill4wd. Concerning the Bugatti gearbox, I am assuming it was cracked in all the areas that you welded. Why did you choose a large gap to weld? Was sequence of which gaps to weld first, a factor? Was the direction of welding for each gap a consideration? I enjoyed your contribution. Tanks. Alexa A...