cherwolf wrote:Umm,

What do you think about this book?

Looks pretty good to me! Get it and report back how you like it.

Got this setup right now, and that original part is hard as HELL to get apart. What's the trick to doing this without breaking everything??

I'm posting updates here to ask for advice and so that I can keep notes for myself as well. Got my first ever pipe root made. Same pipe I mentioned in the last post. I need to make a testing stand. I beveled it out with about a 1/16" gap. I think that's 1.6mm for our metric-minded friends. Wasn...

Update: Went to the scrap yard today. Took my boy out and he had a great time stomping puddles and asking what each and every thing was lol. They had some 7", 8", and some 4" heavy wall, but no 6". It was all $6-$7/ foot!!! Wow, mucho expensive. So I got some 2-5/16" OD 1/4&...

Update: 3/32" 6011 @ 45A AC 3F downhill outside corner on 1/4" hot roll.

I like this rod. I think I have a crush on this rod. Pointers and tips appreciated, I know it ain't perfect, but I really like it so far. That raining fire is the perfect therapy.

Jeremy wrote:in addition to trapping slag (and a lot of it) the whip and pause motion with 7018 cause serious undercut especially if welding in a groove.

I know not to whip, thats not my style. But 110A is really low.

Been following this for a while. Seems interesting. I am excited with all the recent innovation in TIG cups!

I love the anthill castings! I think that idea would work well here, where fire ants will dig in clay, making a very solid casting medium. Flushing out the casting from the hard clay may be a challenge, though. Steve S They put about 40 hours into big ones. They mount em on exotic wood bases and fa...

ex framie wrote:Those sculptures are fantastic.
They are however bloody hard on the ants

They have little burn marks in the castings with the shape of the ants. It's really cool. Pompeii style lol

Here's what I welded today. Sorry for the long post, im a little excited lol I have some family friends that cast aluminum ant hills and turn them into beautiful sculptures. Real quality work. G7 Artworks, they have a Facebook page if you're interested in seeing some of their pieces. Anyways, they h...

... What was your cleaning procedure after that dpt? I was grinding through about 7/16, so I would grind a bit, and DP again to be sure I was following the damage all the way through. Between stages, I just wiped up the excess developer and kept grinding. When it was time to weld, I used first the ...

MinnesotaDave wrote:

Jeremy wrote:when learning to weld 7018 1/8" do not exceed 110 amps DCEP do not whip and pause.

I agree, do not whip out of the puddle - not designed for that.

But the amps I respectfully disagree - 125 amp minimum for me - personal preference

I was thinking the same thing. I like mine about 135.

Otto Nobedder wrote:Or, I could say I was in a "trance, on dental medication."



Steve S

I always wanted to weld high lol

What was your cleaning procedure after that dpt?

I used to work at a refrigerator mfg plant that made fridges for no less than 7 different name brands. All went down the same line made by the same people. Only difference was the quality standards of what the customer/ name brand would allow to go in a box. See, I operate based on the assumption t...

Jeremy wrote:when learning to weld 7018 1/8" do not exceed 110 amps DCEP do not whip and pause.

Huh?
Why not?

I have tried torch heads from River weld. They are alright as long as you stay within stated current limits. Avoid the cheap collets, dont last long. Gas lenses are good. Ceramics, no complaints. All based on my own experience. A full time production welder might think different Never heard of Park...

I remember the review someone gave of Chinese "bulk" TIG parts kits, but was wondering if anyone had experience with the Chinese TIG torch heads. I got to looking and they are like ten bucks for a WP9V torch head on ebay, where actual weldcraft heads are $60+. Yeah, I'd like weldcraft, but...

Hey Nathan, I actually used a lincoln 225/125 machine Saturday. Burned 1/2 of a 1/8" 6010, and 1/2 of a 3/32" 7018. Welded a little part at a friends shop. Both at 95amps. Dc. Welded nice as any machine. Nobody really needs dig, it's just nice to have once in a while. John Awesome! I have...

A little off topic but how do your students practice? At a bench, clean metal etc? I was in a class once doing pipe welding and the young welder in the booth behind kept saying how easy this was... I leaned over and told him yes this is easy, were sitting at a bench with test coupons. Real world is...

pmcint01 wrote:I think I need to invest in a decent saw.

Paul

Uh-huh. You now have the bug.

I start with a 6010 about 60 on the dig and 7018 around 10. Then I adjust from there depending on how much crap I couldn't grind off of the base metal or what I need the weld to look like. If you have never played with your dig setting before run a few beads with whatever rod you have on the low en...

http://welding-tv.com/?s=dig+setting check this video out craig Perfect. Thanks a lot! So, I need to find the sweet spot on my machine, as far as arc length vs amps for a given rod. I like to feel the flux like Jody, but I don't remember sticking the rod. Mine is a standard, low-tech transformer/re...

Check craigslist religiously. I saw an AC/DC Lincoln like mine go for $50 this week! Wish I had got it, but mine only cost me $175. Sometimes I see em around the $200 range, but usually $350. The AC DC idealarcs go cheap a lot too because nobody knows that they are awesome.

What's "dig?" And "arc force?" My Lincoln doesn't have these settings. I know its not a fancy machine, but are the AC/DC 225/125's more suited to a certain rod? It's not often I wander to the stick forum, cause we use mig and tig at work, but now that I'm welding with my machines...

Teflon tape is for pipe fittings. Anything else will cause problems. So, what do ii use for a leaky torch connection? I was going to put it on the gas line where it connects to the reg and where it connects to the power block. Not where the torch connects to the power block though, because that is ...