Kym, Yes plug welding on this part would be drill a hole through the plate and weld through it to the tube. I've found better results by cutting a slot with a grinder about an inch (25mm) long and weld it closed while penetrating the tube in this case. A good reason to buy that milling machine you'v...

Big Band, Welcome to the forum, The ducks don't care if it's straight if your aim is straight. :) I agree that mig is probably best for this and I don't say that often. If you can do it without full penetration, you can use a block of Aluminum as a backer, but if you're not getting full penetration ...

Kym, Check out this post from awhile back and see if there's anything you can garner from it, maybe something useful. I offered a tip about adding gussets up the sides of the tubing to eliminate the need for this type of weld. It will add a little weight but it should be very little, maybe less than...

Blaze, It would be pretty hard to confuse 5/32 parts for anything else but sometimes collets and pilots don't mix, we had a post quite a while ago where somebody ran into this. Seems that some collets are different lengths. That was causing a flow restriction. If you have a ball float type flow mete...

Rocket,
I can't laugh at you for the tungsten, cause I've made plenty, but I will laugh at you for your truck choice.

Len

Jack,
No need for apologies, the apology should come from the person chastising. We have a little carry over from another forum where that's the norm and they sometimes have trouble checking that at the door here.

Let us know how you make out with this new sequence.

Len

Go to CK worldwide's site under the cables and connector tab and they list quite a few different dinse connections there.

Len

This is a picture of what you need from CK's website under the ass. tab, bolt on adapters.
http://www.ckworldwide.com/images/15pca_r1.png

Len

Silvio, Welcome to the forum. It's seems that English is not your first language so there will be a little challenge with the terminology here, but we'll work through it. If I understand your question correctly, when you get to the final weld and you're ready to close the joint it blows out. Am I co...

Just watched the newest MM movie the other night and they were spray painting their teeth with Chrome paint. When and if you watch the movie, my comment may or may not be funnier. sorry for my poor attempt at humor. But back to the criminal panel patchers, that's just bizarre to me. What does weldin...

How the flip did they make the Mad Maxx movies if you're not allowed to cut and weld panels together. I should have known that wasn't real life. Now I'm never coming to visit you guys. Please tell me that you're still allowed to spray paint your teeth with chrome rattle cans.

Len

Milt, Welcome to the forum. I produce nearly a million and a half standard cubic feet of Hydrogen everyday and I use a O/A torch or a plasma cutter for cutting and an old stick welder for Tig and stick welding. I vent off more Hydrogen a day than this thing could make in a month. That should give yo...

Jack, Every time you weld something you're changing the parent metal in some way, whether it be it's grain structure, dilution with filler metal properties, heat input. So then the question is really, is there a way to build this without introducing these things to the part, and if I do introduce th...

Ghenghis, Welcome to the forum. Scrap yards are an good place to start. To buy new, a piece of 12" pipe will cost you in the neighborhood of $400 for a 3 foot piece. An old hot water tank will be a little bigger but would certainly work for what you want to do. Report back with what you come up...

Migster, Welcome to the forum. Please fell free to post some pictures of your projects. It just might be all that another new welder needs to give them enough confidence to try a project that they had reservations about undertaking. There is nobody here that will criticize or put you down, we just o...

Tena, Welcome to the forum. Understand please that nobody here wants to deter you from offering jobs to someone who might be a perfect fit for both of you. We have people here with all levels of experience and probably all levels of income. While your offer might not live up to some folks expectatio...

Mike,
As usual, very nice work. Glad to see you back here.

Len

Jody, These are the kind of videos that make me glad I came across your site. They help those of us out here who know just enough to be dangerous to fill in the gaps. I've learned more in a couple years watching your videos and being a member of this forum than I picked up in more than 40 years on m...

I was welding at the top of the ugliest looking water manifold and had to bend in about four different pretzels to get where I needed to weld, just as I got into position, upside down, I dropped my rod. I turned to try and get it while it teetered on a pipe about a foot below my head. I couldn't rea...

kblenker, Welcome to the forum. You use 309L over 309 if you need to minimize carbide precipitation, it contains less than .03% carbon if I remember correctly. This would also be used if you're welding stainless to a low carbon steel. This helps minimize cracking. The 309LSi has about 5/8-1 % Silico...

RV' You should be able to remove the solenoid valve and take it apart to clean it. Replace the O-rings if they are dry rotted and put it back together using a little Vasoline or the like on the O-rings. They're a relatively simple devise, magnet pulls it open, spring snaps it shut. Dry O-rings are a...

Dac, I would guess that this has something to do with the pulse functions, as in slower pulse frequency, higher and off. That just judging from my very limited use of an inverter welder. But I think that's the options on the Everlast that my son has. Try it with the switch set to the straight line a...

Dac, Welcome to the forum. If you go to a website for one of the better known Chinese welders, like Everlast, AHP, or Longevity you'll find most of them have their manuals online. You can use these to get a basic understanding of each of these functions, even though they're not specific to your mach...

Steve,
The water causes an oxidation layer on the surface and it changes the temper of the metal. It shouldn't take much to get it clean enough to weld again. A better suggestion might be to set up multiple coupons and rotate through them while the others are cooling.

Len

Tailor, Welcome to the forum. If you read poland308's signature line, that's what comes to mind looking at your post. To get the most informed answers here, you have to present the most information to the group. If your piece is going to be used in compression, two spot welds would be best, less dis...