When you go for your next eye exam ask them to do a color blindness test. I've been dealing with your exact problem for the past 40+ years and it's frustrating to say the least. Most people will ask you questions like what colors do you see, that's like asking what something taste like. Since my las...

Will, Looks like you have a pretty good foundation to work from and now it's just going to take face time behind a helmet. You have to experiment with different positions and different thicknesses. Take advise from everywhere and keep a notebook near your welder. Write down what works and what doesn...

A 330 cf cylinder can be and sometimes are filled to 2400 lbs. @ 70 d/f. and remember that if the temp goes up so does the pressure. I'm not firmiliar with the regulator that comes on your machine,but most have a rupture disc in them and other also have a relief valve that resets itself. If the rupt...

I have to use an old ac/dc buzz box in the plant all the time, so scratch start is still the norm for me. It's still the norm for a lot more people in the field than most people would believe. I've fould that this type of welding is always going to pick base metal on your tungsten. If I'm welding a ...

I can offer help on some things but I have no idea how or what equipment you use to weld an angus cow, but I'm sure if you can weld one, someone here has done it. Just kidding, welcome aboard.

Len

That's New Castle School of Trades for the many folks who are not from western Pennsylvania. Welcome to the forum. You should not have a hard time finding work in the shale wells field if you're willing to get dirty and work hard. This is a great place to get help with any and all kinds of welding, ...

If you're the one trying to make deliveries, I think they're one in the same. I used to deliver to nuclear plants and they were a serious pain to get in and out of. Prison is alot easier to get into, just don't pay your taxes.

Len

It works really well on round parts and doesn't leave arc burns on machined finishes. I've used them for years welding new ends on hydraulic cylinder rams. I even just lay it on my welding table and set what I'm welding on it. Plus it's recycling at it's finest, better than getting $.40 for a pound ...

John,

Lincoln has a rod called WT-6 I believe that's a cobalt rod that used to hardsurface stainless, but I'm not sure if it can be used to join cobalt to stainless.

Len

It's just heavier to carry more amps, that's all.

Len

reidy01, The short answer if you're talking about the axle shaft itself is no. The long answer is if you have a way to heat it to above 1650 degrees F. for an hour or more and then oil quench it, then bring it back to 650 d/F and let it cool slowly to room temp, after you weld it and then still not ...

PaterNovem, I was doing a little maint. work here and just thought about your username. Nine kids. Yikes! Three keeps me busy. Maybe your next project should be something to put between you and the little woman. And if your kids are anything like mine you should think about building stockades also. ...

You can use the other wheel for everday work and save the other for tungsten.

Len

They usually come with one coarse and one medium, so see which one works best for you. Most people take one off and put a wire wheel on the other side. When you grind your tungsten make sure to use different parts of the wheel face or it will leave big grooves in it.

Len

Rafter Aron, Any bench grinder wheel will sharpen tungsten and a cheap box store grinder is only $35. You can use an angle grinder but it will in fact contaminate your tungsten if you have ground anything else with it. If your not making any critical welds, who cares. Now if your like me and you hav...

I recently bought the same welder and had the same problem. As Steve said it was the ground, so I changed it out with a 1/0 cable and 200 amp ground clamp and problem went away. Lifes Good.

Len

Soon you'll be answering questions like "why do you need that red thing when you have that blue thing that takes up the whole garage?". My standard response "but I can make you those shepard's hooks you wanted for in the garden". Her standard response " I wanted four of them...

BTW I see a chipping hammer in the picture with your Tig torch, if you need that when you're Tig welding, you might be doing it wrong.

Len

Arczone has them both and the Weldcraft numbers are 17GL116, 17GL332 etc. Didn't look at their insulator number though, sorry. If your local supplier hasn't heard of weldcraft, you might not actually be in a welding store, look around for canned goods.

Len

Weldcraft also makes a stubby gas lense, but I don't know their numbering system to tell you which ones to look for. You might be better off buying the kit that comes with everything. I order almost all my consumables online. For one they're usually way cheaper and I don't have to deal with the guy ...

I have no scientific proof to this, but I figure that the only real advantage to using a extra large gas lense and then necking down to say a #6 orfice would be that it cools the tungsten down. This would in a sense raise the amperage capacity of a given torch. But at the same time I think it would ...

I've read that the black soot is actually Magnesium oxide and if they are using 5356 and or are welding 6061 they both have higher Mag. content. If that's the case you might need an adjustment in gun angle or even try upping the flow rate on the shield gas, which will add to the cost. Not that a pos...

I've tried to get the helmet to him but I can't find a way to ship it to him since his town is not serviced by the USPS. If anybody knows anything about making international shipments ,I could use the help. I not sure how to go about getting it through customs and things like that. He may even have ...

They probably should say no replaceable batteries. That might be closer to the truth. But if that's the worst lie that we ever get told we will be fine.

Len

qwerty12, I might be the only one awake and working on this side of the world at 2:15 a.m. Good Morning. The batteries are solar so they charge from the ultra violet rays produced while you're welding. As far as how long they last I can't say because I have never had to change mine in the 4 years th...