Thanks for the replies... I had assumed that the solar hoods were of somewhat lower quality just from the prices that I've seen shopping around on the internet, but I guess I have to hear it from the horses mouth... I doubt that I would be happy with a cheaper helmet after using my old Jackson, anyw...

My old AD helmet crapped out on me today... so I am shopping for a new one... What are the pros/cons between the solar helmets vs the battery powered helmets? Is one type generally favored over the other? My old helmet is a Jackson that was gifted to me and is the only AD helmet I've ever used, so I...

I'm wanting to attempt to use my Miller 211 to do some brazing with silicon bronze wire... I'm looking for a baseline machine setting to get me started...

I will be welding 18-20 ga steel sheet using .030 SiBr wire and straight argon... any help with recommended setting would be appreciated...

-Bear

I have a Harris torch outfit complete with regulators and backflash arrestors that I would sell if you are interested. I'm just west of Atlanta, so maybe we could meet up if you want them.

-Bear

Its item #68412... $109.99

Harbor Freight sells sets of the lower wheels... I think it is a 5 or 6 piece set for $125 or something like that... but with their 20% coupon, you can get the entire machine for $240... that is probably gonna be cheaper than building one. The reviews on it are very good...

This machine doesn't have a dinse connector on the ground cable... it is a #6 AWG cable that runs through a hole in the front panel and attaches to a lug inside the side panel. I think I will make up another ground cable out of the largest wire that will go through the hole in the front panel withou...

Yeah... I had the ground clamp attached directly to the workpiece.

-Bear

Yesterday I was welding a piece of 1/2 x 2 inch flat stock to some 2 x 3/16 wall square tubing. I use a Millermatic 211 and had it set for 3/16 material thickness with the autoset feature and .030 ER70S-6 wire... After welding about 16 inches, I went to move my ground clamp to a different place and ...

Thanks, I will compare that to the recommended settings on the machine chart and maybe have a good starting point to work from...

-Bear

Ok, thanks, everyone...

Poland, I'd be interested in hearing what settings you used to do your floors...

The sad thing is, a couple of months ago, I bought the .025 wire and tips in anticipation of doing this job... hut was just too lazy to swap the machine over...

-Bear

I have done some auto body welding before... with a tig welder. My tig welder is hard wired in my basement, though, and there is not enough ceiling height for the car mounted on the rotisserie. Moving the tig into my shop would be a lot of work, but I may end up doing it before I finish this project...

The machine setting are variable instead of having specific settings... right now, I am just tacking the pan in position, so I am not running any beads. I will try buffing the galvanizing off in the weld areas and where the ground clamps and change over to .025 wire and try it again... so turning th...

I am currently attempting to replace the floor pans in a project car... the pans are formed from 18 ga steel sheet with a thin galvanizing on them. I am in the process of tacking them in with a Miller 211, C25 gas and .030 wire, er70s6, I think. I am using the settings recommended on the chart on th...

MosquitoMoto wrote:

682bear wrote:If you are using high frequency, you may fry your phone...

-Bear

Good point, bear. Best I use my daughter's phone. Kinda kills two birds with one stone that way...


Kym

LOL! I can relate to that!

-Bear

If you are using high frequency, you may fry your phone...

-Bear

My Dialarc 250 has a timer that controls postflow.... Also, when the machine is turned on, argon flows for 10 seconds or so to purge the lines. The previous owner told me that the timer malfunctioned and would let the gas flow continuously. He had installed a new timer and fixed the issue. He gave m...

When you finally manage to idiot proof everything, someone will build a better idiot...

-Bear

I have been using a Lincoln Weld-Pak 100 with the gas bottle conversion for several years just for light fabrication and repairs around the house... Last week I decided to pony up for a bigger machine... I purchased a Miller 211 auto-set with the free spoolgun promotion. I brought it home and set it...

My dad always told me 'Anything worth doing is worth doing RIGHT...'

And 'Always think before you speak'...

Words to live by...

-Bear

Thanks, Len... I guess that would be adequate as long as the replacement coolant is also an ethylene glycol based coolant... I know from experience that going from an ethylene glycol to a propylene glycol coolant requires a flush to remove all traces of the ethylene glycol... (which is why I flushed...

I am running a Miller Radiator-1 cooler with a 20 series torch. The guy that I bought the welder has been using automotive antifreeze since the machine was new back in the '80s... and I doubt it has ever been flushed or the coolant changed... I would like to completely flush the system and refill us...

I would like to start a seperate thread on GMAW gasses and their use and this topic woul get buried in this thread. I will say that I disagree with some of weldreality.com view point. In talking to industry professionals that are industrial gas specialists they also disagree with some of what's sai...

I'm currently wearing a pair of low top Sketchers composite toe shoes... they are very comfortable to me, and I have been wearing them for at least 3 years, possibly 4... By now, they are looking a little rough, but still not so bad that I'm ashamed of them. I work in a commercial airline engine ove...

Ti has bright white sparks, and would have had a hissy fit if you tried to weld it with 4043. I'm not trying to be argumentative... and no offense intended... I know very little about welding titanium, with 4043 or anything else, so you are probably correct about that, but I have done a LOT of hand...