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by J_68
Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:51 pm
Forum: Welding Forum General Shop Talk
Topic: welding aluminum
Replies: 9
Views: 1866

Re: welding aluminum

im with ya on the torq i could care less if it only does 120 but i wana be there yesterday iv always loved torq id like to hear your input on the cams and upgrades that i mentioned in the last post visually its not undercut allot but enough that i lost like 30 on the flow bench im just thinking to m...
by J_68
Tue Nov 02, 2010 8:26 pm
Forum: Welding Forum General Shop Talk
Topic: welding aluminum
Replies: 9
Views: 1866

Re: welding aluminum

so howd i do on the explanation part of the deal to a "professional" :) well since you had to mention your an MMI man, maybe you could help me out a little oh, i could have the heads hot tanked for ya before i ship them if you want. iv got an 01 sportster (1200) and im so so close to order...
by J_68
Tue Nov 02, 2010 8:41 am
Forum: Welding Forum General Shop Talk
Topic: welding aluminum
Replies: 9
Views: 1866

Re: welding aluminum

ill work on that for ya, do you know anything about car heads or motorcycle heads ? there is a steel ring (valve seat) that is where the valve rests when its in the closed position. when you port a set of heads you remove material just below, right up to the valve seat for smooth,fast flow but if yo...
by J_68
Mon Nov 01, 2010 6:18 pm
Forum: Welding Forum General Shop Talk
Topic: welding aluminum
Replies: 9
Views: 1866

Re: welding aluminum

i might not be close (mn)
but the guys in the brown trucks could be
by J_68
Sun Oct 31, 2010 4:14 pm
Forum: Welding Forum General Shop Talk
Topic: welding aluminum
Replies: 9
Views: 1866

welding aluminum

hello, i purchsed a set of harley heads from a guy that said they were ported and all this good stuff and after i had recieved them i looked them over real good and whoever did the job undercut the head where the valve seat is, to anyone that knows anything about motors knows this creates big proble...
by J_68
Mon Oct 25, 2010 3:56 pm
Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
Topic: nooooooooooooobie
Replies: 9
Views: 1835

Re: nooooooooooooobie

i agree with you kermdawg overkill it is, im thinking that they used 6ga because it was left over from when the builder installed the hot tub thats the only other thing in the house that has 6ga wire. i agree, every type of welding has its place, theres a reason why there is just more than 1 type of...
by J_68
Sun Oct 24, 2010 3:20 pm
Forum: Mig and Flux Core - gas metal arc welding & flux cored arc welding
Topic: flow meter
Replies: 6
Views: 1572

Re: flow meter

is a flowmeter any better than a regulator or vise versa
since i am looking to replace this one
thanks
will be for c25 or straight argon
by J_68
Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:39 am
Forum: Mig and Flux Core - gas metal arc welding & flux cored arc welding
Topic: flow meter
Replies: 6
Views: 1572

Re: flow meter

there are no leaks anywhere other than from on top of the flow meter tube inside the black rubber thing where the brass pc and the screen is
by J_68
Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:33 am
Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
Topic: nooooooooooooobie
Replies: 9
Views: 1835

Re: nooooooooooooobie

thanks for the comments guys, 6 amp for the dryer is allot i thought too, but the dryer is also about 115 ft from the panel (thats how long the wire was). i thought the pre/post flow module for that welder would only control the mig part of the machine. not the tig. i guess i never checked into it f...
by J_68
Sat Oct 23, 2010 9:44 pm
Forum: Mig and Flux Core - gas metal arc welding & flux cored arc welding
Topic: flow meter
Replies: 6
Views: 1572

flow meter

nomatter what i do i cant get the flow meter to go above about 22
iv never had a flow meter before only regulators.
i do hear a slight hissing/flow of air from the top of the flow meter any time the tank valve is open, is that normal
any help would be great, thanks
by J_68
Sat Oct 23, 2010 7:00 pm
Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
Topic: nooooooooooooobie
Replies: 9
Views: 1835

nooooooooooooobie

i know, i know, you have read a million of these but im just soo excited gotta share. today our clothes dryer took a crap and we had to buy a new one, so i explained to the wife how a gas dryer would be a better route than an electric one. so on the way home from getting the dryer i stopped by a pic...
by J_68
Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:29 pm
Forum: Mig and Flux Core - gas metal arc welding & flux cored arc welding
Topic: lincoln 100 trouble
Replies: 20
Views: 6184

Re: lincoln 100 trouble

im glad it works but dummy me didnt do one at a time to figure out what was really wrong and just fixed it all at once.
now ill never know.

now for the next task.

1. i am looking to weld some alum. what type of gas do i use ?
2. can you weld alum with a flux welder ? and how ?
by J_68
Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:45 pm
Forum: Mig and Flux Core - gas metal arc welding & flux cored arc welding
Topic: lincoln 100 trouble
Replies: 20
Views: 6184

Re: lincoln 100 trouble

well, i got it working. all it took was me to bring it in the house to the 3rd story and open the window and said if you decide not to work ill throw you out. tada it works. jw i put a new liner in,new tip,took the ground clamp/wire all arpart and wire wheeled it all shiney and put on a new nut and ...
by J_68
Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:03 pm
Forum: Mig and Flux Core - gas metal arc welding & flux cored arc welding
Topic: lincoln 100 trouble
Replies: 20
Views: 6184

Re: lincoln 100 trouble

thanks for all the help guys
by J_68
Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:33 am
Forum: Mig and Flux Core - gas metal arc welding & flux cored arc welding
Topic: lincoln 100 trouble
Replies: 20
Views: 6184

Re: lincoln 100 trouble

still no change in the machine. how would i check how many amps the machine is putting out on each setting ? the only reason i ask is because a car battery can have 12 volts but no amps so it will not start a vehicle but work great to run your ice fishing lights for a while and i assume that the wel...
by J_68
Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:32 pm
Forum: Mig and Flux Core - gas metal arc welding & flux cored arc welding
Topic: lincoln 100 trouble
Replies: 20
Views: 6184

Re: lincoln 100 trouble

this might sound dumb but what does poor contact with the tip of the gun and the wire have to do with anything ?? i understand/know about the dirty part and that they do get worn out. the volt readings that i supplied in previous post are taken both from the wheel area and from the gun end there was...
by J_68
Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:39 am
Forum: Mig and Flux Core - gas metal arc welding & flux cored arc welding
Topic: lincoln 100 trouble
Replies: 20
Views: 6184

Re: lincoln 100 trouble

i was thinking the same. except i wonder if it might be easier/smarter to just install the solid wire nozzle and solid wire along with the gas solenoid to my flux machine that way if it does work then i just use it and screw the other one, lol for the time being anyway. i was going to check the grou...
by J_68
Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:50 pm
Forum: Mig and Flux Core - gas metal arc welding & flux cored arc welding
Topic: lincoln 100 trouble
Replies: 20
Views: 6184

Re: lincoln 100 trouble

ill work on getting a picture for you. with my flux core on the lowest setting i can easily blow a hole in thick wall exhaust tube (which should be really close to 18 ga) with the gas version still no change from the last test other than it did stick to the metal a little bit more but still just kin...
by J_68
Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:24 pm
Forum: Mig and Flux Core - gas metal arc welding & flux cored arc welding
Topic: lincoln 100 trouble
Replies: 20
Views: 6184

Re: lincoln 100 trouble

i understand about being thick metal and penetration. but im not getting any. i could scrape the welds off the metal with a putty knife setting a 19.6 volts b 22.4 c 25.8 d 29.5 the readings i got were not all that much different than my flux core welder so i cant imagine that is the problem. the me...
by J_68
Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:50 pm
Forum: Mig and Flux Core - gas metal arc welding & flux cored arc welding
Topic: lincoln 100 trouble
Replies: 20
Views: 6184

Re: lincoln 100 trouble

ground connected directly to the piece at the furthest distance away 6" from wire only c02 straight to wall its clean steel, id say 1/8 material but material shouldnt matter with my problems if the metal was too thick it would still penetrate the metal just not all the way drive and wheel is fi...
by J_68
Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:03 pm
Forum: Mig and Flux Core - gas metal arc welding & flux cored arc welding
Topic: lincoln 100 trouble
Replies: 20
Views: 6184

lincoln 100 trouble

hey guys, iv been searching and reading the sight for about a month on and off just reading what people had to say and was content with that. but today i purchased a lincoln weld pak 100 from a guy (it has the gas conversion done) and when i tried to weld the wire would feed and there would be a rea...