CO2 drink bottle adapters?

Those have a CGA-320 connection?

--Winston

fast google search...

.825-14NGO-RH-EXT Hummmm...whats a NGO thread?

Gunner

Rule #35 "That which does not kill you, has made a huge tactical error"

Geeezee....

Rule #35 "That which does not kill you, has made a huge tactical error"

Get an Argon/CO2 mix and use that. This obsession with using pure CO2 because it's cheap is why almost no amateur welders in the UK can weld worth a damn. It's _really_ not worth the trouble,

Ive got (2) 133 cf tanks full of 75/25. It costs $27 per tank to exchange them when they are empty. I just emptied a third one, which I will have exchanged for pure argon for the TIG. About $40 IRRC. I just got a tank of O2 ($18) for the torch, but am down really low in Acet. (I cant remember how much it was last time...2 yrs ago)

I was sorta hoping to get by migging cheaper than that.

Whats the problem with CO2? Last time I used it..seemed to work mighty fine. Please explain.

Gunner

Rule #35 "That which does not kill you, has made a huge tactical error"

Airproducts requires due to Microsoft web programming - to use IE or you get an error page - saying no cookies. I sent them a message. I looked at their code.

Martin

Worked just fine with Firefox 1.0

Gunner

Rule #35 "That which does not kill you, has made a huge tactical error"

There are some valid uses for CO2 with dip or pulsed transfer on thin sheet. Really this needs to be pulsed, because the typical problem with CO2 and a small machine is that it pushes the weld over into globular transfer (bad) and you get an ugly "pigeon crap" weld. Penetration is still OK, because it's only thin sheet, but the weld will have voids in it and needs grinding to neaten it.

On thicker metal it can (_will_) prevent you hitting spray transfer and thus reduces penetration. Again it's mainly a problem for smaller machines.

As a simple experiment, take any UK amateur "car fixer" welder and look at their welds. They're bloody awful - they almost all are. Then let them loose with real gas and see the improvement in weld quality, just from the gas alone.

Was that the famous spare tire carrier project?

I'm embarrassed to say it, but I get ugly "pigeon crap" welds with Argoshield light as well :-(

Mark Rand RTFM

Works fine with Netscape 7.2

Blush....ah....err...no actually.

Sigh..mumble mumble...grumble....

I was welding 3/8" plate and I beams. Not pretty work, just utility work.

Gunner It's better to be a red person in a blue state than a blue person in a red state. As a red person, if your blue neighbors turn into a mob at least you have a gun to protect yourself. As a blue person, your only hope is to appease the red mob with herbal tea and marinated tofu.

(Phil Garding)

Turn all the dials up to 11, particularly the wire feed. Then practice on a wheelbarrow full of reasonably heavy scrap (1/8" - 1/4" or so).

Once _those_ welds are good and your technique is sorted, then worry about turning the dials down.

Gibson's "Practical Welding" is a good guide to technique.

You really do need to understand the different transfer modes, and what's going on the time.

That is AOL version of I/O and specs.

Here is what I found - and since this complies - there is an obvious bug or 'got you again with my way code'.

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