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securing stored cylinders?

I have several welding gas cylinders of various sizes. My shop has limited space, and I'd like to store these outside (...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by grant
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by grant

History channel: cnc MIG

--Saw a show on History Channel about building aircraft carriers and they had a nice bit about the history of cnc MIG w...
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posted by steamer
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by steamer

acetylene gauge pulsating

What causes a acetylene regularot to start pulsuting? The manifold is about 5 years old, with about 10 hours of use. Th...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by redbubba32
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by redbubba32

Questions about new TIG machine

Hi all -- Am thinking about upgrading from my current stick welders, and developing my kinda shaky TIG capability -- so...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by wilcbnll2
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by wilcbnll2

Acetylene to Propane Conversion

Went googling for tips for a propane cutting torch. Are the tip size numbers for acetylene similar with the propane tip...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by deserttraveler
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by deserttraveler

Propane vs. Acetylene (Hey, Ernie)

I'm setting up shop again, and there's an endle$$ list of things to be done and got. One of them is ga$ cylinder$. And...
9 comments posted 19yrs
posted by deserttraveler
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by deserttraveler

Thermite type cutting rods

I have a diver/marine constructor friend that was going diving to cut a propeller shaft from a tugboat. He said it was...
13 comments posted 19yrs
posted by amdx
13 comments posted 19yrs posted by amdx

Hobart Welder Broke

I have a Hobart Stickmate LX AC/DC that I fired up this morning after being idle in the shed for several months. Could...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by redbubba32
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by redbubba32

Weird effect; cause?

--I was welding a little tab onto one side of a length of 1" square tubing the other day and suddenly it started to wob...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by steamer
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by steamer

Welding a plate on the end of a pipe

I'm wondering if there are any tricks to arc welding a flat plate on the bottom of a pipe. I've got a bit better at it...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by JohnH
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by JohnH

Torch connectors

Hello all. I need to get an inexpensive TIG torch for a Miller Econo Twin HF that I just picked up. I'm unsure what to...
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posted by zfreak
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by zfreak

Hoses to use with Oxygen

We had a service tech from ESAB at work this week for our plasma CNC. He noticed that we had moved our gas bottles from...
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posted by clannorm
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by clannorm

Chicago AWS/FabTech Chicago show

Are any of you planning on showing up to the AWS/FabTech show, Chicago Nov 11-14th at the McCormick North? I sent in my...
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posted by NT_Geek
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by NT_Geek

Tools, tools, tools

A friend of mine is helping clear out a property for estate sale. This is in New Jersey. The deceased owner was a colle...
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posted by jhusvar
18 comments posted 19yrs posted by jhusvar