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Size of rod vs thickness of material

Awl-- Both butt and fillet welds: 16 ga (1/16"), 1/8", 1/4", over 1/4? For 16 ga, I'll use 1/16 rod For 1/8 mat'l, 3/32...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by entropic3.14decay
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by entropic3.14decay

Decent Welding Rod??

Awl-- Whazzup w/ all the lousy rod I been getting? Was grooving along just fine w/ my age-old pile of semi-no-name rod,...
19 comments posted 19yrs
posted by entropic3.14decay
19 comments posted 19yrs posted by entropic3.14decay

Calibration table

I will need to calibrate a Miller Maxstar-300DX; How can I do it? Thanks in advance for your kind collaboration Jesc
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by j.eduardo.conceicao
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by j.eduardo.conceicao

More welding video's

This time on arc welding. Arcwelding1.avi 419 MB posted 9th May Arcwelding2.avi 435.MB posted 10th May (also Migweldind....
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by doorbell
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by doorbell

Which one to get (yet again)

Well, I've currently have a Lincoln Weld-Pak 100, with the gas setup on it. It isn't a bad little welder, but it doesn'...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by torin
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by torin

Making money by welding

Bought a 3x6 ft welded steel work table at an auction for $5. Welded on four 650 lbs casters ($20) in about 10 minutes....
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ignoramus32070
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by ignoramus32070

Copper Silver solder chemical question

I'm assembling some machined copper parts for my rocket project. I'm using silver solder. If I heat the parts hot enoug...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by Paul
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by Paul

techniques for capping steel tube?

Hello all- I'm building some fixtures out of rectangular mild steel and would like to find a better way to cap the open...
17 comments posted 19yrs
posted by redbird
17 comments posted 19yrs posted by redbird

Obsolete Lincoln Idealarc 300/300 tig welder

I'm watching one of these for sale but don't have a Code number. However, after visiting the Lincoln website it looks l...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by vtuck
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by vtuck

Used Welder Advice

I want to buy a used AC/DC stick welder for my shop. I particularly want one that will burn 1/8" 7018 with a decent dut...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ExSurDO2Diver
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by ExSurDO2Diver

Type of welder?

Hi All, I just bought a used Sears Craftsman 113.201371 Welder. I'm curious about the current adjustment, it doesn't ha...
13 comments posted 19yrs
posted by amdx
13 comments posted 19yrs posted by amdx

tips for finishing stainless welds

I'm about to take on my first stainless project, and I'm looking for tips on finishing afterwards. Obviously I need sep...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by vandeweg
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by vandeweg

basic Hypertherm consumables question

I'm new to plasma cutting and have a basic question about consumables. I'm just about to receive a used Powermax 900 an...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by zeb7k
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by zeb7k

Welding cast iron vice

I came across a nice cast iron 6" engineers vice with a broken neck whilst dumpster diving the other day. I've already...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by greggspen
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by greggspen