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Lincoln 185 vs. Thermal Arc 185

Started a TIG class a couple months ago, am building an airplane, and narrowed my search for a TIG welder to the Lincol...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by at7000ft
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by at7000ft

Las Vegas Newsgroup Member would like to meet you

I have seen you post here a lot, and know you are here in Vegas. I am going to get some things cranked up here soon, an...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by deserttraveler
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by deserttraveler

very basic question

I certainly don't claim to have any expertise at any sort of welding, been to a couple of welding schools at the vocati...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by m4acpd
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by m4acpd

Welding Thin Material!!!!!

Does anyone have any clues about welding thin walled square hollow section without burning bloody big holes everywhere.?...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by pshodgson
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by pshodgson

Cheap Cast Iron - too cheap to oxy cut?

Tried to cut a bigger hole in the disk of a 35 lb "cast iron" barbell weight. No matter how much preheat, acetylene or...
10 comments posted 22yrs
posted by notgparkinson
10 comments posted 22yrs posted by notgparkinson

Adding water cooled torch to Dynasty 200dx

Been thinking about setting up my dynasty with a water cooled torch. Anybody got any good advice or recommendations. I...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by bitternut
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by bitternut

Oxy-cutting advice please

What am I doing wrong please!! I need to cut some relatively thin sheet (2mm) mild steel using an oxy-acetylene straigh...
8 comments posted 22yrs
posted by andrew
8 comments posted 22yrs posted by andrew

looking for odd sized lug nuts (for trailer)

A friend of mine has an older equipment trailer that needs a couple lug nuts. They're 7/8" outer, with a 1/2" hole, wha...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by wallster
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by wallster

Galvanized?

What is a good field method to determine if there is a galvanized coating on sheet metal?
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by yooww2002
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by yooww2002

O.K., I'm going to try tigging SS.

I got a pan bent up at the sheet metal shop, and will weld the corner seams. It's 18 ga. 304 with a 2" depth. This will...
7 comments posted 22yrs
posted by keillorp135
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by keillorp135

TIG Welding Cart Design

I am looking for ideas to incorporate into a welding cart for a Miller 180SD/250 tig cart. Any suggestions? One trend I...
7 comments posted 22yrs
posted by too_many_tools
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by too_many_tools

Finger Food For Thought

"It's not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds cou...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by deserttraveler
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by deserttraveler

Arc experiments

I'm teaching myself manual metal arc welding, and being a curious sort of fellow, I find myself hankering to experiment...
9 comments posted 22yrs
posted by alaric+usenet
9 comments posted 22yrs posted by alaric+usenet

Lead welding

Are there any good sites detailing lead welding?
9 comments posted 22yrs
posted by icarey
9 comments posted 22yrs posted by icarey