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weld hole in 3mm sheet without distorting

Hi everyone I need to repair a flat sheet fabrication in 3mm steel without distortion. It's had two slots 6mm wide x 70...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by r0d1s3
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by r0d1s3

SA 200

I rebuilt my Lincoln SA 200 a while back. Ran good, but the auto idle/high idle didn't. I just hooked up a spring on th...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by oldfart
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by oldfart

Copper plating of weld fixture clamps

I was wondering about getting some clamping pieces on a welding fixture copper plated to help prevent spatter sticking....
14 comments posted 17yrs
posted by djb
14 comments posted 17yrs posted by djb

230 volt plugs

I moved my Westinghouse "mig" machine to a new location with a nice new electric box set up with a four prong plug 230...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by storkensteinremove
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by storkensteinremove

Met up Randy Z Christmas just gone

Hi Everyone The Christmas just past (2008/2009), Randy Zimmerman and I met up. Was going over to see family nearby for...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by r0d1s3
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by r0d1s3

How to determine ownership of gas cyclinders?

I'm searching (Craigslist, etc.) for some used cylinders to get setup for oxy/acetylene welding/cutting. I know that I...
13 comments posted 17yrs
posted by kellyjones1
13 comments posted 17yrs posted by kellyjones1

angle cutting small pipe

My neighbor came to me, and wants me to build some greenhouse supports. Basically house shaped, out of galvanized chain...
13 comments posted 17yrs
posted by oldfart
13 comments posted 17yrs posted by oldfart

Rod choice

I get lots of free granite pieces. I want to make a "water feature" where I am going to put flat slabs about a foot apa...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by oldfart
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by oldfart

"Point welding"?

Hi All, How do you call the technique that attaches those extremely thin (0.01") tabs to the steel casing of rechargeab...
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by brunobl
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by brunobl

Cutting old propane/butane tanks

Hi guys & girls, I seem to remember reading on here about people who've cut the above up for use as smokers ect. I have...
11 comments posted 17yrs
posted by steve.bonnett
11 comments posted 17yrs posted by steve.bonnett

I hate it when that happens1

Yesterday, I was going to us my compressor in my container to make a tire rack. I plugged it in to the Lincoln SA200, a...
13 comments posted 17yrs
posted by oldfart
13 comments posted 17yrs posted by oldfart

OA welding thick square rods

Hi, I am in the process of building railing in front of the windows of my home shop. It will basically be a grill made...
24 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ta
24 comments posted 17yrs posted by ta

The HAZ from plasma cutting

The edge on that 1/2" stock that I just cut is so ugly that I'm going to clean it up with a band saw cut. How far back s...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by bobengelhardt
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Uh oh, what did I do? (Plasma cutter)

I've had a plasma cutter for a couple of years, but I've always used it for thin-ish stock & briefly. That is, duty cyc...
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by bobengelhardt
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by bobengelhardt