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Hi guys, thanks for all the concerns! :thumbsup: I just have not been feeling really well lately. As a lot of members here know I drove piling on the water. I worked from Alaska to Southern California. February of 1994 I was working on Bainbridge Island. Making a pick with the derrick, pad eye...

If you want to know how good your welds are? It is pretty easy to build a bender, to make sure your welds will hold.

Tig welding open root. 6G position. 6-inch sch. 80 pipe. 37 1/2 degree bevel, knife edge. 1/8-inch gap. 1/8-inch filler. 125-AMPS, walking the cup. Miller Dynasty 300. Never had much of an opportunity to Tig weld pipe. Union thing! Do you pipe welders think this Tig root would pass visual...

A guy ask me to help him put an extension on a wheel barrow tub. He is going to build a power wheel barrow. The tub is 17-GA, the extensions are 16-GA. The top rail is thin wall electrical conduit. He has a Everlast Power Mig 140E. Trust me I've never been good at welding this thin of...

Built this 3-point log splitter a few years ago for my brother-n-law. Everything came out of the scrap pile. Except the PTO hydraulic pump, and a few of the hoses. Used a piece of 16-inch pipe for the hydraulic reservoir. He has 20-acres of oak trees, so this log splitter beats using a splitting...

Seems a little slow around here:confused:. So I Thought I'd post some pictures of a gooseneck adapter I built a few years ago. This is the second one I've built. I built a lighter version for a friend a few years before this one. The base is 8-inch I-beams. The gooseneck is 12-inch I-beams. The...

There has been a discussion over on Welding Web about welding pipe with dual shield. I didn't realize this was done. So I did a little reading, and came across a video that Jody made. They used Lincoln 71M dual shield. I didn't know dual shield came in .035". So I ordered a spool. WOW! This...

I've seen quite a few threads on welding cast iron. I posted this question over on Welding Web. And watched a few videos on You Tube. And did a little reading on the subject. Got some 1/8" A2 Aluminum Bronze yesterday. I ordered 1/16", and 3/32". But the Post Office lost those rods.:mad: I did...

Got a new toy for father's day. Had to drive down to Vancouver Washington to the Lincoln distribution center to pick it up this morning. My wife thinks I have a fetish for welders and tools:confused:. I disagree, what do you guys think? :laughing: Vantage(R) 4 Engine Driven Welder (Perkins(R))

I have a 12-feet long PJ dump trailer. The factory powder coating is a joke:rolleyes:. It just flakes off in big sections:shocked:. Now this is on the outside of the box! Inside the box the powder coating lasted about 30-seconds:mad:. Couple years ago my brother-n-law who is a retired body and...

Went to California to help my brother-n-law build a hydraulic post driver. We incorporated the back of the fork lift attachment I built for him. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/welding/347241-fork-attachment-build.html?highlight= The weight is just under 300-pounds. He has 20-acres of shale...

Anyone here know how to make these?

A member over on Welding Web PMed me and ask if I would help him out. He built this frame for a guy here in Seattle, but he missed the measurement by 1-inch. I notched it a 1/2-inch on each end, and Tig welded it together. Took the frame to the Powder Coater. Took the table to the guy in Seattle...

Got all the downed trees taken care of, from the storm that blew through. So I thought I'd see how my brother-n-law's PowerArc 200 ST would do running some .045" NR-212 self shielded flux core wire. This little machine sure runs hot! 104-AMPS for flat welding. 80-AMPS for vertical up hill. I...

Building another fork attachment, this one is for my brother-n-law. I won't be going back to his place until next spring, so I have all the time in the world to finish it.:laughing: It's the same design as mine, just a little bigger. Tomorrow I'll weld up the taper to the tip of the forks. Then...

Arc weld e-mailed me a couple pictures of his new shop. Ask if I would start a thread for him. If Alberta wasn't so far away, I would drag my shop up there, and trade with him! :laughing:

Makes perfect sense that a foreign welder will work better with foreign welding rod. :laughing: This Everlast PowerArc ST is just like my PowerArc 200. It really likes ESAB's Sureweld 10P Plus 6010. SUREWELD 10P PLUS | Welding Consumables | Products & Solutions Don't know why the pipe pictures...

I have a 10 1/2-feet long flat bed. With tools boxes behind the cab, makes it hard to carry longer items. So I took a couple of under bed tool boxes I had, and mounted them on the bed. Bought a 5-feet wide gang box to set right between the under bed tool boxes, and up against the cab. Problem...

I'm so impressed!:cool2: Last spring my brother-n-law bought a PowerArc-200ST from Mark. Last week I was at his place, he said he was having a hard time with the lift arc Tig start. Personally I never liked that method. I prefer high frequency, or scratch start. My brother-n-law is a retired...

Arc weld e-mailed me, and asked if I would post these for him. He is having computer problems. CommuniGate Pro User Interface: Not found CommuniGate Pro User Interface: Not found CommuniGate Pro User Interface: Not found CommuniGate Pro User Interface: Not found CommuniGate Pro User Interface...

Welp, one of the problems with collecting old engine drive welders. The gas tank on my 1954 Lincoln SA-200 Short hood rusted out:(. Even if you could find a replacement, who's to say it's not rusted inside too. So I took a sheet of 16-GA, and made a replacement tank. I tested the welds with soap...

I broke a Lenox blade for my Ellis 1800 saw:(. How would you make this repair?

Starting this thread trying to bait my brother-n-law into joining us here. He just got a new Everlast PowerArc 200ST. He called me this afternoon to tell me he just now got some spare time to try it out. At the time of the phone call he had only run some 6010, but he was very impressed with the...

Remember the mechanical engineering student that I help build the collapsible bike frame? Keith came back this morning to start building the test frame for his collapsible bike frame. He has to prove the bike can take 180-pounds. We used some 1" x 3" square tubing to build the frame. Made a T...

New toy on it's way. Ordered this lathe, and stand. The stand won't be available for pickup until April 16th. Either the Long Shore men's slow down has them stuck on the dock:rolleyes:. Or those Asian kids are getting unionized!:D I've never run a lathe before. Installed several over the years...

A friend of my wife ask me if I would help her son-n-law with a project. He is in his senior year to be a mechanical engineer. This is his senior year project. Make a collapsible bicycle frame out of aluminum pipe. This is all we got done so far. Personally I don't think it will telescope in...

A member over on WeldingWeb sent me a roll of Hobart FabCOR CVN .045" Metal Core wire to play with:cool2:. I've never been around Metal Core before. Very fast wire. All I have for gas is 75% argon & 25% CO2. I under stand if you use 90% argon & 10% CO2 it's even faster. I started out with the...

For any of you members who would like to know how easy, and cheap it is to get set up to Tig weld using your stick welder. Here is a link to a sticky over on WeldingWeb. TozzieWelding does a really good job of explaining how easy it is. For The Can I TIG With My Welder People. All you need is a...

I have never done this before. When doing the testing of Roadhunter's new Everlast 120-volt Mig welder over on Welding Web. I was ask to do some etch testing. This was quite a learning experience for me:laughing:. I first tried naval jelly, then battery acid. The results were less than...

Look what I got!:D Let the playing, testing, learning begin. :cool2:

Came across this ad on Craigs list this morning. Any members in the Puget Sound area that would like to get a Mig welder, this is a really good deal! I don't think it is 3-phase, but something to ask the seller. ESAB still carries parts for these machines. I had a VI-206 for years, very sweet...

I found some interesting reading. Both from Miller.:confused3:

Everyone likes projects, right?:laughing: This is the Pioneer Square Station of the Seattle Metro bus tunnel. This station is just over two city blocks long. I forget how deep we had to go:confused:. It has 36-inch soldier pile beams drilled and placed every 8-feet on all 4-side of the station...

WOW! This thing really has a nice arc for 7018:thumbsup:. I ran some 1/8-inch ESAB Acclaim at 140-amps, 1 on the arc force. I tried different settings on the arc force, for flat welding I liked 1 the best. Not to be picky, but would like to see just a tad bit more wet out, but still very nice...

I was ask to run a bend test over on Welding Web. I thought you guys might be interested in seeing it. After the Northridge earthquake in California Lincoln and Hobart started putting thickness limitations on their wire. Over the years I've had several welding inspectors tell me they have never...

This subject was brought up in another thread. Not wanting to high jack SSdoxie's thread, I started another one. I mentioned in the other thread a lot of people run 6013 on DCEN, or straight polarity when welding sheet metal for less penetration. I also mentioned that when I do open root with...

I was in a discussion about welding warping square tube over on Welding Web, another member posted this video from Lincoln. I never seen it before, thought it was great,:thumbsup: also thought some of the members here may not have seen it too. Hope you enjoy it!;) Prevention and Control of...

Picked up this machine today, Idealarc 300. I didn't realize these old girls had hot start! :cool:

Been having a running battle with a neighbor for 8-years now. Year after we bought this 5-acres next to us she sued us for adverse possession. Cost me $30,000.00 to beat her in court:mad:. She appealed to the state court, and lost there.:laughing: Last week she cut every strands of my...

A member on another site shipped me some AC/DC 7018, asked if I would run a bend test to see the results. Far as I know this rod has never seen the inside of an oven. At the very end of the root pass the rod acted really funny, I could see the flux flaking off 3/4 to 1-inch above the...

Doesn't mean you will get it! WOW! Machine doesn't even have the original air cleaner, bellows idler, generator, battery cover, or doors.:shocked: 1949 Lincoln SA 200 Short Hood | eBay

Wife wanted me to build her an arch out of chain. What a PITA! I should have told her it can't be done:laughing:. No, I should have told her I don't have the right welding machine, and I'll have to buy another one:D. Used some old lashing chain, got it all welded up. Any body want to come over...

Not everybody gets to work this way. :laughing: Your Prius does not impress them. Workers commute via excavators

Went to Montana couple weeks ago with a good friend of mine. His brother-n-law grows Timothy hay on hundreds of acres. He has a 5-feet wide bucket for his John Deere tractor, can't remember the model number of the tractor:confused3:, but the bucket looks way to small for the tractor. We brought...

Member Furu brought his Longevity Stickweld 250 over this morning to work on his scratch start Tig welding. Later he wanted to practice a little vertical up with 7018. This is what he did on a V-butt plate. I'm so proud of this weld!:thumbsup: I think this is his second time working on vertical...

Thought I'd do a little playing around this morning. Dug out my Tig rig, hooked it to the V350-Pro. Left the V350-Pro on SMAW mode. 0.0 on the arc force, and 0 on the hot start. Ran 25-cfh of 100% helium. Had a little trouble getting started until I realized my auto lens was not going to work...

This subject comes up every once in awhile, and I've never seen it done. So I thought I'd give it a try. Took four hundred forevers to get the filler rod from weldingsupply.com!:mad: Back ordered, and all:rolleyes:. Started on some 1/8" x 1" flatbar. Did some corner joints, lap joint, and a...

First off let me start with the disclaimer! I don't recommend this one little bit. But I just wanted to see what I could get away with!:D I took some 1/2-inch plate, cut 45-degree angles on them. Placed them 3/16-inch apart. Took a hand full of 1/8-inch Lincoln Excalibur 7018. This rod has been...

Probably about to make a fool of myself. I Googled it but came up with nothing. My 14-year old grandson came by yesterday to show me a project he did in Jr. high wood shop. He was saying during shop orientation the shop teacher was talking about a safety class he went to where they had laser...

Always heard of this, but never seen it done. :cool: How good is your TIG weld? (weld strength & oxy acetylene torch welding aluminum) - YouTube

Thought I would pass this along. It is a sticky on a welding forum I belong to based in England. Guys who are just getting into Mig welding sometimes have problems setting the machine up, and trouble shooting it later. This has some good information in it.;) Installing MIG Wire and Setting Wire...

On another tractor forum I belong to the discussion of cast iron repair came up. I ask one of the members there who owns a machine shop, and does a lot of cast iron repair if he would post his technique. Later he replied, and wanted me to email him my telephone number so we could talk welding...

This guy is advertising these on my local Craig's list. $95.00 for a kit. $225.00 + shipping for a complete unit. Over the years I've seen similar units for oxygen acetylene cutting. Never used one, but they do look interesting.:licking: pattern trace movie.wmv - YouTube

Don't think I've ever posted in this section before, generally stay in the welding section.:) Anyway I got a 1,700-mile round trip coming up next week to pick up a tractor. I was wondering if I would get any better mileage if I left the doors open on my dump trailer? With diesel pushing $4.30 a...

Someone posted this on the AWS welding forum years ago, I saved it. Maybe it will help some of you guys. I thought it was a very good write up. Viewing Angle When you try to look over top of your torch the MIG nozzle obstructs view. Side view is better. Retina Your eye's retina has small...

Get comfortable! The other day I had to build a support arm, built it out of aluminum. Not as strong as I use to be for some reason:mad:. Used a 1 7/8-inch hole saw to cope the ends of the aluminum pipe. When I started to weld, man did I ever struggle! I made my way through the project, but was...

Picked up some 1/8-inch Lincoln Aluminweld 43 rod the other day. Did some playing around with it this morning. I've had this 1/4-inch aluminum plate for at least 30-years laying in the junk pile. Took a stainless steel wire wheel and cleaned it up, and tacked up some lap joints. I played with...

I had a young lady call me today who needs help pricing some welding equipment. I haven't seen this young lady in about 18-years but she remembered I worked as a weldor, and her aunt is my wife's best friend. This girl had her husband killed the first of the year:(, and now she needs to...

I didn't start this thread in Longevity's section because I didn't buy the machine. One of the members here was kind enough to bring his new Stickweld 250 over this morning to let me give it a test drive. Very nice arc! Once I figured out the lead configuration where to plug into for the 6010...

Very good friend of mine called last week, and asked if I would teach his wife's nephew the proper way to use a torch. Friday will be this 22 year old kid's first day in his apprenticeship. Which he will be starting on a $4.65 billion bridge. My buddy will be one of the many craft...

OK, this is just for fun. How many man hours to build? A guy on one of the welding forums posted this picture, his wife found it on the Internet.

I really had my doubts that this was going to work. Lincoln's L-56 .035 inch wire on 1/2 inch thick material. I cut the bevels on the coupons at 37 1/2 degrees. I ran this at 18-volts, 198 wire speed, 125-amps, with 20 cfh of C/25 gas. I know a lot of charts say you can use .035 wire on 1/2 inch...

All this talk about using propane to cut / burn with. I got to thinking, I haven't burned with propane since the mid 1980s. Worked on a joint venture with another company, they were the prime, so we used most of their equipment. Anyway, 1/2-inch thick flatbar, # 2 propane tip in my Victor torch...

Had my almost 40 year old buzz box dug out of the back of the barn. Oh that thing did not like being woke up:laughing:! I thought it was going to blow up when I turned it on! It sounded so bad I wouldn't touch it without welding gloves on:shocked:. But she moaned and groaned her way through a...

I've been helping a guy make a career change from a Mig weldor, (body & fender) to a structural / pipe weldor. He asked my opinion on these welders, but I've never seen one, does anyone here have any experience with these? Portable / Mobile DC Welding Equipment Designed for Use in Remote...

brcisna thread on "cast iron welding review" got me to thinking, I don't think I've posted this here on this site. This is information I've gathered from books, and personal experience. Just thought it might help someone.;) First off there are six different types of cast iron so you need to...

And look what it dropped off. New Lincoln Invertec V350-Pro with pulse. Magnum SG spool gun, and module. But the cable kit did not arrive yet:(, maybe tomorrow. Now I'll see what all the hub bub is about pulsed aluminum Mig, and spray arc Mig. Well, I got to get to the welding supply and pickup...

This isn't as easy as it seems. Then again I never did much Mig welding. But I got the idea when playing with my new to me machine, and my old LN-25. I like to go through and find the best settings for me with each machine and write them down in a binder, or on the face of the machine. Anyway...

I did the Tig test this morning. Set the machine at 250-amps for these 1/4-inch thick flatbar plates. I wasn't in the pedal fully at all times. Used 1/8-inch ER70S-2 filler rod, 100 % argon, about 18-cfph, 1/8-inch Ceriated tungsten. I couldn't get a full 1/4-inch weld in one pass. I tried...

Well this is shocking, 29-blows to break the plate! And then I had to put it in the vice and beat it back the other direction to completely break it off. .035 Lincoln's L-56 wire. No need in asking the amps and volts, I'm a one man band, and I can't weld and read the gauges at the same time. The...

1/8-inch 7014, took 10-blows from a 4-pound hammer to break the plates, the weld really snapped.

1/8-inch Lincoln Excalibur 7018, this rod has never seen the inside of a rod oven. Been setting on the bench in an open can. Took 18-blows with a 4-pound hammer to break the plates. Then I had to put the plates in the vice and beat the top plate back the other direction!

1/8-inch Hobart's 335A 6011, took 8-blows from a 4-pound hammer.

5/32-inch Lincoln 5P-Plus 6010, had nothing but trouble with this rod, acted almost like arc blow, really had to fight it. Took 10-blows from a 4-pound hammer to break the plate.

I was asked to do this test on another site, boy this isn't good at all. 1/8-inch 6013, 115-amps, 1/4-inch flatbar. Broke with about three hits of a 4-pound hammer. Then I separated the two pieces by hand! :eek: Couldn't quite get a full 1/4-inch fillet, so it must be about 7/32-inch...

I was at the local ACE hardware store yesterday, they had some Forney 6013. I ran a V-groove test plate this morning. 1/8-inch 6013, 115-amps for the root pass, 110-amps for the remaining. I cut the coupons a little differently so you guys wouldn't think I was using other test...

I ran this test at the request of rankrank1. This rod is just a little easier to run than 7014, the slag isn't much of an issue at all, it stays where you put it. You still need to run it with more angle than 7018. Once I made the first weld and looked at the slag, I thought oops! But when I...

Always read about people using 7014, I've never even seen it much less use it. So I picked up some yesterday at the local welding supply, gave it a try this morning. OMG this stuff is child's play! Kind of an all position jet rod, (7024). First two pictures are flat, the 3rd picture is vertical...

Found this on another site. YouTube - how its made:: high pressure cylinders

Any of you guys just starting out with your new welder, here is a quick and easy way to see if you're ready to start building things. Like trailers, trailer hitches, etc, etc. You'll need a few tools along with your new welder. Grinder, band saw, or torch, Harbor Freight Compact Bender, (part #...

Did a little experimenting with my new Everlast PowerArc 200 this morning. Found some 12-GA stainless steel at the scrap yard. I haven't Tig welded any stainless in probably 25-years, at least! Tried to clean it up with a scotch-brite pad, even cleaned what little stainless filler I have. My...

I really never paid any attention to the Everlast brand of welders, until reading some of Mark's post here. I was so impressed with his knowledge of welding I clicked on his user name, and went to the Everlast web site. Did a little reading, then asked Mark a few question in some post here...