How would you fixture this?

   / How would you fixture this? #11  
Lol... yup... says the guy who has forgotten more welding knowledge than I will ever be exposed to!
 
   / How would you fixture this? #12  
Do these have to be water or air tight?
 
   / How would you fixture this?
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#13  
Do these have to be water or air tight?

Nope, but they end up that way with TIG. They also don't need to be all that square, but they end up that way unless I over cook them and it pulls the long part into a curve around the stub. :D That's still not enough of a defect to make a reject either.
 
   / How would you fixture this? #14  
They also don't need to be all that square, but they end up that way unless I over cook them and it pulls the long part into a curve around the stub.
Jim do you know how to heat shrink?
 

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#15  
Yep, the only reason I keep my O/A rig is the rosebud (and cutting torch for when my plasma won't do it). :D

But these aren't an issue. It's a tool that the very end of is all that matters and the customers couldn't care less if the shaft is tweaked a little. Compared to the hack quality competing products, I'm still making top shelf in the market.

The diameter of my pipe is slightly larger than the diameter of my 1.25" end mill I use to fish-mouth with. So there's a slight mis-match at the crotch of the joints. TIGing those seems to pull the tube, so maybe if I'm MIGing them it'll be less heat soak and shrinkage along with less pull?
 

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