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I' am so surprised how well it collapses.:cool2:
Tomorrow after cutting the pins, he wants to play with some welding machines. :D

That's GREAT! Sounds like you're both learning something. ;)

Did he do the design with a 3D CAD package on a computer? I've just started playing with one, and am finding that if I can get it to work (fit and angles) on the computer, it'll work in the metal, too. But only if the parts are made to the drawing ;)

Thanks for sharing your project. And congratulations to you all!
 
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Did he do the design with a 3D CAD package on a computer?
I'll ask him tomorrow when he comes back.
He is hooked on aluminum Tig welding:laughing:. With less than 2-hours under his belt, it's hard to tell my Tig welds from his:shocked:. Kid is a natural at Tig welding aluminum!:cool:
 
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He is hooked on aluminum Tig welding:laughing:. With less than 2-hours under his belt, it's hard to tell my Tig welds from his:shocked:. Kid is a natural at Tig welding aluminum!:cool:

Couldn't have anything to do with his young eyes and steady hands, could it? :D

Not to mention having one-on-one quality time with a great teacher. I'm jealous! :laughing:
 
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Not to mention having one-on-one quality time with a great teacher. I'm jealous! :laughing:
I'm no teacher, by any stretch of the imagination:eek:, But nothing beats one on one instruction! This kid is sharp as a tack.
 
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Tell me this kid isn't a natural! This is with about 2-hours of hood time:shocked::shocked:. His only problem, he forgets to back off the pedal at the end of the weld, (far left side). Color me impressed!:cool2::cool2:
 

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Tell me this kid isn't a natural! This is with about 2-hours of hood time:shocked::shocked:. His only problem, he forgets to back off the pedal at the end of the weld, (far left side). Color me impressed!:cool2::cool2:

Okay. I'm sold. Sign me up, let me know when classes start and where to send my money! :)

Terry
 
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Okay. I'm sold. Sign me up, let me know when classes start and where to send my money! :)

Terry
I had very little to do with it. I really believe the Miller Dynasty 300 makes it so easy to weld aluminum. I surely don't want to take anything away from this kid. First thing this morning we fired up the Mig welder. I had him run some .045" Metal Core, and some .035" Mig wire. He did excellent with both.:cool:
I'll bet if I had this kid for a couple months I could get him to where he could pass the state structural welding test.
 
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I showed him how to do it with a hole saw. He about fell over! :laughing:

Hello,

Newbie to the forum here. I have been reading the posts and there is a ton of great info here. Thank you to everyone.

Shield Arc, do you have a link to how you use a hole saw to cope tubing? I searched the forum and there are a lot of great ideas, from hand grinders to joint jigger and aven HF tools. Did you use a jig of some kind?

Thank you sir,
Steve
 
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Hi Steve! Welcome to the site!
No I don't have any links. I just use the same size hole saw as the pipe / tube it will saddle. I generally only cope into the pipe / tube 1/3 the diameter of the pipe / tube.
 

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