Any advice on getting a circular metal cutting saw? I need to do some cuts on some 3/8" flats (hinge notches, a 1/8" deep groove 6' long, etc). I just got a...
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chico.thomas
Jan 1, 2008 10:19 pm
i've been welding both stick & mig for at least 25 yrs. I'm doing ornamental iron work ,railing, bridges. gates large & small. I do vancouver wa. farmers...
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daveswelding
Jan 2, 2008 1:08 am
-In cold weather sometimes the rubber hoses will crack and leak and the valve may not open all the way causing a shortage of gas coverage in some older...
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Casey Roach
crweldinggod
Jan 2, 2008 1:51 am
... retired, ... been my ... have ... thermal ... sometimes ... arc ... I ... to ... call it ... it's ... thing? ... anything ... a ... do ... used that one...
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mark gilson
grizzlygilson
Jan 2, 2008 2:07 am
i am planning on spending the winter working on my human powered vehicle i will be welding 4130 steel with a 135 amp mig unit but i have no experience in this...
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Henning Wright
mfem.geo
Jan 2, 2008 11:37 am
... Hello Mark, IŽn not sure what kind of help you need, but one thing that comes to mind is to get a few scrap bikes, cut up the frames and do practise...
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welding_group@yahoogr...
Jan 3, 2008 7:50 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the welding_group group. File :...
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roy_ortiz
Jan 4, 2008 1:09 pm
I have a Lincoln SP125 that I want to spot weld with. I can no longer get the optional Spot timer kit and wanted to build one of my own. Can anyone help me....
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Ken
av8or_cfi
Jan 4, 2008 4:08 pm
How much spot welding are you going to be doing. All you need is a timer. You can even count out the seconds for each weld. Probably not as accurate as the...
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dan.pinvidic
Jan 4, 2008 5:45 pm
Hi Roy, Depending on your ability to modify your welder, there is a fairly easy solution. You can purchase a time-delay relay. Check out...
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Allyn Thompson
bruno278250
Jan 4, 2008 8:16 pm
There must be a way to build an adapter for a stick welder (thinking of my old Lincoln 200) to convert to a spot welder. Nothing fancy just spot a weld. Have...
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Rich
oakhollowrich
Jan 4, 2008 9:24 pm
I think the original post was looking for a spot timer not a spot welder. Lincoln offers this timer for about $125 but maybe not on his model of mig welder....
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Ken
av8or_cfi
Jan 4, 2008 10:14 pm
You are talking about resistance spot welding. The original poster was talking about spot timer on his mig welder....
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uhmgawa
Jan 4, 2008 10:20 pm
... Not wrong but in a practical sense the current output from a buzzbox is too low. A vanilla 240VAC 2.5KW spotwelder has a primary/secondary turns ratio in...
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Allyn Thompson
bruno278250
Jan 4, 2008 11:55 pm
Isn't this the welding group? My question remains the same. If I must reenter it under a different heading let me know. I thought I had a bunch of guys on...
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Allyn Thompson
bruno278250
Jan 4, 2008 11:57 pm
Thank you very much. I knew one of you guys was able to tell me and I appreciate it. AL T _____ From: welding_group@yahoogroups.com...
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Gary
scooterbum46
Jan 5, 2008 2:29 pm
... bunch of ... thought ... welding ... broken down ... Cheeeessee! ... Hey AL - what's with the attitude?? You say you don't have much of a clue about...
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Bill Rubenstein
stubbygroup
Jan 5, 2008 2:47 pm
Al: I suggest that you start over, new thread. Tell us what it is you'd like to accomplish -- what it is you'd like to stick together. Then you can tell us...
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Bill Rubenstein
stubbygroup
Jan 5, 2008 3:06 pm
There was a thread a while ago where this subject came up, I said that I was on a 5 year lease, and was quizzed about why I hadn't bought the cylinder instead....
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C. J. Frederick
cjcwi57
Jan 5, 2008 5:01 pm
Good info. I guess it depends a lot on how much gas you use during a specific time frame. For my TIG welding, I purchased two small 40 CF) cylinder. I...
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Rafael Vidal
cuttlekid
Jan 5, 2008 5:16 pm
Bill, I'm in that area, specifically MO. I own and lease cylinders. I've contracted with AirGas for many years and have a slightly different deal. I don't know...
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Bill Rubenstein
stubbygroup
Jan 5, 2008 5:29 pm
I'd say that you are getting a lot better deal than most of us. Also, you are using a lot more gas than most of us. The branch of CK I deal with is in...
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Bill Rubenstein
stubbygroup
Jan 5, 2008 5:32 pm
One other thing -- I've just verified that both my tanks are 125s. Bill...
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Allyn Thompson
bruno278250
Jan 5, 2008 10:42 pm
Hi Gary, Maybe you are right that I sounded like a tyrant. I apologize for the "tough guy" attitude but I really think I could have been told in a better ...
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practicalman45
Jan 6, 2008 12:17 am
Just thought I'd share my experience here. I have had accounts at a handful of welding suppliers in Cal. and Ore. The monthly tank lease fees will eat you up...
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Bill Rubenstein
stubbygroup
Jan 6, 2008 1:47 am
As often as I need to get a refill for my wife's oxygen tank, I'd love to move up from the 125 to the 250 cf tank. But, she works in a bedroom of our house...
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practicalman45
Jan 6, 2008 6:22 am
Bill, maybe you could mount the glass blowing tanks in the garage and just run a twin lead hose like the cutting torches use downstairs into the glass studio? ...
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practicalman45
Jan 6, 2008 6:47 am
I got a dry cut chop saw that uses a 14" carbide tip blade. That thing works fantastic! It will zing right through 4" square .250 wall tubing like nothing....
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practicalman45
Jan 6, 2008 8:11 am
... help ... Try for good close fits on your notches. If there are gaps, you can stick another rod in the gap and weld over it without burning through. I use...
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Bill Rubenstein
stubbygroup
Jan 6, 2008 2:48 pm
Well, don't think I didn't think about that. There is no path from the garage to the bedroom which would make this possible. Bill...
