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What would work great on your step is black pipe insulation foam. Most of the time it comes in ten foot pieces, but you can use the extra for something else. I use it on frame of my hand truck, works great when you don"t want to mark up what your moving. Pipe foam comes in all kinds of...

Noticed Emilly has not left us any messages today, Wonder what happened to her. Maybe she has left us for another Forum, Figures, :oops:

You might try the equipment rental yards. Here a year ago ,I needed a two foot bit for my auger. The local equipment rental had one . I rented it for a day, worked great and was twenty five dollars a day to rent. Just need to pick it up and return it.

The best way I have found to get rid of the gophers is to hook an 1/12 hose to my Honda generator muffler pipe, then the other end down the gopher hole. They take a nap and never wake up. Seems to work for me I am in Spanish Springs, Nv. about 15 miles north of Reno, Nv. I also found it woks on...

Seems we have two different thoughts on this . I do a lot of tig welding on 16 gauge to 24 gauge cold rolled steel. Welds have to be very fine and look good. I grind my tungsten to a very sharp tip, as sharp as I can get it. This is how you control your weld puddle . With a blunt tip on the...

March is always a transition month for weather . Here yesterday , the low was 18 and the high was 58. Now Friday and Saturday another storm. Again anyone"s guess.It will be spring soon , then the yard work starts.

I agree, Chinese stuff is not so good ,but people buy it anyway because it"s cheap compared to American made goods. I myself try to buy all American made goods. As for my shop , I only buy american made stuff. I have found in the past, Chinese stuff does not last, has poor if any quality...

I've used it a lot in the shop. CRC makes good products. I use a lot of their brake cleaner on parts, Their contact cleaner on electrical things, works good. Check out all their products. I have found the best prices for CRC Products, is on Amazon. I buy the brake cleaner by the case, use a lot...

I have used an engine hoist to lift those mowers up high enough to work under them, works pretty good. If you have a tractor , hook it to the front loader bucket, works even better. Sounds like you have your third customer in your welding business. Good luck with the project.

Flow meter is what you need, much more accurate than a regulator, Just make sure it is a flow meter that is made for argon . The argon scale will be marked on the tube the steel ball rides in. I bought mine online at Cyberweld.com, good meter and a good price. Lots of other online places too...

I Have found the problem with mounting a hitch to the middle of the box is every time you push dirt or rocks or any other materials with the box , the hitch will take a beating. It ends up in the dirt or beat up by rocks, etc. Best way I have found is to weld a receiver tube to the box, up as...

I use the 80 cf bottles. I have two .one on the welder and the other for a spare. Cost to fill the 80"s is a little less then your smaller bottles. Also on your pre flow and post flow, turn it down to 10 to 12 cfh as you are learning, gas will last a lot longer. I use 100 per cent Argon for...

A couple of years ago,I purchased a Miller Digital Elite helmet. Clear light , Wide view lens, Miller claims that it is the widest view of all helmets.It made a big improvement to the way my welds look. You might check it out, sure like mine.

Piloon, You did"t flunk the old guy club. You started a new one. We can call it the 80 plus club. Glad your still welding at 82.

barts, I agree, I wear number three readers under my hood all the time. At sixty eight, us old guys need all the help we can get when it comes to seeing what we are doing. Makes life a whole lot nicer when you can see what your welding.