Recent content by Lis2323

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    What size generator to run stick welder?

    wow talk about sidestepping the important stuff with a long winded story. tell us about the pudding. Good? Bad? 28 years old and unsure of its “Best Before” date?
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    Lincoln Tombstone advice needed

    While a machine with infinitely variable amperage settings are preferable, having predetermined tapped settings is a lot easier to learn on. Instead of fiddling up and down with a dial you learn to compensate with rod manipulation and/ or speed. One learns to change technique on the fly rather...
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    Lincoln Tombstone advice needed

    Very true, but for us guys who have used only AC buzz boxes our entire lives and don’t know any better it really doesn’t matter [emoji16]
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    Show your Welding Table!

    When I was growing up on the farm (here in Canada) UCD was well known for their innovation.
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    Show your Welding Table!

    Over two months of brainstorming and planning... The awesome crew at Texas Metal Works helped me to create this custom welding fixture table incorporating many unique features.
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    Show your Welding Table!

    This is the welding table I built when I was 15. (55 years ago) It now sits outside the man door of my shop.
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    Show your stick welders

    Maybe the best advice one could give. I wish someone had told me 50 years ago. [emoji23]
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    Best welder for soft metal?

    I am not a pro welder and as such will never do any code work but I also keep my 7018’s in a small rod oven. An excellent investment. Also NOT being a pro I find I can run a HOT 7018 WAY easier and with better results than a cold rod. But of course I realize that is just ME and is strictly...
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    #1 Acetylene bottle valves

    I am unable to say publicly.
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    #1 Acetylene bottle valves

    Depends what area you are in. Around here they rigged it so that "owner " bottles of oxygen and acetylene are of useless sizes.
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    #1 Acetylene bottle valves

    That is how much I overpaid Air Liquide for more years than I care to admit!! I was a customer since the age of 16. Almost $200 per year for one oxygen and one acetylene bottle until I found an “alternative”.
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    Show your stick welders

    Here's my "new to me" Miller Thunderbolt buzzbox I bought yesterday for $19 Cdn ($14.47 usd).
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    Best welder for soft metal?

    Sounds like a hard sale, Gary.
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    Bat

    Too cool. [emoji481]
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    Tools making tools...

    I’m the furthest thing from an engineer but personally I would be tempted to extend the square tube legs at least 10-12” each way
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