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I let the rod stick until it heats up. you'll see vapour/smoke start to come off. Break the rod free and it is preheated. Do it close to...

Just the coffee grounds. I had a mouse get in last year. I knocked it out in the laundry room and threw it outside thinking a cat would...

Man about the only thing worse than that was the poor guy who sued the Forest Service. He lit a cigarette in a campground outhouse...

Go buy yourself something with a duty cycle and output amps. That thing is a joke.

As like everything else in life, buying cheap only gets you cheap. If you must have a China made welder, get it from Harbor Freight as...

That welder is a near twin to Harbor Freight's Flux 125 Welder. Download the HF manual. But - recognize it's hardly worth it to start...

Any one here ever use one of these things? Any feedback/comments/advice? Just got rid of an old Lincoln stick welder and am looking to...

There is only one way to weld cast iron: Oxy-acetylene with cast iron rod. (welding is fusion) Preheat entire part or far from the...

I switched to propylene for cutting and use with a rosebud. The acetylene can only come out of the acetone just so fast, so you can...

For TIG welding, I use a standard #8 lens and switch to an auto-darkening for MIG and stick welding. The #8 setting seems to work well...

The knob will be the wire feed speed, the Min/Max and 1/2 switches is for the Amp range. Would assume Min/1 would be for .095 and...

Get yourself a newer auto dark hood that has grind mode built in as well as automatic shade darkening. Not expensive today and most now...

Use an inner shield wire you don't need a gas, keep the tip moving only takes a small amount of movement. Might have to use a smaller...

Try spotting the weld on thin material. Grind off the paint and oil before you start.

I bought a small wire welder { from my computer repairman who thought he wanted to learn how to weld which didn't work out for him. I...