Northern Virginia Roll Call

You and camping?! I thought you didn’t camp haha

 

#randyfab got an upgrade today.




Bottom weld is first one, middle second, top third.

 

I told you gas welding was much better!

 

Fun fact, those welds are with flux! I got it set up and just had to lay a few beads to see how it did. Holy shit, it's amazing. I did clean them up with a wire wheel.

 

Nice view. Just trying to get over this cold this weekend.

Nice. Flux core or gas?

 

Either or, just depends how you set it up. I don't have any gas yet so I set it up with some flux wire just to test it out. Burned so much cleaner than my shitty Amazon one ever did (no surprise there).

 

Its gonna be so much better

 

Any place in particular you recommend for buying gas?

 

Oh I don’t. I was wondering, because of the weather, if anyone else was planning to

 

Get it from a welding supply if you can. Your initial bottle purchase is going to be salty but a place like Roberts oxygen is the way to go.

 

I got my nitrogen tank from Airgas in Fredericksburg for charging my Kings.

 

Tractor supply. Btw make sure there isnt a leak between the bottle and gauge hookup.

Edit: it almost always leaks there.

 

Whenever the gerd damn city slickers ask me why I like SW VA more, I show them this picture. (All three of us survived, but are still dumb.)

 

Mine doesn’t......

 

The past three tanks ive gotten it does. You forget to close the valve one time and a number 3 tank is empty....

 

Do you mean the connection where the regulator screws to the bottle? That should be a tapered thread which are self sealing. If it's leaking, you either didn't tighten it enough or the threads are damaged.

 

That seat is always scarred up. On the last tank i used valve grinding compound to seat the two together.

 

Randy, remember I recommend a welding supply store and not tractor supply

 

I was gonna go check out airgas. Looked at their prices online for the area and they seem reasonable.

 

You the man.. I'll pay for shipping up and back if you are not going to be in NOVA anytime soon... But I likely won't be needing it for another month or so..