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Lol, well fuck you too btw I send jason (infra) love notes at least once a week about all the secy post he leaves about me since I'm blocked and he can't see what I post.

 

nah no link needed, i dont want to think of your shop in a neg way, especially when i buy your first DIY rear bumper with bed side protection

i like your style!

ANYWAY!! anyone have a Thermal arc 181i?

 

Shit just got real up in da welding thread.


Is just going to post this in the fab thread but since all the drama I'll bring back the love.

 

Looks a little off but I'd just the reflection.

 

Nice! SS or aluminum?

 

Stainless.

 

nice, i love when i got to work with stainless. did you fuse it or add some filler?

 

Me to, though my favorite is pewter and hate fucking anything with zinc lol.

The top and bottom I ran a light bead and on the front I tried to fuse it but the miter was a bit lose so I had to add rod.

 

never tried pewter, or anything with zinc. the only "odd" type of metal ive done is cast iron and cast aluminum

 

It's not a common metal, but we make counter tops so we work with it a lot. I've never done any cast one if the other guys usually does all the might/stick welding.

 

damn i cant wait to get into a job that allows me to do finish welds and be under the hood for more then an hour a week, right now im fabricating aluminum signs and its all spool gun welding and it gets sanded down and bondo gets slapped on almost everything.

 

This was taken earlier this morning at the welding department at Butte college in northern california. just warming up, throwing down some beads on a 12" pipe with 6010

 

so nice just being able to feed the rod in and just let it walk itself around the pipe

 

Id say 90% of my welds get blended, which in certain aspects is nice cause it doesn't matter what they look like, but i never really get the chance to lay down a decent bead cause there is always a deadline I've actually gotten a lot worse since I started working here, though I have learned a lot of other things.I also hardly weld and If i do it's small stuff like that. Part of the reason I like pewter is it means lots of welding.

 

Normally id tell ypu to stay away from china made machines but in this case its acceptable. Thermal arc is a solid company that stands behind their product from everything ive read. Also they are owned by Victor which is also Tweco. Both big names in the welding industry.

Also if you look into in the thermal arc 186bis also th3 same thing as they Longevity tig weld 200 or whatever. Its a little cheaper but dont do it. Longevity is one of those shitty customer service vendors. Pony up and buy the thermal arc.

With a foot pedal they are a little less than $1800

 

Youre telling me, It's a cake walk! I tend to almost shove that rod so hard it bends as I drag it in the root of the joint im welding.

 

As long as youre not burning thru and the rod isnt sticking its all good. It was the 6g caps with 7018 I had a problem with

 

Nice little set up Josh! did it include the Dewalt saw? you probably just need a gas bottle....

 

Three projects going on at once..

 

I've got one; been using it pretty heavily for the last few months. Really like it.. although, I'm kind of kicking myself for not going with the 252i.



It's a great machine, and I was super apprehensive about it being Chinese. Honestly, no issues so far. The regulators/consumables are all Victor or Tweco, and the fit and finish is excellent. Really like the digital readouts on the parameters.