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Gas last a long time. Really no need to get the largest unless you are in the business.

 

20 and 40 are a waste, you'll spend your time getting refills. I'm a hobbyist, and don't weld that much, 80 is ok. 120 would be better

 

55cft paid $160 for it

 

Finished product before paint.

 

Very nice.

Do you have weep holes at the bottom. No matter how good you weld it, condensation builds up. After a few years you will have a foot of water in the tubes. The following winter you will now have pipes instead of tubes.

Ask me how I know.

 

I do not. I will drill some. Thanks for the observation.

 

This is really a personal choice some like big some like small .

Comes down to the amount of room you have . How long of a drive to swap cylinders

I do know it is sure nice to have more then one cylinder never fails long weekend and you run out of gas and no flux core wire either.

If your just getting started a real good habit is to turn the cylinder off when walking away nothing like being distracted coming back a day or two later to a empty cylinder

 

Put in my notice at the hometown plant. Back to being a road dog chasing outages. Then it’s off to Virginia to see what shipyard welder pay and work is like cause the old lady is getting stationed there haven’t had to take a weld test in like a year hope I still got it.

 

If you lost it you never really had it.

Might take some practice to get things all working together again

 

TRUUUUUU. I just get nervous and it makes my welding skills go back to nonexistent. Although I’ve only busted a test once. So far lol

 

Do I remember your not that old ?

Just why do you get nervous being around strange people and places ?

It comes with age

I do know wearing ear plugs is a great help for me I can focus better not as distracted by outside influences

 

Craig, you really need to use the "multi quote" feature. I don't know what previous post you are referring to.

 

Also depends if you weld portable as well, just food for thought. Ex. Pharma tube. I'm tossing a brush, bandsaw, file, cloth, and my weld setup in my back seat. It's nice to just have a small bottle for tucked away jobs. But if you have half a factory to purge and no balloon , that case might be different

Yup. No worries. They're just people waiting to pay you for your welds! Good luck !




Anywho. Bout time to put my hand on a mug gun again. Been ....3 years? Got some sliders to blast on

 

I am lucky I can turn the Computer on

 

i have a 40 at home now. 20 was way too small, that and i may have forgotten to turn it off. either way ive been getting in the habit of turning it off if im not welding again within a few minutes. making seat brackets is time consuming in between measuring/cutting/fitting

 

I would always forget to turn my bottles off and found these things. https://www.valveview.com/
Totally worth the money!

 

Correct. Only 24 lol And just pressure makes me nervous. But I love it.

 

Some more practice today. I really need to practice more often. Seeing some improvements but not exactly where I wanna be before I start building anything.

 

Building stuff is actually a great way to learn. Just do basic stuff that isn't like structural. Cart, table, material rack type stuff.