Anything welding

If your a Great Tig welder lots of out of position practice mastered the thumb control .

depends just how much weld you need even with all the extra prep work. If your more comfortable. Save getting more cylinders of different shielding gas as well.

To much gas flow can sometimes be worse creating turbulence blowing the shielding gas away from the joint.

Using Common sense move things out of the wind use screens to divert the wind

Once you have a constant 20 mph wind it gets pretty hard.

 

I weld all the time outside with my MIG welders. As long as you don't have gusting winds, it's easy to shield your welding with your body, hand or an umbrella if the winds are brisk.

We are talking mig welding, not critical welds that will be dyed and x rayed.

Flux core is great for outside, but if you move inside to close quarters, those BBs really pose a fire hazard. I have no issue with flux core except the fire hazard.

 

Almost!

Finishing facility side services (o2, N2, Ar manifolds, electrical services, etc) this week and next. Training starts the 15th ... we will probably figure out how to run it properly sometime around the year 2034.

 

Welding and grinding PPE day.

 

Always important; cut stuff on the CNC today for a buddy and I was like here...you'll need these

 

I gotta where earplugs plus ear muffs when I use mine.

 

I have the certiflat table (same I have on hold for you) and when I’m using it as a fixture, I’ll occasionally get too close to the table and give it a little zap. Doesn’t happen all the time, but it happens.

 

You have no idea how much I'm looking forward to using that thing.

Just got my finger brake today.

 

I might be heading to Pinnacles NP later this month. We could meet up somewhere close to you if it pans out.

 

I've got your number, I'll keep you updated.

Still waiting on my wife to get better

 

Sandwich mounts for my compressor and air tank. Installing air cups on my daily to get 2" of lift when entering driveways while still retaining my coilovers.

 

How well does that mask hold up to grinding sparks? Or is it more of a “use it in till you can’t see shit and get another one” deal?

 

I'll let you know. First time trying it. They do sell the replacement lenses though

 

Actually i just found these as I was looking around:

30 Pack Peel Off Lens Cover Compatible for 3M 6885, 6000, 6700, 6800, 6900 Series Face Shield Cover(Pack of 30)

$19 30 Pack Peel Off Lens Cover Compatible for 3M 6885, 6000, 6700, 6800, 6900 Series Face Shield Cover(Pack of 30)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085M7QGYY

 

There are so many people on all these forms telling people how to do the wrong thing. If you need to just weld basic stuff just get a MIG. Make sure whatever your welding has been cleaned and fresh metal is present. If you're well looks like bubbles on top of the metal then you did not penetrate. You want it to look like a roll of dimes. Thinner the metal lower the speed lower the heat. Thicker the metal turn that heat up. Mess with the heat and speeds, practice makes perfect, good luck. Don't listen to people that try to sound smarter than they are.

 

gonna sub to this thread & go back to the start & work my way thru it over the coming days/weeks.

my welding is ugly... but it holds. looking to improve & gain some tips.

note: im a jittery, hyper person who doesnt have steady hands. LMAO

 

We must be lost brothers.

Welcome!

 

Wife and I were talking about heading down there and maybe over in to the back of Big Sur, too, but it looks like tons of roads and camps are still closed (through June!) What a winter we've had. oof!

 

Tons of BLM out there.

Actual camp spots have to be reserved months in advance; I used to live out there for over 11 years.

 

forewarning, i'm just an idiot in my garage banging on stuff until it sticks together with a flux core:

it really depends on what you're doing. my understanding is that mig is going to be more 'do-anything'(weld a frame, then maybe some body panels), where tig is more for precision/thin-wall stuff, or for metals other than steel or aluminum, where you can change the filler rod used. you can weld most things with mig other than thin materials, but it's less common to tig high-thickness materials.

if cost is not a major factor, and you have 220v in your work area, i would highly recommend mig welder, with spool gun attachment. it would get you out of most situations you can put yourself into. worst case, you find out how expensive new argon tanks are, and you can just run a flux core welding wire like i do. flux core really only means extra spatter that needs to be cleaned up. it can be partly mitigated by using anti-spatter, but there's still more cleanup than when using shielding gas.