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Dam dude, give me some classes. I which I had the funds to jump into aluminum.

 

Here's a few updates to my cage and some beads. I got the structure lifted enough to be able to weld the underside. There was a couple spots where I could only get about 90% around and those areas will be gusseted.

 

Vertical, horizontal 2209 X-ray’d Vessel

 

316l 100% X-ray horz
20 something passes if I can remember correctly.

 

Looks.........expensive

 

Thanks man!! Most of that wire brush you see there was cleaning the area before hand, it only took 1 or 2 quick easy swipes to get the very little amount of soot that was there after I welded. I didn’t grab any pics before cleaning it. I will for sure next time for a comparison for you.

You’re not too far away from me. Whenever you’re over in my area you’re more than welcome to cruise by and play around with the spool gun for a bit!

I have a 24’ trailer full of gear that I rent out in my industry when I’m working on a show and when I was putting together the package I needed some 4’x4’ aluminum diffusion frames that pop into C stands or Combo stands to diffuse light on set and these frames are $75 a piece at the cheapest (at least that I could find). I needed 10 which was $750. So I said screw it and bought the material ($234) a spool gun for my Hobart ($200) and an Argon tank ($200) and made my own for $100 less total. Now I have the spool gun for anything aluminum that I need to do haha. These things that I made for my boss were a favor to him that took me about 30 mins and in return he bought me 2 5.0ah Dewalt batteries that I wanted haha. $120 worth of batteries

 

Since I’ve started moving all my tools from my former shop to the shop I’m putting together at home, I’ve been shopping for a millermatic 211 that I can take to the old shop when doing non stainless exhaust work, as I don’t have an exhaust bender at home. Loading the 252 up every time I go there has become a pita. I had a 211 lined up but the owner bailed. I ended up rolling the dice and picked up this migmax 215 with cart for cheap. I don’t have much hope for it, but it seemed like a fun experiment and will hopefully hold be over till I find the 211 I’m looking for. I don’t expect to use it on any customer work with the exception of aluminized exhaust work, but I do look forward to testing it out on some scrap plate.





Also for the SoCal guys, I know a few of you have been looking for a chop saw. This Milwaukee chop saw was included with the welder. I can’t stand chop saws. I’m gonna list it for sale locally for $100 if anyone’s interested.

 

AWS 1.1 Is a Structural Code .

Different companies kind of laugh at the AWS codes one week and swear they are the best thing since sliced bread the next day.

Take it for what it is worth

Passing a test for code is always a good thing no matter how simple .

I have no clue who is teaching class so I really can`t say How much you will get out of taking it .

We all have our school horror stories like you spend 2/3 of the time prepping materials 1/6 of the time in the class room 1/6 of the time is arc time.

If your wearing Safety glasses under your hood you should never hurt your eyes I have been welding since I worked on Noah`s Ark no clue how the story it was wood got started I will say it seems people with Blue Eyes have it harder then those of us with brown eyes

 

I watched a bunch of reviews that were favorable, downside is none of the people who made the videos were people I would defer to for welder advice as most of them were mediocre welders at best. The machine itself looks to be much better made than the red welders I owned half a dozen years ago. The consumables aren’t that high quality, but for welding up a fence around the house or some muffler tubing, it may be alright. The real gamble is how long will it work for. It was too late to run after I unloaded it last night. I’m gonna run a bead or two with it tonight.

 

I've had the migmax for about two years now, I'm a hobbyist though. Never had an issue. I'm interested to know the option of a professional welder. Keep us posted.

 

What's the model and where r u located?

 

Welded up some legs for a table my father is building. Thoughts/criticisms welcome.

 

If I remember correctly I’m probably a little too far from you. I’m located in Santa Clarita and work in Victorville during the week.



Model number is 6177-20

 

Well shit. Yeah I bit of a drive. Even victorville.

 

Thoughts-looks great!

Criticism-none.

 

Put together some extra slider legs to give the cage a more stable attachment to the frame.

 

Mandrel bends are expensive. Gonna fab up my first full exhaust system pretty soon.

 

Hi
Looking for a decent welding job for CMC Boston West. I’m willing to help but can’t lay the kind of bead I want on my truck when done.
I prefer “someone who does this on the side and wants the money to buy books for his kids” kind of members, but will take commercial recommendations if the place is family based.
TIA

 

At it again. Almost complete gentlemen.