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Good point
The shop was well ventilated (double doors open)
I was looking towards the humorous side of things.
On reflection i see how my comment about warming the shop up could have been taken seriously
It would not bother me (in fact i would be happy) for you to edit my post accordingly
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04-15-2012, 12:56 PM
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John,
Nice job.
What I would like to know is, why are the first welds done with MIG, and finished with a "stick" welder. I can see with the "stick" there is more weld, so can't a MIG welder put a large weld down?
Now for the second question, why not use "stick' for all the welds?
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(04-15-2012, 11:37 AM)doubleboost Wrote: It would not bother me (in fact i would be happy) for you to edit my post accordingly
John
John,
Just an FYI.
You have 24 hours from the time you post a message to edit it. After that, a moderator would need to do any editing.
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(04-15-2012, 12:56 PM)DaveH Wrote: John,
Nice job.
What I would like to know is, why are the first welds done with MIG, and finished with a "stick" welder. I can see with the "stick" there is more weld, so can't a MIG welder put a large weld down?
Now for the second question, why not use "stick' for all the welds?
DaveH
Hi
Dave
I just fancied doing some welding
The first weld is with TIG
Then a run of MIG
I could have just stick welded the hole job
But with a TIG root weld you know the job will be good
My mig welder is a bit underpowerd for steel that thick
Basically i was just playing with my welders
John
Is that ALL you did today
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No
Mate i had some dinner as well
John
ha ha ha i will let you off then
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John,
What metal will you be melting in this steel crucible?
DaveH
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(04-15-2012, 02:33 PM)DaveH Wrote: John,
What metal will you be melting in this steel crucible?
DaveH
It will be used for aluminium
I have ceramic crucibles but not one this size i have melted bronze in steel crucibles before
But now i use ceramic ones
You get better heat transfer
