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That looks tiny! Awesome! How come you didn't opt for the water cooler, looks just like the little miller pocket tig i used at work for while I'm on the skids.

Neg on the water cooler, I am building a custom one with a Marathon Electric motor, Procon pump, and an 18" drop piece of 6" sanitary SS tubing with some bungs on it. The cost of an out of the box cooler is a little ridiculous in my opinion (yeah, I know I just spent almost 5k on a welder though, right?) Either way I wanted build a custom water cooler setup.

It is about the size of a Dynasty 200Dx except longer (or deeper, depending on how you look at it). It is still smaller in height and width than the Chinese Everlast I have been using.

As for the cost, I bought from Cyberweld.com - so nothing secret or hush hush about some screaming deal I got.

http://store.cyberweld.com/midy280tigwe1.html

The pedal again is an SSC unit, I am running a Weldcraft 17FV torch on it right now as that is what I have available, but as soon as the cart is built and water cooler assembled and plumbed, I will pick up a CK 300 amp torch that uses the 9/20 Torch parts.
 
just picked up an AHP 200x welder to play with. Along with a HF cart with drawers.

Debating on picking up another cheap ac/dc tig just for shits and giggles to see how it is as well as another helmet.
 
If you guys are welding a turbo flange on a hotside for a turbo. What filler would you use? I'm guessing 312. Pre heat?
 
Not sure. Thought they were all cast steel or cast iron.
What's on the Borg Warner turbos?
 
So, in our new house, the best spot for the TV in the livingroom is above the fireplace mantle. The problem is that it's a very tall mantle and it puts the TV up to the ceiling. The viewing angle is terrible for the neck and eyes. So I came up with a solution for a mount that swung the TV out and down. Given all varibles, this mount will bring the TV out 13" and down about 26".

Articulation seems to be very tight and accurate so far. No binding whatsoever. And last night I built a slam latch from scratch using a 5/16" bolt, a small spring, and a small piece of 1018 tubing. Works better than expected.

Only thing left to do is figure out some sort of lever to make unlocking quick and easy, and then disassemble and paint.

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The ports are back up due to the union strike that was going on for 6 months so it's not the fault of ahp.
So far it's great. Get a better torch and pedal if you want it all to feel better
 
Still getting the hang of it. With only 2 bottles of argon under my belt so far, I still have a long way to go!

3-4" concentric adapter for an R33 GTR exhaust I am doing for a friend. The mid pipe got damaged and the axle back is already 4" so we just said to hell with it and am doing 4" from the down pipe back.
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Some welding bench pics and a new base for my band saw will be up this weekend :)
 

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1/8 7018 stick, DC electrode positive. Doing some improvements to a bead roller and this was the best weld of the day.
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My welds are no where near as extravagant as what is normally posted in this thread but I was quite proud of myself after fabing this up with some spare parts.

This may be the 10th thing I have welded including bolt extractions and mounting brackets so I surely have a lot to learn but heres to a rewarding start.

I wanted the slide hammer valve seal tool but the cheapest one I could locate was 200 bucks. I ended up purchasing a set of the extended reach removal pliers but they still required twisting and pulling so I gathered up some spare items and construction my own slide hammer attachment.

The only welding that was required was the washers on the end of the socket, the nut inside the handle of the tool and the build up on the end that grabs under the valve seal.

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I haven't striked an arch in a while because I've been doing mostly machine work, so I decided to see where I was before welding up a manifold for myself. Nothing special.
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I notice some have problems running out of argon, or lack of purging due to argon cost/limited supply.

What size bottles are you guys running/maintaining? I have 3 330 CF bottles in my garage and never let 2 stay empty. I get a good price, about $30/bottle on swap from my local AirGas in Tampa.
 
My 120cf tank is $45 to fill. Can't go larger because I cant lift larger and it won't fit in my truck.
Also have a few smaller bottles but they go dry quick
 
Seems like even with high cost of argon (and high cost of the tank itself) it is still cheaper to go this route VS flux core. A 10 LBS spool of flux core .030 is close to $70. A 10 LBS spool of .030 solid wire is about $40 so as long as the $70 refill can last two or more spools you'r at least breaking even. Just a thought from someone using flux core :)
 
Seems like even with high cost of argon (and high cost of the tank itself) it is still cheaper to go this route VS flux core. A 10 LBS spool of flux core .030 is close to $70. A 10 LBS spool of .030 solid wire is about $40 so as long as the $70 refill can last two or more spools you'r at least breaking even. Just a thought from someone using flux core :)

I was referring to GTAW (TIG) processes.
 
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