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You will find CO2 will give more spatter than 75/25. Also, if you want to do your welding outside you might prefer flux core without gas. I believe...

Maybe it's the light's intensity. Personally, I think you're going to get used to them in time while your eyes will adapt. I changed mine a while...

Firstly, talk to the military. Seriously. You're at the outer limits in terms of age, if I remember right, but it's a fantastic way to learn your...

I like to finish using the blue ScotchBrite discs and then a sisal or cotton wheel with black emery to cleanup the welds on stainless, followed by a...

I think the MM250 will do fine on the sheet metal. My YA-212 will do 16 gauge and 18 gauge mild and stainless steel very well. That was with 035...

good call. "wonder gel", for a hundred bucks a quart i paid. apain and a mess though. i did some piping in a basin at water treatment...

This for mig.

Seems like I heard something about a plastic shortage too. Something about the places that sit next to the oil refineries and make the resin being...

yeah, there doing that where i live, as the bums now own the sides of the freeways. i think of it as kind like a reenactment of the "homestead...

So #3 is 30%? 30% EN or EP?

Wow, I am happy to read this valuable information about aluminum welding. I appreciate your efforts and tips that you have provide.

If you want short tubes with caps, you can plastic test tubes and plastic transport tubes from chemistry and lab supply houses for cheap...

Yes, page 2 of this thread.

Thanks man

Increase arc force, and hot start on 6010. Keep a short arc. Step the rod. Don't "flog" it.

Yep, I probably have more consumables then needed too.Main thing is the little arc sonic and senco compressor works well on my MQ-6000 generator....

Well, WeldStop is an alternative , but not as cheap for me. I got $50 in consumables but it cost me an extra $50 in freight... still cheaper than the...

I keep getting a "502 Bad Gateway" on sammm's thread. Anyone else having gateway problems?

Great idea. I’ve been strapping mine to the BackRack, which is a pain. I have to put 2x4 spacers between the bottom of the tanks and the bed. I’m...

Excellent idea and nice job!! I had e-track in the pickup I recently sold. Wish I had thought of that!! Here's my caveman version. LOL

It's actually down in Mexico along the Sea of Cortez, the guy in the black shirt is a local fishing guide @ $300/day and stays in the 5th wheel next...

And if you do go the tool cart route Vaughn T’s suggestion for mods could be easily and economically applied. Here’s a pic of a cart I extended...

pickling paste? Nitric acid based. Or electro cleaning, works great on TIG welds, not sure about MIG

I have had good luck with Citrusurf products. http://citrisurf.com/ Look under the "information tab" there is some good stuff in there. ...

I like the cart idea. A piece of 1/4" plate with hardwood or ABS location "tabs" on the underside's corner would make it easier to transport and...