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Anyone know what the advantages are for the purchased burners, v.s. the Frosty style home made ones? I'm assuming more efficient for gas use, but do...

sometimes you may get a lot of rust on the brakes/pads/magnets and won't make proper contact. wiring connection corrosion. broken wire.

A few of the orchards around here have 20,000 gallon tanks to run the heaters during budding season to protect against frost. They have actual...

Can you get stainless steel rods for O/A welding? Thanks

I found some 12" auger tube for my home made forges body at my friends weld shop, he said he is pretty busy right now, but will call me when he gets...

Good to know that in the star wars and star trek universe welders are alive and employed

Yup, SOP for preheat. Yes I have found it necessary to switch tanks. I wish I had a picture, I once had a 20 lb tank form a 1/2" layer of ice. My...

There is no need for over head welds in space, you just fly upside down :laugh:

Your are thinking of a zero gravity environment, these ships obviously have gravity generators, so no problem. When it is time for the overhead welds...

Don't know about handling food products but no one has mentioned O/A and brass with a small tip and small brass rod.

I'm not sure what you mean, but it's probably a fitting to grease the gear train.

When you have 22 minutes free, here's a cool video to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NANH1bb96vs&ab_channel=THAI-DIY

Thank you very much! This helps out a lot. I will start playing with it, I look forward to getting this machine. It was nice using the finger trigger...

I'm liking the one arm bandit style ones... faster on the reload in emergency situations...

I don't want to be dodging weld spatter anywhere. :laugh:

Any idea what that weep hole to the front is supposed to do? Let oil move to the gear mechanisms?

I remember reading about transparent aluminum being used for bullet proof face shields.

Darn it... oh well.... guess it wasn't that tired.

In an early stage of seek advice, try that, my son wanted to repurpose beer kegs for various beermaking equipment. The local Airgas manager was...

My supplier said the same thing; expect weekly increases until at least the end of March.

A friend and I made a bulk purchase of the spheres at the end of 2019 from this place. We were over $1500 by the time it was all said and done. ...

Reminds me of an old Amos & Andy film where Kingfish (?) was trying to sell someone "imbisible glass". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrFiKcBdCx8

Wow, you guys did a great job. After looking at these pictures, I got myself on the idea that you could do a toilet paper holder from anything. Wanna...

Welding in space is no picnic. Read up on it. Things don't behave as they do on Earth. Zero G and vacuum conditions complicate things. Electron...

It would be fast. A lot of times a 5c collet block is all I need . A lot of money for a seldom used tool, unless there's other uses I'm not seeing...