This week, we weld stainless tubing. After talking about scratch start tig welding a few weeks ago, I thought I’d talk about how to weld stainless tubing…a 6g stanless tube test using the same crude scratch start tig setup. It’s a Lincoln 225 AC buzz box with a diy rectifier hooked up to a...
In this weekly video, I am fabricating a belt guard for an air compressor. Normally, I don’t sweat things if my air compressor goes out. That’s because I have several electric grinders. 4 and 4 1/2″ 90 grinders, straight grinders, Dewalt, Milwaukee, Ryobi, Makita, and even a Harbor Freight straight grinder that will hurt...
This weekly video is on tig welding tubing… thin wall steel tubing. What kind of steel is this tubing made from? I don’t really know except that it seems to weld a lot like a plain carbon steel and that it is used for custom bicycle frames. According to Mike Zanconato of Zanconato Custom...
Arc welding overhead with 7018 can reign down slag and fireballs in the most unfortunate places. Especially when you are just learning. I was young and dumb when I was learning to weld so I got lots of scars on my arms and other places while I was figuring out how to put the...
One the most useful things I ever fabricated was a downdraft cutting table. I made one about 20 years ago and it turned out to be one of the most useful things I ever made. I have used it as a plasma cutting table, a downdraft grinding table, a paintfume downdraft table, oxyfuel cutting...
Looking for a review on a miller welding helmet before you plunk down over 300 bones? Auto Darkening welding helmets come at widely varying prices and quality. The Miller Digital Elite is one of the best auto darkening welding helmets available. Click the Watch Stuff menu in the top bar to view more videos,...
