The Welding Thread

[marshallnoise]

Hard to leave this for Nebraska at the moment.

[marshallnoise]

Or drive one to Nebraska....

Road trip!

[IronFreak]

Or drive one to Nebraska....

[marshallnoise]

Alright. I will get both. Maybe I can sell one of them.

[flyboyx]

Supposedly I am buying the 300 off that guy for $50 tomorrow. Thankful for the lower entry point to TIG welding.

you are crazy to not buy both at that price. you will never find them cheaper than this.

[IronFreak]

They come with auto dimming windows in them and you change the clear shield through a little slot on the side of the window on the front side, in about 13 seconds. If you find one that does not, then you can add a Arc one Pro for about 120 bucks. No need to nod it down, its already there and like I said not near as bulky hot or cumbersome to use especially in tight spaces.

Too each their own though I have an older miller and H/F gain scoops with auto glass around as well someplace but will never use them again

Pancake in action lol Another buddy of mine sticking a thread O-let on a pipeline valve riser assembly someplace in WV a couple of years ago

P2150805 by mrsleeve, on Flickr

P2150802 by mrsleeve, on Flickr

Are they hardhat friendly? I loved my pipeliner when I was wearing a hardhat, thing sucked nice and close to my face so I didn't get a lot of strain on my neck. I'm assuming thats fiberglass, it probably weighs nothing!

Supposedly I am buying the 300 off that guy for $50 tomorrow. Thankful for the lower entry point to TIG welding.

That's a smoking deal man. Even if you have to pay testing fees you'll be into a full 300 for less than that 125 you were looking at.

[marshallnoise]

Supposedly I am buying the 300 off that guy for $50 tomorrow. Thankful for the lower entry point to TIG welding.

[efficient]

Lol you guys would laugh at me if I show you guys my welds with my harbor freight welder.

[red2.4srt]

Anyone seen the new multi process welders from Lincoln and Thermalarc/Tweco?

I am pretty sure I will be buying the lincoln one to replace my thermalarc fabricator 140. They seem to be inverter welders rather than transformer welders. Decent price, dual input voltages 110/220, and there is a TIG option.


http://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-ca...olnElectric%29

IMO, get the 210. It's money. I shy away from Thermalarc, especially now that Esab bought Thermadyne/Victor/Thermal Dynamics/Turbo Torch etc. I can't stand Esab, they're such a fly by night operation in all my dealings with them.

[mrsleeve]

its all in what you get used to i guess, but i don't think i would be able to get used to that. i have an older auto dimming hood. every now and then i buy a new clear lens cover for it and put a new aaa battery in the holder. i have the friction set so i can just give my head a quick nod downward and it lowers itself into position perfectly so i can start welding without disturbing my position.

i think the mask above is really cool, but i couldn't imagine getting it in place and then attempting to get yourself back in position while trying to tig something.

They come with auto dimming windows in them and you change the clear shield through a little slot on the side of the window on the front side, in about 13 seconds. If you find one that does not, then you can add a Arc one Pro for about 120 bucks. No need to nod it down, its already there and like I said not near as bulky hot or cumbersome to use especially in tight spaces.

Too each their own though I have an older miller and H/F gain scoops with auto glass around as well someplace but will never use them again

Pancake in action lol Another buddy of mine sticking a thread O-let on a pipeline valve riser assembly someplace in WV a couple of years ago

P2150805 by mrsleeve, on Flickr

P2150802 by mrsleeve, on Flickr

[ravenlord89]

Anyone seen the new multi process welders from Lincoln and Thermalarc/Tweco?

I am pretty sure I will be buying the lincoln one to replace my thermalarc fabricator 140. They seem to be inverter welders rather than transformer welders. Decent price, dual input voltages 110/220, and there is a TIG option.

http://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-ca/Equipment/Pages/product.aspx?product=K3963-1%28LincolnElectric%29

[marshallnoise]

I can get a 300 filled for about $65. I do a lot of welding that includes a decent amount of back purging. They seam to last quite awhile. Get yourself a nice long gas hose and chain that thing in the corner!

LOL, I know they are heavy fookers.

[IronFreak]

I can get a 300 filled for about $65. I do a lot of welding that includes a decent amount of back purging. They seam to last quite awhile. Get yourself a nice long gas hose and chain that thing in the corner!

[marshallnoise]

That's a great idea as well, most places wont take competitor cylinders as they could be potential lease/rental cylinders and they rightfully can't refill them since they aren't their property. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, I see plenty of Prax cylinders with our fill labels on them and vice versa.

I generally try to get my customers to swap their customer owned cylinders to keep them from paying any test fees. They still own that asset, but only pay for the fill and they'll never have to worry about retesting since they're getting circulated cylinders everytime.

They do rarely fail but boy do they raise some hell when they do. We had the bottom of a 60cf AR/CD mix fail at 1600psi while filling and it knocked the other 27 cylinders down it was filling next to, put a 3 foot wide hole in a metal deck roof and finally landed 75 yards into the next property, buried valve down and a foot deep in the ground. Single loudest noise i've ever heard in my 28 years on earth.

Ahhh holy shit!

That's certainly a viable option and it's a damn good price too!

I am trying to get the guy to sell me one. I know its a good price. They both need hydro testing. But even then, cheaper than buying a tank outright.

[red2.4srt]

everyone freaks out about leased bottles. if you can get your hands on one cheap, just take it in to the gas store whose name is on it and have it refilled. i bet i have 8 or 10 bottles of various size, ownership and age. i have NEVER had a problem getting one refilled. even if i have an owner bottle, it always gets traded out with an "airgas" bottle when i take it back to the store. i have never worried about it and no one has ever given me the slightest bother. some old farmer gave me a 240cf cylinder once. it was pretty rusty from sitting around outside for years. the last inspection date i could find was 1927. the earliest was around 1911. i paid the fee for inspection(i think it was around 15 bucks) and it came back with a new stamp saying it was good for 5 more years and a new coat of paint. what i am saying is that i don't think they fail very often.

also, acetylene cylinders are a different animal, but the high pressure cylinders are all the same except for the valve. lets say you get a cylinder with the wrong valve, you can usually just trade it out at the gas store for the one you need.

one more note: i started out with 60 or 80 cf cylinders that came from craigslist or ebay. at any rate they were really cheap i thought they were a little small. every time i took the cylinders back to be filled, they allowed me to trade up one size. they never charged me more money for the cylincer but only for the extra volume of gas. i now have 2 160cf(maybe 120) filled with c25 for the mig and 2 160's filled with argon for the tig.

it is really nice to have a spare bottle laying around so that when you are in the middle of a project, you don't have to stop what you are doing to get a refill.

That's a great idea as well, most places wont take competitor cylinders as they could be potential lease/rental cylinders and they rightfully can't refill them since they aren't their property. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, I see plenty of Prax cylinders with our fill labels on them and vice versa.

I generally try to get my customers to swap their customer owned cylinders to keep them from paying any test fees. They still own that asset, but only pay for the fill and they'll never have to worry about retesting since they're getting circulated cylinders everytime.

They do rarely fail but boy do they raise some hell when they do. We had the bottom of a 60cf AR/CD mix fail at 1600psi while filling and it knocked the other 27 cylinders down it was filling next to, put a 3 foot wide hole in a metal deck roof and finally landed 75 yards into the next property, buried valve down and a foot deep in the ground. Single loudest noise i've ever heard in my 28 years on earth.

So this guy is selling two 300 tanks for $100 bucks. If I don't want a 300 but want a 150 or so, I should be able to trade this in, right?

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/bfs/4944756674.html

Edit: The guy said it has West Air stamped on the ring.

That's certainly a viable option and it's a damn good price too!