Recent content by Edward_Anderson

For the "webbing" you purchase "Webbing Solution" mix 40-60% with gelcoat, thin to taste with styrene. I also like to mix surfacing agent with it for extra insurance. Catalyze it the same 1.5% like the regular gelcoat mix and then spray from your favorite spray gun. I always shoot a scrap to...

1.5% Lanthanated for almost everything from .065 stainless steel to 1/2" Aluminum plate on a transformer machine. I'd get 2% but my LWS and McMaster don't stock it. I keep some thoriated around in the smaller diameters for really thin jobs where the improved arc starting is important. Otherwise...

I'll weigh in on this, almost all I do at work is cut, drill and weld stainless in varying thicknesses from 14g tubing up to 3"+ plate. Mainly I just use good quality HSS bits, correct feeds and speeds (slow with an aggressive feed). Spot drill, then go at it for holes smaller than 9/16" we use...