Recent content by jon.human

Tig welding is a completely different beast, for general repair Mig welding is the easiest welding for a someone to learn.

As an alternative you could probably find things on YouTube. as far as settings The new millers MIGs with the autoset feature is pretty close. I have a miller 212 with Autoset and it works great. I was a Welder in the Airforce and several other Civilian jobs, about 20 years experience...

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Well it wasn't technically in my shop but it involves my shop. I drove about 320 miles and spent 12 hours to trade a 1993 Z28 for a low mileage 5.3 liter engine and a 4l60E transmission for my son's 1973 Z/28. He's 7, it was a great father son day...

I've had too many but a couple of almost darwin moments come to mind, 1998 stationed a RAF Lakenheath UK I was repairing an external fuel tank from a F-15 that had been involved in a bird strike. I was told that the tank had been steamed out. I was tig welding it when it shot a four foot flame...

weld them into yard art, I've also used them to bend tubing in to get a nice easy curve with no kinks

I don't mind man cave, if I've had a bad day I usually go there to work and alieviate my frustrations. I'm more offended when someone calls my shop my shed, it's nicer than that!

there was a crime ring several years ago that got busted in n Georgia. they's steal new trucks, buy a wrecked one, swap the VIN's and bury the wreck, sell the new one as salvage...

Here is the current form... sorry it's a bit messy

I live in the historic district of a small Georgia town... very safe... my kids play outside alone... it's just that Crime is everywhere... it's especially bad when you get these tweakers that are only worried about getting their next fix and not who they're hurting to get it.

we have a crack head that wanders the town I live in, we were getting our little boy off the school bus and our dog ran around the house... we thought maybe we didn't latch the door or something. We noticed the lady walking up the sidewalk with her bag but didn't think anything about it she's...

if you have a dish network rcvr plug it into the input port and at the other end it will read +/- 19 volts

I was planning on sheetmetal framed in wood, beer cans don't need fancy!

I'm starting a small business building utility trailers, car trailers, etc. I'm also going to do general welding around town. I also have a couple of classic Camaros that I'm restoring.

I bought a millermatic 212. I had to upgrade the wiring to handle it, I had 220 running off of a 20 amp breaker through 10awg wire, I upgraded to 6/2 with a 50 amp breaker. I love the welder though, very smooth!

This is what I what I am planning to do to my existing garage. I'm going to raise the existing roof, and add an apartment above the shop area. I will move the roll up door to the end and add sliding doors to hide the roll up door. I'm trying to go for a carriage house look to match the age of my...