Recent content by Lemonhead

@Fifelaker, what do you mean by reading the "Keyhole"? On my horizontal tee joint, I had a hard time seeing what was going on between the vertical and horizontal plates. Is that the "keyhole" you are referring?

Thanks, Ed, I'll try it. Ran some beads without filler and was pleased with the results. Good penetration and even bead width and really looked good. Tried a couple fillet joints and just butchered the hell out of it. I thought I was working right in the corner and was really up on the top...

@fifelaker - Didn't get good penetration at all on all but the tail end of the last bead. I was worried about getting too hot on the first three and then started feeling it on the last one.

Thanks for the advice. I'm starting to practice feeding separately. One problem I have is that my eyes aren't as good as they used to be (because I'm a software developer), and so I have progressive lenses. I have to hold my head a certain way to see things clearly. I'm probably going to just...

Ed, Thanks for the advice. I have going weldingTipsandtricks.com and Mr. Tig on Youtube (might be the same guy, I can't remember). I got the Eastwood starter TIG rig because, well, my projects need to pay for my toys. So, this rig will help me do some projects that, I hope, will finance better...

I'm going to work on it without filler tonight.

Penmanship is good. I am a classically trained pianist and used to compete - so that part of my brain works pretty well.

I was running 12CFH. I'll look into the gas lens.

Thanks, I have a flux core mig welder and am used to dirty looking welds so I wasn't quite sure how shiny they should be. I just hit it was a flapper disk to get it shiny, but didn't do anything more (like wipe down with acetone).

Looked into it. The local classes don't work with my schedule.

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Got my rig from Eastwood last week and have been practicing. Finally ready to put something out here for others to review. These are all **** welds on 1/8" cold rolled. I worked from left to right on this piece. Penetration was not good on the first three as I was nervous about putting too...

Thanks all for your replies and advice. Lemonhead

Where are good places in the Hampton Roads, Va area to get the bottles filled? If I get the HF setup, do they balk at filling those cylinders? I'm not going to doing a lot of work, and I don't have the space/need for large tanks. Thanks, Lemonhead

Re: Tools for salel, not selling? WTF. ????? Hey, I lived in Wilmington for 30 years and moved away 3 years ago.