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Short answer- Yes, but ... Longer answer-Yes you can tack weld with a MIG. But if you use plain mild steel wire (ER70-Sx) and plain C25 mixed gas, you will introduce plain steel and extra carbon into those tack welds. Which will rust more and faster than the stainless steel tubing or...

Like I said, 7020 aluminum is weldable with conditions and caveats. Using 5087 weld filler/electrode is one of those conditions and caveats. 5087 is usually not a stocked item, costs ~2 to 3 times MORE than 5356 filler/electrode, and would usually have minimum order requirements...

UPS paid to replace the frame/piece? Replace the frame/piece. IMNSHO, that damage IS structural. It is big enough and in a structural area. Not within the main diamond structure, true. But can the bike actually work without the rear axle and chainstays, nope. 7020 aluminum is weldable...

What electrode flavor did you get?

Try " tung oil" instead. Easier to get than tongue oil. 🤣 Old school application schedule for oil finishes is once a day for a week, then once a week for a month, then once a month for a year, then once a year for life. Subject to adjustment for use cases., handling and wear, etc. And...

Using some google-fu: - thermal protection shutdown, on the battery or the motor or electronics - dirty contacts. On the battery, the drill, the trigger switch, the forward/reverse switch, etc - other intermittent electrical connections, such as a cracked solder joint (harder to diagnose...

Mystery steel 1/2" plate that is sort-of hard (maybe). Trying to fill in the torch-cut hole in that plate with a chunk of A36 mild steel, but have that filler plate be removable if you still need/want to use the cart to haul the hydraulic cylinder dodad around. Best would be to try and find...

Watch the puddle of molten metal, NOT the bright arc.

@TonyG109 , What do you think of that scaffold that's visible in the background? One has been on my list of things to get for a while now. Besides being used as shelving and storage for moving dollies and old wooded framed tennis racquets with some in racquet presses that is? 😆 ( I have also...

Gasp! Blasphemy! Heathen! Isn't that grounds for an automatic suspension or revocation of a Man-Card? 🤣 😂 🍺 🍻 🍺

Just get a riding mower lift. Probably costs less than rigging up some overhead hoist and some load-sharing framing to span several of the joists, the appropriate fasteners, the secure attachment to the joists and not just to the ceiling panels whatever they are. I have an older, all...

IIRC, max allowable variance for the rise from step to step is only 1/8" with the total allowable rise variance for the entire staircase of 3/8". Bluestone slab topping would be way over that or even an outdoor rated porcelain tile would both be over that 1/8" rise height variance. So then...

IIRC, the OP is building a building with a 'deck' and stairs hanging off of a masonry structure. As to the blue nuts, send flowers to the wife/SO and see if that helps. 🤣 Torque values for the desired preload and/or bolt tension can vary a LOT with 'dry' fasteners. Like 25% or more...

Test the finish on some scrap pieces of the wood type/species before using it on the actual items. Just to evaluate how it looks and applies and behaves on the specific wood(s). And the usual reminder about oil finishes and spontaneous combustion. Safety matters! My dad once used some oil...

I use some after every use, since I don't know when the next use will be. Lubes the pump somewhat, displaces residual water somewhat, and adds some freeze protection. Squirt some in until it comes out of the output hose connection of the pump (high pressure hose disconnected from the pump and...