Recent content by TwetoGAC

I have not read the whole thread but I have discovered that brazing is the best way to do patch work on an auto body. No distortion or warpage so it makes the filler work easier. When i first started doing auto-body work I used TIG and MIG and found that I just gave myself more work to do fixing...

Here is a welding table with my TIG welder. It works well for me, because I can roll it any where that I need it.

I buy my metal from 2 locations. The standard size sheets usually come in 4X8, 5X8 5X10 5X12 (to the best of my knowledge). I have all my metal cut to project size when I buy it, (saves me a lot of work)! Low carbon steel I buy from a local metal supplier/fabrication shop. They will cut...

When the local tool supplier is going out-of-business and you have to go say good-bye on their last day and the sales men all come over toy you to thank you for your business. True story from Dec 31, 2012

I've been buying mine at Lowe's.

Welding has been VERY, VERY , VERY good to me. I spent more then 30 years in welding manufacturing on the engineering side. I have a degree in welding. I have been a certified in MIG and stick. I'm now retired, but one of my hobbies is welding. 90% of all the welding that I do at home is TIG...

I never though of this as a disease, but you might be right. Anymore it's all I think about. Welcome to a fellow sick person.

You are doing it correctly. The dangers or turning off the oxygen first is the possibility of sucking the flame into the hose. Normally the only way this can happen if the oxy-acetylene hose is worn and cracked letting outside air into the hose. Also, never, never, never stand in front or...

Used mine just a few days ago.

I just finished overhauling a Pontiac 3.1 in a Grand Prix and am now working on a 4.3 in a GMC and found that I had to have an almost unbroken metric sockets and wrenches from 7mm to 39mm. Not to mention all the custom tooling I needed.

I had to replace one of these springs a few years ago. It took a while to get the tension on the springs adjusted just right and of course the steel cables were constantly coming off the pulleys while I was doing the adjusting. My pulleys came with the door, so if you are having a similar...

I live in Eastern Nebraska near Ashland.

I everyone, just found this forum and I like it. I have always been a tinkerer. I'm retired but spend several hours a day in my shop, designing, building, fixing, modifying what ever I want. I'll be honest and might steal some ideas off the forum. I have life time of projects that I'v done and...