Recent content by wretched73

What do you mean?

That really is sweet, definitely post a video of him tearing it up

So you came on here to brag? And you're not willing to share your source? No one cares.

I've got that Eastwood Tig and I love it. I got one at their scratch and dent sale for about $475 after taxes and it still came with a 1 year warranty. No regrets and I've welded some 1/4" stainless and 1/8" alum with it.

I have the same Redmax 8500. Just wore it for 6+ hours straight last weekend. It felt fine to me and I am by no means in shape right now. Have you looked into something you can roll like the little wonder?

I prefer bare metal. Easiest to clean

I have the cheap $34 HF autodarkening helmet and I just go the Vulcan helmet from HF. The vulcan is a great helmet, I really like it. I can see everything perfectly.

I bought an 80 of Argon for my Tig welder from my LWS. I was hesitant to go bigger but he said if I do decide to go bigger, I just pay the difference and he'll swap me out with a larger tank. I thought that was as fair as it could be. I'd look around for someone to offer a similar deal. And for...

Bring them to the scrap yard

I'm over in Jackson NJ. I did buy a nice 7/8" cobalt drill bit for this job. I did a pilot hole with just a plain black oxide bit and it cut through the stainless like butter.

Yes I already had the material. Something broke inside the spindle. The pulley up top moves, the chuck does not. And honestly, the spindle was so far out of true by the end, I'm not looking to fix it.

Not yet... it broke late last night. Hopefully I have the receipt somewhere. Otherwise I just learned a $120 lesson

NJ, stuff is light enough I'd just fed-ex it. I'd be happy to pay for someone to drill these holes also- not looking for a hand out

So I bought the 13" bench top drill press from HF. It worked pretty well for the first 5 or so holes I drilled, then by hole #10 the spindle was really out of true, by hole #15 of 16 holes it broke and the spindle turned but the bit would not. I'd love to go out and buy a real nice drill...

I'd be annoyed too. Not hard to check real quick how long of screws you should actually use