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Sounds like you are learning. TIG welding is a lot of cleaning and prep, especially aluminum. I see you are in Nor Cal, where are you going to school?

It is the material, when the first Korean steel was sold over here in the early 80's it was brutal to weld it had some much **** in it.

To me panic buying is when you see a shopping cart FULL of wipes, bleach, etc. Being prepared is picking up one extra item when you don't need it.

I would go to McMaster Carr and get a 1" Acme thread shaft, a 3 foot long one is around $25, then buy a 'handle' or a nut and make a wheel to spin up the shaft.

I bet his dad is smiling down from Heaven knowing his equipment found a good home!

That box is not real friendly to pick up. Did the upper box come with studs on the bottom of it to bolt it to the bottom box?

A lot depends what they are planing to do with it. My ex it was mostly driving tacks, small nails in the wall for pictures. She would usually grab a smaller claw hammer from my tool bucket. One day first hammer she saw was one of my finishing hammers where I has forming some aluminium over a...

For 1/4" thick plate top it is a really good deal for the price. How tall is it?

I have a bunch of the older Snap-on torque wrenches. Both click and dial everything from 3/8" drive in dial and click, 1/2" and 3/4" in click. They have served me well for over 30 years. I broke down bought a 3/8" and 1/2" angle torque, both are a waste of money! I went back to tightening...

CDI USED to make Snap-on torque wrenches. I have quite a few my oldest is over 35 years old (bought it in '82). They are great wrenches, accurate, never give me a problem and are tough as nails. The new Snap-on 'Acutorque' leave a lot to be desired especially for the price! I have 2 of them...

When building exhausts for hot rods bikes etc. You do not want to MIG weld, except for tiny tacks to hold tubing in place. Place TIG welding and learn how to back fill the tube with Argon so you get a real clean weld. For me building exhausts is easy, I started out building motorcycle frames...

GM taught us that back in the early 90's in SET class. You can have a wire just about cut in two with 3-4 strands left. Will pass testing with a DVOM, and even a normal test light. Load it with a headlight and you will barely get the bulb to light. I use a halogen headlamp bulb and have long...

Are there any community colleges near you? Many have a welding program, but course like TIG welding have a lot to do with the instructor.

Yellow and orange.

EDM is the cleanest, easiest way to get a tap out. If you can not find one, I have cut the center out with a diamond tip on a die grinder. It is very slow but once the center is out you can break the teeth away from the sides.

I'm happy with just ON/OFF..:lol_hitti

No, he was younger like in his 30's, was good on both Allan and Sun equipment. He would recondition equipment to sell and repair stuff. He had a black '78 El Camino.

Acetylene tanks are filled with balsa wood and acetone. Acetylene if under pressure needs to be 'mixed' with a liquid so it is not unstable. If you look at your acetylene gauge you will see a red area past 15 PSI. Any pressures over 15 PSI acetylene becomes unstable and explosive unless in a...

Does the bottom box have ball bearing drawer slides? I am pretty sure they were sold both ways with that logo (mid 80's). The top box is older from the 70's, spo it is not worth more than $200-250.

Many guys buy older portables for 'ranch' welders. They use them for repairs in the field, building fences out of oil pipe etc.