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    "bomb shelter" for my mail

    Nice box. From the USPS link: An Abrams tank is a "vehicle". Our box kept getting batted until we put a hunk of scrap bumper guard as a bar around it. My guess is the local sphincters couldn't figure out why it was back up and straightened each time they hit it. Next time out comes the...
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    FCAW / Mig welding - Are most self taught?

    Self-taught stick on a AC-225/DC-125 Lincoln about 20 years ago (and still use that handy buzzbox though I have other machines). Took a welding course in 2007 and ended up running the toolroom and maintaining equipment (until the funding ran out this year). If you teach yourself, weld MANY...
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    petrogen torch

    Go with propane if you don't plan on welding. You can connect acetylene or propane CGA-510 regulators to ordinary BBQ propane jugs (the valves are threaded for them). Buy your oxy-acetylene setup of choice, and get propane cutting tips instead of the acetylene normally included. If you have...
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    Cheap small TIG welder

    Countless miles of carbon and stainless pipeline and and nuclear reactor piping are welded with scratch-start DC TIG. http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?t=38106 Learn that way first, then buy the most powerful purpose-built TIG machine you can afford later. We taught many successful...
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