Craft Forum / Wood/Metal / Welding / July 2009

I have two large bearing balls (I would say 2.5" diameter) that
I acquired 22 years ago from a Soviet ball bearing factory. For any
reason, I brought them here with me, and could not find any use for
them, until now. As of now, I want to use one of them on my anvil for

The other day I was welding 20mm by 30mm and 2mm thick angle iron bars
to each other. The resulting thing will be a frame to place my table saw
on. I have used 3.25mm 6013 rods with a current setting of about 125
Amps. But when I started to weld the 30mm side of the bars, the first ...

Awl --
Everyone should get a kick out of this.  They ref the price near the bottom
of the page.
  $2.50/weld, in production, no less!

Navy surplus.  1800 psi, so I guess it's really 200 cu ft.  Out of test.
 Nitrous oxide valve (can't read the CGA number: CGA?26, 326?).
Airgas does not refill this size owner cylinder.  They have pretty much
bought up all the dealers around here, so I'm SOL.  YMMV

i have a power wave 355 with all tig welding accesories but i cannot
perform tig weld as therefore is no arc initiated
what setting are required b4 proceeding
pl help

Ever happen anybody out there? The lift-arc still works. The bottom
LED display has gone dark too. I don't suppose they are related
somehow?

I figure many of us have been socially networking here for years and have
in a way come to know each other. What if we went one step farther and set
up kind of a network of places where we could stay with each other while
travelling? I can just imagine the shop tours .. the ...

After my relatively successful repair of a grinder guard, thanks to
great ideas I got here, I am now sorting through various kinds of cast
iron stick welding rod that I got at someplace some time ago (this is
a big pile, includes other exotics like inconel, stainless, tool steel

Have any of you heard of a Miller model JB37?  There is an ad for one
and I can't find any information on it. Thanks

what is the purpose of using ceramics in welding

I picked up an old rawhide-faced mallet recently. In the same lot came a box
with replacement faces. The old ones were mushroomed beyond belief. I removed
the old faces and immediately realized the new mallet faces (a strip of rawhide
spiral-wound, glued and stapled) were too ...

For the first time ever, I tried a Lincoln AC 250, a.k.a tombstone
welder, today. (someone came today to buy it, so I had to test it) I
was actually pleasantly surprised. Running welding beads with 6013 was
as easy as with my Syncrowave was easy to maintain the arc,

A few years back I bought a Hobart 120v. -140 Amp mig machine.
I got an electronic helmet with the purchase.
I had a terrible time welding with the machine.  I just could not see the
work at all.  I could sometimes see the puddle but when welding a butt

I just bought on of these used. I need a manual and can't download one from
Miller cuz the SN on the front plate is not a Miller #. The machine is a
rebadged unit from a dealer, Machinery & Welders in Milwaukee. Can someone
tell me where to find a SN on the frame or elsewhere on the ...