calling all welders

[red baron]

bp,

I've got all the required equipment you are welcome to borrow it.

welder 100volt 130 amp mig  with gas

plasma cutter 110/220 volt will cut up to 1/4" plate onm 110 and 1/2" on 220

grinders too many to list


come and get it.


lessons are free.

[red baron]

forgot to add all safety equip too.

[TiAvenger]

forgot to add all safety equip too.

most important thing in welding   


arc burn is .................painful 

[red baron]

most important thing in welding   


arc burn is .................painful 

and you know this how..............

[TiAvenger]

and you know this how..............

hand shielding in half leathers, exposed my armpit (tanktop under leathers) for about 150 tacks.... had problems lowering my arm for weeks..........

[Grampa]

bp,

I've got all the required equipment you are welcome to borrow it.

welder 100volt 130 amp mig  with gas

plasma cutter 110/220 volt will cut up to 1/4" plate onm 110 and 1/2" on 220

grinders too many to list


come and get it.


lessons are free.

on my way

[He Man]

myb rother learned in a school it cost $15,000. Each and every single one of your welds were x-rayed to show how well your penetration was, so it depends on the school.

[Mother]

bp,

I've got all the required equipment you are welcome to borrow it.

welder 100volt 130 amp mig  with gas

plasma cutter 110/220 volt will cut up to 1/4" plate onm 110 and 1/2" on 220

grinders too many to list


come and get it.


lessons are free.

this is what I'm talkin about

this is the way to go about it

[Monsterlover]

+1  It doesn't take much more than working with someone who knows what they're doing.  Welding is and art and science, but not a black art

I'm self taught with my TIG.  I picked it up at a garage sale for $800, sold off all the crap I didn't need that came with it and made my money back.

Did a lot of reading and looking at pictures on the net.  That coupled with trial and error I got it figured out.  I can pretty much weld anything that will melt (except plastic)

What I have recently discovered that I don't like at all about welding:  Using my arm as a ground.  Ouch!  For light welds I just use mechanic's gloves, enough to keep the heat away from my hand.  However, I found out they will conduct 'D

Ground clamp on table, arc between torch and work piece.  All is good.

Screw up and stick you filler rod to the tungston and have your bare elbow resting on the same bench the ground clamp is attached to, well then the current flows across the filler rod, through your arm and to the table/over to the ground clamp.

Well, it might actually flow in reverse of that description but the end result is a big surprise, a funny feeling arm and my glove and filler rod getting flung across the room

[herm]

<--- self learned gorilla welder. its not pretty, but it stood up to the guys abuse (as well as anything would)

[Speeddog]

Take the class, if it's a good one you'll get lots of time with an oxy-acetylene torch, and a bit of time with TIG and Arc.

Then get a welder, and practice and practice and practice and practice and practice and practice and practice and practice.....

It's what I did.

So, like today, when I need a wrench to torque head nuts:



Socket (cracked) + combination wrench + fire + rod = Tool

[Vindingo]

Aren't you going to have to cut that wrench in half so it fits in there? 

[Grampa]

the goal in all of this, is to build a board track style bike loosly based on this



I like the straighter, angled lines of this bike.

[Grampa]

http://www.extreme-scooters.com/bicycle_engine_kit.htm

and find a frame that allows for good engine placement that stiill retains some of the BMWs lines

[Monsterlover]

Man up and build your own.

You can do it.