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    Rock Tumbler

    Rocks are ok I enjoy making a good sphere or 2 maybe one day a giant sphere but the wife is the addict and is prone to hoarding rocks and now I got baskets of rocks everywhere around the house and little piles that keep growing out side lol also find them in coat pockets. Some of the show rocks...
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    Question on grinding Tungsten for TIG

    Haha, fixed it and ye English is my only language and I'm not that good at it.
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    Question on grinding Tungsten for TIG

    I would say material prep and cleaning will help you eliminate a lot of various issues. Another thing is to stop welding once you dip your tungsten or the tungsten gets too dull and makes welding less pleasant. Feel free to post your journey and ask questions as there are A FEW welders on this...
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    Question on grinding Tungsten for TIG

    I always wear ear plugs when welding for that reason as it's not a pleasant experience did it once and lucky didn't damage anything but ye no fun. As far as Crocs go laugh all you want I don't mind ;) they make poor welding shoes but they do leave cool patterns in your socks. There my go too...
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    Question on grinding Tungsten for TIG

    I'm with @phaxtris and @trevj on the angle being not that critical. Even really is the tungsten you use for most part. I think unless you get to the point were every weld you make is weld porn I think the small details like tungsten angle are not that critical. I would focus on getting the...
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    Question on grinding Tungsten for TIG

    As a welder by trade that is pretty much how all field tungsten prep is done and how I do it at home. Some of the fancy companies buy portable tungsten grinders but it's more for the dust that comes off grinding tungsten as it isn't good for you like many aspects of welding. I would recommend...
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    Welding challenge

    I would say your last cube is looking pretty good so far, I don't think I'll get into the shop tonight to try it but @phaxtris looks like he has you covered ATM. But you could try letting the bottom half of cube sit in coldish water would help wick the heat away. But from what I see your in...
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    Welding challenge

    You should post your settings so it's easier to figure out were to start tweeking at. I would include balance, Freq, CFM, Amps, and even pulse setting if you got pulse. And even cup size and grade of tungsten may help. You may want to make some chilling bars for what your trying to build as...
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    Any one else run wood boilers?

    Been a warmer winter this year so the boiler has been idling more and probly didn't help that I was running the boiler hard to keep shop warm for concrete. So the boiler water hasn't been at optimum water temps. Anyways just finish cleaning it out yesterday and removed 95% of creosote What a...
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    Workplace Safety at work and in the home shop

    I use one of these when it's more then tacking https://a.co/d/1bMGA1m I bought a big snail fan and plan on installing spiral ducting on ceiling of shop to suck all the smoke and pump it outside. Some people buy portable fume extraction units but they can be pricey unless you can find a good...
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