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Tom Kitta

Tom Kitta

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Hi!

My name is Tom & I am always looking for new things to learn to do with metal. I have accumulated small collection of metal working toys through I am far from using fully their capabilities.

My current projects:
-- adding some stability to my mini mill & adding a simple DRO
-- learning how to TIG weld
-- building a welding cart
-- building a mini water cooler for the welder
 
Hey Tom,

Welcome to the forum!
Awesome, take lots of pictures of your DRO setup, I would love to follow the project. (I'm thinking about doing the same!)
What kind of mini mill is it?

Cheers!

JW
 
Its the brushless model from Busy Bee. The DRO will be very basic but I seen many people have something like that & being happy about it.

As soon as I have some picture I post them.
 
What kind of TIG welder do you have? I'm sure you've already heard these a million times before, but good clean material (talking shiny new metal, no mill-scale or oils) and a nicely ground and polished (no strafe-marks) tungsten will make a world of difference in your welds. A well prepared tungsten can give you shockingly good control over exactly where your heat ends up.
 
As per my signature its an Everlast 200DX (or DV). Its a clone of Miller 200DX made in China. Comes with a 5 year warranty with Canadian branch of the company (Ontario). Plenty of documented usage online.
 
Oh haha stupid me, I totally missed the signature line. The 200DX seems like a nice welder, can't wait to see what you make with it!
 
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