Critique my welds part 2

[Allen]

Originally posted by Joe Dillard
Did anybody happen to notice the nitrogen bottle in those pics I was using at the time?

Nope.

Explain.....

Allen

[Joe Dillard]

I was in a hurry and stopped by a local welding supply store to exchange it for a new one since I was out of mix. The guy at the counter told me he sat my new bottle on the loading dock so I can just pick it up on my way out. Well.....in my haste, the nitrogen bottle was the only bottle sitting on the loading dock at the time & I just picked it up & tossed it in my Jeep.

When I got home I wrecklessly hooked it up to my welder & started using it. I immediately noticed my welder was welding alot differently. It seemed to be better/hotter than before.

The common denominator was the tank and it's unusual color. I think it was the next day or so that I brought it back. They traded me for a bigger bottle at no charge.

Stupid of me.

Good thing it wasn't acetylene!

[mrblaine]

Originally posted by Joe Dillard


Good thing it wasn't acetylene!

Wouldn't have mattered. You would have instantly figured out that the regulator wouldn't be able to be threaded in. Acetylene tanks have a left hand thread to prevent the mistaken hook-up for the wrong application.

In fact all fuels used in cutting have left hand threads and all non combustible gases use a right hand thread.

Ever notice that the propane tanks used with bar-b-ques have left hand threads?

There is one exception to that, but it applies to disposeable fuel cylinders like those used for lanterns and camp stoves.

[Joe Dillard]

Originally posted by mrblaine
Ever notice that the propane tanks used with bar-b-ques have left hand threads?

That's what I was thinking too. At least in the past.

I just walked out to my backyard to check this and found differently on my BBQ tank.

Clockwise = tighten
CCW = loosen

[mrblaine]

Originally posted by Joe Dillard
That's what I was thinking too. At least in the past.

I just walked out to my backyard to check this and found differently on my BBQ tank.

Clockwise = tighten
CCW = loosen

Got a picture of that?

[Joe Dillard]

Yep - I do now.

[blkTJ]

Joe, are you selling the hobart to john??? if not, I could use it to go along with my ****ty drill press.

[Matt Pascoe]

Originally posted by blkTJ
Joe, are you selling the hobart to john??? if not, I could use it to go along with my ****ty drill press.

If Joe's is gone I'm sure you won't have any problems finding other similar welders sitting around, :cough: Miller 135 :cough:

[Joe Dillard]

Originally posted by blkTJ
Joe, are you selling the hobart to john??? if not, I could use it to go along with my ****ty drill press.

I haven't heard back from John at all.

I know he was getting ready to move to somewhere in the Dakota's very soon. Perhaps he's already in transit.

My Hobart is not spoken for yet. You are welcome to shoot me a PM offer, mention one here, or call me on my cell. I'll shoot you a PM with my cell number if you'd like to yap about it.

[mrblaine]

Originally posted by Joe Dillard
I haven't heard back from John at all.

I know he was getting ready to move to somewhere in the Dakota's very soon. Perhaps he's already in transit.

My Hobart is not spoken for yet. You are welcome to shoot me a PM offer, mention one here, or call me on my cell. I'll shoot you a PM with my cell number if you'd like to yap about it.

Can I explain the difference between a 12 gauge and a .410 to him?

[Joe Dillard]

Feel free to explaine Blaine.

Hey...that rhymes.

[blkTJ]

Originally posted by mrblaine
Can I explain the difference between a 12 gauge and a .410 to him?

Learning how to weld with a 110 welder is worse than trying to teach a 12 year old how to shoot trap with a .410 shotgun.

Small guns and small welders require skill to use. Result oriented learning activities require good results to keep one interested in the learning process. Inhibiting that with crappy equipment is a bad thing.

There ya go Blaine.

My interest stems from the fact that I don't have 220 readily available at my place. The way I see it, it would be better to have some way of sticking metal together (in a pinch) than no way at all.

Joe, Matt... I doubt I'd be willing to part with more than $200 for the whole shootin' match.

FWIW, the few times I carried a shotgun it was a 16ga Ithica pump.

[Joe Dillard]

Originally posted by blkTJ
Joe, Matt... I doubt I'd be willing to part with more than $200 for the whole shootin' match.

Then perhaps Matt wants to pay somebody to take his welder off his hands.

I don't mind giving a friend a good deal, but ~$200 hardly even pays for the bottle and mix gas. The tank hooked to my Hobart is at ~90% capacity and ~$200 is what it takes to have one and have it filled.

If I sold my Hobart along with the mix tank for ~$200, this would require that I was paying somebody to take my welder from me.

I thinks I'll pass on that for now.

[mrblaine]

Originally posted by blkTJ
There ya go Blaine.

My interest stems from the fact that I don't have 220 readily available at my place. The way I see it, it would be better to have some way of sticking metal together (in a pinch) than no way at all.

Joe, Matt... I doubt I'd be willing to part with more than $200 for the whole shootin' match.

FWIW, the few times I carried a shotgun it was a 16ga Ithica pump.

Well, before you really insult someone, get a Ready Welder and at least familiarize yourself with something that is also useful on the trail.

[blkTJ]

no insult intended.

[Joe Dillard]

None taken Brian. I just wanted to toss out the costs (my costs which are probably fairly standard since I don't have a source for a special deal on a tank or mix) of having a tank the size I have, plus filling it. It's not required to run one as I'm sure you know. To run without one, the contact leads are reversed which is real simple to do and just run flux core wire which will work okay.

I may just sell the Hobart & keep an extra tank handy which is almost full.