Thanks for that Brad.
Sorry for the delayed reply, hectic life at the minute.
I wasn't gonna hit it with the torch again, maybe just try it in the oven.
I'll do as you request if I do send it down and I'd expect that a little distortion probably won't matter since there are so many fixing bolts...
Guys,
Your offers of help are remarkably kind, especially since I'm not even a major contributor here. I'd feel like a failure having one of you kind souls bail me out but I also feel like I've exhausted nearly all of my options. The one last thing I was going to try was to heat it in the oven...
My saga continues......
I have a friend who is a jeweler and has a thermostatic furnace. I asked him to chuck the sump into the furnace for an hour and a half at 100 degrees, which was its lowest setting apparently.
Rather than launching straight at it this time I thought I'd just light up on a...
I thought I'd read somewhere that if you use brake cleaner to clean stuff you're gonna weld, it leaves a slight residue which gives off a nasty toxic gas when welded?
Cheers
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I didn't notice this guide until recently, it's excellent.
Really very grateful for the effort and can see it being very valuable long term to refer back to.
On the subject of tungsten sharpening I used a tutorial from 6061.com that makes two different angles on the tip but Richards comment on...
Before it was a commercial product Aaron (from 6061) made a how to video on how to make the Tig button thingy yourself.
I wish I downloaded it then!!
:)
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Just thinking about where to go with this from here.......
Do you think I should stick it in the oven/bbq for an hour at 100c, usual brush/acetone and have another go as is or.....
Should I completely grind out the rubbish spots first which I think will end up with holes, then chuck it in the...
Ahh right, just for part size, sorry I thought you'd modded it to make it heat more uniformly or something, In that case I don't need prices or pictures ;)
Frequency explanation was spot on thank you. Makes sense now.
I'll see if I can find a way to measure the temperature and run the...
Cheers for that Richard.
I take your view on it being messy but I doubt with my skill level I'll be able to do much better!! I'll certainly try tho!! I'd be over the moon if it's sound and doesn't leak.
Balance wise my machine usually sits at 33 anyway and results seem ok (to my untrained eye...
Cheers for that fella,
I thought I was probably wasting gas a bit!!
I'm no pro so please take this as the genuine question it's meant to be. Both yourself and Richard suggested about the same lower frequency.
From what I gather from people like Jodie Collier on youtube, it seems that the higher...
Fairly certain, the one is the pics at the start of the post is the exact same part, It's possible Suzuki changed the composition throughout the run though.
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I have a 3350 and a SIP2300, I'm no pro welder mind you and I thought that the viking was better but that the SIP was still mighty fine for what it is, THEN my Viking died!!
I pulled out the SIP and hell, not only could I not see as well, the first couple of welds I did were rubbish, even by my...
Hey all,
I've got a bit of a puzzler I wonder if I can run by y'all?
I'm trying to make a shortened baffled sump arrangement for my GSXR1000 K1 powered kit car.
I spotted something on ebay and thought, Oh, I can make one of those!!
This is what it's supposed to look a bit like:
S-l1600 by...
More great info in your replies folks. :)
I was a bit pushed but I did get a little more time on it tonight. I dropped the tungsten to 1.6mm, experimented with arc gap and travel speed and also tungsten stick out, did some more spot tests at various gaps and stick outs and even set up a pulse to...
Hey Brad93,
Is 93 the year you or your offspring were born or are you a fan of Marc Marquez??? :)
The spot test... I positioned my tungsten (2.4mm thoriated) at 90 degrees to the material and approx 2mm from the tip to the surface, went full pedal instantly or as quickly as my aged snowboard...
Hey all,
I made a trip to the weld supply shop today for a new lid so for a few dollars more I picked up a new reg, flow meter and gas line too. Using the same bottle of Argon I did the test described previously and the results seem much better on stainless though somewhat bizarrely about the...