Hello Every one
Are there any Mig Mag Welding Courses 6/8/10 weeks duration around the Luton area in the next couple of months that any of you would recommend.
My Grandson has a new job starting in September, a Mig Mag course would be very...
Hello tig paul
I have been looking at pictures of your work for some time now,always first class, Do you tig aluminium as well, I ca'nt recall any aluminium welding, I would be interested to know.
All the Best desmo11225
Hi All
I do'nt know about simulators for welding but what attracted me to this forum was the superb photography, being able to show a film like the ones you have before taking students to the shop floor to start welding would have been fantastic and also using the modern helmets where you...
Hi Gents
Some general info Re. hardening and tempering Propane/Air Flame approx temperature is 2.000 Centigrade, Propane/Oxy Flame 2.500 c Oxy/Acet flame 3.500 c. When I started out considered to be the hottest flame in Industry.
Oil Quenching, the oil...
Hi Hoverquad
As a welding instructor in the 70s/80s cast iron welding was part of the course both Oxy/Acetylene welding and MA welding I remember cutting the 6 inch cast iron sections in half to save on pre-heating gas also using mild steel electrodes for filler because the...
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I have been sharpening tools for donkeys years. any thing really but carpenters tools mainly. chisels, planes etc, by chance I happened to mention this to my butcher who had several butchers working for him part time they were all complaining how poor the knives were...
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Just a comment on the Heat Affected Zone H.A.Z this is an area near a weld which will be created if a steel has sufficient carbon you can create Martinsite [ I'm not spelling it correctly] which is very brittle, those of you who raid the scrap bins should be...
Hello Gents
Electrodes are hygroscopic, like sugar/salt they will absorb moister very easy, keep them in your airing cupboard or some where nice and dry, if your workshop/ garage is like mine there's plenty of dampness there, take what you need from your warm room and put back in...
During my time at College, we had cylinders of gas delivered by BOC and I always tested them while the driver was on site, it's easily done to give you an empty cylinder, as Bill Edwards says do'nt pay get them to exchange it,
Hi rockweasel
Yes certainly LOOKS great, now cut some 1 inch/25 mm pieces off it and using a jaw see my posts earlier, clamp them into a vice and gently pull them to give them a distructive test, you ca'nt beat that and you'll be VERY proud of yourself if they pass the test...
Hello rockweasel
When we were welding specimens at college we always tacked a piece of scrap as a run on plate for important specimens, establishing the arc is always a bit of a problem, it happens on very critical welds at times, we had a machine welding vehicle brake...
Hi Gents
Great to see apprenticeships coming back, I got all my tickets C and Gs ONC through evening classes, 3 nights a week 7 to 9 /9.30 long old days and spent 14 years at a Hire Education College in the welding shop, over 25 years ago now but they have just more or less closed...
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My friend, a very skillful builder is having great difficulty drilling bathroom tiles, maybe manufactured in Spain.
He has very heavy duty drills with slow speeds but normal masonary drills either wont touch it or break very easily...
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I need to renew my Tormek supergrind 1200 with a new grinding wheel, I would also like to change the bearings, problem is, I can buy the grinding wheel but not the bearings on their own, I have already fitted a Stainless steel shaft and they only seem to sell the bearings...
Hi Christo
Go to top of the page, click Arc welding, page down to cast iron, tells you exactly how to do the job also the reasons for carrying out the process.
The nickel electrodes are easy to use ie striking the arc and flow smoothly but will encourage you to push...
Thank's again octo, Problem solved, I was one of those fools as above and tried to undo the allen screw breaking it from it's mounting. However my friend and I undid the 4 Philips screws in the lower section and was able to remove the cover easily, all the electrics are simple and easy...
Thank's octo, I wondered if I'd get a reply, if I can get the cover off I can fix it no problem but there are no screws or fixings at all, just hoping someone has done it thats all
Thank's again Des
Hello Everyone.
Not a welding question but have any members dismantled the cover on a Mountfield Quiet Garden Shredder 2200W The manual give no instructions to do this, I need to look at the blades and make an adjustment to the Counterhold...
Hi Guy's I keep my electrodes in the airing cupboard, nice and warm in there, we had heating ovens, a stack of 4 with different temperatures for different electrodes for specialist welding. All the Best desmo11225