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bwahaha i feel the same man, i'll be all calm before i fire up the torch but as soon as i tough that button i feel like i have epilepsy mostly when i do aluminum. must be nerves.</TD></TR></TABLE>

guy's, the solution to your shaking hand's is POT, Yes mister, smoke weed everyday..

No just kidding, practice is the key for TIG, and I can say that Javier weld like Jesus walk on wather, I work with automatic welding robot often, and really, Javier can spank their *** ( only they can do it like 7 day's a week, 24 hours a day, year long without any Argon headHeach )!

Kranked

 

I have found that using you pinky or ring finger or both as a point of rest helps to stablize your hand as well as build up you hand strength for those akward moments. Sometimes you just gotta hold the torch with 2 fingers(thumb and forefinger). You can also throw the cables from the torch over the shoulder where you are working on and that should take some of the weight off.

 

i always pull and lay the slack on my lap while welding, giving me a foot or two on the torch, and i always cut my welding rods in half so i have better control, and i always weld bare handed, and i always use a gold lens

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Redlineracer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have found that using you pinky or ring finger or both as a point of rest helps to stablize your hand as well as build up you hand strength for those akward moments. Sometimes you just gotta hold the torch with 2 fingers(thumb and forefinger). You can also throw the cables from the torch over the shoulder where you are working on and that should take some of the weight off.</TD></TR></TABLE>

this is similar to what i do when mig welding. i just try and rest as much of myself as possible on whatever i am welding. i use prett much a pencil technique, laying my wrist on what i am working and pivoting the wrist and fingers.

 

i think ive been welding for about 3 years now...i dont exactly remeber when i started i learned a lot from jon though....i still dont know how he does it. when i weld, i use left over AL blocks of material from old CNC'd parts as rests for my hand, they work pretty well. sometimes i pulse with the pedal and add filler....pulsing with my foot helps me get a rhythm if have the shakes from coffee or redbull i also lay the slack on my leg....i dont use the shoulder method unless im standing up. i also use a shade 12 lens

 

i need one of those 12s java~!

 

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sounds like my technique

 

it really is a delicate balance between how much you've had to eat and how much caffeine you had that day I've been pretty lucky so far and haven't had the need to reposition my cables since I still have air cooled and I can just use my fingers to hold it for now. I can however see the need for a watercooled torch sooner or later as my skills progress

 

american hotrod

they are working on the Alumatub right now. and in the 3rd episode i noticed them weling on the car with some kind of wire feed gun. it looked big, bulky and had the wire spool on the gun. what was it?

 

I didn't see it but sounds like a mig with a spool gun on it. My bro weld AL with his mig, messy

 

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you can weld al with a mig and have it come out nice you just need to know what you are doing. i know some people that can do al like that and its awsome i wish i could , it takes allot of tallent.

 

Yes of course with anything, i was reffering to my bro's lol.

 

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they are working on the Alumatub right now. and in the 3rd episode i noticed them weling on the car with some kind of wire feed gun. it looked big, bulky and had the wire spool on the gun. what was it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I was a mig witha spool gun. Rather bulky and heavy.

Spool Gun

 

Awsome thread, i've been welding for a few years now and its time to get my own tig, i was wondering if any of you have used the new Lincoln tig185, looks like a great machine for the money on paper, could be somewhere else in the post cuz I haven't made it through all the pages yet. KEEP THIS THREAD UP!!!!

 

keep this thread up....


Modified by hybridvteceg at 5:55 PM 3/16/2004

 

ok questoin .. anyone got a source for some nice premade brackets ?

 

what kind of brackets are ya looking for?

 

i can get you brackets, got any shape/size in mind

 

oh yeah...anyone want a MIG welder. this thing is great for exhaust work, and mild jobs.
comes with machine, 10ft gun, ground clamp, power plug obviously. gas port on back of machine. wire speed and amperage are infinitely controllabe(meaning the ***** are a smooth turn, not click positions). and toggle button for higher amperage settings.

115V plug. used to be owned by inline pro to do some of their welding. i think 2 years old. i havent used it too much since i got it from them a year ago

all around a good machine for light kobs. ive done exhaust, test pipes, steel intakes, downpipes, and much more.
taking offers for now...PM me




Modified by hybridvteceg at 6:48 PM 3/16/2004

 

where do you guys buy your materials from i.e. metal plates/tubes/bars etc?

 

just thought id post this up to keep this thread moving
it was a kooks mani i braced

 

Welds look great! I love welding stainless, it looks so good . But whats up with those holes on the turbo flange? puttin a T4 on a T3 flange?

-Brian

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LSiTurbo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Welds look great! I love welding stainless, it looks so good . But whats up with those holes on the turbo flange? puttin a T4 on a T3 flange?

-Brian</TD></TR></TABLE>

i know looks horrible
the hack that got this car before it came to me drilled the flange to use a t3 on a t4 flange.
i would never do something like that.....

 

What schedule do you guys use for your DPs?

 

not a schedule, just bends etc, like from http://www.roadraceengineering...s.htm