JorgensenSteam said:If you try and hold up a welding cable with one hand all day, your hand will be shaking like an alcoholic in withdrawl. I have welded all day with a heavy industrial lead, and even with two hands, my hands were shaking at the end of the day. And I have arms like a gorilla (my wife said my brain is equally gorilla-like, but that is just her).
Happy welding to all, no matter how many hands you use.
Pat J
Try that again with the blades clamped to a nice thick block of copper. If the welder cant give you less heat, try taking some away.JorgensenSteam said:I turned the tombstone welder down to the lowest setting, 40 amps, and just for fun, tired to weld two thick razor blades together using a 1/16" rod (not that you would want to do this, but just to get an idea about range/heat). If I could turn my welder down to 20 amps, I could certainly weld thick razor blades.
JorgensenSteam said:Dean-
I was typing while you were replying.
Is the "Jet" rod considered an E7014?
..using a E7014 building a trailer. It is "down-only" welding, but those welds were flat and smooth, and looked like a machine had welded them.
Give us some of your do's and don't, or 10 tricks to get good welds or something.
You could probably tell us in 5 minutes what it would take reading an entire welding book.
Pat J
tel said:You'll get there Rich - the only difference between a bad welder and a good one is a few hundred hours of practice.
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