I do that before to use themAlways hold my left hand too close to the hot stuff and the end of the glove had started to wear thin and although still good enough to use I made some thickeners from some leather scraps sent over by @mrsbruce
Attempting to sew them was proving very difficult so super glue it was.
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About the weld is beautifulToday I plasma cut another couple of discs out of the 16mm plate, as I found out yesterday I have another Gunwale roller to make.
I only had one bit left of the 50mm dia stainless so couldn't get both welded up but I did manage to get a complete weld in one go today as I started with a new rod
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The rods I am currently using are Esab OK 63.30 and they are very nice. Often you can get some porosity with stainless rods right at the start of a new electrode but no such issues with these one.
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Just a little cut, but I was impressed with myself. Nothing blew up, fell of, or made funny noises.
Good fun, ain't it
Really like those Paul.
The fence panels there’s 4 in total awkward enough to do but they came out as designed . My verdict is still out on whether I like them or not View attachment 192537
Thanks.
They are for sale, I've been making them for some years, I've posted them on here before a few times but didn't have a picture of so many of them together till today.
Along with the “Oooooooh....majik!”, I also had the thought “that wasn’t hard to do” (spot the innocent newbie). I have printed out some plans for starter projects, but am still awaiting my tnt delivery of toe clamps or whatever they are called, and a few other necessaries.
A pair of wheels and an air intake, both for my smoker. The air intake will have a rotating plate on it that will control the airflow. I screwed up the wheels and made the seat for the bearing too big. I was hoping the heat from welding it in would shrink it enough but no joy. Plan b was to stick in some brazing filler and turn the bore to the correct size but the complete wheel catches the bed of my lathe so I'm out of ideas...
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