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Thread ID: 145580	2017-12-08 21:47:00	Arc Welding - What to Buy	kahawai chaser (3545)	PC World Chat

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1443142	2017-12-22 18:52:00	I know a guy here with this unit, although it may not be available in NZ..... it can't hurt to take a look...... www.harborfreight.com I personally have a unit that can be used either wuth or without gas.....	SurferJoe46 (51)
1443143	2017-12-22 19:13:00	I know a guy here with this unit, although it may not be available in NZ..... it can't hurt to take a look...... www.harborfreight.com I personally have a unit that can be used either wuth or without gas..... Harbour is spelled wrong	prefect (6291)
1443144	2017-12-22 22:53:00	"Harbor" is NOT spelled "wrong" . "Wrong" is spelled "wrong" . "Harbor" is spelled "harbor" I have another buddy (I have a couple more buddies too) who used "Incorrect" for his Windows password . All he had to do was hit any key + ENTER and the password would magically appear: "The password you have entered is incorrect" . Worked for him anyway!	SurferJoe46 (51)
1443145	2017-12-22 23:09:00	As for price, I did a quick search for what the heck mig welding is and came across this one ( . bunnings . co . nz/ozito-90amp-gasless-mig-welder_p00281851" target="_blank">www . bunnings . co . nz) in Kahawai's budget . I know a guy here with this unit, although it may not be available in NZ . . . . . it can't hurt to take a look . . . . . . . harborfreight . com/welding/mig-flux-welders/170-amp-dc-240-volt-migflux-cored-welder-68885 . html" target="_blank">www . harborfreight . com I personally have a unit that can be used either wuth or without gas . . . . . the problem i see with those ones is the lack of voltage adjustment . i found flux core to be a little touchy in what voltage it like to run on . only having two voltage settings means your only going to have two steel sizes that it will work really well on . this is one of the reasons most people told me to avoid those ones and get something decent . . supercheapauto . co . nz/Product/Cigweld-Welding-Mig-Welder-135-Amp/346523" target="_blank">www . supercheapauto . co . nz thats a bit better . at least its got 4-5 voltage settings . but increase the budget a bit more and you will get something with variable voltage settings and much better features . typically set wire feed speed (amperage) to the thickness of the steel, then adjust the voltage to get it to run right . also can fine tune it with inductance setting .	tweak'e (69)
1443146	2017-12-22 23:16:00	Thought Joe would have picked up that spelled is spelt wrong too. Siri thinks I would be saying spout but gets spelled right.	Kame (312)
1443147	2017-12-22 23:40:00	You could pop into your local engineering shop and ask if you could have a try, and maybe learn a few things from them and their recommendations. There's not many qualified welders in our engineering department due to lack of people in our town. So a lot of people I hire, I spend a lot of time teaching them to weld, and then getting them to sit their certificates, the certificate standards have changed/merged, but its pretty much the same from when I did mine, I just don't know if I am suppose to update my tickets. As for teaching it in school, Although it's handy, people should cherish their eye sight. No matter how great a welder is, everyone has accidentally flashed themselves and each time you do it, it does affect your eyes. It's important to understand the shades, darker would prevent a lot of the light but may cause eye strain. So its quite tough on the eyes and I don't know whether I would recommend such a thing early on in life. I no longer have 20/20 vision and it maybe related to 20 years of welding or just old age but I value eye sight over knowing how to weld and may have chose a different path. So do consider that aspect too.	Kame (312)
1443148	2017-12-23 00:54:00	You could pop into your local engineering shop and ask if you could have a try, and maybe learn a few things from them and their recommendations . There's not many qualified welders in our engineering department due to lack of people in our town . So a lot of people I hire, I spend a lot of time teaching them to weld, and then getting them to sit their certificates, the certificate standards have changed/merged, but its pretty much the same from when I did mine, I just don't know if I am suppose to update my tickets . As for teaching it in school, Although it's handy, people should cherish their eye sight . No matter how great a welder is, everyone has accidentally flashed themselves and each time you do it, it does affect your eyes . It's important to understand the shades, darker would prevent a lot of the light but may cause eye strain . So its quite tough on the eyes and I don't know whether I would recommend such a thing early on in life . I no longer have 20/20 vision and it maybe related to 20 years of welding or just old age but I value eye sight over knowing how to weld and may have chose a different path . So do consider that aspect too . I got a NASA Pressure Hull cert in about 1971 or so working on Sealab for the US Navy . Come to think of it - I've had detached retina 7 times in my right eye, cataracts in both eyes . I have a Nevus in my right optical nerve that can kill me in 15 days if it ruptures or becomes malignant . Right now it's on a wait-n-watch program, but my retina specialist want to take out my right eye as a prophylactic process . There are too many blood vessels running through it to do anything with it . That's my good eye, so I'll keep it hoping the doc can spot it before it erupts . There is no treatment - no needle aspiration, no nuclear seeds and nothing less than total eye removal . My optical history might be from welding and YES - 'flash' does happen all the time . A few pixs in an online album for youse guys ( . app . goo . gl/MsH52eQagRbElzP93" target="_blank">photos . app . goo . gl) . . . . the first one is an inner pix of my retina . The black area is where the lasers 'welded' my retina back onto the rear of the eyeball . My retinal surgeon sewed it back on three times - so he's the one who gave me my sight back . The bullet riddled area to the 9 o'clock to 12 o'clock radius is dead for seeing any more . I wonder if the 'instant' welding hoods are any good . . . . I've got a pretty expensive one and I still wonder if it's fast enough to darken as quickly as I need . I run at 10 most of the time for wire welding, 12 or 14 for stick AC . Or . . . . . this all might be the effect of old age . I'm 72 in April-next . .	SurferJoe46 (51)
1443149	2017-12-23 02:31:00	youtu.be youtu.be videos out recently on the subject :)	tweak'e (69)
1443150	2017-12-23 05:42:00	Thought Joe would have picked up that spelled is spelt wrong too. Siri thinks I would be saying spout but gets spelled right. Just testing	prefect (6291)
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