What did you do to your shop today?

Supercharged111

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Luck? My "Mark I" eyeball? The Sharpie mark I made on the post?

Somehow I really lucked out that it goes to 6'-0" clear under the car without needing to close the door or move that (stupid) light.

That is lucky. Leave it to me to forget once and run the door over the roof of a car. Then again, if it didn't clear, you could just do a door lift.
 
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motorheadmike

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The reorg continues. Ran the wiring for the hoist along the ceiling. Moved a bunch of lighting around. Relocated the tool boxes and things to a more useful location. And set the argon bottle in it's new home.

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Still have a fair bit of clean-up to do. Hopefully I get to try my hand at TIG welding today or tomorrow.

In the meantime I am searching for replacement F96T12 bulbs... everything is LED these days. Anyone got some recommendations?
 
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Northernregal

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In the meantime I am searching for replacement F96T12 bulbs... everything is LED these days. Anyone got some recommendations?
Get LED adapters or make the switch. One fixture will motivate you to do the rest.
 
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Supercharged111

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Get LED adapters or make the switch. One fixture will motivate you to do the rest.

Not gonna lie, I just swapped out 2 fluorescent fixtures for single row LEDs here in my garage and it is a good bit brighter in here. Given the choice between the 2, I choose LED. Not only that, they don't suck when it's cold out.
 
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motorheadmike

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Did a little more tidying up and got the work bench cleared of so I could start making a mess. Full disclosure: this is all dirty metal (mill scale, rust, oil) from my boxes and boxes of scrap. I didn't clean F all. So the contamination was expected. I started on 1/8" and went down to 1/16", and tried 1/16" filler rod on both.

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All killer, almost no filler.

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Penetration!

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So far I've made some puddles, pushed some filler rod into some puddles, and mostly just fused metal together without filler rod by manipulating the base metal and the puddle. I deliberately tried using the wrong sized tungsten and amount of amperage to see what would or wouldn't happen. Mostly boogers and blow through. Dipped the tungsten a few times too - I just need to slow down and be more attentive. Lastly, I am not seeing the puddle as well as I would like - and I may be limited by my welding mask. I'll try the one I got Natasha for Christmas before getting another.

Overall not bad for an hour of farting around.
 
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Texas82GP

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My eyes! They burn!

Just kidding. Far better than I could do. I don't even own a TIG so you're light years ahead of me. Someday.
 
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Did a little more tidying up and got the work bench cleared of so I could start making a mess. Full disclosure: this is all dirty metal (mill scale, rust, oil) from my boxes and boxes of scrap. I didn't clean F all. So the contamination was expected. I started on 1/8" and went down to 1/16", and tried 1/16" filler rod on both.

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All killer, almost no filler.

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Penetration!

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So far I've made some puddles, pushed some filler rod into some puddles, and mostly just fused metal together without filler rod by manipulating the base metal and the puddle. I deliberately tried using the wrong sized tungsten and amount of amperage to see what would or wouldn't happen. Mostly boogers and blow through. Dipped the tungsten a few times too - I just need to slow down and be more attentive. Lastly, I am not seeing the puddle as well as I would like - and I may be limited by my welding mask. I'll try the one I got Natasha for Christmas before getting another.

Overall not bad for an hour of farting around.
A clear TIG cup (or gas lens) will help quite a bit with visibility and let you get better angles while welded.
 
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motorheadmike

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A clear TIG cup (or gas lens) will help quite a bit with visibility and let you get better angles while welded.

Way ahead of you.

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Natasha's mask is way way waaaaaay clearer than mine. Guess I am getting a second one. It didn't prevent me from making this mess out of 20 gauge (tried the .040" tungsten)... and even worse when I tried to stick it to the 16 gauge.

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I won't be quitting my day job just yet.
 
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Northernregal

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Way ahead of you.

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Natasha's mask is way way waaaaaay clearer than mine. Guess I am getting a second one. It didn't prevent me from making this mess out of 20 gauge (tried the .040" tungsten)... and even worse when I tried to stick it to the 16 gauge.

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I won't be quitting my day job just yet.
Put the clear cup away for now, put on the #7 ceramic and set for 15cfm gas flow. Set it for 95amps, add like 10 pulse per second and 60% or so duty cycle on the pulse. When you get puddle started throttle back on the peddle a bit so it will follow the torch and move more quickly with the torch head angled about 15-20 degrees toward direction of travel. Also get comfortable for a short stitch, like 1.5" and allow cooling for like 1 minute before you restart.
 
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