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Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:37 pm
by Felix
dern wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2024 5:01 pm
Very excited about this. Done mig before but wanted to learn tig. The seller gave me a lesson on aluminium and stainless that has give me loads of confidence. Have a load of off cuts and now it’s practice time…
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I was wondering what i would use for welding steel into alloy, MIG or TIG?I have a box steel framed set of back doors in my bus and mounted the spare wheel on the door. I put the bolts through some steel box section but that obviously shows the bolt heads on the outside
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Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:43 pm
by dern
Felix wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:37 pm
I was wondering what i would use for welding steel into alloy, MIG or TIG?I have a box steel framed set of back doors in my bus and mounted the spare wheel on the door. I put the bolts through some steel box section but that obviously shows the bolt heads on the outside
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What kind of alloy?
Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2024 10:01 pm
by Felix
dern wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:43 pm
Felix wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:37 pm
I was wondering what i would use for welding steel into alloy, MIG or TIG?I have a box steel framed set of back doors in my bus and mounted the spare wheel on the door. I put the bolts through some steel box section but that obviously shows the bolt heads on the outside
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What kind of alloy?
Never knew there was different types.
Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2024 10:15 pm
by demographic
Muuuuust resist.
Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2024 10:24 pm
by dern
Felix wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 10:01 pm
dern wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:43 pm
Felix wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:37 pm
I was wondering what i would use for welding steel into alloy, MIG or TIG?I have a box steel framed set of back doors in my bus and mounted the spare wheel on the door. I put the bolts through some steel box section but that obviously shows the bolt heads on the outside
20240615_135534 (1).jpg
What kind of alloy?
Never knew there was different types.
Alloy is just a term for a combination of a metal with some other element. Bronze and brass are alloys, so is steel for that matter.
Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2024 10:30 pm
by Felix
dern wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 10:24 pm
Felix wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 10:01 pm
dern wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:43 pm
What kind of alloy?
Never knew there was different types.
Alloy is just a term for a combination of a metal with some other element. Bronze and brass are alloys, so is steel for that matter.
Ah OK. Not got a clue so probably best sticking with the nuts and bolts
Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2024 3:37 pm
by ZRX61
All sorts of masonry gubbins. What started out as a repair to one small brick wall around a flowerbed has turned into repairs to several others & some brick-faced steps.
I may have got a bit carried away as I could build a house with this kit.
Damn near strained me whoopah lifting a bag of cement into & out of the SBH boot.
Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:13 pm
by demographic
Secondhand Black & Decker Workmate.
Looks like an.old one cos its got some cast aluminium sections but its not the oldest type cos it also has some pressed steel sections.
That plus a few other stuff was 15 quid.
Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2024 6:59 am
by Mr. Dazzle
dern wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 10:24 pm
Alloy is just a term for a combination of a metal with some other element. Bronze and brass are alloys, so is steel for that matter.
It does wind me up when people say "alloy" when they generally mean "ally"...no O. Pointing it out always seems a bit pedantic.
Pure metals are basically unheard of in any sort of application you or I might encounter. Jewelery and very specific electrical applications are about the only two I can think of right now. Anything structural is gonna be an alloy. Even cast iron ain't just iron.
Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2024 7:33 am
by cheb
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 6:59 am
dern wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 10:24 pm
Alloy is just a term for a combination of a metal with some other element. Bronze and brass are alloys, so is steel for that matter.
It does wind me up when people say "alloy" when they generally mean "ally"...no O. Pointing it out always seems a bit pedantic.
Pure metals are basically unheard of in any sort of application you or I might encounter. Jewelery and very specific electrical applications are about the only two I can think of right now. Anything structural is gonna be an alloy. Even cast iron ain't just iron.
Magnesium powder in flash photography?
It's a stretch I'll grant you.
Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2024 10:09 am
by dern
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 6:59 am
dern wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 10:24 pm
Alloy is just a term for a combination of a metal with some other element. Bronze and brass are alloys, so is steel for that matter.
It does wind me up when people say "alloy" when they generally mean "ally"...no O. Pointing it out always seems a bit pedantic.
Pure metals are basically unheard of in any sort of application you or I might encounter. Jewelery and very specific electrical applications are about the only two I can think of right now. Anything structural is gonna be an alloy. Even cast iron ain't just iron.
It did occur to me that's what they might have meant but I didn't want to make that assumption. I wouldn't normally pick someone up on this sort of thing but if you're asking how to join two things together, what they are is definitely relevant.
Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2024 10:18 am
by dern
Bought new torch for the tig welder as the 26 that came with the machine could handle the power of the machine but it was pretty big and the cable bundle was very unwieldily. I got a ck17 torch with no switch as I'm learning with a foot pedal. Very happy with the torch, it's way lighter and the 'hose' is much more flexible...
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Still practicing and slowly getting better...
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Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2024 10:37 am
by Mr. Dazzle
dern wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 10:09 am
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 6:59 am
dern wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 10:24 pm
Alloy is just a term for a combination of a metal with some other element. Bronze and brass are alloys, so is steel for that matter.
It does wind me up when people say "alloy" when they generally mean "ally"...no O. Pointing it out always seems a bit pedantic.
Pure metals are basically unheard of in any sort of application you or I might encounter. Jewelery and very specific electrical applications are about the only two I can think of right now. Anything structural is gonna be an alloy. Even cast iron ain't just iron.
It did occur to me that's what they might have meant but I didn't want to make that assumption. I wouldn't normally pick someone up on this sort of thing but if you're asking how to join two things together, what they are is definitely relevant.
Welding steel to Aluminum is a proper pro move too. It can be done, but I wouldn't start out on that combo
Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2024 4:08 pm
by ZRX61
Bucket trowel.
Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2024 4:46 pm
by Sadlonelygit
Autel AP200
Never has anything so small brought so much joy
Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:40 pm
by ZRX61
Bought a Dewalt 20v circular saw on Prime Day, thought about returning it before it even showed up.... used it today, keeping it.
Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2024 7:32 pm
by Rockburner
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Touch rusty, but for 10 quid it might scratch the itch for now
Currently bathing in ACF50.
Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2024 2:15 pm
by mangocrazy
£10? Bargain.
Doesn't even have the 'arc of shame' on the table, so looks like it's hardly been used, and then only for wood-bothering. That should do a job.
Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2024 7:26 pm
by Rockburner
mangocrazy wrote: Sun Jul 28, 2024 2:15 pm
£10? Bargain.
Doesn't even have the 'arc of shame' on the table, so looks like it's hardly been used, and then only for wood-bothering. That should do a job.
Indeed, the belt looks virtually new.
Re: Tool purchases
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 8:29 pm
by Sadlonelygit
Today I have become the destroyer of worlds!
Or more precisely, the owner of a 9" angle grinder.
Have to cut a drainage channel into some concrete that lee van cleef and John van Wayne laid a couple of weeks ago!
Eye glasses at the ready!