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[ryanjones2150]

Keep it and get a small tig machine like a maxstar, unless you're needing to tig aluminum. Even then, keep it and add to the arsenal.

[ryanjones2150]

I certainly find I get much closer the more my lens gets screwed up.

I use some plastic polish on my outside lens in between changes, it helps.

[ryanjones2150]

I got it because it was small enough I could bolt it to my welding bench, up and out of the way, just haven't done it. I'll have to look at that idea a little more. Add it to the ever growing list of projects.

[ryanjones2150]

The cheapest would probably be a horrible freight model. But there's no comparison between your speedglass and a cheap-o. They kind of get ya that way huh? Make you buy their special lens protective covers that are specific for that hood rather than a generic fit.

Maybe look into an old...

[ryanjones2150]

What wheel you have on that mini horrible freight grinder? I bought that grinder and a diamond wheel for it, just never put it together.

[ryanjones2150]

Ha! They won't sell me the good stuff. I haven't tasted it, but they say there's some sort of additive to it so people don't huff the nitrous. The good stuff they call dental grade.

[ryanjones2150]

A bleeder is a good idea. I have, but I've rarely used it for welding gases until I got nitrous for the drag car, now it's used all the time. But that's a whole other story.

[ryanjones2150]

Speaking of rod differences, it's probably mostly personal preference. However, in 7018, I keep both esab atom arc and lincoln Excalibur in my rod oven. It prefer the Excalibur rod, but when welding vertical up, to me at least, the atom arc is superior in control. That's not to say that all of esab...

[ryanjones2150]

Maybe you could ask the tester to give you demonstration since he knows more about the welding rod from esab than esab does.

[ryanjones2150]

I use mostly S cylinders, which I think are 125cf. I only use them because it's easier for me to carry them back and forth from my shop to my Jeep when I get refills. But I keep three argon, two C25, then a have two smaller cylinders, one with helium and one with Tri-mix. I also have two RR cylinders,...

[ryanjones2150]

I think he's stick welding. At least, that's what I got out of it.

[ryanjones2150]

I don't think I've ever bought anything from Eastwood.

[ryanjones2150]

Oh man, askjeeves....probably powered by google. I wouldn't be surprised if all of them are.

[ryanjones2150]

Sheeeeew! Dodged a safety citation then....

[ryanjones2150]

Is that an OSHA approved adjustable wrench storage device attached to the side of the driver's seat?

[ryanjones2150]

If you're having some trouble getting into the root, then I imagine you're having some trouble with the slag trying to overrun the weld puddle too. If that's the case, bump up the amperage and see how she chooches.

I don't know a whole lot about the arc force feature on your machine, but...

[ryanjones2150]

Hmmmm....a yahoo search? Is that thing still around?

[ryanjones2150]

I'm going to quantify an opposition to everyone else's position with a google search from this point on because I just did a study, and it revealed that if you post stuff on the internet, then it has to be true, it's a law.

[ryanjones2150]

Of course it does, especially if a study says so. Anything that has a study done on it must be true.

[ryanjones2150]

What are your current settings?