Which hand for Torch/Feed?

[chewinggum]

Well, it's 25% thicker so maybe 25% less length will be similar load. Say 7 1/2 ft.
CG

[chewinggum]

Depending on what gauge your cable is, you might be able to find a length of air hose or other rubber hose and slip over the whole length. This is not a critical
or "unsafe" situation for a home welder. Too expensive to replace, many fixes available.
CG

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I'm certainly no expert, but I recently had to weld a sintered part and even after grinding and acetoning, as soon as I put the TIG to it, it oozed oil out. I tried several times and it even burst into flames. I kept heating and washing it and finally all the oil left and I was able to weld it. Quite...

[chewinggum]

Dot 5 brake fluid is purple for identification.
CG

[chewinggum]

I am just a home welder trying to get better at Tig, nothing critical. I am right handed and have been holding the torch in my right hand and feeding with my left. I actually have better fine motion control with my right hand and wonder if I should switch hands and feed the wire with my right hand....

[chewinggum]

I would be real surprised to find a locking plier that was nickle plated. Probably chrome.
CG

[chewinggum]

I have a tv set ON my tig bench, about 2 ft from the welder box and tig torch when welding. No problems. (Cable tv, not over the air).
CG

[chewinggum]

For one thing, you are not sharpening your Tungsten. Like a pencil.
CG

[chewinggum]

I don't see any undercut at all.
CG

[chewinggum]

Sorry, I didn't realize there were several types of Nexgens. Mine is a W60-HSL100 and uses 2 Quarter size batteries. You can see their pockets in the top right corners of the inside view of the lense.
See Pic.
Thanks,
CG...

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My Jackson Nexgen helmet came without a manual. Now I need to change the batteries. I can see where the two battery compartments are, but they are under glass and I can't figure how to access them without forcing something.
Can anyone send me the manual, instructions, or tell me how to do...

[chewinggum]

It sounds like you're in AC, does it do the same thing on steel?
c

[chewinggum]

That's not a weld. Silphos braze, copper to brass.
CG

[chewinggum]

I've been wondering if anyone makes a waste oil heater for my shop. I've got plenty of used motor oil. I only need about 30,000btuh.
Does anyone have experience?
CG

[chewinggum]

An alternative way:

Nice work.
But for a one-time job, I made a vise grip slide hammer puller without welding.
I just made a hook attachment to the slide hammer to grab the inside of the vg jaws.
Used it to pull a deep bearing shaft out of my Norton gearbox.
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