welding

Several months ago I had a cataract replaced in my right eye. The new lens was supposed to be the same focal length as my left eye. Well, for whatever reason it turned out to be only useful for close vision while my left eye remained focused for distance. I'm still arguing about this with my eye...

Hello, I need to weld some hooks on my bucket on my 1705, do I need to unhook the battery before welding?

I'm looking to get welding gas, however, I am having a significant amount of trouble doing so. I currently have a mig/Tig/stick Everlast machine, but I've only been using the stick or Flux core components. I want to use Mig and try Tig. So... I contact AirGas thinking my local store can take...

Been needing a vise to hold objects I'm cutting, grinding, welding or sharpening, so I got a dual swivel vice and mounted it on the corner of my welding trailer. Needed this for awhile, so I took the time to weld 1/4" plate metal to the corner, then drill and mount the vice today. Should make...

I’m going to be welding up 1/4” plate in the room of our house. House is under construction and bare cement floors. My question is, what is the best thing to use against the walls between the 1/4” plate and wood stud walls for one prevention of fire welding on the plate against the studs, two...

I have a Nephew who is showing interest in welding. I would like to send him a book that has general history of how welding developed and the different processes and why each is used, etc. Thanks, Patrick

I picked up a Century MIG welder for $75; I have always wanted to learn and I thought this would be an easy/cheap way to get started. It is not currently set up for gas and I bought a spool of flux core wire at Tractor Supply. I would appreciate any info on good tutorials, online training, etc...

What's that all about? I see an add on my phone every now and then with a 3 ~ second video showing it in action. I suspect it is expensive?

I want to weld some skids on my 55 gallon drum for diesel fuel. The skids would allow me to put a drain in the bottom so the drain, pipe and valve wouldn’t get damaged. However, if I weld on the bottom rim will it leak afterwards?

So I found an old set of pallet forks on our property. I removed the mounting brackets (allis-chalmers) on them, and added a quick-attach bracket. The left fork adjusts in/out to change the spacing between the two forks. The problem is that the sliding is really rough in some spots and loose in...

Recently I have developed a need to weld a broken fender on my tractor. I did a search and ran across some old threads on this. I'll make a guess and think that most likely the technology to even do that has changed a bit since those were posted. Does anyone on here have any experience with a...

Hi TBN, I was in the woods with by Ford 1210 with a box blade on it moving stuff around. I didn't realize that the woods pulled one of the pins out of my left 3 point hitch arm and it came off the pin at the tractor. I backed up with the the blade lowered to push some dirt and instead pushed...

I have a nice solid tandem trailer, but they built it using axles without flanges. I am handy with welder, wondering if I could weld on a set of flanges. The trailer shop I took it too said the weld on flanges they had would not work, not sure why. I assume they just were not comfortable doing...

After thinking it would be a good idea, I finally have put a set of torches together, buying pieces by way of FB Marketplace and Craigs List. Once I get them all assembled, I need to get back into the groove--it's been about 35 years since I've had my hands on a torch, let alone set the...

Hello everyone! I am designing a tractor implement for harvesting root crops. Similar to this one (), but stronger construction with cutting discs in front of it to prevent weed jam. These images will help you understand my question. The whole implement is 1400mm wide and the pipe at angle is...