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    Houston
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    Hard Working no bullshit M-fer. Treat everyone with the utmost respect and expect the same
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    Fishing,Hunting,Welding,Fabrication
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    Sales/Welder Fitter
  1. Hello Fellas, I use the short arc process welding ER-70S6 or 308L and when I do I generally run a C shaped pattern rather I am welding a fillet or a v-grove. Rather I push or pull the wire depends on the thinkness. Pushing makes a flatter bead and less penatration but alot of splatter. Pulling the wire digs in the parent metal for more penatration and less splatter. You as a welder and the weld you are about to make have to make that determination. All welders have there own quirks on how they put down that perfect bead some z's some c's you just have to play with it untill you find the way it lays down right for ya. Its all about angle and speed. Pete
  2. Mr. Gomez did a great job describing the way to get a good cast weld. My 2 cents would be adequete pre-heat, peening with a hammer after welding the cast and adequete and slow post-heat. If the old lady isnt home you can do your post heat than let cool down in oven starting at 500'F and taking it down to warm over a few hours. I have also had luck heating a pot full of sand in oven and after welding, peening and post heat burying the cast in the sand for a slow cool. Oh yeah I used nickel rods as well. Good luck and let us know how it turned out.
  3. No, but I would like to. I am not new to metal work but I am to the concepts of black smithing. Alot of questions could be answered alot faster and easier if I were to watch some skilled hands at work. I will follow your link and work on getting signed up. Thank you, Peter
  4. I read the nanotube article but wasnt able to access the mystery of damascus. I am very interested in forging damascus. I have made a few knives in my day but I want to make damascus blades and am learning what I can.
  5. No I didnt factor in liability or insurance. I was planning on making it out of mild steel. I asked if they wanted it iut of stainless and they said no. But what if the corrosion from the salt compromises the lifting eye or worse the bottom of the rack and some one goes to lift it and two bottles come crashing down on some one or on some piece of expensive gear and they wanna sue me. I am trying to work out the logistics of all this but I may not be ready for this level of support. Thanks for your thoughts. Peter
  6. A friend of mine works in the gulf off-shore as a well administrator and asked me to fab a few cylinder racks with lifting eyes on them as soon as possible. They are sending me the specs and I am to draw up a blueprint and submit it back to them for approval. Question: what is the billing rate for drawing prints. Also what is the billing rate for the cylinder rack. 50% mark up on materials and 75 dollars a hour for my time. Is this resonable or the correct way to go about it. I have made alot of things but having some of my weldaments off shore working for a major corp will be a notch on my belt.
  7. I am looking at a 11"x26" made by jet and weighing about 500 pounds. They make one that is 9:x20" that weighs 235 and might be a good fit for you. Jet is a good manufacture. I bought a drill press from them from blue ridge machinery and I love it. Grizzly manufactures also have good lathes that they put there lable on and arent as expensive. You might not be able to get away with getting one for under a grand but it will be close.
  8. I wouldnt ward off milk as a wives tell totally. It is not a cure to the adverse effects of Zinc. I believe it just helps with the nauseua and helps to settle the stoamch a bit. I was posioned by welding galvanized extremely bad as a kid and a tiny wiff of it now days makes me want to puke. I will weld on it but only in front of a fan, outside or with a respirator. I would be more concerned about the cadium, maganese or the other metal vapors that dont stink and we weld under all the time with out thinking about.
  9. I live in South Houston and am very close to ground Zero and where the storm surge hit. My property sustained damages that in other instantces would be horrible but where a blessing compared to what others faced. I went to Galveston Island for the first time since Ike yesterday and the strand looks like down town beruit instead of an established american city. Galveston and the gulf coast plain as a whole still have a pulse and are rebuilding very fast. Peter
  10. drone

    Which way to turn?

    Lathes turn counterclock wise for most applications. The only reason I can think for a lathe to need to be turned in the opposite direction is to make left handed screw threads.
  11. Wow great insight on this sobering topic. I have been welding most of my life and will continue to do so. i want to be proactive like ted-t suggest. i had never wore a respirator except when welding galvanized steel for an extended period of time but recently started. It is a respirator that is made for particulate matter in the smoke. I also use a dust mask when i grind. Dust from grinding wheels and the metal it chews up is hell on your lungs. I dont want to deal with these type of complications later on in life. Peter
  12. I never really thought about the gender....male I guess since its anatomically correct. Thanks for all your feed back guys I will post a few more pieces soon. Peter
  13. Hey guys I wanted to share a piece of art with you. The turtle started out as old rusty 8" pipe. I had just gotten a new cutting torch and was trying to rid my self of some of the scrap metal in my back yard. I shined it up with sanding pads and colored it with a cutting torch. Would like a little feed back when you get the time. Peter
  14. I worked with quite a few punch presses in my time as well. I used to punch holes with a certain punch all day long. It would punch 1.250 hole in one inch plate like you were poking you finger throuhg a piece of cellophane. My problem started out that my foreman wanted me to use a smaller machine that you had to hold the handle down to bring the die down or pull it the opposite way to bring it up. I had to put an oblong punch and die in the machine which was easy using the machine I was used to. Long story short the punch shattered and a piece slid across my nose went through my eyelid and detatched my retina. Dont yell at me about using safety glasses it was 10 yrs ago and believe me I learned my lesson. When you have 2 eyes you dont think much about losing one, but when you only have one its always on your mind. Punch presses are very useful save alot of time and money but they are very dangerous and I wouldnt get to creative finding other uses for them that arent rated by the manufacture. I have shattered a few other dies but not with those devastating results. If you use that type of machine alot its not if something will break but when. Safety First
  15. Dont know if I am supposed to start a new thread to Introduce my self, but here it goes. My name is Peter Elliott, I am 30 and live in South Houston. I have been welding since I was 15 and have a strong background in metal working. From running mills and lathes to iron workers to shears all the way to mig and tig. I worked for fab shops ship yards and construction contractors in the chemical plants. Believe it or not I now sell copy machines and software in the day time but I amtrying to crank up my own welding business a little at a time. I make BBQ pits, orntemental iron fences and stair cases, deer blinds and stuff for folk around the farm and ranch. I was drawn to this group by a friend on myspace who was showing me how to build a forge. I saw some ones thread on how to make a damascus steel blade out of a chain saw chain and I knew I was in the right palce and I registered for the group shortly after. I would like to learn more about blacksmithing blade smithing and share some of my knowelage and experiences with the group. Hope everyone is well and look forward to reading yalls post. Peter
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