The custom fabrication thread! (Post pics of stuff you have made)
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Looks like a fun bike and it's getting well used now. I just took a Supermoto riding school recently and it's stupid fun. ridiculous lean angles on asphalt then transition to dirt, take a couple jumps, rear of the bike squirming all over the place, back to asphalt and looking for grip with dirty tires.. was a real hoot. I could see getting into that.
Oh and thanks for the brass vice jaw cap suggestion guys, I'll probably make something like that
-Ryan
Oh and thanks for the brass vice jaw cap suggestion guys, I'll probably make something like that
-Ryan
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Question for those who are familiar with AC TIG welding..
I took some classes and have been practicing TIG, just switched from steel to aluminum today, and now that I'm welding on AC I keep getting a small zap/shock through the table into my arm/hand - whatever is touching the table - right when I light the arc up. I'm wearing a long sleeve cotton shirt. Googling a bit turned up suggestions to ground the table to something but it's not my shop/space so DIY solutions aren't so much an option. Am I doing something wrong or is this common?
It doesn't seem to happen through the leather gloves, so I'm thinking leather sleeves could solve the issue for me..
-Ryan
I took some classes and have been practicing TIG, just switched from steel to aluminum today, and now that I'm welding on AC I keep getting a small zap/shock through the table into my arm/hand - whatever is touching the table - right when I light the arc up. I'm wearing a long sleeve cotton shirt. Googling a bit turned up suggestions to ground the table to something but it's not my shop/space so DIY solutions aren't so much an option. Am I doing something wrong or is this common?
It doesn't seem to happen through the leather gloves, so I'm thinking leather sleeves could solve the issue for me..
-Ryan
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Try welding in the summer, in a 90+ °F garage. That'll help.
Remember, you can't have a fan blowing on you because that'll blow away the argon.
The zaps sometimes noticeably change my mood. Like...for a few minutes I think the world is going to end.
Welding AC current triggers my front lawn sprinklers. I have to unplug my timer box whenever I weld aluminum at home.
Remember, you can't have a fan blowing on you because that'll blow away the argon.
The zaps sometimes noticeably change my mood. Like...for a few minutes I think the world is going to end.
Welding AC current triggers my front lawn sprinklers. I have to unplug my timer box whenever I weld aluminum at home.
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Try welding in the summer, in a 90+ °F garage. That'll help.
Remember, you can't have a fan blowing on you because that'll blow away the argon.
The zaps sometimes noticeably change my mood. Like...for a few minutes I think the world is going to end.
Welding AC current triggers my front lawn sprinklers. I have to unplug my timer box whenever I weld aluminum at home.
Remember, you can't have a fan blowing on you because that'll blow away the argon.
The zaps sometimes noticeably change my mood. Like...for a few minutes I think the world is going to end.
Welding AC current triggers my front lawn sprinklers. I have to unplug my timer box whenever I weld aluminum at home.
Thanks for the input guys, It's only beeen a nuissance nothing more, I was just concerned I may be doing something wrong and not knowing it.
Going back today to weld up all the changes to my intercooler. Nervous yet excited.
-Ryan