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Ultradog MN · Mar 18, 2023

I used these pieces,

to make this crank,

to raise and lower the head on my drill
press.

I sure wish I had a tig welder...

Phil9N3667 · Mar 18, 2023

Looks nice. Should serve you well for a long time.

Liquid_wrench · Mar 18, 2023

Very nice.

DoubleO7 · Mar 18, 2023

A beautiful job none less!

jniolon · Mar 18, 2023

how did you get that paint to drip uphill ?

Jerry/MT · Mar 18, 2023

looks pretty good to me, TIG or no TIG!

greenmech · Mar 18, 2023

You do good work! Ron MN

Sam Womer (PA) · Mar 18, 2023

Sitting in the back of my garage is a high frequency tig welder that operates from the stick welder. The welding leads connect to it, has control for the argon tank. I would give it to someone that would use it. Shipping would be the only expense.

Russ from MN · Mar 18, 2023

It looks fine without a tig welder!

dcarp · Mar 18, 2023

Nice.

Janicholson · Mar 18, 2023

your braze is stonger if it penetrated even 1/4 inch around! Jim

Tim PloughNman Daley RIP · Mar 19, 2023

Good work young man! A very professional looking job. I like the tapered arm handle.

Tim Daley(MI)

larry@stinescorner · Mar 19, 2023

x2!!!

dr sportster · Mar 19, 2023

Nice job I had to make that exact part when my movers broke it off

Destroked 450 · Mar 19, 2023

(quoted from post at 21:30:15 03/18/23) Sitting in the back of my garage is a high frequency tig welder that operates from the stick welder. The welding leads connect to it, has control for the argon tank. I would give it to someone that would use it. Shipping would be the only expense.

I m up for it
I m getting at bit old to learn tig but have a nephew that s wanting to learn
He took welding in school but they didn t teach tig
Email is open

This post was edited by Destroked 450 on 03/20/2023 at 06:35 am.

stevieb49829 · Mar 19, 2023

TIG would probably look nicer (I like your braze job) but the brass pulled into that butt seam is stronger than an outside TIG weld, unless you chamfered it out and filled it back up with weld. I would have chamfered it out and MIGed it together - and my TIG is setting right beside the MIG, all gassed up and ready to weld. steve

Ultradog MN · Mar 20, 2023

Stevieb and Janicholson,
The square bushing is just a light press fit into the outer tube. So I champhered the outer tube back so the braze would tie the outer tube, the square bushing And the handle together - like a 100% penetration weld.
I would have done the same with what ever method I used.
I'm sure this is strong but tig welding is such a precise way to join or fill small parts without all the excess heat from brazing. And it just looks cool.
Not that I could make welds like these I grabbed off the net but it would be fun to practice...
Thanks to all for the nice replys.

DR. EVIL · Mar 21, 2023

Biggest problem with TIG is the crazy high cost to practice to get good. Figure in the cost of a couple Tungstens, a dedicated grinding wheel for your bench grinder to sharpen tungstens, the shielding gas, the welding wire is more expensive, Just because it's Tig wire. And because you will run the tig longer you might as well get the water cooled torch and the water cooler system. I bought a Miller Dynasty 200 welder and SON played with it enough to stick two pieces of aluminum together but the air cooled torch got scalding hot, so I spent another $1000 for a water cooler and water cooled torch, I got a wireless foot pedal while I had my credit card out.
If it was Me, I'd arc weld or Mig weld it and grind away anything that didn't look pretty enough to suit me. I bought a 5# box of 1/16 6013 welding rod years ago, I can arc weld thinner steel by far than I can MIG. I welded the floor of my small cart back down, it was .040 thk steel.

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