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Posted by dave on October 3, 2008, 12:15 pm
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looking to heat up a pretty big chunk of steel, preferably near (or
maybe even "at") red. my oxi-acet gas bottles are near empty. rather do
it electrically than get the bottles filled. I have an old miller
dialarc HF welder. what to use for the 'electrode' (heating rod,
really)? I'm hoping for "minimal if any metal transfer" in the process...
how about just a piece of quarter-inch diameter round cold-rolled? was
also thinking about maybe just a bare tig tunsten held in the stinger,
using AC "cranked up high" - anybody ever tried that?
sidenote: my old dialarc, recently aquired, is "known to function well"
(my tests, with rods) on all its' AC and DC settings, but I haven't yet
ever tried any of the TIG functions. it was an ebay buy
"offloading the dialarc singlehandedly" site:
http://machines.freehostia.com/dialarc_offloading/index3.html
thanks for insights and brain flash ideas, guys,
toolie
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Posted by Bob Engelhardt on October 3, 2008, 12:25 pm
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dave wrote:
> looking to heat up a pretty big chunk of steel, ...
Carbon arc torch. Lincoln makes one. Here's one in VT:
http://burlington.craigslist.org/tls/857638504.html
Bob
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Posted by Grant Erwin on October 3, 2008, 12:46 pm
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dave wrote:
> looking to heat up a pretty big chunk of steel, preferably near (or
> maybe even "at") red. my oxi-acet gas bottles are near empty. rather do
> it electrically than get the bottles filled. I have an old miller
> dialarc HF welder. what to use for the 'electrode' (heating rod,
> really)? I'm hoping for "minimal if any metal transfer" in the process...
>
> how about just a piece of quarter-inch diameter round cold-rolled? was
> also thinking about maybe just a bare tig tunsten held in the stinger,
> using AC "cranked up high" - anybody ever tried that?
>
> sidenote: my old dialarc, recently aquired, is "known to function well"
> (my tests, with rods) on all its' AC and DC settings, but I haven't yet
> ever tried any of the TIG functions. it was an ebay buy
>
> "offloading the dialarc singlehandedly" site:
> http://machines.freehostia.com/dialarc_offloading/index3.html
>
> thanks for insights and brain flash ideas, guys,
>
> toolie
I just got one really a lot like that. Hope you got the pedal, they're hard
to find and really expensive (like $300). I found that Rustoleum Deep Blue
paint (sold at Grainger, part no. 2FP62), color no. V2125, is a pretty good
match. Not that I'm saying your welder needs paint! Good job sliding that
500 pound beast out of the back and dismounting it onto a cart. Lot easier
if you have an engine hoist, cheap to rent for a day.
You might find this interesting:
http://www.tinyisland.com/DialArc%20HF%20Cart/index.htm
I would take a crack at answering your question but when you say "pretty big
chunk of steel" I'm thinking of something about the size of a big bathtub,
and I don't think that's what you mean. :-)
Grant
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Posted by JR North on October 3, 2008, 12:54 pm
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Why not just build a nice BBQ pile, pump it up and toss it on? Don't
know about what the carbon infusion might do for your flavor of steel.
JR
Dwellewr in the cellar
dave wrote:
> looking to heat up a pretty big chunk of steel, preferably near (or
> maybe even "at") red. my oxi-acet gas bottles are near empty. rather do
> it electrically than get the bottles filled. I have an old miller
> dialarc HF welder. what to use for the 'electrode' (heating rod,
> really)? I'm hoping for "minimal if any metal transfer" in the process...
>
> how about just a piece of quarter-inch diameter round cold-rolled? was
> also thinking about maybe just a bare tig tunsten held in the stinger,
> using AC "cranked up high" - anybody ever tried that?
>
> sidenote: my old dialarc, recently aquired, is "known to function well"
> (my tests, with rods) on all its' AC and DC settings, but I haven't yet
> ever tried any of the TIG functions. it was an ebay buy
>
> "offloading the dialarc singlehandedly" site:
> http://machines.freehostia.com/dialarc_offloading/index3.html
>
> thanks for insights and brain flash ideas, guys,
>
> toolie
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Posted by Ignoramus26581 on October 3, 2008, 12:56 pm
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> "offloading the dialarc singlehandedly" site:
> http://machines.freehostia.com/dialarc_offloading/index3.html
>
> thanks for insights and brain flash ideas, guys,
you need this:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=35915
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