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Posted by Grant Erwin on September 12, 2007, 11:54 am
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Check it out, guys ..
http://www.tinyisland.com/torchCooler/torchcooler.html
Grant Erwin
Kirkland, Washington
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Posted by Ignoramus19897 on September 12, 2007, 12:02 pm
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> Check it out, guys ..
> http://www.tinyisland.com/torchCooler/torchcooler.html
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Very nice! Here's mine:
http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Welding/09-Homemade-TIG-Torch-Cooler/
The difference between my project and yours, if I am not missing
anything, is that you have a filter and I do not, and, also, I have a
heat exchanger and fan (like a radiator) for cooling and you do not.
As far as safety (having the torch cooler running when welding), I
simply plug mine into my welder's AC output. Said output is powered up
by my microcontroller at the proper moment.
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Posted by Grant Erwin on September 12, 2007, 12:19 pm
Please log in for more thread options Ignoramus19897 wrote:
wrote:
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>>Check it out, guys ..
>>http://www.tinyisland.com/torchCooler/torchcooler.html
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> Very nice! Here's mine:
>
> http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Welding/09-Homemade-TIG-Torch-Cooler/
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> The difference between my project and yours, if I am not missing
> anything, is that you have a filter and I do not, and, also, I have a
> heat exchanger and fan (like a radiator) for cooling and you do not.
>
> As far as safety (having the torch cooler running when welding), I
> simply plug mine into my welder's AC output. Said output is powered up
> by my microcontroller at the proper moment.
>
> i
Igor, yours is a whole lot more complex than mine! The only reason I'm
using a filter is that I figure crud is inevitable in a metal shop,
also there's a reason all that stuff clogged up the pump in its former
life (on a Bernard torch cart at Boeing).
I see how your pump is switched, but if the torch gets warm, it seems like
you'd want to keep water running through it for awhile after postflow
even.
I may cut a square of plywood to sit between my bucket and the pump,
and put some carpet on it, that's a good idea.
Grant
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Posted by Ignoramus19897 on September 12, 2007, 12:45 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Ignoramus19897 wrote:
wrote:
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>>>Check it out, guys ..
>>>http://www.tinyisland.com/torchCooler/torchcooler.html
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>>
>> Very nice! Here's mine:
>>
>> http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Welding/09-Homemade-TIG-Torch-Cooler/
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>> The difference between my project and yours, if I am not missing
>> anything, is that you have a filter and I do not, and, also, I have a
>> heat exchanger and fan (like a radiator) for cooling and you do not.
>>
>> As far as safety (having the torch cooler running when welding), I
>> simply plug mine into my welder's AC output. Said output is powered up
>> by my microcontroller at the proper moment.
>>
>> i
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> Igor, yours is a whole lot more complex than mine!
Not really, I only have the extra radiator and a fan.
> The only reason I'm using a filter is that I figure crud is
> inevitable in a metal shop, also there's a reason all that stuff
> clogged up the pump in its former life (on a Bernard torch cart at
> Boeing).
Maybe that is true. For myself, I decide that since the whole system
is isolated, (tight lid on the bucket) there is not much crud that
could get into the system. Also, crud would hopefully stay at the
bottom.
> I see how your pump is switched, but if the torch gets warm, it seems like
> you'd want to keep water running through it for awhile after postflow
> even.
I turn it on when I begin preflow, and turn it off when I turn off
postflow, that seems to work out okay so far.
> I may cut a square of plywood to sit between my bucket and the pump,
> and put some carpet on it, that's a good idea.
The "put carpet under everything that vibrates" is an idea that I
learned from Gunner. It works exceedingly well.
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Posted by jp2express on September 12, 2007, 12:08 pm
Please log in for more thread options Sweet, Grant!
Looks like you use the same kind of laundry detergent I use, too!
Great minds smell alike, right? :)
I just got started with a little "scratch start" TIG unit, but it is
air-cooled.
Scratch start just seems ridiculous! (it was a lot cheaper than a cooler
version, though) Seems to me as soon as you start your arc with that
scratch, you've already fouled your tungsten! Thoughts?
"Grant Erwin" wrote:
> Check it out, guys ..
> http://www.tinyisland.com/torchCooler/torchcooler.html
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> Grant Erwin
> Kirkland, Washington
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