Tell me your favourite power tool and why. Also power tool accidents

>>1025249
>The power it gives you just rushes through you. You can cut literally anything.
Wait until you try an O/A cutting torch.

>>1025254
Unfortunately I don't currently have a reason for using one, and I can't see how I could manufacture a reason either.

Table saw. Because it is the most useful woodworking tool you can get.

I won't post accidents because they are too gruesome for a blue board.

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Splurged on a miter saw recently and holy shit it's the best thing ever rivaled only by having enough money to just buy the damn thing ages ago without bothering about the budget and trying to get by with the tools I already have.

>>1025292
Nice! How much did you spend, what model?

>>1025294
Literally the cheapest chinese one they had in the local shop, it was around $90 I think. Despite that, after a bit of alignment it gave me a cut so straight and clean I almost shed a tear remembering all the times I had to do the job with a handsaw, jigsaw or a circular saw.

>>1025254
>Wait until you try an O/A cutting torch.

Great for cutting, heating, brazing, bending/flame aligning, flame stripping and more. I pretty much got paid to collect OA gear by polishing, testing and reselling on Ebay.

Biggest is an Oxweld scarfing torch with cutting tips rated to up to 20" steel, but it would take an oxygen dewar to run it and the scrap job I got it for got away.

Smith and Victor make good gear, with Smith being better quality but Victor easy to get tips anywhere. I like Oxweld/Purox best but they got bought by Colfax who own Victor so most of their classic models are out of production.

Good thing torches can last a hundred years. (I have an Oxweld from the early 1900s and a couple 1920s Victors that work fine.)

Farewell, Type E, thy balance was beautiful:

http://www.bakersgas.com/ESA04L06.html

>>1025254
Wait until you use a plasma cutter.

>>1025299
>>1025292
I bought a miter saw and love the shit out of it
Way more useful than I would have thought

>>1025325
I like O/A way way more than plasma.

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because any idiot can cut straight with a miter saw.

>>1025324
>Biggest is an Oxweld scarfing torch with cutting tips rated to up to 20" steel

who the hell did they market that to? i wonder how much of a special order a slab of 20" thick steel is

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>>1025249
>tfw you have a desk job

>>1025338
Must be nice being a woman.

>>1025249
I wear a face shield when grinding for comfy protection.

I suggest OP experiment with cutting discs (the thin sort, 6" or larger is best for edge speed). cupped knotted (not stranded) wire wheels, and flap abrasive discs which are much nicer for grinding and polishing and sharpening things like mower and garden tool blades than grinding wheels. If you have hoes, shovels and picks, sharpen them and be pleased how much better they work.

>>1025249
Not wearing a full face sheild and safety glasses when using a grinder.... It like you want to die.

Fyi my dentist was killed when his grinder blade blew and cut hia neck open.


Wife found him in a pool of his own blood.


He was making a goat feeder.

>>1025249
>pic

I wear a face shield and goggles. I'd had things bounce off stuff and fly under the face shield and hit me in the face before.

I'd had a bench grinder suck a stock rod out of my hand and bury it into the wall. Thankfully, I always stand to one side of spinning devices like that and table saws.

I also use low speed, low power lathes and use a rotary tool on them instead of a fast high power lathe and a tool bit. You know those gory pics/vids of people wrapped around lathes? One of them was my uncle.

>>1025351
>You know those gory pics/vids of people wrapped around lathes? One of them was my uncle.
lnk fagit

>>1025338
Wait until you try a treadmill desk job

>>1025327
why?

>>1025366
It's mostly a personal preference thing but also I can't stand the way the tiny-ass light plasma gun feels in the hand. I find it way more comfortable and predictable when you stabilize a bigger and heavier torch.

Also the sound that plasma cutting makes hurts my jimmies.

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Most versatile tool.
Won't kill you.
Precise.

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>>1025377
Also hammer.

>>1025327
You crazy. Plasma is the shit

>>1025377
if it won't kill you wheres the fun?

>>1025377
I got one of these to go with my Milwaukee set. Love the m18.

MIG Welder.

hot glue gun for metal.

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Price in NZD. Its 12V-18V so you can run it off a car battery, which is great if you want to drill supra sideskirts in a parking lot. Its worth buying a keyless chuck for a cheap rotary tool though, the collets aren't centred.

>>1025299
mate, you could have bought a cheap skilsaw and hacked together a mitre tablesaw with depth adjustment out of wood for the same price.

>>1025249
>You can cut literally anything.
yea, but tfw you realize nothing you ever have will every be secure and you trust nothing because you've seen metal act like playdough

> drill supra skirts in a parking lot
Another discount mod supplier on ebay i suppose lol

>>1025401
why not just use an inverter

>>1025332

Shipyards perhaps?

>>1025468
Even on ships I don't think it is 20" thick.

Also, this is my first thread on this board and it seems lie the least turbo-autist and the most friendly board and also the most useful.

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>>1025488
This is from the Doxford ship engine plant back in the day.

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I finally bought a nice plunge router several months ago. I love the sound it makes when I turn it on, I love the adjustable speed, how solid the build quality is, and how versatile it is. I have a fence for it and two different acrylic circle jigs.

I also have a healthy amount of respect for how dangerous the thing is. At the same time, I swear it's safer to use than a damn hole saw. I remember seeing a gore pic where the drill jumped out of the guy's hand and the hole saw sliced deep into the guy's foot.

At any rate, I really want to get a table for it soon.

>>1025490
Mother of god.

Is that rectangle on the side the hole and the thing has a hollow core or is that one big slab it is cutting through?

>>1025488
BB armor?

>>1025585
Based on the spread of sparks and the lean of the outside portion, it is difficult to say for sure but probably not solid, but wishful thinking would say that it is solid.

>>1025377
Are those the vibrating multi function toos I see occasionally? Like with the plunge blade n stuff?

>>1025634
They are awful because there is no way for them to eject the cut material. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRxFn96XjOI

>>1025585
That looks like a giant connecting rod, so it would be solid steel.

>>1025404
That's always an option, but unless you already own a decent set of tools (miter or table saw being one of them, ironically) you'll have a real hard time making anything decent.

>>1025616
>probably not solid

Not him but it is, solid steel ingot for a ships crank

http://www.dieselduck.info/historical/01%20diesel%20engine/Doxford/works.htm

>>1025332
I think some machine shops that build gearboxes or things that go on wind turbines need that kind of thickness.

>>1025650

Son of a diddly

chooch

dick in a vice

>>1025616
>>1025585
its a raw slab its not hollow

>>1025249
not a chance that image is real

>>1025585
The rectangle is paint intended for easy identification. Like the painted ends of 2x4 lumber. Which is why it is so off center from the bottom. Someone just used a roller to paint it on.

If it were hollow, sparks would be shooting out that section.

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>>1025650

They're not awful I find using them in a sweeping motion working along the full length of the cut and trying to push the material out one side works best.

Iv'e had a power feintool for about 2 years and picked up the cordless makita christmas of last year and they have gotten me out of trouble onsite more times than I can count.

In that video it sounds like he has the speed cranked up way to high to be cutting ply. I tend to use picture attached for timber cuts they chew through material very quickly and without any effort

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this baby

now i know its a little more then a "power tool"

but its what i refer to as a tool with power

with enough material i could make a fortress that would withstand a zombie apocolypse easily.

i could make other tools

i can strengthen existing structures

extend the life of vehicles and utility

>>1025259
you can ALWAYS find a reason. you can buy small ones pretty cheap these days too so no need to have large bulky tanks unless you use them often

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>MIG

>>1025249
chainsaw cause you can do most woodworking with it

also you can die very easily

>>1025984
Good machines, and most Lincoln MIG gun backends interchange with Tweco and Tweco-style if you ever need less expensive and perfectly good replacement parts. That included gun liners, nozzles and tips too.

I reach to shoot some swarf off a cutter I was using with an air gun. There was a long noodley piece stuck to the shaft of the cutter, moving so fast I couldn't see it. Sliced my finger. It's obviously better now, but bone was exposed and went through an entire roll of paper towel on my way to the med center.

>>1025343
>sharpened my shovel last fall
>feel like John Henry
Its a good feel.

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>>1026232
Hurf forgot pic.

>>1025332
You'd be surprised. I work on plastic injection molds and most of the blocks we get are flame cut. I think the biggest I've seen so far was for a truck bumper, and the bill of materials for the block was 6 digits.

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>britfag
>23
>neet
>never had a job
>no social skills
>tfw you will never get a cool trade job like you guys seem to all have
I'd love to do steel work or be a machinist or welder. Oh well. Back to trying to make a career in oil painting.

>>1026246
>no social skills
Depends on what you do. I talk to people for maybe 20 minutes out of a 9 hour day.

>>1026249
That's encouraging but I imagine you still have to go through an interview.

>>1026251
Not for trade school.

Well, I don't know how it is over there, but pay and take classes.

If you're good enough, your social incompetence won't matter.

If you're not good enough, practice or find a new trade or quit.

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>>1026008
>MIG
>not the most used process today
>slower then TIG
>he doesnt know about TIP TIG
>going the way of....MIG

mfw

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>>1026246
BRO! you need to weld!

>be me
>same as you
>shit social skills
>awkward as fuck
>cant into convo
>try night course for welding
>be challenging
>realize that welders dont have to say shit
>are left alone for the most part to weld
>welding process fits well with my autism
>get hired right after course is done
>boss thinks im this head down worker that only cares about welds
>is true
>but autistic
>get paid good money
>when people try and talk to me i drop my hood and start welding
>they think im being a focused worker
>meanwhile awkward as fuck

mfw

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>>1026229
i never knew about tweco

thanks bruh

>>1025341

Ooo kill em

>66 replies
>no chainsaw

It's like you guys don't enjoy having a 15lb ball of engine and teeth in your hands, eating through logs like a fat kid eats cake.

>>1026399
i didn't even think about chainsaws. they are fucking badass

>>1026374
Mfw you are just autisim bench monkey welder. Any autism infested monkey can lay bead. But can you fit?

Mfw I have no face.

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>>1026430
mmmmmaybe

you want me to prove i can....do fit up?

LEL

how bout i show you i can weld even with bad fit up

>>1026399
what bout this anon?>>1026222

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>>1025691
Thanks, mate. Truly metal :-)

Pic related: My blakk forrest ancestors with their tools, they rafted a 1000 miles to sell wood and cobalt.

>>1026246
Sounds like welding would be perfect for you actually.
I'm pretty much the same as the other poster except I'm not a mig monkey and basically it's the perfect job.

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>>1026430
All welders can fit. Not all fitters can weld

t. Oilfield Electrician, Suncor, Northern Alberta

CHECK OUT THE NORTHERN LIGHTS TONIGHT BROS!!

>>1026478
>All welders can fit. Not all fitters can weld

this guy knows whats up

>Also power tool accidents pictures and videos.

say no more senpai

https://youtu.be/wSKkkcrAWBE

>>1025351

I had a small itty bitty particle of steel bounce it's way passed my face shield and through the air hole in my goggles and into my eye.

It was so small that it took over 2 hours to start to have an effect on me but at 4 hours after the grinding session I was hospitalized.

They used a needle to coax it out with my head wrapped in restraints because I kept pulling away.

>>1026615
So what do I wear on my face?! You guys are freaking me out. I hate eye stuff.

>>1026478
Why is it universally known fitters are duchebags

>>1025249
Water cutter. You think an angle grinder is "sharp"?

>>1026643

After that I now grind with my eyes closed

>>1025650
>ave
>a credible source
choose only one

>>1026747
You have to refute the points, not the source.

I expect a breakdown of that video and why it's not credible by noon tomorrow.

>>1026751
Not who you're referring to but I use a cheapo 20$ HF multitool and it plunge cuts any wood fucking easy. I usually drive it at a 45 angle or so like a chisel. Couldn't imagine an expensive version being worse.

>>1025650
>literally every comment is calling him a retard

>>1026691
kek

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>>1026663
Because they're fitters.

>>1025332
Steel mills for cutting slabs.

This is the torch I have. My bad, the cutting range is 20 up to 60 inches! It's been a while since I'd read the manual.

http://www.bakersgas.com/ESA687861.html

http://www.esabna.com/us/en/products/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.product&productCode=608

Mines in perfect shape and I gave like 150 for it on Ebay several years ago. Seller didn't know what he had. I have the appropriate Victor regulators too. (Ebay is great for regulators.) It would be stupid fun to cut with but I'd need a demo job which would pay to have that much oxygen delivered.

The cutting tips are about the size of a roll-on deodorant container!

Scarfing is for removing defects and uses a scarfing tip rather than a cutting tip.

Video of machine scarfing showing principle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrkdrJDQwmY

>>1025367
I like plasma for shop use but don't do enough sheet metal to justify buying one. OA/OP is self-contained and can be very portable.

This is my portable setup for salvage yard runs when I don't want to waste truck bed space and need to hand carry my rig to get to the vehicle. Thread has build info to make parts hunting easier:

http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/878472-portable-oxy-propane-setup.html

BTW some people run smaller torches (for brazing, not cutting) off used medical oxygen generators, so when Gramps kicks the bucket don't leave them behind.

>>1026246
>Oh well. Back to trying to make a career in oil painting.

If you can paint then you have the coordination to weld. You can even practice torch movements with a pencil. Go get trained, and you can be a metal artist in your off time.

>>1026643
A full face shield such as Jackson sell in the US. You can wear safety glasses under that and many shops require both. I wear glasses so I prefer face shields to goggles.

Search "Jackson Face Shield Headgear" etc or just visit your local welding supply.

>>1026374
Good. Autistically study for your CWI and learn all the welding processes you can master. Put that trait to more good use.

>>1025401
For a low low price of $43.90 you can send your prison homeboy an assortment of useless and under-powered toys, grinding wheels, and a Shank!

Be prepared for the guards, and most prison personnel to ridicule the wattage and RPM of your "sonic toothbrush with extra attachments"

Some may ask about the missing prostate stimulator.

Little do they suspect that the Shank is coming for them.

Make your homeboy safe! Order NOW!

>>1025377
Until you want to do something like cut or grind 5mm steel

But for bits & bobs, especially plunge cutting, they're great.

>>1025490
Cutting this sort of thickness always amazes me.

>>1026374
>"I weld."

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>>1025585
if you look close you can make out soot on the darker part

>>1025585
>>1025616
why would you cut a shape like that out of hollow core?

>>1026399
started doing wood work with a nice new Stihl, shit is cash!

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>>1026377

>>1026643
OSHA says full face shield with safety glasses or goggles underneath

>>1027632
But remember, a face shield is a supplement, never a replacement for safety glasses.

>>1025616
If it were hollow that cut would be ruined on the bottom by the hole because the preheat flame would be too short to reach the bottom even on a three-hose machine torch. The outside cut is through solid. Much larger billets are torch cut. Plasma cutters are nice but they don't go as deep as torch cutting.

Check some torch tip charts. They are rated by capacity on solid steel.

Oxygen lances are consumable torches. This one is cutting a steel foundry "skull".

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>>1027671
Doh.

Grinding and O/A is child's play to CAC. Pussies

>>1027638

What? Why?

Genuinely curious. I sure as hell don't want this happening to me.

>>1027822
Because small pieces can easily fly up under a face shield.
Glasses not so much.
A face shield is designed to do just that, shield your FACE, not so much your eyes, but the combination of the two will protect your eyes better than just glasses alone, as a face shield offers a large area of protection, just in front of your glasses.
The general rule is, if you're doing work with tools, wear safety glasses.
The only exception in my mind is work like on computers, where there is almost no chance of particulate or liquids getting in your eye unless you're stupid enough.

>>1027882
Hit post too soon.

The other day in a welding shop, A piece of metal particulate from other workers in the shop floated into my eye through a pair of close fitting safety glasses, a welding hood, and a closed welding booth. even with safety gear, when it's airborne things just happen.

>>1026582
Is there gore in the video or just accidents?
I don't like watching gore.

>>1025249
Dude, that pic is from a Michelin "safety incident" email recently. Did they just Bull shit and pull a random pic from online or are you a fellow Bib? Too lazy to check Google or tineye... I'll just take your word.

>>1025468
20'' is over a foot and a half of steel, that's late WW2 battleship turret armor.
They don't make these anymore anon...

>>1026582
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GXcbReCYwM

>>1025401
i work in an Helicopter Workshop...
i took one of these for like 13$ ...
after 3 use i just crashed them and got my beloved dremeltool...
remember a good dremel 3000 might cost e bit more but mine is some years that keep working , and that lasted not so long.

>>1026582
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oB6DN5dYWo

>>1028499
Whats ur job like?

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So since this is where all the weldfags seem to be, I'm asking here. I really want to get into TIG welding, specifically for aluminum, but I'm having trouble figuring out what exactly I need. I know I need something with AC output, but past that I'm not sure. Some people are saying I need an inverter since I'll be using it at my house and a home circuit couldn't handle the current from a normal machine. Is that correct?

>>1028657
I'm a weldfag but do pretty much 99% of my welding at the shop so I'm not sure of my answer at all, but for light work most welders that you can plug in your 220v should be fine.

Unless you nigger rig a buzzbox made for stick welding to do AC TIG in all likelihood you'll have something that does both AC and DC.

>>1025277
Just started using one a few weeks ago. Terrifies me, which is probably a good thing.

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>>1028489

>>1028657
Go to the Weldingweb and Miller forums.

The detail you want will NOT fit in 4chan threads.

The answers you seek don't fit in a couple of paragraphs.

>>1028745
Yeah I've been reading up for a while. It seems that a lot of my confusion is due to marketing bullshit. Thanks.

>>1028746
Weldingweb is ruthless about destroying bullshit (outside of specific manufacturer sponsored walled garden forums).

Have fun!

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>>1028657
>Is that correct?

totally butchered

the TIG machine you will need to buy will run on AC. you can run any almost any machine on the 220v plug that will support either your oven or your laundry machine. those plugs are specificlly 220v. you can set up 220v somewhere else but will require a licenced electrician. you will also need a bottle or argon and preferably a space designed for welding. fume extractor, some kind of saw, a metal table, comfy stool, fire extinguisher. im forgetting some stuff

>>1028657
If you're adventurous or masochistic, you can TIG aluminum with DC using helium shielding gas, but a machine with AC output is more practical. The amperage output you need depends mostly on the thickness of the metal you'll be working with, and that is what mostly determines the wall current draw of the machine. If you're welding thick stuff and only have 120V outlets, a (good) inverter is about the only option, but if you're just welding thin stuff or have 220 available, you can use cheaper inverter or transformer machines. What will you be doing?

In any case, you'll need TIG accessories like electrodes (a kind suited for AC), an electrode grinder, the torch and lead, the ground clamp and lead (those typically come with the machine, but there are exceptions - make sure they're rated for what you want to do). Remote control is a huge advantage with TIGing aluminum, so get a foot pedal or torch control that lets you tail off slowly. Argon shielding gas, regulator, hose, and the means to store and move the tank securely. A steel work surface thick enough to not flex in use, with a convenient place to attach the ground clamp and an assortment of clamps. An angle grinder with flap disks for deburring/grinding (no hard stones - aluminum clogs them). A bench vise. A hacksaw / sawzall / portaband / etc. for cutting stock. A broom and sparkproof garbage can to collect the aluminum dust before it becomes a fire hazard. A welding helmet (shade 10 should work if you don't want to spring for an auto-darkening one), leather gloves (you can try TIG gloves, but aluminum gets very hot - I suggest MIG gloves if needed), long-sleeve cotton shirts (prevents UV burn), and full-leather shoes/boots that don't present an area where a drop of aluminum will be able to sit and burn you. Safety glasses and ear protection (AC can get loud). Ventilation. Filler wire suited for what you'll be welding (alloy and diameter). Stainless steel wire brush for cleaning.

>>1026239
I worked for Diebold doing vault wiring for a couple of years. The door slabs on these were up to 16-18" thick, but those were always custom jobs. "Off the shelf" doors topped out at 9".

>>1025254
this guy knows whats up
torching high and fast is the best feeling youll ever get

>>1025401
Harbor Freight (shit chinese tools here in the U.S.) sells this exact kit for, wait for it....

$6 USD.

Buy a real Dremel, not this knock off.

>>1026443
Holy hell, is that a quarter of an inch gap?


what size wire are you using?

I'd be hard pressed to do that with 0.35; I think the only way I'd be able to do it is like 550-IPM and 24 volts. And that's a maaaaaybe.

>>1027672

where in the steel making process is the "skull" created?

I googled around a bit but found no answer.

>>1028657

I purchased the 2015 version of this:

https://www.amazon.com/AHP-AlphaTIG-Stick-Welder-PULSE/dp/B00REX6USW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469959226&sr=8-1&keywords=ahp+alphatig+200x

This machine can work on 110V at reduced output. It is an inverter machine.

I have a Lincoln welding hood, a 120 ft^3 bottle of argon (~$120?), and a harbor freight welding cart.

It works pretty well on Al - up to 1/4" thick.

I purchased it because I wanted to try Tig welding before dropping major $ on a miller or Lincoln welder. I think it has been worth every penny.

I could not find anything cheaper when I went shopping.

look at chucke2009 and "weldingtipsandtricks" on youtube. Both review inexpensive tig welders.

Thermic lance, I had to take down a wall that was built by a lunatic who'd inexplicably run rebar through the frogs so you could smash the wall to shit and you'd be left with a curled mess of brick that looked like something out of a Tim Burton movie.

It's basically a tube filled with steel rods that you pump oxygen down and ignite with a welding torch but that doesn't adequately describe the mixture of fun and terror of wielding a pole shooting out a shower of literally boiling iron which is slowly inching towards your hands and is capable of melting everything in its path. It's like crossing a plasma cutter with a flamethrower and it tore this wall apart in minutes leaving a black, glassy stump. We then dug out the foundations and sliced those up as well.

>>1025686
This. There's no way the cutting disc would break like that unless you didn't keep the angle grinder steady or applied too much force. Even then, a broken off piece would more likely bounce off the goggles than be embedded in it. Looks like OP cut a slit in the safety glasses and placed a piece of the broken off cutting disc into it.

>>1025377
these are super cool, sanding is super comfy with it

lot of other people say theyre not worth it because of bladea getting dull quick but i see them use it with pushing the blade hard and letting it get very hot and thats gonna fuck up your blade instant, cut softly and with care cause it will lose sharpness when the metal gets too hot

>>1025377

I took one of these made for sanding & affixed a knobby piece of silicone to it & use it on my girls crotch (while she wears jeans) when I want to make her soak them

>>1026372
TIP TIG has been around many years and hasn't replaced MIG or TIG except in niche use. Torch is more awkward than a TIG torch for confined spaces. TIP TIG vendors would love to sell more of them but it never really took off.

In what task is MIG slower than TIG?

MIG/FCAW is the most used process in fabrication shops and with modern wires is used for things like bridge building in earthquake zones.

>>1030701
They apparently happen (note shape) when the crucible isn't emptied. I didn't bother to ask WHY the crucible wasn't emptied. A welderbro told me that when I showed him the pic so may be inaccurate.

>>1025401
Dremel style tools are a meme

>>1030974
You shouldn't have to baby a tool for it to work.

>>1025675

So ducking cool thank you for the share

>>1030701
>>1031273
its usually not a crucible its called a ladle and the slag gate has a sensor that closes when the steel composition has to much slag

>>1025490
It's solid, probably cutting the profile of a propeller

>>1031725
propellers are cast...

>>1025367
I feel the same way, I like a little weight to my tools.
Plus the smell from the plasma cutter gives me insane headaches after an hour of use.

Welder. You're forcing metal to stick together like a fucking champ. Just got an apprenticeship as a fabricator too, so that helps. 600amp mig is a fucking rush.

Second up would be an oxy-acet torch. You're fucking cutting metal with fire (sorta). It just brings alive the inner child.

Ok, sure. Maybe they don't count as power tools. But they're my favourite and I get to use them daily.

>>1025249
Pillar drill.
Got for 25 squids off ebay.
100mm plunge and I drill holes at 90 deg perpendicular every time, no question.

>>1025249
A mate was changing his own car exhaust (!!??!!) Couldnt get two rusted brackets off.
Calls me.
Land with 4" blade and grinder.
Problem solved in <5sec.
Like Clint Eastwood says in the film, I have loads of cool tools because I collect as I need them and I look after them.

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>>1030687
>quarter of an inch gap?

yeah about that. truth is i deal with it on a daily basis because my fitter is a fucking dumbass paki who throws manfits when he has to tack too much for his liking

>what size wire are you using?

>I'd be hard pressed to do that with 0.35; I think the only way I'd be able to do it is like 550-IPM and 24 volts. And that's a maaaaaybe.

im using 0.30 on a lincoln power mig 215 with the voltage tap setting on F and the wfs around 260. since the flange is about a centimeter thick and the resonator is only 2 mm i use technique to avoid burnthrough

here's one where its completed but had the same gap. different technique to get the aesthetics tho

>>1032831
bro ur breathing ozone as a side product from the plasma. you need to wear a respirator, even a cheap disposable would make a huge difference.

>>1026374
a focused worker no I bet they see right through that to you being an anti social autist.

>>1025348
Oh fuck man I use my grinder without even glasses most od the time

>>1032893
undercut, cold rolls, travel speed is way too fast and wire speed is too slow

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>>1033186
lmao sure bro

all of that

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>>1033186
>undercut

where? i'll wait

>cold rolls

see above

>travel speed

looking at the arrow heads right? see this gap?>>1026443. since there is no fit up and im welding dead space thick to thin spending even half a second on the thin(2mm) will result in burnthrough. which leads me to use a whipping technique and a low wfs

>wire speed

see above but also go fuck yourself armchair boy

btw this part sold. all my parts sell. we have QC that i must pass before any of my pieces even make it to the show room or the mail room.

lets see some of yours

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>>1033120
>be autistic
>autistic welder
>get paid
>only guy in the shop who doesnt shoot the shit or fuck around

oh no! that fucking guy that doesnt talk and keeps welding is gonna be a problem!

>>1030687
i could show you how to deal with this in maybe 5 min if we had a booth together. the closest joint i can think of would be a weird open root groove joint with 1 side super thin. its hard and you just cant walk off the street and do it but its possible

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>>1025249
Machinist here. Welders are faggots.

>>1032893
this is amazing.

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>>1033365
KEK

until you fuck up and you will most certainly will and then you will send your fuck up to me where i will have to repair your bullshit or miscalculation just so you dont have to waste a perfectly good machined part and get you back on schedule.

>hurrr look at me
>big machinist
>whups machined off too much thousandths
>need welder

>>1033365
>be machinist
>enter CAD file
>press start
>job well done
lol