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More welding questions.
The end cap thickness is 3mm the same thickness as the tank. Now what if I used 6mm or 10mm thick steel for the end caps would that be a bad idea.
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Nop, just weld hotter and direct the arc toward the heavier section.
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Thanks Greg.
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At the moment I'm finishing off the base for the pusher, I'd already started thinking the 25mm thick steel would have been here last week.
Just 3 bits and a few holes for the nuts and bolts to hold it together.
I'll finish the base first then I'll start welding again.
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The base part more or less finished, still have to clean it up a little. Still waiting for the 25mm stuff.
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It's starting to look like something now Dave.
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Does seem to be taking a long time, all this stop and start plus losing bits doesn't help.
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Shop Monster is constantly hiding my stuff where I can't find it.
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(03-16-2015, 04:09 PM)dallen Wrote: Shop Monster is constantly hiding my stuff where I can't find it.
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However I'm still ticked off about the 25mm steel that seemed to have 'walked' off.
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(03-16-2015, 04:12 PM)DaveH Wrote: (03-16-2015, 04:09 PM)dallen Wrote: Shop Monster is constantly hiding my stuff where I can't find it.
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However I'm still ticked off about the 25mm steel that seemed to have 'walked' off.
DaveH
only thing I can say is you will find it exactly where you laid it down at.
same place I finally found the drive dog for my wood lathe, now if I could just find where I put the dead center I could turn that piece of rosewood I want to make a cleaning rod handle out of
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