04-09-2015, 12:37 AM
I've been welding aluminum on a hobby level for about 20 years. I think what that actually means is that I've had about 6 months of experience 40 times over.
RE: inverter, yes, I'd love to get one. My wife & I moved to Oakland from Maryland 6 years ago -- that would have been the perfect time to sell the trusty old Lincoln SquareWave 175 and buy a newer solid-state machine.... instead, I dragged that heavy lump out here.
RE: casting, yes, that would be a great project. I did some casting with lead when I was a kid, and I understand the process. I actually have a fairly challenging pattern-making project which I'd like to tackle: my '69 Yamaha DT250 is totally stock, and I'd like to cast a copy of a GYT or WebCo performance head for it. It's an air-cooled 2-stroke, the performance head is 2x heavier, with much bigger fins for better cooling than the stock head.
RE: inverter, yes, I'd love to get one. My wife & I moved to Oakland from Maryland 6 years ago -- that would have been the perfect time to sell the trusty old Lincoln SquareWave 175 and buy a newer solid-state machine.... instead, I dragged that heavy lump out here.
RE: casting, yes, that would be a great project. I did some casting with lead when I was a kid, and I understand the process. I actually have a fairly challenging pattern-making project which I'd like to tackle: my '69 Yamaha DT250 is totally stock, and I'd like to cast a copy of a GYT or WebCo performance head for it. It's an air-cooled 2-stroke, the performance head is 2x heavier, with much bigger fins for better cooling than the stock head.