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[Rambozo]

Slarty,

... Most importantly, don't panic.

Cheers
Mike

And be sure you know where your towel is!

[Slartybartfa]

I keep the towel around my neck. It's there in case I have to hitch a ride, and keeps the arc burns off my neck. Have been burned through my shirts too many times.

Just thinking that having Zaphod's Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses might have an application to welding, but my cheap-o HF automatic welding helmet works, too.

Oh yeah, got a notice from UPS that an 85 lb box had just had a label created and would arrive Wednesday. So need to get some argon.

Re: the torch, I would prefer an air cooled torch, but will just hook up the supplied water-cooled torch to the laundry sink/urinal (don't tell the wife) in the groj for now.

[Slartybartfa]

Re: sharpening tungsten, Friend just e-mailed me: "Sharpening tungsten is tricky and it wears out
aluminum oxide quickly. The best thing I've found is a cheap 6in. diamond lap in about 400
grit and mount it on the side of a regular bench wheel. Sometimes it takes a paper shim to
replace the hub pad and give the lap proper support." http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-6-Diamon...item5d2fa98641