Winky's retirement and Raven project

[everlastsupport]

OK I'll admit it ... I go to HF sometimes but am always very careful about what I buy ... I'm really not impressed with their consumables ... however I have used their flux core ... eh ... not terribly disappointed with it.

Winky, Where the heck you been.

Yea, I have bought HF wire and Home Depot Lincoln wire and never had a problem. HF is what it is, you try things, some good and some you swear off. No drill bits or sand paper for sure. I figure a lot of times it's a one time tool. I have had a orange grinder for almost 10 years. But the price and the 25% off that. Who can resist.

[Winky]

oh gee I've been around ... lurking in dark places hehe ...
Chicago electric, Central pneumatic, Pittsburgh Tools are fair ... I've been using them for sometime ... anything from Drill Master is garbage.

I've been pretty busy just trying to keep things afloat since I'm "retired" now and don't have a steady income but I'll tell ya I'm a whole lot happier now not having to please the unpleasable and do things the way incompetent "superiors" want me to do things. Been making lots of things in the shop and vending at races and runs ... here's the last thing I made ... if you can't tell ... it's a raven that I made to sell but my wife liked it so for now it's hung on our wall ... till she gets tired of it.

[everlastsupport]

Looks nice. I see why she wanted to keep it. Looks like a lot of work. You braze or MIG it?

[Winky]

It took several days and a lot of material ... since it was done with a lot of small pieces I held with one hand while attaching I used my MIG that allowed me t keep the weight done however I have been using a lot of silica bronze and my TIG on things lately ... I love the way I can use low heat and the filler flows nicely on thin metal.

[everlastsupport]

It took several days and a lot of material ... since it was done with a lot of small pieces I held with one hand while attaching I used my MIG that allowed me t keep the weight done however I have been using a lot of silica bronze and my TIG on things lately ... I love the way I can use low heat and the filler flows nicely on thin metal.

Looks like a ton of work. What's the brand and number on the silica bronze, will pick a roll up for fun stuff.

[Winky]

It's strictly TIG rod as far as I know ... I'll have to look the # up when I get out to the shop ... I picked it up at Air-Gas ... I find 26 amps DCEN for 22ga mild steel is perfect and 58 amps for 16ga ... is great on a 1/16" rod any thing thicker and I would use 3/32" rod. Silica Bronze is a fun to work with.