[Vanhackspace] MIG welder

[dan anderson]

Hi all,

Michael Bean mentioned that some hackers were excited to see my
welding rig. VanHackers are more than welcome to use it; if there's
interest I could give a short introduction to welding some evening.
I'm kind of oddly emotionally attached to the coveralls so maybe don't
use those? And of course you break it you bought it, you break
yourself you fix yourself, don't blind people with the arc, etc.

There is flux core in the box (which can be used without co2/argon
gas) but IT EMITS TOXIC FUMES. If you're going to use the flux core
you must not do so inside where other people's health would be put at
risk. Unfortunately my tank is at eatART right now, so welding with
regular wire will have to wait until I can bring that back, unless
someone else has 72/25 lying around. The wire isn't amazingly
expensive but the gas can get pricey, so (once the tank's at 45W
again) if anyone is going to weld up a big project it'd be nice if
some gas got added to the pot.

"some gas got added to the pot"... never thought I'd use those words
in that order.

Cheers!
-D