[Vanhackspace] MIG welder

[Aaron Oman]

New subscriber here.
I was wondering what this whole shebang is like?  I'm thinking of stopping
by tomorrow.
Any software hackers or is it more of a hardware group?

-Aaron

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Luke Closs <lukecloss at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1, i'd love to learn the basics.
>
>
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> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Emmanuel Stone <emmanuel.stone at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Long time lurker breaking his silence to say "Yes please to Introduction
>> to Welding"...
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 5:36 PM, svenblack <svenblack22 at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> SWEET!!!!!!!
>>>
>>> Please, please. please do an intro....
>>>
>>> I would love to learn how to use your welder, I'm drooling like homer for
>>> a doughnut:)
>>>
>>> ---<{[SVENBLACK]}>---
>>>
>>> --- On *Sat, 2/27/10, dan anderson <dan.j.anderson at gmail.com>* wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: dan anderson <dan.j.anderson at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [Vanhackspace] MIG welder
>>> To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
>>> Received: Saturday, February 27, 2010, 7:41 PM
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
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