[Vanhackspace] MIG welder

[dan anderson]

Will anyone with keys be there on the 23rd? Is it a bad night because of
cansecwest?

-D


On 4 March 2010 19:34, svenblack <svenblack22 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> sounds great
>
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> --- On *Thu, 3/4/10, John Craver <jcraver at shaw.ca>* wrote:
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> From: John Craver <jcraver at shaw.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Vanhackspace] MIG welder
>
> To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
> Received: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 7:55 PM
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>
> Tuesday the 23rd works great for me.
>
> On 03/03/2010 6:17 PM, dan anderson wrote:
>
> Sounds like there's enough interest - and John, my oxy-acety skills boil
> down to "is it melted? no? keep going keep going keep going oh crud I blew
> through" so I for one would love it if you would be up for sharing. Is this
> enough to make it a Tuesday thing? If so, would the 23rd work for everyone
> who's expressed interest so far? (vancal.org has nothing since last
> month.)
>
> Added the welder to the 'loan' list.
>
> -D
>
>
>
> On 3 March 2010 17:12, John Craver <jcraver at shaw.ca<http://mc/compose?to=jcraver@shaw.ca>
> > wrote:
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>>  Hi all.  I visited VHS one time last June with my friend Matt, but I've
>> been a subscriber to the email list since.  I believe we were there one
>> night where people brought Arduinos, back at the Victoria drive location,
>> and we were talking about our potato cannons.  Now that I'm done high
>> school, I actually have some time on my hands.  If the MIG intro wasn't last
>> night, I may want to drop by when it happens.  Btw, if anyone's interested,
>> I just finished an Oxy-Acetylene welding/cutting/brazing intro at BCIT, so I
>> could give a quick blurb about it if people are up for it.  (Maybe you
>> haven't used an oxy-fuel torch since high school?)  I have a portable
>> Oxy/MAPP torch setup that can fit in my backpack, if anyone would like to
>> play with fire.  Not trying to steal the spotlight from Dan, but I figure
>> since most of us are up for a welding night anyways...
>>
>> Let me know
>> -John
>>
>>
>>
>> On 01/03/2010 8:48 PM, Aaron Oman wrote:
>>
>> 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<http://mc/compose?to=lukecloss@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> +1, i'd love to learn the basics.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Emmanuel Stone <emmanuel.stone at gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=emmanuel.stone@gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
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>>>> 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<http://mc/compose?to=svenblack22@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<http://mc/compose?to=dan.j.anderson@gmail.com>
>>>>> >* wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: dan anderson <dan.j.anderson at gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=dan.j.anderson@gmail.com>
>>>>> >
>>>>> Subject: [Vanhackspace] MIG welder
>>>>> To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net<http://mc/compose?to=vanhackspace@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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