[Vanhackspace] MIG welder atten: Dan

Sun Mar 28 14:42:19 PDT 2010

I'm really sorry that I didn't make it to the introduction.
If there's another one any time soon (impromptu or not) I'd be interested.

-Emmanuel

On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 11:26 AM, svenblack <svenblack22 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> I just wanted to say thanks again to you and the other fellow for an
> amazing intro to welding. I can't quite remember his name, but he was great
> non the less,
>
> I'm going to give my bike a go here in the next day or two, can you maybe
> recap a couple things I may need to know before I go blow myself up:)
>
> I should be fine on my own, I'm good a repeating what I've been shown, but
> anything you said is lost to time and space. lol
>
> All the best,
>
> Namaste,
>
>
> ---<{[SVENBLACK]}>---
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> --- On *Wed, 3/17/10, goldfish yo <goldfish.yo at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: goldfish yo <goldfish.yo at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vanhackspace] MIG welder
> To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
> Received: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 11:16 AM
>
> Hi Dan. I'll be there, I can bottom line the night for you. We have some
> different metal scraps in the space right now that we can probably use as
> well. Looks like we've got a good response on the list here, so the turnout
> should be pretty good. Send me an email with any extra details and I can
> send something out to the list later this week for an official reminder.
>
> goldfish
>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 5:41 PM, dan anderson <dan.j.anderson at gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=dan.j.anderson@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
>> 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<http://mc/compose?to=svenblack22@yahoo.ca>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> sounds great
>>>
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>>> --- On *Thu, 3/4/10, John Craver <jcraver at shaw.ca<http://mc/compose?to=jcraver@shaw.ca>
>>> >* wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: John Craver <jcraver at shaw.ca<http://mc/compose?to=jcraver@shaw.ca>
>>> >
>>> Subject: Re: [Vanhackspace] MIG welder
>>>
>>> To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net<http://mc/compose?to=vanhackspace@lists.uselessdegree.net>
>>> Received: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 7:55 PM
>>>
>>>
>>> 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:
>>>
>>>>  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:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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:)
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --- 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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