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Buying a Hobbyist Welding Machine? Common Spec Sheet Terms
SPEC SHEET TERMS Understanding the lingo of a particular welding machine’s literature brochure or specification sheet can be a bit confusing if the hobbyist is also new to welding. To that end, I’ll...
Why do welds crack?
What causes a weld to crack? A lot of time and research has gone into answering this simple question. A lot more than what will be discussed in this blog post. For the sake of this blog, we will...
Why is my welder not feeding wire?
Wire feeding issues occur with both solid and cored wires. Whether it is your drive roll, liner, contact tip, or welding procedure – we can help troubleshoot. The good news is the problem is usually easy to diagnose and fix.
Hobbyist Wire Welding Tips: What type of wire best fits your welding needs?
Some hobbyist welders in the market for a new wire machine will call it just that; a wire machine. Some will casually use the term MIG (Metal Inert Gas) or the more formal term from where MIG...
Hobbyist MIG Welder Buying Guidelines: Input Voltage, Amperage Output & Weight
HOBBYIST MIG WELDER BUYING GUIDLINES: INPUT VOLTAGE, AMPERAGE OUTPUT & WEIGHT First and foremost, let’s define what a “hobbyist” welder, as in a machine, means. I define it as a machine...
Pulsed MIG Transfer: Should You Switch from Short Circuit?
Short Circuit: Wrong for the Job A large Sterling, Colorado based fabricator of non ASME tanks, skids and mobile liquid transporters for the oil & gas industry allowed General Air to audit their...
Metal-Cored Wire Conversion and HPG on Pressure Vessels
Prior Situation A pressure vessel manufacturer in Denver asked General Air for assistance in improving the output of their thin wall tank line while reducing the number of “leakers.” In depositing...
Pulsed Metal-Cored Wire Hard Automation
Prior Situation A national integrator of pipe networks, located in Denver, was confronted with a sudden, significant problem: its outsourced supplier of (electrical) isolation pipe assemblies was...
Butt Joints to Hard Automation and Submerged Arc
Prior Situation A large steel fabricator facing strict deadlines and a shrinking labor pool turned to General Air for advice. Their current system of welding 1/4” plate, butt joints, consists of...
Switching to Metal-Cored Wire and Joint Design Change
Prior Situation A regenerative braking system engineering firm and fabricator, located in northern Colorado, came to General Air in search of a more cost effective solution for fabricating their...