Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,133 Member For: 9y 2m 29d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 23/05/19 01:57 PM Share Posted 23/05/19 01:57 PM $1300 for a 8m3 bottle of helium if anyone's counting. Only $220 for 10m3 of argon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,311 Member For: 16y 17d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 23/05/19 02:00 PM Share Posted 23/05/19 02:00 PM helium got super expensive because it's actually a known finite resource... it's light enough to escape out of the atmosphere and into space... 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,133 Member For: 9y 2m 29d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 23/05/19 02:04 PM Share Posted 23/05/19 02:04 PM More like everyone's huffing it to make squeaky voices. Balloon grade is fairly cheap, I wonder what my toddler would sound like?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBAF Bronze Donating Members 2,156 Member For: 7y 8m 13d Posted 23/05/19 02:09 PM Share Posted 23/05/19 02:09 PM ^ that and there is a HUUUGE market for it in the celebration/party industry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 16y 6m Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 23/05/19 02:10 PM Share Posted 23/05/19 02:10 PM I use ultra high purity argon in G2 and D size. Way cheaper the larger the size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,409 Member For: 11y 27d Gender: Male Location: Cairns Posted 23/05/19 07:03 PM Share Posted 23/05/19 07:03 PM 6 hours ago, Puffwagon said: Fml I've used about $50 worth of gas in 3 hours. buy yourself gas flow meter so you can measure the output at the nozzle most regulators read incorrect 12 to 15 Lpm should be enough if you are welding inside also, using gas lens improves argon distribution so you can turn your flow rate down even more example here happy welding 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,980 Member For: 11y 2m 2d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 23/05/19 10:35 PM Share Posted 23/05/19 10:35 PM 12 hours ago, Puffwagon said: I've been practicing my tig welding lately with aluminium and apparently my t shirt yesterday was a bit thin cos I'm burnt to fark on my chest. Pics of said welds for c&c? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,133 Member For: 9y 2m 29d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 23/05/19 10:50 PM Share Posted 23/05/19 10:50 PM Cheers @bloodycrashboy. Rab I'll post a pic later. No need to see the sh*t stuff while I worked out the machine settings and welding techniques. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breeny Member 88 Member For: 11y 30d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 23/05/19 11:57 PM Share Posted 23/05/19 11:57 PM TIL - Helium for TIG welding Aluminium. Never knew. Back in the day, ya just grabbed some old fencing wire and the trusty oxy-acet rig and burnt away. Steel only though - NO ONE welded aluminium. That was devils work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,409 Member For: 11y 27d Gender: Male Location: Cairns Posted 24/05/19 12:07 AM Share Posted 24/05/19 12:07 AM Today's job, 12mm stainless balustrade for glass, sanded to a 600 grit finishWill be electroshined on completionOnly 74 to make 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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