Just used this today on my work apprenticeship. Really cool stuff. I was gouging thick metal “doors” which hold the net of a fish dragger open. When they drag along the bottom of he ocean, they wear slowly and Need to be cut off every once in a while. The steel is about half an inch thick, so it take a decent amount to gouge. Really cool stuff I recommend any welder tries it at least once.
Well, most truckers don't know how to weld anyway, this is more of a tip for anyone who cuts and welds but hasn't had the opportunity to see or use one of these. I was a welder at one time.
That's pretty fascinating. I've not heard of this before. I knew little about the various things with welding. Sure does a good job! Well worth watching.
Used this in an old main Dept I used to be in. It definitely has it’s place but those sparks can be dangerous if you don’t keep an eye on them. Great video. Thanks for sharing🙏🏼.
Thanks for the upload young man! I wasn't aware of such technology but I am now. I have Oxy Propane gear and gouging rods at home but it never crossed my mind about Air Arc.
That’s Really Neat Gordon It’s The 1St Time I’ve Seen One of These Arc Aires I’ve Used a Plasma Cutter But Never Knew These Existed 😯😯😲 Thanks For Showing Me Something Completely New 😀😀😀
Normally only used in steel production shops, I also use it on heavy equipment to gouge out a crack before welding to assure 100% penetration. Thanks for commenting Chris.
With zip disks being cheap its easy to cut welds with them, we have an air arc at work rarely gets used, never had one in the families welding shop, washing out old welds with a torch was a common practice. Looks like your old trailer has seen some heavy loads in its day with stress cracks. Your old Ideal arc Lincoln welder were good 220 volt welding machines in their day, fairly smooth, decent duty cycle on them.
Yes the trailer has done it's time but I will get a few more years out of it. I do like the old lincoln 250, I also did fix the old lincoln wire feed too, it had a loose wire inside and I put a new liner in it and found a bad o-ring while changing the liner.
Gordon...I am embarrassed to say I never learned how to weld. Would you be I interested in doing a basic instructional video? Starting with the basics? You are pretty good at it.
Where in the world are you gonna use a trailer with that many frame patches without getting caught. Glad you didn't show us what the neck looks like if the back is ate out that bad. Looking forward to the cutting video when your scraping the whole trailer
The second problem I have is in the yellow knob parking brake which is when I pull it out the wipers stop working until I bush the yellow knob down and also the yellow knob don't park the truck
Thanks Don. I think I have a little more welding experience than most mechanics but since I do all my work at home, I invest in more tools than most people would.
I hope you and your people around you are staying well. Yesterday I couldn't finish an electric job on the trailer because of the high wind and cooler temps, I needed to solder something in front at the pigtail plugin but couldn't get it hot enough and I know a propane torch would never stay lit in that wind. I never thought a high watt iron would not work in high wind. I ordered a 500 watt iron from Amazon Prime that should be here in 3 weeks, (so much for Prime these days) Let's see what happens today out there.
Hello Gordon, Very useful video. Thnx. Q: i have a little portable welding 200 amp. If i buy one of those arc air handle, can i use it with my machine? 2nd: can i remove welding from 1/16 th in metal plates? Thanks in advance
Thanks for watching. This tool works better with a D.C. machine and needs a lot of power to burn even the smallest diameter carbon rods. I would probably just use a grinder with a cut-off wheel for 1/16" metal.
Check out Arc Air's website. I have their exothermic cutter which only requires an oxygen tank for fuel and their consumable rods for cutting, gouging, plunging and even underwater cutting. Also, you’ll need a small battery to start the rods. Overall, very compact and useful
That particular Galaxy is an air Arc gouge which is the best one profax make the gouges as well it is not so good the O-ring stick and cause the gouge to leak That particular welding machine is 17 1/2 amps per crank that's the exact same welding machine I learn how to weld on in 1991 and since then I'll burn more carbon Arc rods than I care to count very very handy tool to use get you a good set of earplugs
Hi Gordon, I got 98 Fld clicking noise coming from back of my truck when I turn to the left or right specially when the trailer hooked worsens like you hitting something, we changed the passenger side busing not solving now the mechanic is saying barring, how the bearings got like that loudly noises? I am saying maybe fifth wheel, center pins on drive axils may be out. What is your suggestion? Thanks in advance
Gordon Robertson DIY , you are right, I send the driver to other shop in Oklahoma City and found it rare axle def was stacked and not let axle move! Thanks for replying sir!
