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10-21-2012, 01:37 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: RI
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Short plug wire...
What do you do with it...... This.
Make your own clips. They work, I've tested in the most extreme of fishing environments.
http://youtu.be/BZbGCB2bak8
This is my dumb ass BTW.
IT Works, tig wire not mig wire.  |
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10-21-2012, 06:53 AM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
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Nice!
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10-21-2012, 08:34 AM
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Chris Blouin
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Warren, RI
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Nice work Tim
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10-21-2012, 06:43 PM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
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I experimented with them a year ago but never used them since I can't get used to an open clip. Tim nailed it, smart dude and he is right they hold. You can even get some stiffer tig wire. I had a couple grades
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10-21-2012, 07:08 PM
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What would happen if you heat treated the wire and dunk it in oil? Would it become to brittle or make it stronger?
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"Always two there are, no more, no less: a master and an apprentice." >> Yoda
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10-21-2012, 07:27 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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Very good
why does it have to be tig wire?
I have welding wire 316-1L, is that good enough? 1/16" thick
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10-21-2012, 08:13 PM
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Certified Mass-hole
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Jackson, NJ but born and raised in Massachusetts.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slipknot
Very good
why does it have to be tig wire?
I have welding wire 316-1L, is that good enough? 1/16" thick
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That is TIG wire.  |
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10-21-2012, 08:46 PM
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Location: RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slipknot
Very good
why does it have to be tig wire?
I have welding wire 316-1L, is that good enough? 1/16" thick
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Yup same wire.  |
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10-22-2012, 05:57 AM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
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I think the stuff I had was 308 and was a little more rigid. I know there are some machinist types on here that would know for sure.
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10-22-2012, 10:11 AM
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Certified Mass-hole
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Jackson, NJ but born and raised in Massachusetts.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GattaFish
I think the stuff I had was 308 and was a little more rigid. I know there are some machinist types on here that would know for sure.
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There are 3 popular TIG wires used in plug building. They are all stainless steel alloys; 304, 308, 316. 304 being the softest and easiest to work. Some are labeled with an "L" this signafies that the wire is annealed.
TIG is a welding process know as "Tungsten Inert Gas" The melt flow is blanketed with an inert gas to allow a pure flow. The TIG process does not require any flux or melt enhansers thus the plain wire. |
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10-22-2012, 08:15 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Charleston
There are 3 popular TIG wires used in plug building. They are all stainless steel alloys; 304, 308, 316. 304 being the softest and easiest to work. Some are labeled with an "L" this signafies that the wire is annealed.
TIG is a welding process know as "Tungsten Inert Gas" The melt flow is blanketed with an inert gas to allow a pure flow. The TIG process does not require any flux or melt enhansers thus the plain wire.
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The gas is argon I believe. A Noble Gas that won't react with the metals, and it keeps oxygen away from the molten metal.
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