Recent content by akrejci

I hate the Buckeyes. And I am not a fan of Michigan. If it makes you feel better though, I always root for MSU over Michigan.:cheers2:

Awesome. GO HUSKERS!!!! I cant wait for football to start so the Huskers can demolish the BIG 10:roflol:

We just had a pretty ridiculous storm last night. It missed my house but out east it hailed baseball size hail. It busted out windows and the wind took down some massive trees. I think there was an estimated 38,000 people without power last night.

So I did some practice welding with the 6013 on some spare pieces of tubing and after 10 passes with all different settings, I finally found that I need to have a higher voltage with a longer arc and the welds look great with good heat penetration. ( I will post a picture later today hopefully)...

I was using 6013 common rod at about 105 amperage. The pits tend to happen at the end of the weld, which makes me believe that the metal is heating up too much by the end of the weld, which causes heat sink in the metal. I tried to lower the amperage, and the weld had little penetration. I am...

Hi I am Anthony. I like building things, and have started to build my first go kart. I am an engineering student at University of Nebraska- Omaha. I'm not a speed demon, but love to off-road.

So I started to construct a go kart, and I joined this forum because I figured if I ran into any problems, this is where I could find help. Well I started to weld up the frame today, and I am using 1 1/4 inch square tubing with 1/8 inch wall. I have an arc welder, and this is the first time I...