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For tungsten you've got a few choices but each has their own uses. TLDR go with Red & Blue 3/32" Thoriated - Red, Yellow or Orange. DC only & slightly radioactive Lanthanated - Blue, Gold or Black. AC/DC Rare Earth - Purple. Same as Red but without the radiation hazard There's a bunch of...

Consumables can be another headache but there's 5 things that every torch needs. Well 6 if you include tungsten but more on that later. TLDR, get a series 3 stubby kit for 3/32" & #8, 10 & 12 cups to go with your #17 flex head torch. Back cap - long, medium & short. Tightens the collet & seals...

For some reason GTAW welding wasn't complicated enough so the industry made dozens of combinations of torch setups. Which torch style you use depends on your machine. There's 3 main types of GTAW welding: scratch start, lift arc & high frequency start. These are dictated by your machine. Instead...

Time to talk TIG ( Tungsten Inert Gas). Officially it's called GTAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding) some of you old timers might know it as Heliarc. Why GTAW? SMAW is useful out in the elements, simple & very portable. GMAW welding is easy & fast for high volume welding. GTAW is for high precision &...

Those dark spots are silica that is added to the filler metal as a deoxidizer. It's less dense than the metal so it floats to the top of the puddle. For GTAW, the gun angle mostly stays the same & you move your hand. Maybe a slight change in angle but very little & definitely not like walking...

@Jamesval035 Overall, not bad. My suggestion is to keep the settings the same until your technique is more consistent. Also increasing the gas flow will make the puddle wider & harder to manage. Too high & it creates turbulence which is bad. This weld is really cold at the start then gets...

Are your clear lenses dirty? That's typically the reason for poor quality vision

Yes

Based on the pictures, I don't think your weld broke, but the tube broke right at the edge of the weld. Most likely it has nothing to do with the heat input & everything to do with the weld profile.

That's wild. Reminds me of the game between Plano East vs John Tyler almost exactly 30 years earlier also in the cowboy's stadium

I thought it was some kind of seance

Is that a lantern taillight? Also if that was a Tesla engineer he'd showing off his man bun.

It is typically announced about a month from launch day. The best source of information is from SpaceX's X account.

Launches are becoming more predictable so chances of last minute delays are minimal. In the off chance it does get rescheduled I could try to arrange a tour of Starbase. Also, South Padre Island is a great beach vacation.

Does this mean you're getting a 4" lift?!?

No, but he does come talk to everyone at Starbase sometimes.

It was the most surreal thing I've ever seen. Super Heavy is ~230' tall and ~30' wide. Yes I took that pic, that is where I work.

SHE'S BACK!!!!!!

Flight 5 Booster COMING BACK DOWN From supersonic to a dead stop in under a minute WE CAUGHT IT!!!!!

Since it's exhaust tubing, it's probably the impurities from inside the tube causing the problem. You need to grind to shiney metal on the inside & out.