The CubeX is dead; long live the 400
Sculptor Kevin Caron has gotten a new 3D printer from Cerberus 3D that can print almost anything ….
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How to Use Triangular Wave When Welding – and Why You’d Want To
A fairly new TIG welder asked Kevin about triangular wave welding. What do you use it for? Why do you need it? Should he buy this machine that has it or get that machine that doesn’t? Triangular wave works with AC, so that...
Read More2 Ways to Adjust Z-Height on a CNC Table
Kevin had a question from a gentleman who was using a CNC plasma cutter table: How do you set the Z-height, which the distance from the work surface to the torch? How do you adjust that gap? The first thing Kevin did was check...
Read MoreDo Fume Extractors Really Work?
Kevin is going to fire up his AHP AlphaMIG 250 to do some stick welding to test a new tool: a fume extractor. You know that crud that obscures your welding helmet faceshield after stick welding or MIG welding? Well, that’s...
Read MoreHow to Figure Out What’s Wrong
Kevin is looking at a propane powered forge a friend gave him that has never worked right. Now he’s going to use a process to figure out what is wrong with it, a process that you can use with just about anything. First,...
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