I think stick is the best introduction to welding. Despite the learning curve, I think it gives you a good foundational skills as it has a lot in common with both MIG and TIG.
I was properly spoiled with choosing freely between MIG and TIG, when I first tried. Which makes stick seem a little bit old school and outdated. But as you pointed out, I might have missed valuable lessons from mastering the stick.
+1 Ray. You definitely spend more time welding instead of prep, sharpening, gas t-shooting, or knob-fiddling. Angle and movement experiments give faster feedback, and tweaking flux/shielding, diameter, and alloy is just a squeeze away. Reading the slag can also give non-destructive clues about weld quality that can be helpful for vertical/overhead (assuming you're out of the way). While the minimum required equipment can be truly crude, a stable setup allows repeatable demonstration of lead-induced (ha!) phenomenon that's much harder to figure out using other processes. And you get those hot stubs to pick up later.
I figured your next few teardowns would have been from the kitchen table. A nice one from the archive, I guess. :) ...continued wishing of luck with your lab overhaul gone wild.
"The Archive" does still have a lot of raw material, that needs editing or misses a few shots. The work shop in the garage, where this was filmed, is still intact and I have it stuffed with things to teardown. No kitchen videos in any foreseeable future :) Though I think I did show something like adding two eggs into a bowl in some video.... forgot which :)
@@KaizerPowerElectronicsDk Two eggs is a promising start. One or two cooking videos, and it'll only "make sense" to leave cameras set up and the kitchen table... converted... whilst the basement is under repair. ;)
I had a few filter capacitors result in smoke, in the lab, inside old equipment. I think they are just VERY susceptible to moisture ingress. Laminated steel chokes are used as filters, as they can have complex core configurations and the requirements to losses and space taken, is not always that hard for chokes. Som more information: www.researchgate.net/publication/3838266_High-frequency_behavior_of_laminated_iron-core_inductors_for_filtering_applications
@@KaizerPowerElectronicsDk I think those old capacitors using paper instead of polypropylene as a dielectric (I think I was reading that in a data sheet). Then the moisture ingress plus paper turning acidic starts to conduct electricity and the result is boom. Thanks for replying 🙂
I prefer welding with TIG. Stick is just that much harder. what do you prefer?
I prefer TIG, but stick doesn't take much space, setup, or material prep.... Other than half a cow's worth of protection from splatter.
I think stick is the best introduction to welding. Despite the learning curve, I think it gives you a good foundational skills as it has a lot in common with both MIG and TIG.
I was properly spoiled with choosing freely between MIG and TIG, when I first tried. Which makes stick seem a little bit old school and outdated. But as you pointed out, I might have missed valuable lessons from mastering the stick.
+1 Ray. You definitely spend more time welding instead of prep, sharpening, gas t-shooting, or knob-fiddling. Angle and movement experiments give faster feedback, and tweaking flux/shielding, diameter, and alloy is just a squeeze away. Reading the slag can also give non-destructive clues about weld quality that can be helpful for vertical/overhead (assuming you're out of the way). While the minimum required equipment can be truly crude, a stable setup allows repeatable demonstration of lead-induced (ha!) phenomenon that's much harder to figure out using other processes. And you get those hot stubs to pick up later.
Nice 1! Thx)
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I figured your next few teardowns would have been from the kitchen table. A nice one from the archive, I guess. :)
...continued wishing of luck with your lab overhaul gone wild.
"The Archive" does still have a lot of raw material, that needs editing or misses a few shots. The work shop in the garage, where this was filmed, is still intact and I have it stuffed with things to teardown. No kitchen videos in any foreseeable future :) Though I think I did show something like adding two eggs into a bowl in some video.... forgot which :)
@@KaizerPowerElectronicsDk Two eggs is a promising start. One or two cooking videos, and it'll only "make sense" to leave cameras set up and the kitchen table... converted... whilst the basement is under repair. ;)
Those old RIFA capacitors always give up spectacular in flames, the output choke looks like laminated steel sheets not ferrite?
I had a few filter capacitors result in smoke, in the lab, inside old equipment. I think they are just VERY susceptible to moisture ingress.
Laminated steel chokes are used as filters, as they can have complex core configurations and the requirements to losses and space taken, is not always that hard for chokes. Som more information: www.researchgate.net/publication/3838266_High-frequency_behavior_of_laminated_iron-core_inductors_for_filtering_applications
@@KaizerPowerElectronicsDk I think those old capacitors using paper instead of polypropylene as a dielectric (I think I was reading that in a data sheet). Then the moisture ingress plus paper turning acidic starts to conduct electricity and the result is boom.
Thanks for replying 🙂