>And as Im cleaning up, I pick up the gun and push the button..and
>didnt hear any gas.....I discovered Id run all those crappy welds with
>no gas........turned on the gas...did a couple test welds...pretty,
>shiney and laid down nicely. No cleanup needed.....
>
>Sigh....it was one of those days.......
>
>
>Gunner, hanging head in shame...

> Gunner NOSPAM.lightspeed.net> wrote:
>
>

>>And as Im cleaning up, I pick up the gun and push the button..and
>>didnt hear any gas.....I discovered Id run all those crappy welds with
>>no gas........turned on the gas...did a couple test welds...pretty,
>>shiney and laid down nicely. No cleanup needed.....
>>
>>Sigh....it was one of those days.......
>>
>>
>>Gunner, hanging head in shame...

>
>
>
> Don't feel bad, I turned on the gas and fought nasty welds the other day.
> Then I put a new tank of shield gas up and started over.
>
> Wes ...

>
> Gunner NOSPAM.lightspeed.net> wrote:
>

>>And as Im cleaning up, I pick up the gun and push the button..and
>>didnt hear any gas.....I discovered Id run all those crappy welds with
>>no gas........turned on the gas...did a couple test welds...pretty,
>>shiney and laid down nicely. No cleanup needed.....
>>
>>Sigh....it was one of those days.......
>>
>>
>>Gunner, hanging head in shame...

>
> Don't feel bad, I turned on the gas and fought nasty welds the other day.
> Then I put a new tank of shield gas up and started over.
>
> Wes

> Friday I had to make up some mounting assemblies for some hi pressure
> coolant pumps for some machine tools I was retrofitting. Ive made them
> before using UniStrut, and my lil bitty Lincoln Weldpac 100, with good
> results, but the flux core slag was not fun to brush off. It was a
> rush job, had to get them made, other stuff was depending on it, the
> cell phone was ringing nonstop, a client had bounced a check, everyone
> wanted everything done today!!!!
>
> I happened to be in a shop that has a welding department, little used,
> that Ive access to, so cut the required bits of unistrut on the worst
> piece of shit abrasive saw Ive ever had the misfortune to be inflicted
> with, then started hunting for a grinder to knock off some of the
> galvanize in the weld areas. Found 3. All dead or shooting sparks.
> The imported 10" pedistal grinder ran for 2 minutes, blew out a BIG
> cloud of magic smoke and expired nosily as the bearings seized up and
> the windings turned incandescent before the 50 amp breaker popped....
>
> So there I am with a file, trying to knock off galvanized.....phone ...

> Welded up all 3 assemblies, gorilla welds, some of the nastiest and
> ugliest welds Ive ever seen. Im cursing Lincoln, the fumble fingered
> bastard who previously set up the machine, the moon, sunspots...

>>
>> Gunner, hanging head in shame...

>
>Don't sweat it man. that's just karmic cash flow.
>
>In order to be a functioning enterprise in the modern karmic economy, you
>have to spend some karma to get some karma.
>
>To live like a monk (karmic robber barons) accumulating only good karma, is
>actually bad karma. It is hoarding the karma supply and can lead to global
>karmic stagflation.
>
>Consider yourself lucky. All that the scope cost you is 28 bucks and a
>couple of crappy welds.

> On Sun, 11 May 2008 10:41:07 -0500, "Paul K. Dickman"
> ameritech.net> wrote:
>

>>>
>>> Gunner, hanging head in shame...

>>
>>Don't sweat it man. that's just karmic cash flow.
>>
>>In order to be a functioning enterprise in the modern karmic economy, you
>>have to spend some karma to get some karma.
>>
>>To live like a monk (karmic robber barons) accumulating only good karma,
>>is
>>actually bad karma. It is hoarding the karma supply and can lead to global
>>karmic stagflation.
>>
>>Consider yourself lucky. All that the scope cost you is 28 bucks and a
>>couple of crappy welds. ...

>Wes wrote:

>> Gunner NOSPAM.lightspeed.net> wrote:

>>>And as Im cleaning up, I pick up the gun and push the button..and
>>>didnt hear any gas.....I discovered Id run all those crappy welds with
>>>no gas........turned on the gas...did a couple test welds...pretty,
>>>shiney and laid down nicely. No cleanup needed.....
>>>
>>>Sigh....it was one of those days.......

>>
>> Don't feel bad, I turned on the gas and fought nasty welds the other day.
>> Then I put a new tank of shield gas up and started over.

>
>You know, they put that lovely little gauge right by the valve for a
>reason...