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Good Wednesday Morning all. Well tomorrow its Thanksgiving, so that means the Three F! Family, Food and Football!! :happydance: So for all of you traveling, drive safe and get there safe. Have a great day!:tup:

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im gonna check it out.. thanks bro.

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where's the peace and love duuude?

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#bebest

I see light creeping in the window, thinking about getting on up :ugh2:

:hello: Happy HumpDay/ToolDay & last day of the work week for me :tup:

One of my knees,arms & shoulder is sore this morning :icon14:
Kinda feels like I’m working 2-jobs right now :wtf2:

Headed for that countertop cammer & gonna buildup a strong mug of go-fast medicine :eekdance:

Who's ready for first, second, and third Saturday this week?!

Definitely this guy.

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I got study material in hand (for about an hour), then out to the woodpile :tup:

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I'z up. :D

I'm up right and breathing. My name isn't in the obit. So that's a good thing. :tup:

Dealing with a strange issue that some of you guys may have seen before in manufacturing.

We're having trouble welding endcaps on a part. The endcaps are wire EDM'd. When the parts are tack welded, the tack weld is abruptly burning through, creating a crater or blowout. This is a seriously experienced welder who has done this job for years with no issues. Only change is that in the past we've used a punch, not a wire edm, to make the endcaps.

Any idea on whether or not the recast layer created by the wire edm would cause issues with weldability? Thinking about grit blasting the edge, ultrasonic cleaning it, and then trying the weld again.

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And,good morning folks!:hello:Everybody ready for Turkey day?:yum:

Very possible there is scale buildup from the brass wire. Ultrasonic would be a good idea between the two operations anyway as it is submerged in dielectric oil in the edm machine.

*Edit* I lied, they use deionized water in the wire machines if I recall correctly.

Got to DMV an hour before opening. First car here. Now I have to take a **** ..

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I’m already working on 1st Saturday. Got the four thing going!

Its always somthing when dealing with DMV (gov). Geez!! :shakes head:

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Open the door and pop a squat. Assert dominance over the others. :icon17:

:roflpuke2: mark my territory with a nice loaf

Correct, deionized water is used.

I am not a welder but If I had the material on hand I'd clean up the edges on one up real good and try it again.

I'm not a welder but I saved 6% on my car insurance by switching to AllState.

Well... hmmm... all that savings actually kinda makes you a welder.

Headed outside :tiphat:
Gonna get 3.5hrs in today...hopefully :wtf2:

Been freezing my testicles off for an hour @ head of the line. Now the old folk trying to cut in. You're retired you have nothing better to do than wait in line!

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On difficult material. We used a burr bit in die grinder, to clean up the weld area to shiney metal. A powered wire brush wouldn't clean well enough.

JL, what type of material you trying to weld?

Hey, wait a minute. You might be talking about me, Spoiler, Old Guy, and a few others. :mad: We got things to do, and places to go. We can't wait on you. Sheee!

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Good morning guys

.031 thick Hypernom per MIL-C-14411C Type 1. It's a high nickel (80%+) iron alloy used in magnetic shielding.

4'2 grandma that cut in front of my ***.. tried to change her address with a 2014 bank statement. Back to the old folks home you go!

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