Image 1 — Well damn!
Image 2 — Well damn!

Well damn!

Went to fire up the egg tonight and I noticed a bunch of cracks on the interior fire bowl. I think it’s safe to say I have gotten my moneys worth. I bought it lightly used in 2005 for $120. Other than age and use, what causes this?

u/spacedoutmachinist — 5 days ago
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A completely other worldly experience

Went to Zaragoza with my family. It was a moving experience. Here is a screen grab of the diamond ring from a video I took on my phone of the totality.

u/spacedoutmachinist — 9 days ago

Some UHV action for you guys

35 amps, 8pps, .040 tungsten in a micro torch. Inner diameter 1.425, .030 wall thickness 304ss around 10pm in the positioner.

UHV is ultra high vacuum and this system will be pumped down to 1×10−9 torr. Part of a system for coating silicon wafers. This was a damaged component that I had to repair and was definitely one of the more nerve racking welds I have done. Does anyone else here do UHV work?

u/spacedoutmachinist — 3 months ago