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I could make that happen. What's the benefit of the tapered connection over a straight one?

I'm building a compact reverse flow smoker out of a 22 gallon compressor tank. Fire box will be 14"x14"x10". Since I'm trying to keep the footprint small I'm considering placing the fire box under the cook chamber, then connecting the two with a piece of 3x5 rectangular tube. I'd have the fire box i...

The biggest part for extending tip life on mine was learning the correct spacing from the material being cut. Too close or too far will shorten tip life.

Yeah, I'm wouldn't weld anything that thick anyway unless I had a lot of experience. I'm wanting to do some lighter stuff. My ultimate goal is to build something like a Backwoods clone so I don't that would require anything that my machine isn't capable of. You'll be surprised. It took me less than...

Check out weldingtipsandtricks.com for some good instructional videos. That's a great machine that is mostly maxed out with 1/4", but will weld it fine for what you're doing. Mig is easy to learn. Get s bunch of scrap and practice.

My first welder was a refurbished Lincoln 110v. I think I paid $550 shipped and was very happy with it.

My favorite way is to use a plasma cutter