Looking to make some stainless steel wands of my own

gorconjack

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Dose anybody sell just the wand heads and or other stainless steal wand building material? And is there generic heads that can be bought , built onto wands and resold?

Thanks very much for any help! :rockon:
 

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Im curious as to what is your goal?

To practice welding SS with a purpose?
To modify/improve an existing design?
To save money?


Tony Dang at Cal Tools in SoCal would probably sell you something, I highly doubt , PMF, Westpak or CMP would.
 
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Regardless how can people who make what is essentially a tube and a triangular head justify charging $750 -$1800 for a wand? There is no high technology and although swivels have been around for 30 years on janitorial tools like vacuum wands it's " NEW". And if they designed a wand correctly they wouldn't need a high priced piece of plastic to help it glide.
 

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I've always wanted to build a small aircraft. Supersonic, with variable wing for better aerodynamics at subsonic speeds.

Low bypass turbofans, with afterburners, something to kick up a little dust and break a few windows. :biggrin:

Anyone know where I can pickup some aircraft aluminium? :winky:
Well, gotta start with a MIG welder, full atmosphere of argon, if over 1/2” thick, gotta add a touch of helium..,. 25% Otta do it..... the helium allows for hotter weld, thus getting better penetration..... or, just have Boeing do it for ya.... just chuck ‘em 250mil for R&D, they’ll build anything you want......
 

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Well, gotta start with a MIG welder, full atmosphere of argon, if over 1/2” thick, gotta add a touch of helium..,. 25% Otta do it..... the helium allows for hotter weld, thus getting better penetration..... or, just have Boeing do it for ya.... just chuck ‘em 250mil for R&D, they’ll build anything you want......
What Do they do with their scraps?
 

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I swapped out an overly extended 6" long vac tube to a regular length tube on my Devastator today.

Installed a new Thermo Valve on the 370 HX, replaced a goofy solenoid that's been acting up and loaded up the van for a two day grout repair job starting tomorrow.



That's enough manliness for me.
 

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SR 71 Blackbird at the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson Ks.
Its amazing, I can't get over the design.

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I've always wanted to build a small aircraft. Supersonic, with variable wing for better aerodynamics at subsonic speeds.

Low bypass turbofans, with afterburners, something to kick up a little dust and break a few windows. :biggrin:

Anyone know where I can pickup some aircraft aluminium? :winky:

what alloy were you looking for? i knows some people, ya know!!
 
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gorconjack

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Im curious as to what is your goal?

To practice welding SS with a purpose?
To modify/improve an existing design?
To save money?


Tony Dang at Cal Tools in SoCal would probably sell you something, I highly doubt , PMF, Westpak or CMP would.


Improve design and would rather not deal with Tony
 

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I've thought about buying a surplus helicopter. I bet I could get it to fly.
 

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