I’m working on my first build. I live in a small apartment so I don’t have a lot of space. Because of this, I am making a small pot build. I want to request quotes from some local metalwork shops on welding the ferrule to the cover (bowl) and I wanted to check here to make sure I am asking for the right thing. I don’t have space to buy and store the tools necessary to do everything myself so that’s not really an option for me. I don’t know much about TIG welding so this is all from what I’ve found in other posts on the forum and some videos on YouTube.
Here are the parts that I’ve purchased so far. I have also ordered some PTFE gaskets that I do not have yet. The large white sheet is PTFE that I have cut into a large gasket between the pot and cover.
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I am going to request quotes to do the following job:
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1. Cut a 2.0 inch hole in the top of the Stainless Steel bowl. I don’t know what type of Stainless Steel it is, but it’s 0.8-mm thick.
2. TIG weld the 316 Stainless Steel ferrule in the hole that was drilled using stainless steel filler so that the top of the ferrule is level with the surface of the bowl.
-- a. Do not use soft steel filler.
-- b. Minimize the amount that the ferrule protrudes into the bowl not to exceed 0.25 inches.
The things I’m hoping you guys can help me out with are:
1. Should I include any specific request about the gas or is that a standard thing?
2. Is not knowing the type of stainless that the bowl is made out of a deal breaker?
3. Is anything that I’ve put here incorrect or incomplete?
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