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The Street Rod shown on the web site, our packaging and advertisements has an important significance. The work shop where final assembly and construction occurred is also the first place the GSS^TM invention was used!
Engineering a 1934 Pro Street Street Rod ! Click for a 67 Page PDF
		Our work shop, like most, has limited room. The shielding gas cylinder owned and used (160 cubic feet) is chained to one wall of the shop. It is too big for a small welder/cylinder cart. Also, the 150 amp welder is stored when not in use. However when welding needs to be performed it's within a 30 foot radius of the cylinder. By using a 25 foot shielding gas delivery hose and the 10 foot torch lead this objective is met (see photo.)
However with a 25 foot conventional delivery hose shielding gas loss would be excessive. The gas cylinder would require refilling to often. Thus the *GSS* solves the problem. In addition to saving wasted shielding gas (over 50%) the *GSS* provides improved weld start quality.
$ave money and get better weld starts!
If you make a lot of short welds and weld tacks you can probably reduce your gas usage by 50% or more. Also fewer trips to have the cylinder filled.
		This particular US manufactured welder uses a short, small OD and very stiff gas hose. It is not practical to extend it. However a special Prestolok^Rfitting allows the *GSS* hose to connect to the nominal 5/32 inch outside diameter gas hose supplied with the welder and regulator (see photo). This size is common on a number of portable MIG welders. Just cut the original hose and splice in the *GSS*. The kit also includes a surge restriction orifice on the welder end. Even the small, 0.08 inch, ID on the hose supplied with the welder allows a gas flow surge of 150 CFH if not controlled!

If you are interested in the special kit to install a *GSS* on your portable MIG welder with a small OD hose, E-mail with details of the length of hose desired and current hose outside diameter.
Have a Lincoln, Miller or Hobart (most) portable welder?
You probably don't need the special fitting mentioned above if you have a Lincoln, Miller or Hobart portable 110V and 220V power input welders. Most of these welders and supplied regulators use standard Compressed Gas Association (CGA) threaded fittings on their gas hose and regulator, just order one of our standard products, Order Page)

*This Ad Helps Bring You Free Information on Welding Race Cars & Street Rods* Have a Welder? Improve Weld Starts and Have Shielding Gas Cylinder Last at Least Twice as Long! Note: Our Patented *GSS is Not Available in "Stores"* A home shop fabricator in Georgia with a Miller ^TM 175 amp welder purchased a 50 foot Gas Saver System *( GSS^TM)* so he could use a larger cylinder and mount it on the wall of his shop. He wrote: "The system works great. Thanks for the professional service and a great product." *Click To See His Home Shop* *A Professional Street Rod Builder Had This to Say:* With their standard MIG welder gas delivery hose the peak shielding flow at weld start was measured at 150 CFH. That caused air to be sucked into the gas stream causing poor weld starts. With the *GSS* replacing their existing hose, the peak flow surge at the weld start was about 50 CFH. Total gas use was cut in half. Kyle Bond, President, quickly saw the improvement achieved in weld start quality as a significant advantage! Kyle, an excellent automotive painter, was well aware of the effects of gas surge caused by pressure buildup in the delivery hose when stopped. He has to deal with the visible effects in the air hose lines on the spray gun in his paint booth! The paint surge is visible and creates defects unless the gun is triggered off the part being painted! We can’t do that with our MIG gun!

Note: Thanks to those "Car Crazy" folks who have purchased the Gas Saver System and commented on the improved starts and reduced gas usage they have achieved. Many purchased our 6 foot prefitted *GSS, Part Number WAT FB6. We also added a "NEW" 3 foot prefitted* **GSS, Part Number WAT-FB3**,
MIG Gas Delivery and the Small Block Chevy Evolved in a Similar Way and Time! Both had Advances and Setbacks Before They Were Optimized! Click for a PDF Report on the Similarities
You can find out more about the 1934 Street Rod [with a 502 cubic inch (8.2 liters) /502 HP Chevy engine with an extra 250 HP Nitrous System when "needed"!! ] by CLICKING one of the following web pages:
Details of the 1934 Pro Street Rod
"Construction Details Index"
"Welding 4130 Race Cars Chassis"
"Welding Mild Steel Race Car Chassis"
"Example of Air Drag Issues With Tailgate"
Corvette Accessory Installation Info

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( * US Patent # 6,610,957; "Welding Shielding Gas Saver Device" August 26, 2003, Patent Pending in other countries) Other site material presented may be covered under 2006 issued US Patents # 7,015,412 or # 7,019,248 or may be Patent Pending.

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