Lets Talk About Welders
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Originally Posted by JR182PILOT
...It's an old Sears Stick welder I bought from a friend last year...The copper windings are like new, and big....
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There's a good Miller AC stick welder (old kind with the crank on the top) for sale in our For Sale thread. It 'should' work well for us simpler welders, it's AC only too like mine. Those buggers usta' sell for like $400, and have the heavy copper windings too.
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Originally Posted by RexB
Now with your new utility trailer, you'll be ready to go on the road for fix 'em ups!
no that wont work. Well it off to get a BIGGER genset, and cheaper too. Well it is a good idea....I think? Need more coffee......an a cig.
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300 miles of cable is a good idea....but....generators are a lot lower price than they used to be. My 5KW 10HP generator puts out enough for the MiG welder, but don't know it its 220V 20A single-phase is enough for our stick welders. Prolly need a 10KW gen.
I'm enroute a smoke too, great minds ...
I'm enroute a smoke too, great minds ...
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Originally Posted by RexB
300 miles of cable is a good idea....but....generators are a lot lower price than they used to be. My 5KW 10HP generator puts out enough for the MiG welder, but don't know it its 220V 20A single-phase is enough for our stick welders. Prolly need a 10KW gen.
I'm enroute a smoke too, great minds ...
I'm enroute a smoke too, great minds ...
Now I need a bigger utility trailer, to haul that 10KW gen.
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Originally Posted by RexB
Well....yeah now that you mention it. You'll need a live-aboard too....
The utility trailer is not the bed of an old truck....
Turns out to be a framed trailer, with the utility bed cut off an old truck bed. Than it was fit to the new frame. Was put together well. It's homemade, built in 1970. I'll take a few more px later, has an axle that I remember seeing a lot of years ago. Can't ??? the name, has round a spring wrapped around both ends of the axle....???
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A pickup utility bed mounted on a homemade frame trailer...does it look stronger than the original pickup bed would have been? Shoot, that old of a bed would prolly be rusted so the newer steel frame prolly is stronger.
Axle with a round spring wrapped around both ends of the axle has me curious too...pix.
And now you have a new toy to weld on with that 'ol Craftsman stick --- attachments...racks for 300 miles of cable...gonna' have fun
Axle with a round spring wrapped around both ends of the axle has me curious too...pix.
And now you have a new toy to weld on with that 'ol Craftsman stick --- attachments...racks for 300 miles of cable...gonna' have fun
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Originally Posted by RexB
A pickup utility bed mounted on a homemade frame trailer...does it look stronger than the original pickup bed would have been? Shoot, that old of a bed would prolly be rusted so the newer steel frame prolly is stronger. Axle with a round spring wrapped around both ends of the axle has me curious too...pix.And now you have a new toy to weld on with that 'ol Craftsman stick --- attachments...racks for 300 miles of cable...gonna' have fun
Just got back from West Seattle, picked up 4ea, free 50 lbs bags Crushed Glass Grit, new never open. I just love the Craig list.
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Originally Posted by JR182PILOT
Well they just took the sides off the utility and welded it to the trailer frame. The trailer was made in March 70. The old utility cabinets were taken of ???? a what year bed. (maybe an old phone truck?) 50's-60's. Rust? None. It's heavy steel on the doors and back sides. It's built like a rock. I'll try and get some px up today.
Just got back from West Seattle, picked up 4ea, free 50 lbs bags Crushed Glass Grit, new never open. I just love the Craig list.
Just got back from West Seattle, picked up 4ea, free 50 lbs bags Crushed Glass Grit, new never open. I just love the Craig list.
what the hell you do with that?
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Originally Posted by MARTYSTOWRIG[b
]what the hell you do with that?[/b]
The trailer or the Crushed Glass Grit?
The Crushed Glass Grit will be used in my beadblaster. It's more aggressive than Glass Beads. I have wanted to try it, but just did want to spent the $$$.
I think it runs about $30. bucks a bag.
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Originally Posted by JR182PILOT
The trailer or the Crushed Glass Grit?
The Crushed Glass Grit will be used in my beadblaster. It's more aggressive than Glass Beads. I have wanted to try it, but just did want to spent the $$$.
I think it runs about $30. bucks a bag.
The Crushed Glass Grit will be used in my beadblaster. It's more aggressive than Glass Beads. I have wanted to try it, but just did want to spent the $$$.
I think it runs about $30. bucks a bag.
How much to powder coat my ladder rack?
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Originally Posted by MARTYSTOWRIG
Gotcha
How much to powder coat my ladder rack?
How much to powder coat my ladder rack?
Your ladder rack is to big sorry...I will be doing anything that will fit in a home oven to start. Down the road I will be making a bigger oven. I am laying it out now, size will be able to take motorcycle frames or a large crossbed box.......maybe an car/truck engine block, not sure yet, on the engine.
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trailer PX.....
Originally Posted by JR182PILOT
Well they just took the sides off the utility and welded it to the trailer frame. The trailer was made in March 70. The old utility cabinets were taken of ???? a what year bed. (maybe an old phone truck?) 50's-60's. Rust? None. It's heavy steel on the doors and back sides. It's built like a rock. I'll try and get some px up today.Just got back from West Seattle, picked up 4ea, free 50 lbs bags Crushed Glass Grit, new never open. I just love the Craig list.
OK Rex, here are the trailer PX.....
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