Happy Thursday mornin'all. Sherm; What do you plan on welding? If your not going to do body work, a stick welder would be fine. I have a Lincoln stick, and a 110v Mig. A 220 Mig would be ideal for me. Like they say a stick is very forgiving when it comes to prep. Mig has to be very clean to work. Have a great day guy's.

 

It was another day so hopefully you got your roof safely sheeted.
As far as small welders go I have a small 220 Millar mig for lighter metal up to 3/16 and a 220 AC/DC for the heavier metal. What do you want to weld Sherm? I`ve always been told that mig is easier to learn with tho I had a few problems at the start since I wasn`t using enough amperage to get good penetration since I worried too much about burning thru. If I was buying an arc I wouldn`t bother with anything less than a 220 one since it`s really hard to weld lighter gauge metal so you might as well have one that you can weld fairly thick metal, my mig and 220 amp arc do all I ever need to. I would stay away from the cheaper Princess Auto brands since I`ve heard it`s very hard if not impossible to replacement parts or even technical support.
I hope you weren`t stranded anywhere in the snow Gerry.
Are you getting spring like weather too Grant?
I got that 56 F100 home yesterday and it`s very a typical of a 56 F100 you find these days, still not too bad but it does have more than enough rust cab corner and front fenders. It still has what looks like original wood in the bed, I`ve seem a lot worse.

 

Evening Morris. Our weather's been just above zero, but it's coming with strong, damp, south wind's. It's supposed to be +6 and sunny Saturday. Are you going to part out that 56, or build it?

 

Great weather for getting work done on your house Sherm and I can relate to the shingling.

If your not in a big hurry for a welder keep an eye on the auction flyers. You can pick up a nice welder for a few dollars at a farm auction. I have both a mig and a stick but I use the stick way more.

 

Hey Grant, great to hear your weather is as nice as our`s, we did have a day or so of fairly strong wind but it`s been really nice lately. We had 6°C today, it`s 4°C now and 1°C over nite. Looks like + temps till Sunday.
I was hopping for a bit less rust so I`m not sure what I`m doing with it at present. The frame looks quite usable, it came with both axles, decent doors, it has some cab corner rust and the glass is good except the missing passenger door window and no tailgate. I do have spare tailgates so basically I do have all the body parts for it. A friend has a brand new in the box complete disc brake conversion plus a new and complete Toyota 4X4 conversion to power steering for sale, all for $700. I also have a good 390 just sitting around...

 

Nope not stuck Morris, I plowed snow all day, its stopped now, thank God

 

So much for your day off Gerry, I hope that at least it was warm today.

 

-8*C Morris, not too bad......

Good morning gang, TGIF

 

Morning Fellas. Gerry, I'll take your -8 and lots of snow. While these temporary mild temps are ok, they make a mess of everything.

Got the roof shingled. I'm happy. Throw in some windows today, housewrap, do some wiring, perhaps I will even get the ceiling poly'd and boarded so I can insulate the ceiling. It shouldn't take long to have it an operational space now. I wish I could use an alternative wall covering than drywall. I'm not the worlds most efficient taper and I don't enjoy it either.

Thanks for your input on welders. I will start with a stick. Most of my welding will be putzing around, make a little attachment for the tractor or something, nothing too intricate to start with. I know there were a bunch of times last summer where I was doing something and thought to myself "if I only had a welder" Colin, I missed some welders at the auction where I bought my two old tractors. I will keep an eye out though, thats a good idea.

Have a great day everyone!! Happy Friday.

 

Happy Friday mornin'all. Dawn and Kalan are off to a hockey tourney in Fargo today. Have a great day guy's.

 

I managed to get the cab in epoxy yesterday, will apply the seam sealer today then onto high build primer tomorrow. Have a great day guys, my back is killing me but have to get back at it before I talk myself out of it.

 

ATTA BOY JOHN! Lookin good.

 

The cab looks real good.

 

Thanks, it's taken me long enough to get this far, should have it in high build tomorrow hopefully, filled all the seams today.

 

Looks awesome John!!!

Got the front 2 windows in the addition, house-wrapped and a temporary door put in to get access to work in the addition without crawling through a window all the time lol. Tomorrow I'll rough in the wiring.

Loving this weather, though the frosty highways are very slippery.

We have a weasel visiting our yard. Cute little bugger, but I fear if he doesn't leave soon I'll have to have a chat with him about where he should reside...somewhere away from my chickens...

Have a good Friday evening all...