Do you still skate Grant, I haven't been on them in about 20 years. I think my legs would be pretty shaky on them now.

 

I'll still lace em up. Takes me about 10 minute to get my feet back. I haven't skated in about 3 years. I won't be going out in this weather. Reason? I don't have to, lol.

 

Afternoon Boys. John...maybe if I curse the AC enough, mama will surprise me with a new big mig or something...


I skated for a few days about 10 years ago. That was that. Tried it out last year for a brief moment, decided it wasn't for me...lol.

 

Well the last time which I said was about 20 years ago my legs were pretty wobbly because the time before that was about 10 years , I did much better on the first lay-off...lol

And congrats on the big 20,000 post on your next one sherm.

 

come on Sherm ! more to hit 20,000!!!!!

 

A mig is much more forgiving than a stick and for most automotive stuff a mig is enough.

 

Well...here it is...my 20,000 th post. I wish I could say that everything I contributed had some deep and meaningful purpose, but alas...95% of it is just blabber... This post shall be no exception


I paid $50 for this AC welder, my wifes grampa found it at a garage sale and called me to see if I wanted it. Its worth the $50. My FIL suggested getting a 7014 multi purpose rod to try. Compared to the whatever rods I had bought a while back it sure is nice. I was able to strike a spark and make a nice line instead of it sticking like stupid all the time. I welded a nut to a piece of steel, then a bolt... Ready to do some structural steel assembly now My FIL went to the local auction a while back, they had 2 big mig welders there, both seemed to power up and have potential to work. There was a miller and Lincoln. I told FIL I would put $450 on one of them. They sold for $500 each...lol. I guess I should have told him $450 +/- a hundred...


Chilly out there tonight... Going to be well spent sitting in front of the fire with the pooches, researching horses...my next adventure...


Have a great evening boys!!!

 

If I remember correcting sherm 7018 is supposed to be a great all position rod.

 

Sherm I have a Lincoln AC welder. I love it. I don't use it much, but when I do, it does a very nice job. 7014 rod is what I use. It seems to be fool proof. I also have a Mac Tools 120v Mig. It's 30yrs old and still works fine. I only use the MIG for body work and small fab work. I wouldn't at all be afraid to use the Lincoln for any kind of structural welding. I am basically self taught, with the help of my FIL. who was also self taught. I, at one time used the Lincoln to fix a broken aluminium lawn chair of a neighbour 20 yrs ago. I didn't think it would work, but I guess the heat fused it together. Kalan had a friend over to play hockey on the rink. Huge success. I tried to put in Jordan's new stereo in his car today. Got close, pissed off, and will take it to a stereo pro to do it. Brand name unit poor instructions, and nothing on Google. I bought an installation kit. soldered all connection's, and still have a problem getting power to it. The car has an info center, that may be givin me the gear's. We were sold the harness that was supposed to work with it, but who knows. I hate payin for something I can do myself. I can wire a whole care, carbed or FI, but not install a stereo! @%%$#&&^%(*&!@$$. Translation; What the heck!!! I'll deal with it tomorrow. Have a great evening guy's.

 

Morning Boys. It got dark last night...real dark.


I'll be picking up some scrap metal, bits and pieces to practise on. I need to get an auto darkening helmet also. That would make a nice difference in being able to see where you're beginning to weld. My stuff will be simply hobby stuff around the farm. Maybe build some accessories for the tractor and whatnot.


Grant, sometimes those stereo's can be a real pain in the ***. I used to do a lot of them 13-15 years ago. I always found most problems came from a poor ground. Sometimes paying $40 to a pro is worth it. I wouldn't mess with a newer vehicle nowadays.


Have a great day guys!!

 

Happy Monday morninall. Did I mention, I hate work! Have a great day guy's.

 

Do like me then

 

Good evening folks.
My dogs don`t spend a lot of time outside lately, they prefer being inside... like me.
A 7018 penetrates well but it really does like to stick, a 7014 is much easier to learn with. A mig is a bit easier to learn...so I`ve been told. When I first starting using a mig welder I was too worried about burning through on lighter guage metal so my heat settings weren`t quite enough for decent penatration. Both arc and mig do take practise but I found it more fun then some other things I had to learn.
Researching horses? Congratulations on 20,000 posts Sherm.
It took me a quite while to learn welding over head with a 7018 John and I still hate using 7018 for that, how do you find it?
If you can weld aluminium you have my utmost admiration Grant! I tried many yrs ago with oxy acetalene and failed miserably never to try again.

 

Evening boys. Extreme cold warnings out for tonight. Might have to bring the sheep inside


Yeah...researching Horses Mo. I really want to get a pair or 3 this year. Always loved them, slowly getting the yard set up to house them properly.


I'll have to look at what stick I had picked up the first time. I was reading some places that some rods are really fussy with how they're stored, and some even are supposed to be baked in an oven before using in order to have proper results. I'll be sticking to the simpler ones. I'm excited to keep learning and building little useless things...


Have a great evening boys... I must go put my feet up and yell at the kids a bit...

 

I never really did much stick welding at all, just fooled around with one at the mine when I got the chance. A lot of the welders there preferred the rods made by Liquid Air because they wouldn't stick as easy as the Lincoln rods, especially when restarting several times with the same rod.