Mines on the wall.
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The new shop. Progress.
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Mines on the wall.
Woohoo.
It the little things that make life good sometimes.
It the little things that make life good sometimes.
I've got a couple of those here that I brought home from work when we quit needing to use colored pencils to mark schematics. They were probably built in the 50s. Still work great, but they are the kind that suction to a table and you have reset the cup after every pencil, but I still love em.
I've got an old one around here and misplaced it... Was old when I was a kid and worked fantastic... Damnit where'd that go now..
Some days I should not get out of bed.
I spent 1.5 hours going through my settings and checking everything for my spool gun. Was trying to MIG weld some 1/8" aluminum and the wire kept crawling into the tip and welding itself. Went through 5 tips trying to figure out what was going on.
Then I noticed that I was at the bottom of the spool windings. I wondered if the feed motor is not strong enough to spin the spool by pulling the wire as the spool shrinks. Sure enough. The spool load nut was too tight.
Works great now. Sometimes it is the simplest things that can frustrate me.
I spent 1.5 hours going through my settings and checking everything for my spool gun. Was trying to MIG weld some 1/8" aluminum and the wire kept crawling into the tip and welding itself. Went through 5 tips trying to figure out what was going on.
Then I noticed that I was at the bottom of the spool windings. I wondered if the feed motor is not strong enough to spin the spool by pulling the wire as the spool shrinks. Sure enough. The spool load nut was too tight.
Works great now. Sometimes it is the simplest things that can frustrate me.
Sometimes those spool guns seem to be damn touchy.
Has worked fine all morning. New spool went on with the nut not quite as tight.
Do not let your waist oil heater go dry. I would rather restart a dry semi than do that again. Priming it was a pain. And no clean way to do it. A gauge has been ordered for the indoor tank.
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If it's harder than a semi,that says something
It involves many trips up and down ladders. removing lines that eventually flow used oil. 2 bleaders with lines, of course one fell off as the oil started flowing. Then putting it all back together.
Ran my semi dry once, before I knew the gauge was way off. Added 10 gallons to the left tank. Shut off the right tank valve. Pumped the primer pump about 20 times to fill the filter. Gasoline on a red rag over the air filter intake twice while cranking and it fired up.
Ran my semi dry once, before I knew the gauge was way off. Added 10 gallons to the left tank. Shut off the right tank valve. Pumped the primer pump about 20 times to fill the filter. Gasoline on a red rag over the air filter intake twice while cranking and it fired up.
This is kind of random. Or maybe I have been working alone for too long. Does anyone else talk to the weld puddle when they are TIG welding? I do not do it while MIG welding.
The puddles have not talked back, thank goodness.
Yet. I am getting senile.
The puddles have not talked back, thank goodness.
Yet. I am getting senile.
you talking dirty to the puddle ???
No. Dirty puddles are bad. I want clean.
The blasting cabinet was not working well the last couple of days. Got my moneys worth out of this nozzle. Forgot to order more when this one went it. 
runamok151
1 ton status
Only if cussing at yourself counts.
More small upgrades.
I got tired of the bolt and wrapping a chain every time I had to move a trailer. At least once a week. Now I just drop the chain in the hook.
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I also hung 2 new 12/3 cord reals.
I got tired of the bolt and wrapping a chain every time I had to move a trailer. At least once a week. Now I just drop the chain in the hook.
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I also hung 2 new 12/3 cord reals.
How did my shop get so full so fast? June 30th was 2 years.
Because you're smart enough not to lend out tools.
Mine is a lack of time to sell extra parts, fear i would need said parts within a couple weeks of selling or tossing them, and not making enough progress on my projects to clear shelves of parts I've saved for said projects.
