Ah yes, Rule number 1: do not piss off the spouse...
...by buying a second 40 and hiding it at your buddy's place
Build 1st FJ40, '76 - SMOKEY - Puttin’ her Back Together
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...by buying a second 40 and hiding it at your buddy's place
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I just de friended you. Yea, that bird will come home to roost at some point soon. I need to have things squared away....by buying a second 40 and hiding it at your buddy's place
Wait a minute - - has your wife driven a 40 yet? Before I bought mine, but after I'd driven it, I handed the keys to my wife and stood back while she climbed in and drove off. The smile on her face as she returned was priceless. As the seller and I were signing papers, his wife said, 'Maybe I should have driven it...'. I think you need to get your wife behind the wheel - soon!
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Wait a minute - - has your wife driven a 40 yet? Before I bought mine, but after I'd driven it, I handed the keys to my wife and stood back while she climbed in and drove off. The smile on her face as she returned was priceless. As the seller and I were signing papers, his wife said, 'Maybe I should have driven it...'. I think you need to get your wife behind the wheel - soon!
I'm banking on getting it nice n pretty before she's going to drive it. She learned stick on a Heep, so she has a soft spot for 4WD trucks like this, but she refused to drive the MINI Cooper when I had it ("I haven't driven a stick in years!")
As a matter of fact, she was the one that saw a picture of an original FJ45 and said "That's cool." That led to me researching more about these strange looking trucks, and to buying the '76 (and now the '70).
So really, it's all her fault. :shrug:
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Tech: 3 weeks ago, painted the rear axle, then the weather got warm-ish, and turned cold right after. Everything in the garage was covered in condensation, including the still curing, newly painted axle.
The brushed-on Rusoleum-over-POR now looks like this.
I guess I'm sanding and recoating w Rustoleum.
The brushed-on Rusoleum-over-POR now looks like this.
I guess I'm sanding and recoating w Rustoleum.
[QUOTE="Vae Victus,]I guess I'm sanding and recoating w Rustoleum.[/QUOTE]
Well, then you'll have twice the protection! Oh no, does this require scuff sanding?
Well, then you'll have twice the protection! Oh no, does this require scuff sanding?
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I spent about $90 and 45 minutes making a 30 foot extension cord for my 240 V 50 amp welder.
I bought some six gauge to wire cable from Home Depot and attached the ends. Now I can move my welder to the word whereas before I was limited to a 4 foot reach from the plug.
We use the calculator on the Internet and it said that I had less than 1% voltage drop over the 30 feet. As a matter fact I could've created hey 100 foot cable using the six gage wire and had less than 2% drop overall.
Now I can attack the welding on the rotisserie for the carbody, and get ready to do the rust repair on the body as well.
I bought some six gauge to wire cable from Home Depot and attached the ends. Now I can move my welder to the word whereas before I was limited to a 4 foot reach from the plug.
We use the calculator on the Internet and it said that I had less than 1% voltage drop over the 30 feet. As a matter fact I could've created hey 100 foot cable using the six gage wire and had less than 2% drop overall.
Now I can attack the welding on the rotisserie for the carbody, and get ready to do the rust repair on the body as well.
Don't mean to digress from the tech stuff, but, how can you get condensation in your garage from temp changes?
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I think the floor got warm enough such that when it got cold again condensation formed on the floor and on everything in here. You got to remember I'm in Tennessee where humidity rules and temperature swings are the norm in the wintertime.
I literally had to take my air compressor and with the high-pressure nozzle try to blow off a dry spot in the floor in the garage, and had to blow the water dripping off of the axle to try to get it dry again.
I literally had to take my air compressor and with the high-pressure nozzle try to blow off a dry spot in the floor in the garage, and had to blow the water dripping off of the axle to try to get it dry again.
Wow. In New Mexico the worst that has happened to me was having to add a heater to a freezing cold uninsulated garage in Santa fe.
Be careful with that cord - it is not rated for repeated bending and/or scraping against objects . For welder drops cords , I try to to SO type cable with oil/grease resistant jacket that is highly flexible . Yours looks like regular building wire ?
Sarge
Sarge
Looks just like the cable I installed for my dryer, stovetop and oven.
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Way better , that cord is rated for what you are using it for . Just make sure your circuit breaker in the box is up to the demand of a welder - they can really get them hot and cause tripping failure . I regularly push my invertor type Dynasty to 200 amps but it only draws around 39 amps wide open - on a 60' long drop cord that takes a 50 amp breaker at minimum . Can't remember if I used 4 or 6 gauge wire ....
Sarge
Sarge
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By the Internet calculator, a 100' cable using 6 ga wire creates a 1.98% voltage drop at 240v, 50amps. That's within the "standard 3% voltage drop limit" according to that calculator.
My circuit was added custom for the welder by an electrician, so it has worked well. Now if the air compressor happens to kick on during, I'll be SOL. I have to remember to turn it off.
My circuit was added custom for the welder by an electrician, so it has worked well. Now if the air compressor happens to kick on during, I'll be SOL. I have to remember to turn it off.
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Good boy, safety first!
Good boy, safety first!
If both cannot run at once , that's not a solution and the electrician should know that . Either the main service isn't up to par or the feeder line to the garage is too small ...ect .
I'm limited to 100amp draw in the basement shop and pretty much push it hard if the compressor is running while I'm welding at full tilt with the tig . That's rare , but I keep a close eye on things and check for wire heating at the panel if done for very long .
Just a heads-up...not a lecture .
Sarge
I'm limited to 100amp draw in the basement shop and pretty much push it hard if the compressor is running while I'm welding at full tilt with the tig . That's rare , but I keep a close eye on things and check for wire heating at the panel if done for very long .
Just a heads-up...not a lecture .
Sarge
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Well IF I had been speedy enough to install two SEPARATE circuits for the 50 amp welder and the 30 amp compressor, then it would have been fine. However, we added the 30 amp box off the 50 amp plug circuit. I made the decision to not add it as another circuit. I was pretty sure I would not be running both at the same time.