The old one had to sniff the new one this morning...
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What is the one in front? No where near has sexy as the blue babe.
Amen!
One in front is a 99 Land Cruiser.
The new DD for the family. It was an opportunity that couldn’t be refused.
I apologize, I meant to post this in the what did you do with your 60 this weekend thread...DOH!
...this is what happens when you double your cruiser fleet...
Please pardon the interruption!
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Eh @89BIGBLUE, no big deal. I meant to put my words of wisdom in Joes thread! Haha!
That’s fast, but don’t pull it. Keep tightening it little by little.
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This is funny. Should I start my build thread here now? Who needs a 60's section. Just post stuff wherever you want! Hehe....
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Got some time in today and welded the crack in my frame rail where the plate that rests between the rail and the shackle mount sit.
Added the grade 8 bolts, washers and nuts to the plate I cut and drilled and welded the edges, tho quite ugly, better than nothing.
Later a friend swung by and looked quick at my welds and right off said they looked cold. I had him point out on my welder (flux core, no gas) how to adjust the settings to help fix that and will practice some more.
Cleaned it up and stopped so we could grab dinner and be social.
Added the grade 8 bolts, washers and nuts to the plate I cut and drilled and welded the edges, tho quite ugly, better than nothing.
Later a friend swung by and looked quick at my welds and right off said they looked cold. I had him point out on my welder (flux core, no gas) how to adjust the settings to help fix that and will practice some more.
Cleaned it up and stopped so we could grab dinner and be social.
Outstanding ! I guess if your trying to stay worm working outside welding is the way to go
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Haha! Shoulda heard my laughs as I found myself getting burned by sparks too! Laughing gave myself one good one tho still quite small. Guess I need to get myself a better layer of protection while sitting on the ground. Also have no idea how to weld upright. I didn’t want to lay under so the outer edges of the plate I was welding were blind welds.
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...my absolute favorite is when you’re just going to “a quick weld” and some splatter lands between the tounge of your shoe and your pant leg...quickly melting through socks, the newest pair I have always, and into flesh...good times!
A friend of mine made a leather “bib” and hood that he rigged snaps for on the bottom and top of his welding hood so the “hot fuzz” would’n drop or roll down under his shirt collar or scalp when he was welding over head.
It was the MADD MAX-iest looking
get up! But it worked!
Keep on burning it into shape!
A friend of mine made a leather “bib” and hood that he rigged snaps for on the bottom and top of his welding hood so the “hot fuzz” would’n drop or roll down under his shirt collar or scalp when he was welding over head.
It was the MADD MAX-iest looking
get up! But it worked!
Keep on burning it into shape!
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I have a handmade apron but thinking I need a leather throw for my lap too! I’ll have to look into ideas online w/ my extra leather.
You’ll be fine! When I was growing up, my pastor’s father was a WWII vet who stormed the beaches of Normandy with no gun, liberated Auschwitz, was shot in the leg with a poisoned wooden bullet at the Battle of the Bulge by a suicide German paratrooper and walked into Berlin to finally liberate Europe of Nazis went on to become a master welder building sky scrapers in NY city. He used to climb around on top of those things with welder in hand, no mask, a cigarette, and no harness or tie up. Dozens of stories above certain death. He had the job of replacing the light bulb on top of the Empire State Building because he was small enough to fit through the door on top. Again, never tied himself off.
A little spark won’t hurt.
Anytime I feel overwhelmed I think of THAT man and I get it done.
Oh yeah, and at age 93 he fell off his riding lawn mower and broke his hip. He was walking again in 6 weeks. His reason for a fast recovery? Gotta get that grass cut.
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@cps432 wow, great respect to your pastors dad. Those guys who built the NY skyscrapers w/o any ropes etc enthrall me. Just the thought of what they did back then blows me away. Thanks for your words. The sparks really just made me squeal initially then laugh at how silly I am sure I sounded.
Hi,
Mind if I ask what amp your mig is?
Thanks
Mind if I ask what amp your mig is?
Thanks
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Not a mig. Just flux core wire. Lincoln. Plug and play 110.
Do you think your friendly local welder would let you have a go with a bigger machine in his shop.
If you could get to practice on a gassed mig about 250 amp you may find it useful in your welding education.
If you could get to practice on a gassed mig about 250 amp you may find it useful in your welding education.
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This. If you get on a bigger machine it makes it so much quicker to get the hang of it.
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Oh yeah and he did previously and I’m sure I could swing by again on a Sat he’s there.
Honestly even just my friend eyeballing the settings I had on my welder and telling me how to adjust them helps too. Other than the fact he’s an hour drive away, he’d happily weld next to me to help teach me too. It’s a matter of time, like all of us... it’s hard to fit it all in. I’ll get it.
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