millerkiller77
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What machine are you using?
Metalworking Hunttalkers!
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220yotekiller
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miller 252, l'm the holdout in the shop, everyone else are using lincoln pulse machines.
millerkiller77
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I'm using 252 myself, probably my favorite Mig...did you use trimix or regular 75/25?
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308l wire 90/10 gas
p_ham
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The Lincolns are nice, I still prefer blue.
My TIG is a Primeweld, it's been a great machine so far.
millerkiller77
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I'm going to try 90/10. The trimix is too expensive for hobby welding.
p_ham
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I can't find the progress photos for this one..
Car came came in to get "freshened up." Found tons of body filler, stripped it all down. Straightened out the waves in the hood, patched both of the fenders, fixed a long crease in the quarter panel, reworked the fenders to fit the headlight trim, and I can't remember what else.
I did all the bodywork and assembly, another guy did the paint/ polish.
I wish I still had all the pictures from the body shop. Did a lot of cool stuff there.
Car came came in to get "freshened up." Found tons of body filler, stripped it all down. Straightened out the waves in the hood, patched both of the fenders, fixed a long crease in the quarter panel, reworked the fenders to fit the headlight trim, and I can't remember what else.
I did all the bodywork and assembly, another guy did the paint/ polish.
I wish I still had all the pictures from the body shop. Did a lot of cool stuff there.
You all are amazing! @p_ham Quit the day job man.
P_ham’s custom metal stuff… Don’t make HT put together a kickstarter for you with all the work I am sure so many of us want done by you! Hahahaha
The name sucks but seriously. You could be doing fish, guns, and obviously whatever else you want to with metal.
This is the best I can do… my art is trees. Had a bolt snap on the new chipper today and jimmy’d it to work for the day. Then got to welding on a new bolt after getting the kids to bed. 10pm start but would rather spend time with my kids while they are awake.
P_ham’s custom metal stuff… Don’t make HT put together a kickstarter for you with all the work I am sure so many of us want done by you! Hahahaha
The name sucks but seriously. You could be doing fish, guns, and obviously whatever else you want to with metal.
This is the best I can do… my art is trees. Had a bolt snap on the new chipper today and jimmy’d it to work for the day. Then got to welding on a new bolt after getting the kids to bed. 10pm start but would rather spend time with my kids while they are awake.
noharleyyet
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Wish I still had the 68 with a modern suspension, tires, and wheels. I’d bring it to Nevada Paul.
Redmt
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It's definitely not art but my latest major project was repair of the pivot shaft on my D4. Lots of welding, grinding, welding and machine work.
Addicting
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That is kinda stuff my dad was always doing as I grew up. I got to see farm fixes and ingenuity every week. He truly was a master repair man before there was a YouTube to show you how.
He had a whole room of his house dedicated to repair manuals that had greasy finger prints on them. I miss those days.
Redmt
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I have cabinets full of greasy fingered manuals! I thought it was normal? I have a lot of digital manuals also. I always print the sections I need so I can take them to whatever I'm working on. My claim to fame is I can fix anything that doesn't have a computer or fly.
No offense but that weld needs a little more "tuning".
Redmt
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A little sugar never hurts unless you're gonna x-ray it.
Addicting
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He started using the printing version when computers and printers became more available. You two would of enjoyed swapping stories.
p_ham
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People like to talk shit about "dumb farmers."
I think they're the most ingenuitive group of folks there is.
Redmt
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Yeah, stories are what we pass on to the next generation as education. I tell the younger guy that drop in here to ask questions or have me help them that if they don't learn everything I know by the time I'm dead, it's their fault.
Redmt
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You got me started on reminiscing and stories from the archives.
I was very lucky to have been around true Master Mechanics. Our neighbor when I was a teenager in the late 60's was the civilian head of maintenance at NAS Alameda. He taught me that if you know how the machine, engine, whatever works then it's a lot easier to make it work when it doesn't. I miss him like a father.
I was very lucky to have been around true Master Mechanics. Our neighbor when I was a teenager in the late 60's was the civilian head of maintenance at NAS Alameda. He taught me that if you know how the machine, engine, whatever works then it's a lot easier to make it work when it doesn't. I miss him like a father.
p_ham
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The endcap?
Miller 220.
Playing with aluminum spool gun.
2 burner forge:
Completed. I've been editing a video of this build though it's been on hold since our recent move though here is the completed project.
The tacked on post screw with the junk piece of flat iron is indicative of my welding, haha! It was created as a stir stick to tighten into a drill:
A couple of the fun projects placed on the YouTube channel. The collapsible stove shared here in the past:
Modifications to our beloved Harbor Freight quality tools, to make it a usable product (Haha!)!
Good fun, all around. LOVE pushing/pulling puddles of metal! I'm temporarily out of action as work has temp relocated us and I've yet to set the garage to accommodate welding endeavors.
Playing with aluminum spool gun.
2 burner forge:
Completed. I've been editing a video of this build though it's been on hold since our recent move though here is the completed project.
The tacked on post screw with the junk piece of flat iron is indicative of my welding, haha! It was created as a stir stick to tighten into a drill:
A couple of the fun projects placed on the YouTube channel. The collapsible stove shared here in the past:
Modifications to our beloved Harbor Freight quality tools, to make it a usable product (Haha!)!
Good fun, all around. LOVE pushing/pulling puddles of metal! I'm temporarily out of action as work has temp relocated us and I've yet to set the garage to accommodate welding endeavors.
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