centex
Gold Member
I started to mow the grass this morning before I got back to building fences but noticed a wobble in one of the wheels of my JD mower. Turns out it had a defective weld. Seems that whoever did the welding missed one of the pieces with the bead so I pulled out my Heliarc welder out to do the job right. As I finished the weld I noticed that the torch was getting pretty hot. Someone, me, had inadvertently turned off the water cooler for the torch. I turned it on and got a shower of antifreeze from the hoses going to the torch. A hole was melted in one of the water hoses - bummer. Fortunately it was only about 4 inches from the end. I spent the rest of the day looking for parts to repair the hose. Well no one stocks parts for this so I had to fire up the lathe and milling machine to make the part I needed. Now I have to find some .020 stainless steel wire to use for hose clamps in the torch. This is also hard to find. I hope I can find some at West Marine tomorrow. I thought I would be able to find some stainless MIG wire but the lame welding supply stores here don't have any of that either. I still need to mow and get back to fence building.