linuxman51
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- Joined
- Nov 26, 2012
- Messages
- 300
- Location
- Montgomery, AL
- Tractor
- craftsman lt1000/jd 717a/ mahindra max26 hst
In the midst of a bathroom reno back in Jan, I snagged a new to me welder (my other welder is a lincoln 135), quite a bit beyond my level of welding talent, but the price was beyond right.
came with some alu filler rod, some 308L filler rod, a couple different tungstens, some new cups, the torch, pedal, and ground clamp and consumed a chunk of my space limited storage room. The machine is a lightly used lincoln 225 tig unit; one that will probably be the last welder I ever need. I think I paid $1k for it. :shocked:
It sat and collected more dust, until this weekend when I finally re-organized the carport enough to take the time required to hook up an outlet for it (weather proof, since it's outside), and fired it up, and verified that it still lives
I wasn't greatly concerned about that, I've known the guy I got it from for a while, and he didn't skip town, so if it was dead he could still be gotten ahold of (literally and figuratively)
I had to wait til monday to get a bottle (pure argon), holiday weekends being what they are (of course, down here, it's been raining for what feels like 4 months solid, so it didn't really matter). Got home after work, hooked it all up, and just picture this piece of aluminum, just with a burned and rounded edge where I knocked down the flashing from whenever it'd been cut on the chop saw (burned, melted, lot of contaminants in the end result because I didn't clean the material first, and of course because I also had the power turned WAAAY too high initally )
I'm stoked. I don't have a whole lot of stuff that needs this level of attention right now, just a crack or two on the manifold offa the drag car, and I need to upgrade the intercooler on my other wagon so that'll get some attention at some point. My best friend lives down the road & he's got an identical welder (with many more miles on it, and a nicer torch setup and a VASTLY better grasp on how it all works), so I'll be bothering him as I work through all the different ways of doing stuff wrong :dance1:
I also had to build a ramp to get it into and out of the storage room, even with wheels, this thing is quite heavy, and the 5 inch gap between concrete and room is a bit much, esp with the bottle on the back now.
At some point when I get the drag car re-assembled and a longer extension cord to the 220 plug made I'll be able to run it inside the storage room where my metal topped table is. might not be so weather dependent then.
came with some alu filler rod, some 308L filler rod, a couple different tungstens, some new cups, the torch, pedal, and ground clamp and consumed a chunk of my space limited storage room. The machine is a lightly used lincoln 225 tig unit; one that will probably be the last welder I ever need. I think I paid $1k for it. :shocked:
It sat and collected more dust, until this weekend when I finally re-organized the carport enough to take the time required to hook up an outlet for it (weather proof, since it's outside), and fired it up, and verified that it still lives
I wasn't greatly concerned about that, I've known the guy I got it from for a while, and he didn't skip town, so if it was dead he could still be gotten ahold of (literally and figuratively)
I had to wait til monday to get a bottle (pure argon), holiday weekends being what they are (of course, down here, it's been raining for what feels like 4 months solid, so it didn't really matter). Got home after work, hooked it all up, and just picture this piece of aluminum, just with a burned and rounded edge where I knocked down the flashing from whenever it'd been cut on the chop saw (burned, melted, lot of contaminants in the end result because I didn't clean the material first, and of course because I also had the power turned WAAAY too high initally )
I'm stoked. I don't have a whole lot of stuff that needs this level of attention right now, just a crack or two on the manifold offa the drag car, and I need to upgrade the intercooler on my other wagon so that'll get some attention at some point. My best friend lives down the road & he's got an identical welder (with many more miles on it, and a nicer torch setup and a VASTLY better grasp on how it all works), so I'll be bothering him as I work through all the different ways of doing stuff wrong :dance1:
I also had to build a ramp to get it into and out of the storage room, even with wheels, this thing is quite heavy, and the 5 inch gap between concrete and room is a bit much, esp with the bottle on the back now.
At some point when I get the drag car re-assembled and a longer extension cord to the 220 plug made I'll be able to run it inside the storage room where my metal topped table is. might not be so weather dependent then.