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  1. woodsmith

    is there any way to slow down a DC motor?

    You could probably replace that with a windscreen wiper motor. It will move slowly and it can make the reciprocating motion that I think you are after. By wiring it through a switch you can get it to start and stop where you want or you can use the auto park to stop it in the same place each...
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    Mig welding aluminium

    I have a Cebora Boxer 155 mig welder that I have been using to weld steel and it has been faultless. I have just bought a mini bottle of Argon, a teflon liner and a small spool of aluminium wire as I would like to be able to weld some small aluminium parts, mainly thin wall tube from old tent...
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    Mig welding Aluminium

    I have a Cebora Boxer 155 MIG welder and I have been thinking of adding a cheap spool gun, aluminium wire and a mini bottle of Argon to weld some 2-3mm sheet. I have found this spool gun on ebay and it would be cheap enough to play with to find out if it is worth getting something better...
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    Electric tractor project

    I am working on an Electric Toyota MR2 project but to learn more about how EV's work I started a second little project. I've nowhere to drive it and no land to need to use it on but it will be both fun and good for shows. So in some sort of chronological order of making the (very) brief tale...
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    Newbie with electric tractor project

    Hi all, I've just joined up and thought I'd say hello. I'm based in Manchester in the UK and I have no land to speak of but for some mad reason I am scratch building an electric tractor in my basement workshop.
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