Big Barn’s Retirement Farm Shop

[dragoneggs]

Re: Big Barn痴 Retirement Farm Shop

I did manage to clean up and paint my old Miller buzz box though.

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How do you find new stickers and labels for your refurbs?

 

[sodamo]

I was wondering as well. Always look new

 

[Big Barn]

Vintage reproductions of Miller logos are available from a large variety of eBay sellers.

Replacement parts and more recent OEM decals I purchase from Miller Welder - miller4less.com

I have also provided artwork for my local sign guy who can provide a digitally produced wrap but that gets rather expensive for one offs.

Of course if I get stuck I invoke my right to use artistic “literary licence”.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Vintage reproductions of Miller logos are available from a large variety of eBay sellers.

Replacement parts and more recent OEM decals I purchase from Miller Welder - miller4less.com

I have also provided artwork for my local sign guy who can provide a digitally produced wrap but that gets rather expensive for one offs.

Of course if I get stuck I invoke my right to use artistic “literary licence”.

Seems you had better luck getting stickers for yours than I did getting real parts for our Syncrowave 250. Was surprised they don't offer some parts that are susceptible to aging. (Water cooled torch tank/pump etc.)

 

[Big Barn]

Seems you had better luck getting stickers for yours than I did getting real parts for our Syncrowave 250. Was surprised they don't offer some parts that are susceptible to aging. (Water cooled torch tank/pump etc.)

We shouldn’t be surprised at all. They want you to buy a new tank and pump for $1K and up.

I was looking for a cooler lately for my Lincoln Precision Tig. Haven’t been able to find a deal on a discontinued Bernard or similar....

 

[Big Barn]

Tanked Up


I chopped and cropped a galvanized steel IBC tote cage frame to make a forkliftable/ pallet jack moveable storage container for welding gas cylinders.

With absolutely no plan in mind, the entire project came together surprising quick and easy.

First hour:
Cutting down to size.


Excess floor pan cut with plasma cutter



Removed railing section narrowed six inches, sleeved and rewelded

 

[Big Barn]

Tanked Up
Hour 2

Exposed “ends” of cut tubing measured...



and squished in press




Floor pan sprayed with bed liner.



Used a couple of over center strap clamps from a curtain side trailer..



to “buckle up for safety”



Done.





The cage is expandable to accommodate up to 9 welding gas bottles but could be modified to store 12.

 

[sodamo]

Very nice

 

[Big Barn]

Thank you, sodamo!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Getting back to organizing small tools... hammers I like to just hang them in handy spots. That way, you’d have to be dumber than.... well a bag of hammers to not find one.

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Various hanging solutions:

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Reminds me of a song, If I had a hammer...I'd hammer in the morning.. I'd hammer in the evening...
Peter, Paul and Mary - If I Had A Hammer (1963 performance) - YouTube