Toolbox Installed

[tommaple]

How about welding....Seems technical and somewhat like electricity to me.?? Like, you gotta know what you're doing or you get hurt.

Is welding a difficult trade to take up.?? Trust me, I know I ain't there yet.

Arc welding can be easy or extremely difficult. It all depends on the materials you are trying to weld and the equipment you have. For most projects around a farm you will be welding hot rolled steel such as angle, flat stock or channel. You may also use cold rolled steel such as dimensioned rod. These are easy to weld, especially if horizontal. There are also cast iron parts on agricultural equipment. They require a different technique to avoid crystallization of the metal. When you get into stainless steel or aluminum you are looking at very specialized equipment.

You can teach yourself to weld if you do some reading and practice on some scrap steel. You may be able to rent a small AC stick arc welder at a tool equipment outlet. Take it home and give it a try. Some Vo-Ed or trade schools offer night classes to the public. That way you are actually getting some good instruction, too.

You can get started with a simple 225 amp AC welder for around $250. An AC/DC welder will cost more. DC is nice for welding overhead and thinner materials. You can then go to wire feed with different gases for specialized metals.

For general repair around the home or farm an AC or AC/DC will work fine.

As far as safety with the electricity. If properly wired your primary danger will be from hot slag or spatter, not electrocution.

 

[Chilly807]

You have lots of room there for a light, it's the same place I mounted mine.

Sean

 

[foggy1111]

I had a tool box mounted between the uprights on my 790. It blocked the SMV sign....so I bought a bracket (commonly available) at my farm store and mounted the "receiver half" on the tool box and the other half on the SMV sign from the seat. Low cost / worked slick. :thumbsup:

 

[foggy1111]

You can just see the bracket I'm talking about (above) from this pic. It makes the SMV sign detachable. To me....the tool box was indispensable....and always jammed to the gills. :laughing:

My box somehow got dented from the top link when I hooked up to my landscape rake. None of my other implements had any issues.

I don't want to be a naysayer....(believe me I know how hard it is to fit a tool box to your tractor)....but I think you may have some durability issues with that mount....unless you figure a way to re-enforce it. You may want to take up that welding habit. :thumbsup:

 

[grnspot110]

They are kinda' tight on space! I looked at that spot, but went a different route. Water bottle holder on one side of ROPS, fire extinguisher on the other.

For tools, I have a small ammo box clamped to the loader frame on my 790. Hammer & big screwdriver fit into tubes on the left side of the seat & chain & clevis into a box under the grille. ~~ grnspot110

 

[Thomas]

JDGreenGrass.
By just showing interest almost half the battle..welding one could hang out at shop or sign up for classes

Puttering on tractor always been great therapy.

 

[k0ua]

Welding is easy to start, learning to weld like a pro could take a lifetime. I recommend DC stick welding, It is smoother, less spatter. You will be able to glue parts together the first day, but sometimes the results might not be that pretty. Also highly recommend a good auto darkening helmet, the one thing that will really make your welding better. Especially for a beginner. Every beginner thinks it is so cool to "nod" down a helmet like a pro, but let me tell you, keeping your start position and scratching around in the dark to get the arc started is for the birds (and the pros). With the auto darkening helmet, you can see (especially if the work area is well lit) from the get go, just position your rod, and scratch or tap away to "get her lit". But all that said, I would recommend everyone that likes to make metal things, get a welder, I have sure enjoyed my welders.
James K0UA

 

[Gary Fowler]

I welded for years before AD lenses were invented. The only way to keep that rod in the bevel is to hold it like a billiard que stick between your fingers then flip the hood down and strike the arc. You burn up a lot of gloves that way, but if you dont and arc outside the bevel then you could loose your job at least when welding pressure pipe. AD lenses didnt come along till much later and first one I used was when I was teaching welding at Long Beach City College in 1990 and it sure kept the flash burn down as I could walk around with my hood down and walk up behind the student without getting flashed. I gave away all my American Optical gold lenses after that (wish I had kept a few as they go for over $100 now)

 

[jayste]

+1:thumbsupn the tool box and +1:thumbsupn the desire to weld. Plenty of good advice here on TBN.