stephenmenhen1
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Two generations newer than mine and same year as my crystal
diggerjones
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What do you reckon to these, I've always fancied 1. How much power would I need. I run my hobby welder ok in my shed, the welder I was bought for a present in my teens
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6feetdown
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Shouldn't laugh but did make me chuckleWhat do you reckon to these, I've always fancied 1. How much power would I need. I run my hobby welder ok in my shed, the welder I was bought for a present in my teens
diggerjones
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Which bit
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
go and buy it - NOW!!What do you reckon to these, I've always fancied 1. How much power would I need. I run my hobby welder ok in my shed, the welder I was bought for a present in my teens
got a picture of the amperage ranges?
think it's only the baby Oxford, but still good
lovely reliable welding set
the dissimilar rods are worth the asking almost and you're barely paying for the fincords
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
craig
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diggerjones
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Ok I'll ask what's best price 
Can you run off 13 amp plug
Can you run off 13 amp plug
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
gotten dear, ain't they ?I`m nearly out of fincords, priced some the other day
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
is there a pic of the amperage range control, before I commit to an answer on that Dyl?Ok I'll ask what's best price
Can you run off 13 amp plug
diggerjones
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That's the 1 picture
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
OK - if it's the 140A set, burning 2.5 / 3.25 rods - yes, no sweat - if you want to run a 4mm ... put a bit of 6mm bar, 'bout an inch long, in the plug in place of the fuse
... it'll warm up a bit, but you'd need to be welding for hours to get it to melt the plug ..... see it has a 16A plug already on it, so'd guess it's been run off a 32A ring - just make an adaptor lead with a mod.ed 13A plug for now, if you don't have a 16A outlet in yer shed
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6feetdown
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The pace makerWhich bit
Lancs Lad
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Might find he didn't need it after all 🫣The pace maker
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
well I've had 3 hrs+ sat/kneeling on that grid this afternoon, MIG-ing the tie bars on and I do not feel like the energiser bunny this evening
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
got the rest of the X bars dropped in and 'attached' this afters
managed to drop one on the third finger tip of me right hand - changed tack on the temp. support method to underside supports and landed a bugger on me digit ... 's bloody throbbing tonight - they'm a fair-ish weight to just pick up
then set out and dropped the tie bars into place
got 'em clamped in place
'fore getting 'em stitched in place and then, as said above, spent hours randomly securing them, trying to keep the heat concentrations down to a minimum
and then it was time to eat - again ... stayed nice and flat with all the effort of randomly jumping about to weld it all up and spread the 'hot spots' about - be like a banana if you just ran down the lengths
been a grey old day, again very calm/still, but we did have a light breeze start to come up about five and was expecting to have some issues with the shield gas. -- got away with it though
if the weather's suitable tomorrow, I'll flip this over for the top edges and then stand it on its sides/ends, firmly clamped to the bench for some more random weld up on the end plates ... then it's job did and time for the next bit get the old one out - can't see any signs of fixing, but have a sneaky feeling it's got a couple of rags into the concrete edges of the pit across the roadway -- rest of it is jumping about as anything crosses it ---- we shall have to see ??
managed to drop one on the third finger tip of me right hand - changed tack on the temp. support method to underside supports and landed a bugger on me digit ... 's bloody throbbing tonight - they'm a fair-ish weight to just pick up
then set out and dropped the tie bars into place
got 'em clamped in place
'fore getting 'em stitched in place and then, as said above, spent hours randomly securing them, trying to keep the heat concentrations down to a minimum
and then it was time to eat - again ... stayed nice and flat with all the effort of randomly jumping about to weld it all up and spread the 'hot spots' about - be like a banana if you just ran down the lengths
been a grey old day, again very calm/still, but we did have a light breeze start to come up about five and was expecting to have some issues with the shield gas. -- got away with it though
if the weather's suitable tomorrow, I'll flip this over for the top edges and then stand it on its sides/ends, firmly clamped to the bench for some more random weld up on the end plates ... then it's job did and time for the next bit
get the old one out - can't see any signs of fixing, but have a sneaky feeling it's got a couple of rags into the concrete edges of the pit across the roadway -- rest of it is jumping about as anything crosses it ---- we shall have to see ??Attachments
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diggerjones
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stephenmenhen1
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I bought the 225 amp one at auction heavy prick of a yoke was the main reason I sold it in the end along with the fact I dont need 4 arc welders, really need to sort the SA 200 out will be right on then
diggerjones
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This is on castors, but I think I've hurt my back getting it on the truckI bought the 225 amp one at auction heavy prick of a yoke was the main reason I sold it in the end along with the fact I dont need 4 arc welders, really need to sort the SA 200 out will be right on then
stephenmenhen1
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Mine was on castors aswell needed help getting it into a citroen dispatch, it was bad enough rolling it around on concrete and thought sod it it can goThis is on castors, but I think I've hurt my back getting it on the truck
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