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Stroppymonkey
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No idea what happened to the one we used to have on the farm. I expect dad tidied it up into a hole in the front like he prone to do :-(
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
what ever you do - before you plug that in - uncross those output terminal lugs
only the little 110A but'll be fine for 2.5mm and 3.25mm rods - it won't run a 4mm ... they don't come any better than an Oxford/Cytringen oil cooled .... unusually I don't see a dipstick in that set .... must've binned best part of 30 gallons of transformer oil when I cleared my old shop
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
225 or 250 A?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
oxfords were 250 and a serious lump
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
not surprised - they're heavy little sodsThis is on castors, but I think I've hurt my back getting it on the truck
diggerjones
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What are the other terminals for Graham
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
one is an 80v output, the other a 50v output - you also have one for a carbon arc brazing torch, but they were hateful things ... your amperage selector has two ranges - one for the 50v terminal and one for the 80v terminal - lift and turn to select
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
bloody wet here this morning .... only said to Pam yesterday, we've had no dew for three days - made up for it this morning - everything soaked misty sort of drizzle on off through the day
first thing on the agenda was - make it fly
was only a short flight though
then re-sling it ......
to flip it over
the right way up ...... for more flying lessons
perfect landing ... so's I could get all way round it without having to clamber over everything
and it was MIG time - again ... more random welding, keep the hot spots down - all done and back on the floor, for yet more re-slinging for the next bits
it was upright - trick of the lens ...... then you guessed it flip time ...
and get the other side done ........
and parked it ready for relocating to its new home - as and when .....
and yes I know the tie flats're off set .. deliberately to match what's in there as the old railway lines under it aren't set in the pit square ... had to be careful setting them up as they'm all odd dimensions
and whilst I had her stretched out ..........
gave her the once over and topped up the hydraulic tank ... not checked it in a while and had to put 20 lts in there - fook knows where it's gone 'cos t'ain't on the floor (it had another 160lts in the tank to play with) .. I'd like to know WTF it has gone though - at 600 quid a drum for Plantohyd, that's 60 quids-worth of oil - I know some went into some lines for Mog's winch, but not 20 lts
stuck 70 lts of cherry in her, topped up the sump with half a litre of Rimula and the coolant wanted a litre ... have had a buzzer going intermittently for a while and it could well have been that - t'ain't going any more - i'll know next time WTF it's for, as it's bloody annoying, especially when I couldn't work out what was causing it
Wrapped her back up and parked in her usual spot, just in time for tea
first thing on the agenda was - make it fly
was only a short flight though
then re-sling it ......
to flip it over
the right way up ...... for more flying lessons
perfect landing ... so's I could get all way round it without having to clamber over everything
and it was MIG time - again ... more random welding, keep the hot spots down - all done and back on the floor, for yet more re-slinging for the next bits
it was upright - trick of the lens ...... then you guessed it flip time ...
and get the other side done ........
and parked it ready for relocating to its new home - as and when .....
and yes I know the tie flats're off set .. deliberately to match what's in there as the old railway lines under it aren't set in the pit
square ... had to be careful setting them up as they'm all odd dimensions and whilst I had her stretched out ..........
gave her the once over and topped up the hydraulic tank ... not checked it in a while and had to put 20 lts in there - fook knows where it's gone 'cos t'ain't on the floor (it had another 160lts in the tank to play with
) .. I'd like to know WTF it has gone though - at 600 quid a drum for Plantohyd, that's 60 quids-worth of oil - I know some went into some lines for Mog's winch, but not 20 lts stuck 70 lts of cherry in her, topped up the sump with half a litre of Rimula and the coolant wanted a litre ... have had a buzzer going intermittently for a while and it could well have been that - t'ain't going any more
- i'll know next time WTF it's for, as it's bloody annoying, especially when I couldn't work out what was causing itWrapped her back up and parked in her usual spot, just in time for tea
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stephenmenhen1
Active member
Think it was 225 could barely read the amp markings so could of been 250
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Rob65
Well-known member
I stand to be corrected here but I think that the higher voltage is better for welding thinner materials with smaller rods.
Druid - is this correct?
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
yes - lighter gauge rods and specials like cast/299,s /dissimilars
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
so summat different today .... and not what I'd intended to be doing, but more on that again
had a friend round yesterday who I'd not seen in a while and we were yapping/looking at summat, stood on the wall by the steps, when he suddenly started to 'vanish' into this ....
it's had a 32mm timber decking top on it since I built it in 2011 which has been getting progressively 'riper' for the last couple of years and I've been meaning to replace it, for some time -- have had half a whiskey barrel sat on it, keeping ppl off it for some time ...
anyway he managed to set a foot on the one edge and it gave out ... fortunately I caught his shoulder as he caught himself and he didn't end up too far in there - unlike the whiskey barrel.
bloody lucky he didn't get hurt more than a few grazes and bruises .. could've been a lot worse - that pit is shoulder deep on me and collects several land drains together, to fire them off down the garden.
so slung an old bit of ply and some plate over it yesterday, keep the cats out of it - don't want them going exploring the 12" outlet pipe and having to rescue them or anything else that might fall in there, for that matter
so wound up the 'Drema and hauled out a piece of 8mm plate I had parked (was going to use a piece of 6mil, but the effort of extracting it from where it's currently sat was waaaaay too much grief) .. so plate clamp on the 8mm stood beside the 6t tipper and out it came, for a 'flight' to the bench
some careful surveying of the sump later and I knew what needed doing
can't recall the last time i had the lid off the sump, although it was made for easy removal, in the timber version, it rarely gets lifted - usually for Clara to peer into it, but she's gotten out of that habit soooooome time ago
I've only ever needed to clear it out once, since it was built and there was very little accumulated in there anyway, so thought -sod it - make it a semi-permanent lid - and have done
next step was haul out the plasma, fire up the genny and fill the compressor's tank - then get it lopped to size
then pack it all up again - that's a 32A extensinon lead for the plasma -- makes the genny change note a bit
not the flattest of plate, 'specially after it'd had the Plasma down two edges and although the 8mm didn't really need some ribbing for strength, it needed it, to get it flat again ....
so lopped some 50 x 6mm and got them set up
tacked the ends and them applied some suitably placed 'force' to get the centres in contact with the 8mil ........ and nailed it
and dated it ... had a quick try at flipping it, by hand - lasted all of two seconds - plate clamp and the 'Drema didn't even blink .......
went round the edges as necessary with the Ferrex 5" to de-burr/soften the edges and it was ready for some more flying lessons .....
with a little help from my friend .. the 600kg magnet - great bit of kit
and off we went heading for the sump .....
went in like a glove, like it was made for the job
Magnet's release handle bit my thumb, letting it off- reaching over from the wrong side - my own fault for being dull - will NOT do it again - quite a force on the release spring
put the barrel back in position as Squeak loves to sit/lie out on the top of it (which is also getting very ripe too) and it's a good place to keep the kid's footballs and hoola hoops, etc.
by the time I'd gotten things tidied up 'my side of the trellis' , Pam'd re-installed the ground cover
and I'm out of pix ....... again !!!
had a friend round yesterday who I'd not seen in a while and we were yapping/looking at summat, stood on the wall by the steps, when he suddenly started to 'vanish' into this ....
it's had a 32mm timber decking top on it since I built it in 2011 which has been getting progressively 'riper' for the last couple of years and I've been meaning to replace it, for some time -- have had half a whiskey barrel sat on it, keeping ppl off it for some time ...
anyway he managed to set a foot on the one edge and it gave out ... fortunately I caught his shoulder as he caught himself and he didn't end up too far in there - unlike the whiskey barrel
.bloody lucky he didn't get hurt more than a few grazes and bruises .. could've been a lot worse - that pit is shoulder deep on me and collects several land drains together, to fire them off down the garden.
so slung an old bit of ply and some plate over it yesterday, keep the cats out of it - don't want them going exploring the 12" outlet pipe and having to rescue them
or anything else that might fall in there, for that matter so wound up the 'Drema and hauled out a piece of 8mm plate I had parked (was going to use a piece of 6mil, but the effort of extracting it from where it's currently sat was waaaaay too much grief) .. so plate clamp on the 8mm stood beside the 6t tipper and out it came, for a 'flight' to the bench
some careful surveying of the sump later and I knew what needed doing
can't recall the last time i had the lid off the sump, although it was made for easy removal, in the timber version, it rarely gets lifted - usually for Clara to peer into it, but she's gotten out of that habit soooooome time ago
I've only ever needed to clear it out once, since it was built and there was very little accumulated in there anyway, so thought -sod it - make it a semi-permanent lid - and have done
next step was haul out the plasma, fire up the genny and fill the compressor's tank - then get it lopped to size
then pack it all up again
- that's a 32A extensinon lead for the plasma -- makes the genny change note a bit not the flattest of plate, 'specially after it'd had the Plasma down two edges and although the 8mm didn't really need some ribbing for strength, it needed it, to get it flat again ....
so lopped some 50 x 6mm and got them set up
tacked the ends and them applied some suitably placed 'force' to get the centres in contact with the 8mil ........ and nailed it
and dated it
... had a quick try at flipping it, by hand - lasted all of two seconds - plate clamp and the 'Drema didn't even blink .......went round the edges as necessary with the Ferrex 5" to de-burr/soften the edges and it was ready for some more flying lessons .....
with a little help from my friend .. the 600kg magnet - great bit of kit
and off we went heading for the sump .....
went in like a glove, like it was made for the job
Magnet's release handle bit my thumb, letting it off
- reaching over from the wrong side - my own fault for being dull - will NOT do it again - quite a force on the release spring put the barrel back in position as Squeak loves to sit/lie out on the top of it (which is also getting very ripe too
) and it's a good place to keep the kid's footballs and hoola hoops, etc.by the time I'd gotten things tidied up 'my side of the trellis' , Pam'd re-installed the ground cover
and I'm out of pix ....... again !!!
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6feetdown
Well-known member
Luckyso summat different today .... and not what I'd intended to be doing, but more on that again
had a friend round yesterday who I'd not seen in a while and we were yapping/looking at summat, stood on the wall by the steps, when he suddenly started to 'vanish' into this ....
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it's had a 32mm timber decking top on it since I built it in 2011 which has been getting progressively 'riper' for the last couple of years and I've been meaning to replace it, for some time -- have had half a whiskey barrel sat on it, keeping ppl off it for some time ...
anyway he managed to set a foot on the one edge and it gave out ... fortunately I caught his shoulder as he caught himself and he didn't end up too far in there - unlike the whiskey barrel
bloody lucky he didn't get hurt more than a few grazes and bruises .. could've been a lot worse - that pit is shoulder deep on me and collects several land drains together, to fire them off down the garden.
so slung an old bit of ply and some plate over it yesterday, keep the cats out of it - don't want them going exploring the 12" outlet pipe and having to rescue them
so wound up the 'Drema and hauled out a piece of 8mm plate I had parked (was going to use a piece of 6mil, but the effort of extracting it from where it's currently sat was waaaaay too much grief) .. so plate clamp on the 8mm stood beside the 6t tipper and out it came, for a 'flight' to the bench
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some careful surveying of the sump later and I knew what needed doing
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can't recall the last time i had the lid off the sump, although it was made for easy removal, in the timber version, it rarely gets lifted - usually for Clara to peer into it, but she's gotten out of that habit soooooome time ago
I've only ever needed to clear it out once, since it was built and there was very little accumulated in there anyway, so thought -sod it - make it a semi-permanent lid - and have done
next step was haul out the plasma, fire up the genny and fill the compressor's tank - then get it lopped to size
View attachment 76574
then pack it all up again
View attachment 76573
not the flattest of plate, 'specially after it'd had the Plasma down two edges and although the 8mm didn't really need some ribbing for strength, it needed it, to get it flat again ....
so lopped some 50 x 6mm and got them set up
View attachment 76572
tacked the ends and them applied some suitably placed 'force' to get the centres in contact with the 8mil ........ and nailed it
View attachment 76571
and dated it
went round the edges as necessary with the Ferrex 5" to de-burr/soften the edges and it was ready for some more flying lessons .....
with a little help from my friend .. the 600kg magnet - great bit of kit
View attachment 76570
and off we went heading for the sump .....
went in like a glove, like it was made for the job
View attachment 76569
Magnet's release handle bit my thumb, letting it off
put the barrel back in position as Squeak loves to sit/lie out on the top of it (which is also getting very ripe too
by the time I'd gotten things tidied up 'my side of the trellis' , Pam'd re-installed the ground cover
and I'm out of pix ....... again !!!
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
hole/sump? ... what sump
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
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6feetdown
Well-known member
All good it wasn't so a good day
CPS
Well-known member
Hmmmm
I think you where trying to get me to look at something up there that evening
R
Rob65
Well-known member
Must have been a rush job for sure.
Where’s the paint?
Where’s the paint?
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
well I did consider a coat of bitumen, but it'd have needed a blowlamp yesterday .. like tar ... really needs to stand in the sun for a few hours, to get it out the drum ...... so it just went in
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