Shelby Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 sort of tryed it out ,,not fineshed yet but getin there , had helpers http://www.26liter.us/gallery/albums/userpics/10009/100_0850a.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted August 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 haveing to build a little yard trailer , you know for falling logs , pine neddles etc , 4'X7'X 23" sides , have odd tires on it right now one of my 12" tires is bad just so you know it ain't winter time down here it was 96f today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucw458 Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 It's a good start. I thought you couldn't weld with your pacemaker. Did someone else do the welds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted August 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 it's a defibulator , the pace maker funtions aren't turned on , and i'm not suposed to be welding , but low amp stuff i can do if i don't get too close to it ,most of the time i got no chioce if i want some thing done , but yesterday i did have some help , and i was glad to get it to ,, i bet more then 1/2 these guys have no idea what their even looking at lol,, it's an old boat trailer made into a yard buggy to pick up crap out of the yard and haul small stuff behind the lawn mower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucw458 Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 i bet more then 1/2 these guys have no idea what their even looking at lol,, it's an old boat trailer made into a yard buggy to pick up crap out of the yard and haul small stuff behind the lawn mower The roller at the rear kinda gives it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAinsworth Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 The roller at the rear kinda gives it away. I thought that roller was the wheelie bar in case Shelby overloaded it. Jimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Phil Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 Down here we use jetski and small boat trailers to build portable smokers/grills for competitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted August 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 portable smoker is next , been a few years sence i made one of them hell sence i was disabled isn't often i see meat enought to grille lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted August 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 boy i must have had too much of that 102f heat today ,, along about 6:30 tonite i was pukeing my guts out ,,good thing the only thing i had in me was 1/2 gal of cold water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Phil Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 They say cold water is bad for you when working in high heats. I always drink luke warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 LP tanks, pans, pots, looks like a meth lab LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted August 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 husssh quiet RAndy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edde Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Lol, that's it. shelby the meth-man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G54Bstore Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 cool Shelby..i did the same thing being here in fl i built a yard trailer made out of a rear axle off a 3 wheeler ,some old mobile home frame /metal .its a 4x7 ish trailer aswell.when i took my welding helmet off it was like some one dumped out a water bottle with all the sweat in it ..crazy hot.the lens was steaming up making it hard to see the welds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucw458 Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 I used to weld the caps onto the grease ducts for commercial kitchens. (Above the grill in every resturant is a vent hood. A 10ga square duct comes out of that up to the roof through a curb. At curb level a slightly conical cap gets completely welded to the duct and the curb. Then the exhaust fan sits on the curb.) 100+ degrees on a roof while wearing a welding helmet. If it wasn't for my ice chest full of water and a wet rag on my neck I couldn't have done it. I've been up there when the roofing tar was melting from the hot sun. Not fun. One time in Hesperia I was welding a cap on and the sun was hitting it just right to beam sunlight into my face. I had a shade 12 lens in my helmet and my sunglasses on and it was still too bright to see what I was doing. I had to do it blind. Run a short bead then inspect what I did. Took forever to weld that cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 my g-son and son- in -law both are beginer welders so i gave each a turn and what pointers i could , but i got in my share of the welding only one way to learn how to weld i realy don't know how a man can make it for years with out a welder , and man do i miss my gas tourchs , budy barrowed them and burnt down his shop , never got arround to replaceing the big tanks or any of it for that matter lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucw458 Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 I hear ya on the torches. They are useful sometimes. I got a portable MC tank setup and a full size cart setup. Welders and torches may not be used everyday for an average DIY person but for some jobs they are indespensable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 when welding exh pipeing i prefer to use gas , when i can , but after i was dissabled the chances of me affording a new set up are slim to none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucw458 Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) when welding exh pipeing i prefer to use gas , when i can , but after i was dissabled the chances of me affording a new set up are slim to none You could check out craigslist. I got my big setup used for $100. It was complete, tanks, cart and torches. Edited August 13, 2013 by ucw458 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 You could check out craigslist. I got my big setup used for $100. It was complete, tanks, cart and torches. only problem is the local gas companies will not refill an out of town tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live2Quest Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 What welder are you using? I just aquired one. Lincoln 140 hd. Can't wait to start. I'm a beginner myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted August 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 heck if i know i bought it 35 years ago , i can tell you it'l crank out 225 amps ,,but not with me holding the rods lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucw458 Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) only problem is the local gas companies will not refill an out of town tank Really!? Why? They should exchange customer owned tanks. Without markings on the tank how can you tell if it's out of town? What welder are you using? I just aquired one. Lincoln 140 hd. Can't wait to start. I'm a beginner myself. Ah the Home Depot model. That's what the HD stands for. If you can still take it back then I would and get a 140C. The HD has 4 voltage or "heat" settings. The C is infinately variable and has a higher duty cycle. It also doesn't cost much more than the HD but it's a much better machine. Duty cycle refers to how long you can continuously weld before the welder overheats and forces a cool down period. BTW I have a 140C and it's a great little machine. Edited August 14, 2013 by ucw458 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted August 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 mine goes from 40 amps to 225 , 4 diff amp setings is not what you want the more seting the better the machineand the more you will be able to do with it , i have welded car fenders and 3/4" steel plates and every thing inbetweenand never used a seting higher then 125 amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted August 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 man some people just plain can't weld , last week i had one of the g-g-sons 110cc 4 whlrs apart to weld up the engine mountshe had broken the frt upper mounting plates into on one side and snaped the frame bar on the other , so while i had it apart i looked at the lower rear mounting plates you could only see a little bit of the bars and what you saw was in one piece and some one had fashoned a 1/4 flat plate to fit across the rear of the frame makeing it look as they had welded the engine mounting platesto this heavy duty plate , well after 2 days he threw a chain again and today io took the rear end off and used a grinder to remove the weld on that big plate , poped it off and wouldn't you know it neather mounting plate was welded to it ,,they made ready to weld to it but for got to actualy weldi can asure you it is welded solid now ,got done just about 35 sec ahead of the rain now i know no one is intersted but thats my rant for today , and the reason my yard trailer isn't done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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