I've changed a few but never tried to weld a cracked head. Looks like you've got a tough repair there. Good luck.
-Eldon

Greetings y'all. I am trying to design and then build a wheelchair accessible table for oxy-fuel and plasma cutting with an attached fume extractor or at least an exhaust fan. I need to be able to wheel my legs under it as I can't reach much beyond the distance of my footrest without losing my balan...

Welcome, Chris.

Cool. Nothing quite compares to a proper turbo-diesel eh?

Awesome job. I'll bet it'd do 300 years if it had to.

Superiorwelding wrote:Looks good to me. I especially like the bottle holders. Great job.
-Jonathan

Thanks. I got lucky when I found that old air tank. It's just the right size to make bottle holders.

Welcome Harry. Glad you've joined us. Cheers.

Neat. There's an old hot-rodding axiom which states, "If some is good, then more is better and too much is just right!"

Welcome to the forum, Randy. The collective knowledge pool is vast and grows with each new member. Glad to have you with us.

I know everybody has got one. This is my version made of 95% scrounged materials and a few new bits. :D The link is to an album detailing the project. I'd appreciate hearing what y'all think of it. Thanks. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153324689794951.1073741831.655349950&type=1&am...

Welcome to the forums.

Hello and welcome to the forum. There is certainly a vast pool of collective knowledge here.

Greetings and welcome to the forum.

I asked an optometrist whether I would be a good candidate for LASIK and how it would be for welding. He replied, "Let me put it this way, I don't know any dentists who have had LASIK." I guess that answers my question.

Busted! I have leather apron, boot covers and the works. Old habits die hard. I was making a couple quick tacks and neglected to grab all my safety stuff. One would think I'd learn eventually...

Greetings everyone. At last, the doc has ok'd me to get off bed rest and resume normal activity. I have finally had a chance to play around a bit with my 280dx. So far it has exceeded all my expectations. I'll be doing more in the coming days for sure but it's great to be back in the shop :D IMG_189...

I've been wondering...what material are horseshoes made of? Ductile iron, steel, or..?
Thanks.
-Eldon

I was a heavy-equipment/diesel mechanic and welder for years. Had a very well equipped service truck, practically a shop on wheels (crane, air compressor, and of course a welder. I was fortunate enough to afford a Lincoln Commander 400). I traveled quite a bit to various jobs my employer had. Road j...

Welcome to the forum Simon. Glad to have you here.
Cheers.
-Eldon

A minor quibble; probably has no bearing on this, but I thought gases can compress. Liquids, not so much.
-Eldon

Welcome to the forum, Jack. There are lots of friendly folk and a vast pool of collective knowledge. It'll be good to have your experience and know-how added to that pool.
Cheers.
-Eldon

What sort of warranty do they offer? The specs look reasonable enough. For the price it seems like a decent buy. Also take into consideration what consumables it uses. If they are proprietary, I'd steer clear of it.

Nice looking job. Especially considering the suboptimal conditions you had to deal with.
Cheers.
-Eldon

I used silver-bearing solder in places and regular rosin core electronics solder everywhere else and plumbers solder paste for flux. Most soldering was done with a large gun but some parts needed the extra muscle of a small propane torch. I cleaned the whole thing in an ultrasonic parts cleaner to r...

Welcome Lynn. Good to have you here. I think as long as the desire is there, one can keep learning as long as they want.