motox wrote:nice set up but what the heck is jambalaya.
we have pork roll, egg and cheese here in NJ.
craig

Ohhhhhhh -- Taylor Ham, Egg and Cheese on a hard roll is one of the few things I miss about New Jersey. But, I don't miss it enough to live there again. Winters there are just too rough.

Dwight

Nicely done! Nothing wrong with that project that I can see.

Dwight

Nicely done - that should be able to contain King Kong!

Dwight

I've used Pledge on the windshields and the sidecar nose on my motorcycle for years. It does a great job of making bugs wipe right off. I can certainly see it working well for making cover lenses last longer.

Dwight

Dwight, Since you already have the machines to Mig, Stick, Tig, what else are you trying to do? about the only thing you can't do at this point is weld Aluminum and that is not very likely with your $1K budget. What I'm saying is your HF mig welder may not be the best in the welding world but it's ...

Trying to buy everything, on a shoe string budget, often leads to disappointment. Start small and work your way up. ;) This sounds like solid advice to me. I am just a beginning home hobbyist welder, and have just started to acquire equipment. I started small and cheap to see if I liked metalworkin...

GreinTime wrote:Man it must suck getting old!

It sure does - but it really beats the alternative!

Dwight

Did you try eliminating the extension cord? I was surprised just how much effect voltage drop can have when using air compressors and chop saws on too long a cord. Granted, those involve motors, but still - quick and easy to eliminate that as a source of trouble.

Dwight

Hi guys, thanks for your input. ... The only other thing I can think..... I am using an extension lead. A cheap one at that. Any bearing on it? I'd try to get rid of the extension cord -- or move up to as heavy a gauge wire as you can find. Voltage drop can be a real problem with light gauge wire, ...

Not pretty? To me, a well-designed and well-implemented mechanism is ALWAYS a thing of beauty.

I like it very much; well done indeed!

Dwight

I recently bought an Everlast Powerarc 200ST to teach myself stick welding. I've burned about 3 or so pounds of 6013 rods with so far, and I have been very pleased with it. $349 shipped to my door. A bit more money than the Klutch, but it is a lot more machine...

Dwight

Hello, all! I've been lurking a while and decided to finally sign up and say hello. I've recently decided to teach myself how to weld from a hobbyist's point of view. Wanting to learn to weld has been with me since my days in High School Metal Shop. I never could strike and hold an arc with a stick ...

I've been welding as a hobby for a few weeks with both flux core wire and stick. So far, I've built a welding table that came out pretty well (I won't bore you with yet another welding table project thread!), and I'm looking for some basic welding project plans. I thought that a quick Google search ...