It's not all it's cracked up to be.....

 

Don't tell me you used the clutch cage to bend that little objet d'art as well?

 

That would be the 4" vise that hates me at the moment and a 5ft piece of pipe for leverage

 

Don't mind them man ........****en retards on and all ...... best part would be to
start talking firearms with Henry and Indy ......there's a goddamned hornet on your
forehead smack it -------......... hard would ya .......... no harder

As for Trout ......... can ya smoke that thing ?? cuz if ya can ....... you'd benefit from it

Well I 'm not driving to Westport for it (beautiful and all as Wesport is ) think I'll tap my
neighbor for some of that stock and give it a shot myself ...... I need projects and
practice with this new buzz box I bought ( aka arc welder for you Euro types ..Henry !)

 

God I hated arc welding...too much smoke and wire bushing everything off. But I was damn good at it.

 

I hear ya but my mig wire feed motor is done (must fix it soon )
and the arc with 6011 rods did a super strong job on an I beam of a
32 ton wood splitter I managed to screw up ....something the mig
cuddna made strong enuff ...... now I'm getting real "gifted" with the
arc puddle .....even on light gauge steel

I think om getting welders addiction

 

Getting closer:





My intention is to weld a plate to the bar that comes off by the exhaust, drill a hole and use the muffler mount bolt to hold it in place. I shouldn't have to worry about it coming apart, I think I've dumped half a 2lb spool into the welds

 

Yeah looks good ..... hot or cold ?

I'm dying to see how the rack turns out

 

Cold. Hot will be on the other side I won't get to the rack till Friday night and Sat night. My concern is bolting the lower section of the rack to the luggage bolt holes. They don't look like they could take much downward weight (maybe a M4 bolt, not a M8-M10 like I would prefer)

 

Coming along well, I see.

On the welding thing... I only stick weld the big stuff at work (like hoe bucket big)
Otherwise, it's the old Hobart BetaMig. That thing is a beast. It's been beaten for decades and doesn't skip a beat. One tough machine.
At home, I use a Hobart 140 mig. I've had others, but it's the Hobart/Miller stuff from here on out. I've welded sheet with .023 and gas up to 1/4" with flux. Love that little welder. Once I got a quality 110 mig, I'll never go back to any of that other junk.
Oh, and auto darkening helmets. Now that's a sweet invention!!