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[ryanjones2150]

Engine drive and a suitcase feeder.

[ryanjones2150]

Still a cool machine.

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Using then slitting disc was probably the right way, just takes a little longer, is a bit noisy and messy. Kept the distortion out of the parts though I bet.

[ryanjones2150]

Hard to beat those old Perkins Diesel engines. I wonder how the same machine with the Kubota diesel would handle your conditions. That’s an $11,000 machine and you’ve already had a $6,000 machine take a dump on you. Sounds like Miller is missing an opportunity to advocate for their customer.

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Purge it with argon and have your exit somewhere other than where you’re welding. The argon will suppress the fumes. It’s a bit an uneasy feeling, but it’s done all the time. Bottom line is if you don’t feel comfortable doing it then don’t do it.

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Have you given Kohler a chance to address the problem? Who knows what they’ll do about, maybe nothing, but I’d say give them a shot at it. Of course, in -40 temps, everything outside of a Yeti or the Abominable Snowman struggle. The cold makes everything break. But I’d be frustrated too after...

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I vote for the over-engineered route as well. But that’s how I roll.

[ryanjones2150]

Small motor like that will certainly be sensitive to water in the fuel. I had similar trouble with the generator in my RV. It uses the same fuel as the chassis engine, but that’s fuel injected and 10 times the size. I installed a simple fuel/water separator and never had another bit of trouble ag...

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She got a little hot spot there for some reason. Good fix. I’m curious as to know why that would be a factory only repair item as well.

[ryanjones2150]

Figures.

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There are several weld settings calculators available online. They’ll all be generally the same. Miller actually has a good phone app for weld settings. It won’t tell you numbers and letters like the inside of the door on smaller machines will, it’ll be in voltage and wire feed speed. So if you...

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I had a car do that. You’d be driving down the road and lose all electronics. As long as you’d leave it running you could get home. Had it back to the dealer several times. Of course it wouldn’t do it at the dealership. Until it did. Finally. Took an old school mechanic to figure it out. Now that...

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I’m not sure it’s possible to keep your eyes open and stare at a welding arc. I have no plans to experiment with it though. Maybe next week.

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Only time I got significant flash burn was plasma cutting. My glasses were scratched to **** and back. I kept doing the “old man” over the top of the glasses. The outcome was poor for me that night.

[ryanjones2150]

Yup, southeast Texas. Never lost power here.

[ryanjones2150]

Car guys often do that, they either close their eyes or hide the arc behind the mig gun. It must not be cool to stop and go get your hood if you’re a car guy.

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Bring them over, we’ll test them. I run mine on a regency 250. Perfect pair.

I also have an S-52 feeder, I called Miller and asked if I could rig it to run off my MM250. The Miller guy said you can rig just about anything to just about anything else with the proper know how. We had a...

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That’s pretty impressive, I’ve never seen cast warp like that.

The last big smoker I made, I used 1” round stock for the fire grate and it did ok. It gets super hot and sags over time.

I’m interested to hear if this replacement holds up. If not, he may be looking...

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And not everything has to be fully welded. If you fully weld a seam, you’ll have all sorts of distortion, so plan your welded parts. It’s not just taking your time either, but also travel speed. Distortion is a function of heat input. Heat input is a function of travel speed. Sometimes welding hotter...

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I’d use a zip disc on a grinder to the doors out. Zero distortion that way. The last smoker was 1/4” wall pipe and I still used a zip disc. Learning about relieving stress will also relate to other projects, it’s very useful knowledge. Some guys are really good and can suggest weld sequence to...