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[ryanjones2150]

If guns kill people, then I have a safe full of defective firearms and I want a refund.

[ryanjones2150]

Rotor, armature, I think we can figure out what part you’re talking about. Try these guys for info, they’ve done a little work for me in the past:

https://eurtonelectric.com/catalog/armatures/miller_welding_equipment/welding_equipment

You might be able to find a local shop...

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From my experience, replacing an armature itself is not too awfully difficult, it’s just expensive. The part itself is probably pretty expensive and having it rebuilt will likely be about half that much.

Just for reference, a few months ago I was asked by a guy on here to check and see...

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https://app.aws.org/technical/samples/WPS.doc

https://welding-specification-form.pdffiller.com/

[ryanjones2150]

Why don’t I just give you the money? Will you take a check?

[ryanjones2150]

Local fastener shop sells Norseman brand. Most of my twist drills are from them. I’ve been eyeballing drill hog brand. They seem to have some really good prices.

[ryanjones2150]

Thanks for that link, Bob. I’ll check those guys out too.

At this point, and because I find myself working with stainless a good bit, I generally don’t buy anything other than cobalt steel drill bits these days.

[ryanjones2150]

You just have to have good main power for that syncrowave 200. For its size, it eats some power, but I like those transformer machines. For my shop, the biggest benefit of an inverter is the freq adjustment for aluminum .125 thou and thinner. Plus they use less power than a transformer machine of a...

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You ever try turning it down to 50hz? Doesn’t sound like much, but it absolutely makes a difference. My only inverter tig will only go as low as 50, I’m not sure if that’s normal or if the dynasty goes lower. Sometimes I float some helium into my gas flow, but generally, especially for shorter...

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What are you planning to do that your syncrowave 200 isn’t big enough? Have good mains at least because that machine will heat up your breaker quick.

[ryanjones2150]

On heavier aluminum if you drop your frequency down to around 50 the material will puddle faster. I don’t know the science behind why, an old hand told me that some time back and it’s worked well for me.

If your filler metal is balling up into a booger, you’re trying to add it too...

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Stick welding is the least effected by mill scale of all the arc welding processes. If I’m stick welding, I almost never even bother with the mill scale.

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The flap disc works ok, but if you’re doing a lot or your metal has a heavy mill scale, the flap disc will load up and not cut as well. Then you’ll be putting a ton of pressure on it and just burnish over the mill scale. A hard rock is so much faster and doesn’t load up, it’s just a lot more...

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Still $500? You can figure the water cooler is worth at least half that, you’re not really risking much. I hope it works!...

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Any reason you posted a picture of that info instead of just typing it in?

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Sorry to hear that, tack.

[ryanjones2150]

That is a very broad question. Of course it depends on what’s wrong with it. Maybe nothing.

[ryanjones2150]

Nice looking piece of iron right there.

Working for this dump truck outfit is far better than the garbage trucks. The dumpster boxes they have....man those things get beat to death. And they don’t care as long as it holds trash. “Holds” is a relative term at that. The dump truck...

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Heck ya man, that’s awesome. Thanks for sharing.

I know very little about the spool guns to be honest. Another heavy truck shop I do some moonlighting at has an old style spool gun. It welds fine, it’s just massive and heavy. It’s all metal and will probably last forever though....

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Roger that. This guy seems to actually care about how his trucks look. There have been a few times he’s had me make repairs simply because the dented spot didn’t look good. They’re dump trucks. Loader operators sometimes ding the top boards up for you, it’s their job.

I may consider...