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[ryanjones2150]

This customer does not want it on casters. He wants to move it around with his fork lift. I’ll need to fasten plastic or rubber pads to the bottom of the feet.

This table will be split in half...one half at normal height the other much lower for whompin on dump truck hubs. I have to...

[ryanjones2150]

Don’t worry about him.

There are some glare blocking shrouds that attach to the back of your welding hood. Pinch that into a google search and came up with this on amazon:


https://www.amazon.com/Black-Stallion-AH3035-NS-Blocker-Welding/dp/B07KRG9JPR

Hope...

[ryanjones2150]

I’m back on this job, so hopefully I get the “go ahead” from my customer today. Should be a good winter job for me here.

[ryanjones2150]

Hard to find stuff hecho in ‘Merica these days.

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Little better shot of the label....

[ryanjones2150]

These are the ramps I bought a couple years ago. Rather robust for plastic honestly. They are 36” long x 6 1/2” high and just under 11” wide.

If I had time, I’d copy this size and build in aluminum, but it’s not necessary since I already have this set....

[ryanjones2150]

I tend to over build things myself, but I’d take a look at what’s out there for ramps and get some ideas. Those stools for weighing a drag car looked like just short stools with a piece of angle flipped over on the ends to give a little bump for the tires. All the parts cut from 1/4” 6061 plate...

[ryanjones2150]

You’re gonna end up with some serious ramps. Heavy and heavy duty.

[ryanjones2150]

Not too long ago I built some “stools” for weighing drag cars. I had no earthly idea what the guy was asking me to build until he showed me some pictures. Apparently the ones sold commercially are made from solid gold because it darn sure didn’t cost that much to make them.

Dig up...

[ryanjones2150]

You could one-up Cabot and make it out of unobtanium or nonexistium, but they’ve probably already done that too.

[ryanjones2150]

29/64” tap drill.

[ryanjones2150]

I guess you’re fed up with the junky options of either plastic or weak stamped sheet metal?

Don’t blame you.

I gave in and got the plastic ones, just didn’t have time to build a set.

[ryanjones2150]

Bob has a good point, more heat. Turn up the wfs.

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What size of tubing?

It would appear from your picture that you did not clean the mill scale off that joint.

The problem you describe is not likely to be the fault of the machine. Poor ground, wrong settings, lack of shielding gas, incorrect travel angle or speed, contact...

[ryanjones2150]

Holy......

....wow.

[ryanjones2150]

That’s a very similar machine to the 212 anyway, so it’ll be plenty and parts are easy to get. It’s made by miller anyway.

One of the drag car guys I weld for has that machine in his shop. The only trouble we had with it the first one, right out of the box, let the smoke out as soon...

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I agree that is unlikely that there was .023 aluminum wire ran through that machine, I’m not even sure that’s a thing, I’ve never seen it. Never looked for it either to be honest.

Mig aluminum is not as simple as sticking a roll of aluminum wire in there and the right gas. Trying...

[ryanjones2150]

And they’re in a rugged fiberglass case with handles making it easily portable, which is what interests me. Plus it’s different.

[ryanjones2150]

The 212 will be plenty big for anything on a drag car, but going bigger is always good. Plus the 252 can run the day lights out of a spool gun.

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High tech man. Good info.