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[aametalmaster]

That reminds me i have a few hundred feet of new chain...Bob

[aametalmaster]

Nice...Everybody gets a trophy...Bob

[aametalmaster]

Or your feelings hurt while on this forum. Some of the Hornets are stirred up...Bob...

[aametalmaster]

And it depends where you weld, like outside, in a shop heavy fab, on an assembly line or on a ladder in the Ohio River one boot don't do it all...Bob

[aametalmaster]

What i like you may not. Over 40 years of welding i have about had them all. Prob most were Red Wings at least in the later years. My last pair of RW were just a low cut shoe that was steel toe...Bob

[aametalmaster]

That's different and the point we are all trying to make. It doesn't have a stinking computer in it. Parts are found local or on ebay. My dad bought one of those new in '57 and i bet its still running...Bob...

[aametalmaster]

Better call. Bob...

[aametalmaster]

I wanted one a few years ago, called Miller and they didn't have one...Bob

[aametalmaster]

Nice...Bob

[aametalmaster]

http://ford-mel-engine.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1687 wow lots of good reading there...Bob

[aametalmaster]

That guy needs a buddy. It was on my to do list forever but slipped thru the cracks. I started one 10 years ago and wanted the electric motor on the bar but living in town my neighbors would have thrown a fit. I sold all of the parts a few months ago. But i kept all of my chainsaws...Bob ...

[aametalmaster]

Its only been online for x amount of years. Our dealer had a file cabinet full off purchase cards going back 25 years. It depends how organized your local dealer was i guess.

[aametalmaster]

When i was in sales at our local LWS we were a Miller, Forney and Lincoln dealer. We stocked Millers. Never saw a Lincoln come thru there. Sold lots of their 7018 to the contractors that had to have fresh opened rod just to use 3 sticks and pitch the rest. All the dist flyers we would get for wire,...

[aametalmaster]

The dealer does it. That was my job when i worked at the LWS. Its all online now
...Bob...

[aametalmaster]

Powcon, Sears Craftsman and some Airco also...Bob

[aametalmaster]

The above post is written like it was from Noel. I had it saved on my computer for whatever reason. I am just a ladder stander in the river...Bob

[aametalmaster]

Basically the SCR or Thyristor is a switch.
The main difference is speed,a SCR can switch fast enough to control the power from a moving wave form.
The other difference is that once an SCR starts flowing current it will keep flowing until the charge carriers are depleted,usually when the...

[aametalmaster]

"Only issue is foot pedal clip that goes in machine does not clip in from small plastic piece being broke but could easily be re wired". Gotta love people that know how easy it is to fix things..Bob

[aametalmaster]

Don't use a new buzz box for Tig. The Miller rep said they have them stacked like firewood with warranty issues from people using them as a Tig and the transformers weren't designed heavy enough for that. And they weren't covered...Bob...

[aametalmaster]

I used to love the old Beech V tails...