Want To Build a Dump Bed Trailer

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WTF ?!? ?!?...

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I had wondered about the gas too. I checked the cylinder but it is pure argon. I'm wondering if somehow the cylinder is contaminated. I have yet to try the wire feeder to see if that works with mixed gas but I was mainly interested in tig so I deferred on that trial.
As far as your operator error...

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Yuuuuup. The problem is the ROUGH ARC when I get it to glow. Even when I was a newbie, I NEVER had an arc like that. Something's fubar'd.
That's my story and I'm stickin to it...

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Cruizer
I did all that. NO GO. I tried HF in continuous. NO GO. I tried all polarities. NOTHING WORKED. I had HF. I could hear it. I could feel it. It also darkened my hood.

As that OLD commercial used to say: "WHAT'S A MOTHER TO DO?"
Oops. I'm dating myself...

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I went back to the shop and removed all the accessories so I could verify the power supply. I set it up for stick with 6013 and was able to lay a smooth bead with it.
I then attached the tig torch and HF unit and opened the gas bottle (Argon). Again, I verified gas flow and post flow with the...

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LARGER BINs

I go to scrap yards and one in particular sells things like those aluminum cross-bed tool boxes.

It doesn't matter what it is, all their aluminum gets sold for $1 a pound. I have a number of tool boxes that would sell used for over $100 that I bought for anywhere...

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Mr Wagner

Thanks for suggesting the vent. I will do that.

The box will be a full size cross bed box so I can put tools and chains and the like in it. Maybe even a chainsaw. I guess I would have to vent the battery directly out of the box so the acid fumes don't rust everything...

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Hi HMW

Well, I figured that for about a grand I will have my materials to build it. However, if my time were worth 25 cents an hour, I would make out all right on it.

However, they call this stuff hobby, so I will have fun with it and end up calculating my time out to be...

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Fellow welders

I recently bought a dump bed that came off a 1 ton pickup. It is 6 feet wide and 8 feet long, inside dimensions, with a 42 inch high headache rack on the front. Full control tailgate. My plan is to build a trailer frame under it.

I’m from Dayton Ohio, which...

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What I'm wondering is why they can't/won't repair the board.

I've heard of several other men who have had machines go down bcuz of a bad board and their repair quotes are as high as yours. Fella locally is going to let me look at his welder to see if I can repair the board. If you have...

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Hey Kiwi
The best procedure I've found is to fill the hole in the capscrew with MIG wire and keep building it up til you can grab it with VICE-GRIPS.
By the time you got it built up, you have heated everything to the point that the rust adhesion is broken and the hub is expnaded. It will...

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Thanks. I just remembered that when I saw the name "Spook" and realized it.

I'll go there and search.

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Someone here, I believe it was Portable Welder, posted a thread about repairing a 450,000 Lb forge hammer, with extensive pics. I have done a search for it but can't find it.

Fella here at work is interested in seeing how it was done.

Someone posted a link recently but...

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I'm in the market for a TIG torch and I believe it will be either a WeldCraft or CK. I have a CyberTIG that goes up to 400 amps, tho I doubt I'll run it that high. And if I do, it probably would not be for any length of time. I also don't plan to do any type of production runs.

That being...

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When cutting with OA or my plasma, I dump a bucket of sand or kitty litter on the floor. This keeps the sparks/slag from running all over the place. Done, sweep it up and you know that your shop is just a bit safer.