Recent content by Haywire

Worked great, but I found that I didn't have much use for it. I'm getting $700 for it which isn't too bad. I'm using the proceeds to buy a bigger trailer for my Kubota tractor. I'd like to be able to make a little cash with it this spring tilling garden plots. Ian

I'm researching for a potential trailer build that probably won't happen because of the price of steel, but it's fun figuring things out before my bubble gets popped. It's a 6x12 tandem utility bumper pull. I'm looking at steel, and want to build it plenty stout enough for it's intended...

Thinking about building a 6x12 tandem axle trailer if my metal contact is cheap enough. Should find out tomorrow. Here's an example of my welding, 1/8 7014 fillet weld on 1/4" plate. My wife said, "If it breaks, just fix it." My reply was, "What if it breaks at 70mph on a crowded interstate...

All the deck over trailers I've seen are 14K+, 20'+ heavy equipment trailers. Has anyone ever seen a small trailer built as a deck over? I'm thinking axles normally used for a 5' wide trailer built deck over to make something like a 12x7 tandem 7K trailer. Ian

I've read that mig amps is fairly equivalent to wire speed. Turn up the amps and wire speed is adjusted to match (or visa versa, turn up the wire speed knob and the amperage is adjusted to match). How does amps on a stick machine correlate to amps on a mig machine? Seems like they're not...

I'm curious, how wide a land plane could a 25hp BX pull? It doesn't pick up a bunch of dirt like a box blade does, seems like I could run a wider implement. I really have no use for one since I moved, now I'm just wondering about it. Ian

I'm looking at Mig welders and have a question on Everlast's I-mig. Why does the Mig power cable come through the faceplate to hook up on the outside? Why couldn't that be an internal connection? Ian

I'm in the process of buying a new house and it has a 12x24 shop. The listing said it had a 100a service in the shop, but on closer inspection, it has 12ga feeding the shop panel. Looks like there will be no welding until I get the shop rewired. That might be a bit. Won't have any money for...

I want a 7" twisted wire wheel and a 36 grit flap disk. Lowes and HD don't carry stuff like that. Ian

Title says it all. When do you stitch? Ian

Is there a major difference between them as far as ability to see the puddle? I'm considering upgrading my HF helmet to a Jackson W60 TrueSight. It has a built in cheater lens and turns all the way down to shade 5 for torch or plasma. Ian

BUY A ROLLER GUIDE. Make it a priority. The ease of use is greatly improved with one over the wire standoff that comes with the torch. The stance is wider which makes it more stable side to side and that means less tendency to tilt the torch. My cuts in 1/2" plate are much cleaner and...

by accident... Of the 10 or so sticks I burned tonight, I had about 3 inches of bead that had the flux curl up and let loose in one piece. The rest of it wasn't anything memorable, but that's the first time I've seen 6010 flux come off on it's own when I was behind the stinger that laid it...

Was looking for some 4 ga wire today. When I found it, the price was $37 for 25'. They did a price check and said that the current price was $83. The tag was apparently 3 years old. Welding supply has it for $1.22/ft plus shipping. What does it cost where you live?

I've asked this question before, but can't find it now. I'm welding those sheet metal legs to the 1/2" plate. I don't want to blow through the leg material, so I thought about using 1/16 7014. Any penetration in the plate thicker than the sheet metal is a waste anyway. what do ya think...