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    Welding lead reels

    Well I finally got the lead reels finished up. They work well, even if I built them. So far so good. Here is a couple of Picts of them on my trailer.
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    Welding lead reels

    Dyer much thought I finally got started on my reels. I have scavenged most of what I have used from junk I had laying around. A couple of old trailer stubs a steel I had left over from other various projects. They aren't finished but they are on their way. Thanks for looking. Almost forgot...
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    Welding in the dirt

    I am with Gary. Throw some pipe jacks together. They don't have to be special just usable
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    Pipe jacks or whatever else

    I was in the shop this evening and had to move them put of the way. Thought y'all might get a kick out of them. I know that this something I could've bought, but none of my lws are open normally we I need them to be. The shaft is 1" allthread , the legs are 1 1/4" sch 40 pipe, and the body is...
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    580C hydraulic gland removal

    I am rebuilding one of the boom cylinders on my machine. The piston at the end of the polished rod was a s.o.b. To break loose, but I got it loose. My question is the gland is really tight on the polished rod, I assume that the seals are swollen tightly around it. After working the gland back...
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    Circle template

    I cobbled a circle template for my plasma cutter from parts a had at the shop. The pivot point is 1/4" round stock that I ground a point on. It treads into a piece of 1/2" flat bar I cut done. The adjustment bar is 3/8" allthread, that is adjustable. My attachment point for the plasma cutter...
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    Case 580C rubber spacers

    I own a 1979 580c case. While bring it back from the dead I noticed 5 or 6 of the rubber spacers that hold the steel hydraulic lines to the cylinders are missing. I called Case this morning and the cost for each spacer is $18.00 a piece. This seems a little rich to me, but I might be wrong...
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    580 c hydralic problems

    teh main boom bleeds down very quickly(i'm talking like the count of 30)the machine set up ten years plus or minus and i have been bring her back slowly but surely. any ideas or thoughts as to why??I am soon to start repacking every sylinder on the machine to keep from having a problem on a...
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