Makeshift welding table
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IslandTractor
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Would you use those without disconnecting your battery??
I've thought that using a spare skidsteer attachment plate with a couple of receiver hitches and a mating table or set of tables (one for cutting, one for welding, maybe one for bending etc.) would be a great way to have a portable and height flexible metal working set up. However the fear of frying electrical components on the tractor has disuaded me to date. I suppose one could install an insulator somewhere in the mount (?rubber or silicone sheet over the tractor side skidsteer adapter).
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Shield Arc
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On my very first job right out of welding school I had to cut something with a O/A torch, there was a real handy concrete floor about 12-inches high from the dirt. Luckily for me I didn't take the time to put on my burning goggles just flipped down my welding hood, and started burning. BAM! WTF was that
?! Looked down and a big chunk of the slab was missing!undercut
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Shield Arc's story was pretty entertaining. I don't have one personally (and thankfully for that). I did hear about this danger and figured it was worth passing along as it never occurred to me until I heard it.
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Speaking of the concrete, I saw a picture where someone sat a charcoal chimney starter for their bbq on a concrete driveway, and lit it. WHen they lifted it to dump the coals in the bbq, there was a circle of spalling the size of the chimney on the driveway. Looked like someone whacked away at it with a hammer for a while.
yankeerider
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I'm a bit embarrassed to admit I didn't recognize the term "Swamp Yankee." I looked it up here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_Yankee and then knew why I didn't recognize it- I come from Western Massachusetts and Vermont!
Still on topic- growing up as a kid in the mid-60s, I remember my best friend entertaining himself by using his father's torch to heat up the concrete floor in their garage until it exploded. it's a miracle we never suffered any injuries beyond scrapes and cuts from that. It was the same torch we used to cast lead toy soldiers- his dad was a plumbing contractor.
Still on topic- growing up as a kid in the mid-60s, I remember my best friend entertaining himself by using his father's torch to heat up the concrete floor in their garage until it exploded. it's a miracle we never suffered any injuries beyond scrapes and cuts from that. It was the same torch we used to cast lead toy soldiers- his dad was a plumbing contractor.
k0ua
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It sounds to me if them thar "Swamp Yankees" and us "Hillbilly's" would get along pretty good.:thumbsup: I am thinking we are one and the same. Long lost cousins as it were.
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