Todays shop time.

spitter · Feb 6, 2019

When I was a kid I HAD a wood train set like that but it was commercially sold not hand built like yours. Iwould had given up my little brother for those.:devil:

:thumbsup::drink:

metalbender · Feb 6, 2019

Love the wooden toys. I still have a bag of them from when I made stuff like that for craft sales, thirty five years ago. Grandson still plays with them when he comes over.

4570Man · Feb 12, 2019

I had to weld some more on my junk wood splitter. The wedge I had to replace broke loose again. I had 12” of weld in shear strength so I only ran 2 passes because I didn’t think it would take much. I welded it back a little heavier and in the process I noticed the cylinder mount on the other end had a crack in it. I didn’t see any good way to reinforce it so I just welded it more and hoped for the best. Then I worked on the table. I hit 2 more bullets. I’m glad the soft lead doesn’t hurt anything because that makes 3 on the table saw and one for the jointer.

4570Man · Feb 12, 2019

My ancient industrial Miller stick welder.

Big Barn · Feb 12, 2019

4570Man said:
My ancient industrial Miller stick welder.

An old Dialarc ?or AC buzz box like mine? OR?

I love old welding machines.

4570Man · Feb 12, 2019

Big Barn said:
An old Dialarc ?or AC buzz box like mine? OR?

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I love old welding machines.

It looks like this. An ac welder would make a good one use boat anchor as far as I’m concerned.

dragoneggs · Feb 12, 2019

Big Barn said:
An old Dialarc ?or AC buzz box like mine? OR?

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I love old welding machines.

How old is that thing?

Big Barn · Feb 12, 2019

dragoneggs said:
How old is that thing?

I think I checked the serial number for age at one time but can’t recall offhand. Probably from the 1950-60’s if I had to guess.

It was among a bunch of welding stuff I bought a while back. A real power sucker. It was wired to a hundred amp breaker.

4570Man · Feb 12, 2019

I don’t know how many amps mine pulls. I think it’s wired on a triple stack of 60 amp breakers. The maximum output is close to 500 amps. I’m not sure how big of a rod it would take to utilize that. Maybe an air gouge takes that kind of power.