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milhouse
| | Posted on Monday, November 18, 2002 - 04:49 pm: | 
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Anybody know a good place to pick up a plasma cutter and a mig welder? 120v household current for a beginner. |
muskyman
| | Posted on Monday, November 18, 2002 - 04:56 pm: |
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ebay.com |
Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d)
| | Posted on Monday, November 18, 2002 - 05:18 pm: |
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Harbor Freight Tools
www.harborfreight.com |
milroy
| | Posted on Monday, November 18, 2002 - 06:11 pm: |
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Thanks guys,
Muskyman nice green, there are some tiger musky in WA lakes and rivers, send me some transplants they probably just take over if I put them in my lake (kidding..you know). I will still try.
Isn't a normal household vac 110? |
Pugsly (Pugsly)
| | Posted on Monday, November 18, 2002 - 07:06 pm: |
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The actual voltage depends on where you are in the country, actually. Usually you see household power referred to as 110/120 or sometimes 117.
If I remember my electrical engineering classes correctly, voltage is higher in TVA than the rest of the country. |
milroy
| | Posted on Monday, November 18, 2002 - 07:23 pm: |
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Trannsylvania? |
Pugsly (Pugsly)
| | Posted on Monday, November 18, 2002 - 07:29 pm: |
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Tennessee Valley Authority. I remember that areas served by hydroelectric power tend to have slightly higher voltage, but I don't remember why. |
Jason Johnson (Discomojo)
| | Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 09:36 pm: |
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Don't waste your money on a 110 mig if you intend to do anything of substance for several reasons. Recently went through this with my brother (who is a welder by trade) and I. Wanted to build a rack for the disco amongst other things and my brother wanted to intall his Dana 44's which required some perch welding etc. on his 91 Wrangler. The bottom line is this. We kept tripping the breaker on the 110 supply in partucular with the aluminum because it takes a lot of heat to keep the weld going. Also, we tore the shit out of the liner with the aluminum because most average mig's have liners designed for steel. When my brother used the mig to weld his perches the welds didn't penetrate as well as expected and the welds cracked several weeks later. We ended up buying and returning 2 different MIG's before breaking down and buying a Lincoln ($700). While it seems like a lot of money for small projects (and it is) the headaches it has illiminated are countless. The Lincoln also comes with a Kevlar liner for aluminum welding. Just my opinion. |
Kai Dussling (Kai)
| | Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002 - 08:38 am: |
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Jason,
Since you seem to know something about welding aluminum, could you answer this:
I have a Honda motor with an aluminum block. (see the "powerhouse prowler" under my toys). Long story short, the block has a crack in it. Can this be welded? Correctly? A shop tried it but I think they were a bunch of yahoos that didn't know what they were doing. Any help is appreciated.
Kai |
muskyman
| | Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002 - 09:26 am: |
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Kia,
to weld an aluminum block correctly you need to dissaemble it and have it tank cleaned . then it needs to be TIG(tungstun inert gas) welded.Tig welding controls the heat so it dosent warp the block changing crucial clearences.
unless its a block that has huge modification ivestment into it or a specialty race block you are better off starting over with a good used motor that is crack free |
Greg P. (Gparrish)
| | Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002 - 10:40 am: |
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Jason, how is the rack coming? Did you get it finished yet?
Greg |
Paul D. Morgan (V22guy)
| | Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002 - 09:58 pm: |
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Jason....
6:3o am at the Elkton truckstop for breakfast. |
Pugsly (Pugsly)
| | Posted on Saturday, November 23, 2002 - 01:06 am: |
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Kai -
Try JB welding it. |
Kai Dussling (Kai)
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 09:28 am: |
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Yep,
Me and JB Weld have a date for later this afternoon.
I am pulling the motor and will attempt to fix it.
Kai |
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