log splitter build
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Found this on ehow. http://www.ehow.com/how_5912415_calculate-hydraulic-cylinder-tonnage.html Hope this helps.
Smokey Charlie, Great looking new machine........Now lets see some pictures of the work it can put out....LOL are you using flux core wire....if so what size ????
hey thanks
yep i hope i get many years or projects out of this machine and maybe make a lil money on the side
right now yes im useing fluxcore .035 i plan on useing the bottle but i ran slap out of money buying this rig
it is pretty sweet 60% duty cycle i welded on some parts today for about 5 hours straight not even a hickup
out of the Lincoln i think its going to do just fine on a bad note the fluxcore is 80.00 for a 10lb spool
and shielded gas wire is 25.00 plus 18 to 20.00 to fill the bottle
heres a couple welds just messing around
yep i hope i get many years or projects out of this machine and maybe make a lil money on the side
right now yes im useing fluxcore .035 i plan on useing the bottle but i ran slap out of money buying this rig
it is pretty sweet 60% duty cycle i welded on some parts today for about 5 hours straight not even a hickup
out of the Lincoln i think its going to do just fine on a bad note the fluxcore is 80.00 for a 10lb spool
and shielded gas wire is 25.00 plus 18 to 20.00 to fill the bottle
heres a couple welds just messing around
Here is a thought..........Can you rent/lease the bottles in your area, that's a huge difference in wire cost.
bubbonehead
Meat Mopper
SWEET rig!
You got to get on the gas. Not just the cost, it's such a cleaner weld! Congrats on the new machine.
You got to get on the gas. Not just the cost, it's such a cleaner weld! Congrats on the new machine.
hey sparky
yeah they rent the small bottles for $70.00 a year or you can buy one for $235.00
im really leaning towards buying a bottle but i need to save some cash up first
i can get 250gal propane tanks here for pretty cheap im thinking about building
a few smokers to offset the cost of the welder and equipment
thanks for looking
yeah they rent the small bottles for $70.00 a year or you can buy one for $235.00
im really leaning towards buying a bottle but i need to save some cash up first
i can get 250gal propane tanks here for pretty cheap im thinking about building
a few smokers to offset the cost of the welder and equipment
thanks for looking
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Smokey Charlie, If you have one around, check at Home Depot for your welding wire. It sounds crazy, but I have found that they are the cheaper that the local welding supply houses are around here. It’s been a while, but if I remember right, I paid less than $30.00 for a 10lb spool of .030 flux core welding. They carry all types of wire some too, just a thought….Hope it helps SB
sunman76
Master of the Pit
That welder is a beauty
I lease my gas here at a welding supply store but I seen tractor supply has started carrying gas also.
make sure and check which polarity to use, you may need to change it if you switch to a shielding gas. I cant remember if it is dcep or dcen, but it will be opposite.
I lease my gas here at a welding supply store but I seen tractor supply has started carrying gas also.
make sure and check which polarity to use, you may need to change it if you switch to a shielding gas. I cant remember if it is dcep or dcen, but it will be opposite.
michael ark
Master of the Pit
hdflame
Meat Mopper
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I caught a 20 Cubic Ft. Argon Gas Cylinder on sale at Harbor Freight for $59.99 when I bought my Mig Welder. I got my welder from Northern. The same bottle is $84.99 on sale now! http://www.harborfreight.com/20-cubic-ft-argon-gas-cylinder-92807.html
I watch their sale flyers until what I'm looking for goes on sale.
I watch their sale flyers until what I'm looking for goes on sale.
hdflame
Meat Mopper
- May 27, 2009
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There's some really cool splitters on You Tube if you do a search. I ordered the info from DR, but I can't afford one of theirs right now. Guess I'll buy a new maul!
Check these out for FAST:
bubbonehead
Meat Mopper
hey bubbonehead yeah still working on it tho it seems like its in slow motion i have had alot of projects come with spring workin on cars trucks and mowers
also put up a 1 acre bob wire fence built a chicken coop cut a crap load of trees down 2 big ones that were dead in my back yard
and prolly 50 small pines about 4 to 6 inch at the trunk man its been a busy spring
ya know the honey do list im still getting parts too
got a weld on 2 inch ball hitch a lil fold up jack with a wheel on it some hydraulic parts a filler neck for the tank
i need to get on it
i have been thinking about just trying to get one or 2 things done to it each day so ill at least make some progress
the last thing i did was put an axle under it
i have a truck project happening this weekend im trying to buy a f350 4x4 and im going to swap the dana 60 front axle out of it into my f250 4x4
i have the truck lined up to go look at and hopefully buy
the welder is working good to man i use that thing every time im in the shop for something
im still around
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