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Welding the rest of the log lift tomorrow.

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  1. Pallet Pete

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    Tomorrow I am gonna weld the two halves of my log lift together for the splitter. We have the day off so its perfect timing to do it. It will be butt cold with a chance of more butt cold so now that the doors have insulation ( however redneck ) I can heat it up to the 50's pretty easy. It's gonna be fun.

    Here is a teaser! It will be mounted on the right side using a 2000lb winch to lift it.

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    What are you doing for the day off?
     
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    Just got another $75.00 gift card for my b-day on Thursday on top of the $100.00 X-mas thanks to my in-laws.. Thinking MIG welder in the future here ..
     
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    Yes sir! You getting that sexy little lincoln?
     
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    "Butt cold" has officially been added to my vocabulary.
     
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    Not sure I'd want to advertise that Dave lol..
     
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    I have a little lincoln 140, and I use just the flux. It works pretty good if you take your time and really sink it in. I'm pretty sure you can hook gas to it if you want, I just don't do a lot of welding so the flux is fine.
     
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    :rofl: :lol: It's about time!
     
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    Happy birthday!
     
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    That's the issue I have with flux most of the time. I need to go a little slower on the speed and a tad higher heat so it penetrates deeper. If you do that it's as strong as anything.
     
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    Wait birthday how'd I miss that. You sneaky devil happy b day buddy...
     
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    O ya and I will have pics for y'all after there together.
     
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    Thanks still have 1 more day at 56!
     
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    Not until Thursday thanx!
     
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    It's also been added to everyone else's also........subliminally.:confused:
     
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    Well Ray, happy pre-birthday.
    If I'd known, I coulda' done that in Sept.:rofl: :lol:
     
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    If I ever get far enough I will!:confused: Barely have enough propane to clean the garage first from the insulation today...... Man I need a 100 lb tank bad. Maybe pics today.
     
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    If you get a 100 lb tank, how will you get it filled? What you don't need is some one hooking you up with delivery fees etc. When I changed oil companies for the cleaning service. I "had" to create an account. They did a credit check. I didn't want or ask for anything for charges, but they insisted. Very annoying. If you pay cash, why do they need an account?
     
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    I live one house over to a gas / propane company so I just throw it on my dolly right now and go fill it.
     
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    That is close by. That tank filled is about 170 lbs. not too bad if strapped to a hand truck.
     
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