Thanks guys! That was my first welding project, almost all welded with O/A. I have made a few more but I have since bought a mig to make things go...
[ATTACH] Here is a bad picture of the first one I built. I made it so I could use the slider.
If it like my Poulan 2000 you need to take the cover off to adjust it. When you get it set put the cover on. Try it out, but I bet it will be a...
Wow only 45°? I looked a bit ago and it was 49°. but we still have about 3' of snow.
I tend to pause at the end then snap out of the arc towards the beginning of the weld to eliminate the crater. I give the vice a 50/50 chance of...
By no way am I saying it is good practice just saying it can be done. He was not really teaching it as much as showing it could be done, same with...
[ATTACH] Aluminum can be welded with dcen with helium scratch start. Will it pass x-ray probably not but for a lot of non critical jobs it will...
Not bad at all for your first beads. Slow down a bit and the points will turn into the stack of dimes. At school we had to master 6010 then move...
And will go out like a T-Rex on cheap whisky.
I think I have most of the material to build one and when the winter breaks I think I will. I see that coming in handy for lots of things.
For the big oaks I get 3' and over I keep a 24" piece of 1 1/2" pipe to lay in front of the foot. Lay the pipe down flop the round on end , roll...
Is that the range in Lewiston? I have never been, there but I know a lot of people that shoot his clays course.
If you want to make the drive I can hook you up with a few to try. It will be the first Sat. in March.
papadave, where are you in Northern Mi. There is a shoot coming up in Manton you could test run a few different guns at.
Shotgun fit is paramount for felt recoil. I have close to 500,000 rounds through a lot of different guns. The same shells kick a lot less in my...
Another neat site. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/
A good friend of mine is an astro-photographer. Google Mark Sibole or look at Qteaser.com. The man was named Meade telescopes " Photographer of...
They could start it here, we have plenty!
So your sayin Mikey is ahead by a nose?
Look at the size of your head. Is your name Mikey??