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- 03-17-2012
posted on March 17, 2012, 11:30 pm
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In 1990, I owned a welding company. A homeowner's association called me to
weld some lock boxes on their tennis courts. It was a good profitable job.
Yesterday, I returned to that property to do a HOA analysis, and wanted to
see if my boxes were still there, and wondered what my welding looked like
after twenty-two years of exposure, and what I looked like as a welder
twenty-two years ago. All the boxes were typical of this one, at least my
part of the weld. It was 6011, stinger negative, 3/32" run vertical
downhill.
The second weld was by someone who sealed the gate.
It is nice to look back. Some of my gates and artwork is still visible in
Las Vegas, and my work will be visible at Hoover Dam for many more years.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserttraveler/
weld some lock boxes on their tennis courts. It was a good profitable job.
Yesterday, I returned to that property to do a HOA analysis, and wanted to
see if my boxes were still there, and wondered what my welding looked like
after twenty-two years of exposure, and what I looked like as a welder
twenty-two years ago. All the boxes were typical of this one, at least my
part of the weld. It was 6011, stinger negative, 3/32" run vertical
downhill.
The second weld was by someone who sealed the gate.
It is nice to look back. Some of my gates and artwork is still visible in
Las Vegas, and my work will be visible at Hoover Dam for many more years.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserttraveler/
Re: Twenty-two years ago
I know what you mean.
I've put up letters over cemeteries, one church (Cowboy Country type)
And my neatest ones are those at the Zoo. On the gate to the new
education building - A large Happy Hippo (their first reason for the
zoo) and a toothy alligator to remind the kids that
there are live and watching gators in the lake behind the building.
I need to get some pictures for my show and tell book. Design shows
isn't enough some times.
Martin
On 3/17/2012 10:30 PM, Steve B wrote:
Re: Twenty-two years ago
Heh. I found some pics going back half a century. One of them was a 120
volt buzz box welder that I built using some reclaimed laminations from
a pole transformer and coils from a 1920 Dodge (??) starter/generator.
It actually worked. Had the same problems all the current 120 volt
welders have: no power and overheated rapidly. Had to rewind one coil
after smoking the original.
Re: Twenty-two years ago
No idea where the plans came from, if any. I got the coils from an old
Finnish bachelor that lived down the road from me that introduced me to
the world of "mechanical stuff". I'm sill in awe.(And the Red Green show
should pay his estate royalties!) He had a 40' x80' pole barn made from
salvaged boiler tube from the 4-8-8-4 Mallet steam engines. I counted
115 motor bikes/frames in his shop. His BIG lathe was 3x12 (as in FEET).
A set of Ardun heads for Ford flathead engines. A couple of steam
traction engines. A really SERIOUS kick butt hill climb motorcycle.
Several Stanly steamer engines. And on and on.
I try to pass on his legacy to the students at school. They have no clue.
Re: Twenty-two years ago
The LeJay was a do it yourself manual. What brought it to mind was the
use of Dodge starter field coils for the windings. If you could not, as
you did, use recycled laminations they would sell you some. The manual
had all kinds of projects repurposing mostly auto parts. It was from the
depression, when people had more time than money. I still have one
somewhere. If you are interested I possibly send you a copy of the
article.
Chuck P
Re: Twenty-two years ago
I went searching, my google foo is doing fine. It's plan #50 from the
LeJay manual. Looks like it is available new from Amazon (Lidsey
reprint) plus several download sites.
I need to look over the slow speed generator winding info more closely.
Looks like they are bumping up the pole count to allow slower speed
operation.
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