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FCAW VU VD TACK TACK TACK

I just went after it, and I discovered even at higher powers TAC TAC still works with difficult welds. The uprights on...
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Outdoor Welding

I've cut the front jack off my gooseneck trailer. Its always been hard to use, but the last time I tried I couldn't get...
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Pellet pistol update

When I heard air hissing from the bolt area when I pumped it up , I figured it was a worn seal on the pin in the valve...
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posted by Snag_one
5 comments posted 1yr posted by Snag_one

Speaking of Blacksmithing

Yeah, not really. I was just bending some rod using a rosebud to heat up the bend points to make a new handle for my ro...
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Stock Storage

For the type of work I do I buy a bit of aluminum flat bar. My last order was a little over 900lbs of 12ft long bars, a...
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Pin material ?

I managed to lose one of the pins that hold the lift link clevis to the lower arms on my "new" tractor - adjustment tur...
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posted by Snag_one
9 comments posted 1yr posted by Snag_one

Ribber Plugs VS Rope Plugs

Yeah that's it. I've used rope plugs for emergency repairs for years. Never used a rubber mushroom plug before. I used...
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How Big Is The Disc

A while back I installed an under bed goose neck hitch in my (not new anymore) truck I bought last year. I also picked...
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tack weld SMAW 6010 cellulosics - yes!

Hello everyone Decades after first mention of tack welding with SMAW 6010's, on then welding newsgroup and on r.c.m., I...
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posted by null
2 comments posted 1yr posted by null

It lives

Finally got a day with no rain so I got the injectors on my "new" tractor bled . And it fired right up . According to t...
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posted by Snag_one
2 comments posted 1yr posted by Snag_one

Making a Screwless Vise

I probably won't, but I have been thinking about it. I am sure of some of you (particularly old school employed machini...
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Re: Carbide on antique lathe again

>... I can't help you with a source , but I can say your lathe is probably a lot more rigid than my old Wards/Logan. --...
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posted by muratlanne
2 comments posted 1yr posted by muratlanne

Fuse wires ? Really ?

While on a familiarization trip thru my downloaded owner/operator manual for the antique Yanmar YM1500D tractor I just...
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posted by Snag_one
11 comments posted 1yr posted by Snag_one