Recent content by 09zkrankin

I have the ahp alpha tig 200 and its a great machine for the money. comes with a foot pedal, regulator and hose, 17 style tig torch so consumables are not an issue, also has a stick welding lead. mine is the 2016 version and I have had zero issues with it. I usually prefer miller machines, and...

Are you around huntington wv? Looks identical to where i found one earlier today, but i passed on it Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

Im with this guy, chopped and channeled lol Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

I borrowed one of these to use when doing all new aluminum fuel lines for an ls swap jeep over the winter. It worked great once i fugured it out and made the job much quicker Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

Great thread, as a young guy i dont feel like i have a whole lot to add. I started buying tools at a fairly young age, as i felt they were a good investment because i could always make money with them. Back then it was all cm stuff which most if i still have and it still works as it should. And...

Im a machinist, not a tech, but we deal with alot of the same stuff. We had a machinist come in that had a set of calipers and a set of 1-3 od mics. That was it. In our industry its pretty standard that you provide anything up to 6" and the company provides the larger stuff. He worked here 4...

Picked up a couple of new snap on long flex heads today, already had the 1/2" to match them, and they had the deal for buy the 3/8 get the 1/4 for free so i got them Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

We used these in trade school and they worked great, but the shop i currently work for is so set in their ways that they will hear nothing of how much quicker and easier it is to sweep a table with one of these so i guess ill be sticking with the old fashioned way. I also use the scale method...

You can't use the 20% but some stores will let you use the discount you get for joining inside track club when you buy it, that's what I did, and I got mine for less than 300 Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

I have a powermax 45 and love it. Have cut 5/8 with it no problem. One of my main deciding factors when It came time to purchase was that I would like to go cnc plasma one day and the 45 has a cnc interface

The easiest way to indicate punch marks is to put a live center in the tailstock, then a dead center between the live center and the punch mark, indicate the dead center in just as you would a round part, we do this quite a bit for boring holes in square parts

I used a $369+ joined inside track club for an extra 20% off. Made it 299+ 30 for the inside track club membership Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk

I would also stay away from the longevity, everlast, etc type welders. Some love them but some hate them. I recently purchased a new millermatic 211 and I love it. It has the multi voltage plug which is great if you need to run to a buddy's house who doesn't have 220v. One of the biggest reasons...

When doing small stuff like con rods or atv cylinders honing machines are much easier to use, nut like everyone else said without the mandrels and such it's not worth much Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Im not sure to be honest. I asked her if I joined if it would knock the price down and she said yes. I believe that she did a 20% off entire purchase after I joined and that brought the price of the box down. I guess if you factor the $30 for the membership it was $330, but my receipt price for...