Recent content by bsosborne1

Had four fitting fail simultaneously. All I did was touch one hose and they all started leaking at the fitting to hose connection. I tried to re heat all the line in boiling water to reseat. Actually made it MUCH worse. Had the fittings on for four years and never had an issue until 4 failed all...

Thought about filling them with lead shot. I worry about the concrete causing corrosion inside the tube.

95/5 is a commonly avaible gas mix. I use that or 92/8 for GMAW-P with dual shield wire. My local Airgas stocks both. The more argon in the mix the less it strains the welder on the inductive load when starting the arc. No so important with .030 wire, but it becomes more necessary when you spray...

Worked on the truck today. I got the plate steel mounted up on the rails and tacked up. After that I pulled it back off to weld. I always try to use a machine to do the heavy lifting and positioning of materials. Not getting any younger.

Thats one of the big reasons why I went with air ride over leaf springs. The leafs **** for ride quality

Started working on the bed mounting system. Getting to use my new welder quite a bit now. I previously had an Everlast. I much prefer this Lincoln. Just not into Inverter welders. Please be easy on the welds. I am by no means a welder, but I try. I'm running it with Dual Shield wire with...

Yes the truck needs help in the traction department. It also helps smooth the ride out.

Got it, Ill go back and change them. Thanks

Does anyone know why my photos wont show up? Put them in with the brackets My links are active

Thought it would be cool to start a thread about my current project. The truck is not mine however I'm doing the build. Truck started life as a Palm County First responder vehicle in south Florida. This configuration makes it a perfect candidate for the build. Most of these trucks have a...

Thats funny

I use to go to Cook Iron when I lived in NY. They always had everything I needed. Between them Admar, and Duke(formerly volvo) I could get any tool I needed for all the jobs I did as a general contractor

My Orange grinder that I bought back in 2006. I bought it because I wanted to use it for one job of chasing out mortar joints on a block wall resto job. I didnt want to use my good makitas because of the heavy dusting....Figured the grinder would only last that job. Well Im still using it today...

Wives give gifts??...I never knew

Seems to me the guy must only wrench on his own stuff. If your tools only need to support one vehicle you don't need much, but if you see a wide variety of cars, trucks, and equipment you need lots of tools. I'd like to see that guy do a undercarriage overhaul on a dozer with his 1/2 and 3/8ths...