Recent content by devildog93

Some welding i just completed on a 84 bronco project. And yea, no pipe bender=lots of cuts. https://goo.gl/photos/me7D7fjhPs4skuSs9 - Jeff

Most of the tables i have seen listed here are weak in my opinion. When i went through automotive school years ago we had a real nice table that the welding side of the school had built and i think it was perfect. It was rectangular like most of the ones pictured in this thread, but larger...

I think that sounds like a good plan. I bought an aftercooler that has air drawn over it by the compressor pulley so i could forgo the electric fan, but plenty have gone with the electric fan and wired it to run when the compressor is running.

I have a hobart ironman 230 and i'm pretty happy i got it last year. It seems to weld anything from sheet metal/auto body to 1/2" plate. I'm not a professionally trained welder, but i have had time on a snap-on mm250 for a year or so. I think i like my hobart better than the mm250. The drive...

I picked up a set of these for 230 or so. So far so good. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HGKR6O/?tag=atomicindus08-20 No complaints so far. I had a decent chrome set for hand tools, but needed a full compliment of impact sockets at home, so i gave them a shot.

http://www.amazon.com/Flexible-Connector-compressor-stainless-braided/dp/B004S4FEE6/ref=sr_1_2?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1463340451&sr=1-2&keywords=air+compressor+stainless+hose That is the hose i bought. I was turned onto it by a local shop who had just finished his plumbing on a new compressor...

Is it a single stage? I hear the single stage compressors can get up to 300 degrees at the outlet. I designed mine with 350 degrees and 200 psi being the specs i needed to reach going into the cooler. I have a belt guard aftercooler and the temperature drops well below that on the output of the...

I have this in 1/2". Same gun, and can fit in some spots a normal impact can't. It isn't earth-shaking like a IR titanium, but it has 450 ft. lbs. i think. I haven't found anything it has had a problem with yet and i've been pulling apart a 1984 bronco(rear end, motor, trans,etc.). I don't know...

I just got done removing the rust from a 1964 road wheel off a riviera. I used a plastic tub, washing soda, and a 10/50 amp napa charger. The plastic tub i used was the kind with the folding tops that most garage guys have a few of. I used a piece of 1/4" rebar as the sacrificial metal. It took...

Yea that is pretty damn stout looking. How many hp and how big is the tank. I have a curtis 5hp with an 80 gallon tank and that looks significantly bigger than mine. Also, what plasma cutter are you running?

Strouty, i noticed you said you were running a plasma cutter off of this. I am setting up my home shop to do exactly the same thing. I didn't see any air dryer or aftercooler, so i am guessing you are just getting the water out via water traps? As you stated earlier, you have no water in the...

Ok TNToy, couple of questions about your setup. 1 - I saw you used hydraulic hose for both sides of the cooler. Where did you get this and how much does it run? 2 - do you think the water trap after the aftercooler is necessary? I was planning on using my tank as a water trap, then having a...

I use to use aluminum zip ties on lighter equipment when i worked for at&t, but that was in a environment where the most we had running were small electric fans. I'm not sure they do that well when introduced into a vibrating environment. https://goo.gl/photos/vX4o7V5Y9djy6Jcv7 There are some...

So it sounds like my hard line plumbing may not be over. I plumbed my air line with black iron pipe then put a water separator and a good sized dryer on it. Guess i'll be making a plan on how to get things as simply plumbed as i can without turning it into a monstrosity of tube and joints.

I read through the first thread completely, and got a few ideas, but nothing addressed my question directly. I see some people using smaller aftercoolers with 1/2" lines and electric fans. Mine is a belt guard aftercooler with 3/4" fittings. I need a hose that goes a bit beyond 300 degrees to be...