Recent content by gjohnson

You need to contact Bunger Steel if you are serious about doing a steel building.

https://www.arc-zone.com/cordless-sharpie-grinder-a-ptgk-dxcl You said you have a device, not sure what you have but I can tell you this is an awesome tool. It improved my weld quality in a major way.

That is like saying GM owns Chevrolet and GMC however they do not use the same parts. It came shipped from Appleton. Years ago, yes they were built in Ohio.

Commercial, shipping is free but there might be a small fee for liftgate ?

As said do not snap the tungsten, it will splinter farther back past the snap point internally and cause arc wander.

I have one, it works great and I highly recommend it. It is made in USA on the same line as the Miller 252. It is basically the same machine but in the low voltage version and has analog dials. I do not need digital readout, so that is not a deal breaker for me. It welds 1/2” with ease and I...

I worked in a shop that had black pipe. It is dry here in Arizona and we still had moisture build up. The rust was so bad I would carry a male/male fitting to purge with every time I needed to use it. It would let off a huge cloud of rust dust and it would also bleed through the tool exit. Had...

Thanks that’s perfect.

I like this idea, do you have any pics ? I’m scratching my head wondering how to clamp down on a flat table. 1/2” thick ?

When I get the base plate removed I’ll show some pics. It is really bad, I can fix it no problem but time vs cost is becoming more important to me as I get older. There are giant holes in it, would definitely take a chunk of the day to fix. Then convince my neighbor to re cut the surface.

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I recently picked up a 1944 delta 17-600 and I am going through it making things right for now. At a later point I will completely tear down, strip, replace the quill bearings, and re-paint. As of now I have replaced the improper motor drive pulley with the correct 5 step slow speed and belt...