Recent content by gotham

I'm also in the market. Hobart Inventor looks good. Is there something better in the $250 price range? I think I need glasses for welding. Recommendations in that area?

Thanks. I kept the cord protector and used a generic cord. Good to know the switch is available. I had to cut off the crimp connector to recrimp.

I'm trying to stay motivated to spend a little more time in the shop. I've been keeping notes and maybe posting here will help too. I've had this grinder for at least 30 years. If anyone has info on the serial number I would appreciate it. Cord was pretty bad. Hopefully it will survive...

I drew a 3x3x.120 steel post but it could be bigger. I don't see this as a weakness in the design. Overcoming the seal could happen all at once which would be dangerous. I hadn't thought about debris in the system. I've used a venturi vacuum generator for vacuum clamping small parts on a...

Ok. Bad idea coming at you. I want to be able to have a vice stand that I can move out of the way when not needed. I have radiant tubing in the floor so I'm not super excited about drilling into the floor. I was thinking of making a concrete block with a post that I could move around with my...

@Deafautotech Thanks for the follow up. Yes I got it back together. The repair kit included every thing to rebuild the pawl mechanism. @Snaparxon you were right on with the part number. Back to work!

I called and they said they would send one for free. It will probably be at my house when I get home from Thanksgiving.

I managed to break off the tip of the pawl that keeps the flex head locked in position. I'm not able to find a parts diagram or replacement part. Thanks!

No they are M8 PEM (or similar) flush studs. They get installed from the other side so I hope they hold. If not I can weld in some studs. I don't know the exact part they use but pull through is something on the order of 30kN. I didn't do any calcs but that seems like a lot. :)

Another quick sendcutsend project. I promise I'm not a shill for them. Mounting plate for a cantilevered umbrella to our Trex deck. I got a relatively cheap umbrella and it gets pretty windy on our deck so I wanted a pretty secure mount. Bolting down also allowed the umbrella to tuck back...

My experience has been that sendcutsend is generally a bit cheaper but not on every part. OshCut's web interface is much better but the visualization makes iterating on difficult parts much faster. Let's see some pictures!

I need to get a second monitor or a matched pair. Next desk project is to mount on casters. I think the desk ways a couple hundred pounds. I also want to figure out something cool to do with the flip up type writer shelf.

Thanks. I think it was a problem with my files rather than the forum. I opened them in irfanview and saved them again and that seems to work.

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Can someone link me to best practice for posting photos?