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Ultrasonic cleaner is what worked for my carb.

Usually an OSHA grade D breathing air manifold contains general pupose, coalescing, and charcoal filtration with specific efficiencies. Also present is an oxygen and carbon monoxide sensor. Moisture and temperature must be controlled and yes they can be fed by an oil bath compressor. Moisture...

Thanks for the response zkling. After I posted i went back out and tore into the back for a while. There's a lot of homeless spiders after that exercise! I stopped at the point where the upper back sheetmetal was ready to come out, but ran out of time. Not sure yet if I need to disconnect any...

Just picked up an 80's vintage lincoln tombstone ac/dc 225 welder. I need to work on the switches but can't see how to access them. The front cover appears to be spot welded on and removing the back plate doesn't help. Has anyone had experience accessing the selector switches on one of these?

Definitely a good candidate for flammable, etc.,storage. I'm kind of heading toward the welding station idea. Its already got 2" ports for ventilation that I could connect an exhaust fan to. Put in a bench top, lighting, maybe remove bottom rollers and store the mig welder under the bench top...

Have access to a used flammable drum storage cabinet and looking for ideas to repurpose. So far have thought of adding ventilation and using as a welding station, reloading supply storage, and general storage. Any of you guys care to pipe in with ideas? 67" high x 56" wide x 31" deep with...

The 1" to 2" spindle adapter works fine. The real issue is to provide a method to tension the larger spool so it doesn't unwind itself when you stop feeding wire. The handy mig has a unique tensioner set-up that has to be modified in order to use the larger spools.

Hi all, I've been enjoying this forum for a while. Just wondering if any of you guys that have the Lincoln Handy Mig welder have ever considered converting this unit to run the larger wire spools, rather than the smaller 2 lb spools that the unit is designed for.

Fyi - the Cut 50 plasma cutter is currently available on ebay for $220.