Recent content by mlitt12345

Is the drive wheel what spools the wire through the gun? Mike

Thanks for the replies, I also like the fact that the Hobart is made in the USA. Mike

I was in tractor supply store today and they had there Hobart Handler 187 mig welder on sale for $499, it is 25-185 amps 230v. I have a stick welder but have been wanting to go gas mig for a while just waiting for a good buy to come along. What do you guys think, is this a good mig welder and a...

Got it going......the problem was when I took off the end bell the spring came out of position in the white terminal block causing the start switch to not drop out like it was suppose to do. Fixed that and replaced the start capacitor and happy to have air again. Thanks for all of your help. Mike

call........ Greg Smith Equipment sales, they sell Atlas tire changers. Maybe they can help you. http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/Tire_Changers_s/3.htm Mike

Thanks darkzero for the info and pics. Looks like I will be busy now doing all these tweaks. Mike

That is for sure. Yes If you look in the 1st pic the brown discoloring on the two black wires use to be a mud dobber nest. The extra weight of that mud clog with the vibration of the air compressor caused it to break at the solder joint. So in the 1st pic the brass contact with the points...

Update.....I found the problem, 1st pic shows the culprit, the solder failed on a wire to the motor reset button circuit breaker. I soldered it back put it back together turned it on and my air compressor is up and working for about 10 seconds and BOOM!!!!! the start capacitor explodes and I...

Do ya have any pics? I keep getting so many good ideas for mine. Mike

Nice looking bench, are you putting in any shelving or tool boxes under there for tooling? Mike

Darkzero, thanks for the pics I really like your chip pan, may have to incorporate that idea for my lathe. What QCTP is that? I need to get one for mine, been looking at lathemasters and little machine shops. I bought the HF lathe to learn on, eventually I will get a bigger one and a mill. This...

The red button on the motor has not tripped, I do have a ohm meter just don't know how to check the capacitors. I have also ruled out the pressure switch being bad by bypassing it and ran power straight to the motor. Mike

Hello all, went to my shop this afternoon started doing some sanding and noticed my cfm was getting low and my compressor didn't kick on. 1st thing I checked was the breaker then the circuit breaker on the motor all is good there. I did some more troubleshooting and checked contacts on the...

I bought a parabolic Wifi antenna, coax, adapter for my usb cell modem(dont know for sure about the thunderbolt) whether they make a adapter for it or not and depending on where cell tower is your gonna need a pole to attach the antenna to and point in the direction of the cell tower. This setup...

I'm very satisfied with my atlas lift. When I first started looking to buy a lift I googled about every brand out there. It didn't take long to figure out I would have to settle with a China made lift because of the cost of the usa ones. The lift Was packaged very well, you can see in my first...