Forum: Metal forming & tools
10-25-2022, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,471
Re: Micro TIG welders
Blender:
No doubt the welds look pretty, I doubt that they'd hold up to the typical clamp it in a vise and beat it back and forth with a hammer to see if the weld's stronger than the base metal...
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Forum: Metal forming & tools
10-24-2022, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,471
Re: Micro TIG welders
Blender:
What gage aluminum were you trying to weld? Lack of penetration seems to be typical with these little welders, but then they are designed to weld REALLY itty-bitty stuff.
I watched a...
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Forum: Metal forming & tools
10-23-2022, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,471
Re: Micro TIG welders
Shawn:
After watching several of the videos for the Orion/Sunstone/Lampert type of welder, including a couple taken at ultra-high frame rates, the arc doesn't always occur. When it does occur,...
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Forum: Farm Tractors and Implements
10-21-2022, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 18,551
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Forum: Metal forming & tools
10-21-2022, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,471
Re: Micro TIG welders
Shawn:
Once I was finally able to convince Google Translate to actually TRANSLATE, I went through that thread. That welder appears to be much better than the Sparkle welder, but then it's almost...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
10-21-2022, 10:09 AM
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Replies: 120
Views: 52,106
Re: Nylint michigan crane conversion, hopefully
I've got the WPL "Off-road" tires and a dual set-up. I'll take some pictures and get some measurements tonight. They LOOK more like super-singles, but since I don't have any standard tires, I don't...
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Forum: Metal forming & tools
10-19-2022, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,471
Re: Micro TIG welders
I know the Orion and Sunstone welders are the best, but I'm NOT gonna spend that much on a welder for my hobby. I've seen TIG jewelry welders on Amazon and Ebay for a couple hundred bucks with the...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
10-11-2022, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 120
Views: 52,106
Re: Nylint michigan crane conversion, hopefully
Frizzen:
I've got a set of WPL plastic axles that I bought to see if they'd look right under a Bruder, along with the aluminum wheels and the tires. They were too small, a 5-6mm difference in OD...
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Forum: Boats!
10-10-2022, 03:16 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 8,922
Re: RC Benchy
Frizzen:
My multi-color paint job for the wheel is going to look OK, and so far without masking. I started out with a 1/0 brush, then went to a 3/0, and finally the 5/0 seemed to work the best...
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Forum: Boats!
10-07-2022, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 8,922
Re: RC Benchy
It's the first paint job that I've done in more years than I care to remember, so it's got some warts. Being the cheap-skate that I am, I didn't want pay 10 bucks for 250ml of thinner that is...
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Forum: Boats!
10-06-2022, 02:17 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 8,922
Re: RC Benchy
OK, the pictures didn't take as long to re-size as I thought they would. Of course the fact that I could only use 2 of them might have had something to do with that (SOMEBODY shakes too damned much...
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Forum: Boats!
10-04-2022, 02:18 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 8,922
Re: RC Benchy
Benchy is mostly painted and assembled, no pictures yet so I guess that didn't happen.
BUT... Mario definitely needs his Kodachrome....
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Forum: Boats!
09-21-2022, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 8,922
Re: RC Benchy
Nope, the guns are already printed and painted. I've got to get a couple more coats of grey on the deck before it can be assembled and the turrets bolted down.
I have two turret mounted guns, one...
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Forum: Boats!
09-21-2022, 11:01 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 8,922
Re: RC Benchy
A sneak peek, before Benchy's completely grown his teeth.
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Forum: Farm Tractors and Implements
09-01-2022, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 18,551
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Forum: General Discussion
08-26-2022, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,327
Marinaowi
I don't get up on a soap box and gripe very often, but....
Anybody know a grey-hat, or a black-hat that can fill this guys Inbox with spam for a change?
If so, it couldn't happen to a nicer...
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Forum: Boats!
08-25-2022, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 8,922
Re: RC Benchy
My back yard is a park. That park is next to what I think used to be a mill pond of some sort on the river. So yeah - I got a place to try it out. I used to run my Seaport/Harbor tug conversion...
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Forum: Boats!
08-23-2022, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 8,922
Re: RC Benchy
Faster than a slow boat from China?
Don't know yet, I don't want too much speed, he is a heavily armed TUGBOAT after all. He's got more of a high speed prop now. I'm pretty sure it's not what...
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Forum: Farm Tractors and Implements
08-22-2022, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 15,696
Re: Cockshutt 70 tractor (1935-48)
That Cockshutt must have one HELLUVA exhaust leak. Every time I forgot to take the can off the muffler of a tractor, it got blown off when the engine fired up.
Don
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Forum: Boats!
08-22-2022, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 8,922
Re: RC Benchy
I got a little more work done on Benchy, he's VERY monochromatic right now. Apparently he didn't get the memo that the Great White Fleet sailed YEARS ago....
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Forum: Construction Equipment
08-17-2022, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 604
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Forum: Mechanical tech
08-11-2022, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,127
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Forum: Body Shop Tech
07-01-2022, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,240
Re: 3D Printer files for Bodies
I don't know if this counts, but I'm currently working on the 3D model for "Big Red". This was Ford's gas turbine concept truck built for the 1964 World's Fair. Big Red was given coast to coast...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
05-31-2022, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 19,664
Re: Build an Excavator from Scratch
Pufferfish:
I've been watching a youtube channel called Fitzee's Fabrications. He does bodywork including fabricating some very complex replacement panels using simple hand tools, including some...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
05-25-2022, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 19,664
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