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Do the easy stuff first: Check for a blown head gasket (bubbles in the radiator top tank, bad compression, coolant loss) and set the timing, adjust...

I sure do, whenever MIG welding, and I am just a hobbyist. I find the fumes tend to make me feel sick pretty quickly otherwise. I tend to weld a...

I've really never considered the heat input because it's far below welding temperatures. Probably in the range of maybe 1200*. The heat signature...

Sorry to here I am glad she healthy and is in good shape now. Dave

Some types of metal it is good idea like galvanized steel. I use a cartridge type for some types of metal. Welding most steel like A36 I am...

I agree even outside Dave

Pull the pin and it rotates side to side while towing the kayak by the handle. Then When you go to put the kayak in the bed you just remove one side...

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Well got the kayak bed extender Hobie hauler completed and it works really well. Here’s a few pics Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I hate to say it, but I have seen no small number of shafts that somebody has gouged with a torch removing bearing races. Yeah, it's all about skill...

I do with Hazardous stuff like IE. Galvanized. etc. To be honest I want a air pressurized respirator system mainly because it's like having a fan...

. . . I'm a huge fan of torch gouging. Been doing it over 45 years. Arc gouging maybe 5 years now. Arc gouging is far superior. You can get...

needed to make a pair of welding cable hangers and it's always satisfying using up shorts and crops ... here's a couple more 8x10 glossies for JT ...

My wife had colectomy several years ago because of cancerous lesions. Completely removed her colon rebuilt everything from her small intestine. She...

In a home/hobby shop? I doubt it... but you never know. weldors wear them all the time professionally. But they are pretty pricey $$$ for...

Yeah, thanks grandpa.... Also, thanks for assuming everyone on this board is an idiot. :rolleyes: There are a LOT of talented people on this...

Does anyone wear a respirator while welding?

No boat, but Seth & I got lunch in Rutland, pulled into one of 20 vacant stores on Main Street Rutland to eat it. A man in an electric wheelchair I...

When you lost your license due to a DUI but still want to go fishing. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk

I always used to say........be the puddle........be the metal. Why should you be any different. As long as you know what you're lookin' at, and it...

Yes, that is a can of gasoline:laugh::laugh::laugh:

You cannot just go on the internet and understand a cathode ray tube and the reason is that they reversed the accurate markings Benjamin Franklin put...