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No threads yet. Using hardox 3/16 and some quarter I think. The Dog house above the ram is mild steel. And using .045 dual shield and .035 hardwire....

I’m going to rip that trick from you. BTW I sharpened on a crummy grey stone for about 36 years, they weld fine.

Today I couldn’t find one of my engine stands for a Shovelhead. Rules: whatever is in the scrap piles. Now that I have this one the other will...

All round barrel SA200s are "Red face" (i.e. copper wound) octagon barrel were made because Aluminum windings need the extra room but some of the...

You can use the square corner stuff for small things that do not move. But for anything that flexes you need the round inside and outside corner...

this is my 1963 red/blue face and has a flex plate...you take out the bolts and turn it a 1/4 turn to unhook it(nice to know but can be a pain...

Finished up all the welding on my cart. Got a bunch of hooks on and spray a coat of rattlecan primer. Gonna throw some black on it tomorrow and...

No matter what someone calls box tubing with round outside corners it is structural box tubing providing the inside corners also have a proper...

with hydraulic downfeed, I’m guessing. That seems to be key to going outside of the 3-teeth-in-the-cut guideline.

if ya wanna really check if your saw is cutting square, get a piece of square tube (I like to do this with 2"x2"x1/8" ) set the blade so its trimming...

Architectural = 6063, whereas structural = 6061? Or architectural = sharper corners than structural?

Works for me. Start welding! Too many people spend time micro polishing their tungsten on dedicated wheels and can't weld for nothin'. I would weld...

But the actual problem here is that your engineer used architectural-aluminum rather than structural aluminum. That is why the corners separated like...

It does take 115 volts. I will go out to the website and do some more research. Thanks

I like it!!!!! I like it a lot:D You do have to be a bit careful with those newer small engines as they shrunk the shaft a bit so it's really...

Then definitely do not try an extremely difficult repair. Mig or spool gun is not the dream tool to repair that in the first place, it is used mostly...

Ran across this on another forum...

In my 7x12 bandsaw, I put a L.A. Cutting Products 10/14 bimetal blade and it works pretty good. Good price on Ebay. For really thin stuff I have ...

I knew a shop that specialized in aircraft and specialty welding. They did a ton of aluminum everyday. They used to repair a lot of aluminum...