Gonna be tough to buy new and get all the processes you want. I'd look at an older brand name TIG unit. Lots of good old machines out there. And if you will...
The Miller web site listed several MIGs in the $750 range. I figured all the extra's will get me up to the $1,000 mark pretty quick. Always funny how the...
Dan, ... figured all ... funny ... beginning! Could be, but afaik, Miller units include everything you'll need [torch/gun, regulator/flowmeter, hose, ground...
I was all set to buy a bottle of Tri-mix for some SS mig work I wanted to do, but my welding supplier talked me out of it. He mentioned that it only really...
... Hobart and miller do that, I think Hobart might still offer a really stripped down 110v machine (maybe the 125?) that needs other stuff. Lincoln do...
... ditto. Let me add to that that tig will weld more things, mig will weld more places and get it done MUCH faster and cheaper. I don't see how someone that...
I got a 20 ton shop press for my birthday (and yes, I've already crushed and broken assorted things with it after assembling it last night ;-) ) and was ...
... Would you be able to provide some pointers on the homebuilt TIG? I'm getting a great deal of info from this discussion. I'm still shopping for a home...
Hey Mark, http://www.cwireptech.com/special.php#ton Scroll down. Find out your ram size and tonnage needed. Not a bad price $15 bucks, I may get one to...
... What do you want to know? I've done both the "alternator welder" and the big pile of copper (transformer) style and was much happier with the alternator...
I haven't Googled it but I'm sure there are some projects out there. Has anyone contemplated this? Every time I jack up one of my 3 cars and put it up on...
Dan, Hard to justify this DIY unless you've got access to a lot of free/cheap steel. My drive on 4 poster has about 1,300 pounds of steel. You may be better...
Dan, Here's a nice link on Garage Lifts. http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/MotorOil/Car_Care/DIY/Why_You_Need_a _Garage_Lift_Now.aspx -Brent ... From:...
Whatever you do, avoid buying the Chinese stuff. For one thing, their metallurgy sucks bad. You'd hate to have the car fall on you just to save a few bucks. ...
Well, my original post was talking about "making" the lift. Lord only knows where the steel will actually come from and which country actually makes the ...
I don't need to have the real world resemble a Tom Clancy Novel (The Dragon & The Bear) to look for a sticker that says: "Made in Taiwan" to chose that item...
Carl, If you want to base the intercooler on water flow, just use the pump to move the water/glycol solution from your intercooler to your Ice-box(heat ...
... From: "Daniel R. Nicoson" <A6intruder@...> Subject: [jyturbo] DIY Car Lift for Home ... ********* Once more, good old " Lincoln Surplus" comes to...
Ken, You know me, things take time! I'll let you know when the lift is ready. I might just dig into the twin turbos first. I figured Allan had already built...
At a car show I saw a system using an A/C condenser for the heat exchanger, a custom-made air-water intercooler, and a belt driven circulating pump. I don't...
I've toyed with this idea a couple times, and asked in various forums, and never found anyone interested in it. The liability factor is pretty high. You screw...
I have been running a intercooler pump on my twin turbo 68 Mustang for about 5 years now, Can't really tell you how effecient it is but it sure moves water.My...
No, but that is a common pattern on 60-70s Ford and Dodge drums, why not use one of them? On the FLM stuff, They had several different diameters depending on...
I'm guessing based on the fact that he CC'd a VW Bug group, and I've never seen blank drums for anything but VW Bugs, that he's looking to get bug drums...