I just ordered an AC 250V 15A On Off Control Foot Pedal Switch TFS-302 on E-Bay. Somewhat cheep coming slow boat from china. I Plan on mounting it on a HF engine stand that I'm going to modify. I'll post new picture just as soon as I get the mounts all welded up and the table mounted. Gene

Go to www.swagoffroad.com I hope this helps as I believe they make the dies you need. Welcome to a friendly bunch of guys in all facets of the art. Gene

Now in the keeping of CHEEP PROJECTS :D here a fast and a scrape box type project. 2 inch pipe (length your choice) cut to 15-25 degrees welded to scrape plates painted Miller Blue or Lincoln red or :?: . And drill 2 3/8 holes location your choice as I don't want to overburden you with details. :mrg...

This is a quick update on my progress on the Turn table. I want to bring up the point this project is being done on the cheep :lol: I had a friend turn down a hot rolled 11/2 inch round stock to go though the bearing blocks. It wasn't running very true but by tack welding the plate on to the shaft i...

Thanks and you are right. I'm going to use a 6 to 1 belt drive and with the Dart speed control I have a variable speed. The shaft is at the machine shop and is being machine to have a pulley on the end. I'll post picture's when it finished,

Need some advice and this is the general outline of my project. I’m building a welding turntable that will be 12”x12”x12” using a 1 1/2 shaft. The lathe chuck is 7 ¾ and the motor is a 30 RPM gear drive with a 30 tooth 5 inch chain sprocket already installed. I have a Dart Speed control that can var...

Welcome to the group and like you I'm also in a basic mig class. :) I recognize the machine and chuckE2009 over on youtube has done a number of video's using the a HTP machine. I have a Miller 252 and it a fine machine also and in the same class as yours. I believe that rusted plate is playing murde...

Here a picture of the one used in the Welding School I attend. I will check to see if there are others and will post picture of them.

You will find some friendly fellow welder's here from all levels and interest in welding and fabrication. :) What ever machine you decide on I recommend Miller only as it American made and has 3 year warranty. There a number of models to chose from and excellent resale value. I own a Dynasty 200 dx ...

You will find lots of very nice fellow welder's here and from all area of the spectrum. I'm retired and in a technical welding program and I learning hands on so to speak. Once you are retired you might want to look into these kinds of programs in your area. Being self taught will only get you only ...

I'm in welding school and the next set of class's are oxy/acetylene welding and it's interesting the school spin on why. :o We can cert. at our choice one of the forms we want . They consider oxy/acetylene the lead in to the TIG course. Since they have a first class pipe school it dozes make a lot o...

Understood. It only meant to pickup 200 lbs. or so. The third hand so to speak to move steel on to my welding table or hold something long until I work with it. The picture don't show the extra support added to beef up the backside of the truss to work in shear. In the future I will add a steel bar ...

I saw an ad on craigslist for this 8 inch Napco Tiny Giant Fume Exhauster for $50.00 and it set off a bell in my head :idea: for a fume extractor for my small shop 12x20. I'm in welding school 4 days a week and like to practice on weekends. As you can see in the picture's this is the quick and dirty...

Worked for a few days helping out. Welder was a very old and was a very wore out old Lincoln Ideal Arc 250 that had no ideal what a Ideal Arc was! It came on the Arc if I'm any judge. :lol: This was my first time using Lincoln 5/32 Wearshield® 60 Hard Rod. This is the real world of some shops. On a ...

:D Come on guys you being very kind to California as every chemical including salt get the label. :roll: You can't take a breath in the state due to the crap that they put air and they worry about a welding rod. :lol: Born and raised SF and actually can read, write and add my toes together. OH that ...

I'll try and help but the advice has been pretty good. To find out wither the welder has the problem or it a voltage issue in your home I would take the welder to a place with up to date wiring and give it a try. I wouldn't be surprise the thing hasn't went the way of most those kinds of machine's. ...

You won't need any heat in the shop I seen some interesting process's but this take stick welding to a new level. Great picture.

Being I now reside in the heart of the South I'm all for it. :lol: I have a very new and most excellent machine but their no reason to beat it to death on grunt work so to speak. The old girl is in it own running high current rod on heavy metal. There a lot of these machine's around and run circles ...

Just thought I would drop in and say hello to the group. I saw Jody YouTube and thought it would be an interesting site to check out. I’m a retired Plant electrician and have always wanted to learn to weld but with so many other things in life just never found time to do it. Have now completed a cou...