Just got a Lincoln Electric Mig Pak 180
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Doivi Clarkinen Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > david amor Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Hey wanna come over to stoney creek and try > that > > bad boy out on a real rally car? > > > > Beer and other intoxicants provided as > always > > > Yeah, that's what I want. Some drunk, possibly > stoned guy welding on my rally car. Make sure you > have a fire extingusher handy! > Just sayin'... Coming from someone who burned their house to the ground, I keep ALOT of fire extinguishers around. And you've never been drunk and stoned working on a rally car? That's not what I hear 
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david amor Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Hey wanna come over to stoney creek and try that > bad boy out on a real rally car? > > Beer and other intoxicants provided as always It's been 3 years since I've welded with a mig.. so you might want to wait for me to get practiced up a bit again
I'll definitely try and get some free time before the holidays as I think I might have 2 weeks off. Do you have 240v in your garage? Cheers Andrew M Onterrible 30ish |
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I just got the Clarke 130EN.....only 120V....but I'll never have to weld anything thicker than 3/16ths.
on a waiting list for the local welding class, but have some random steel laying around and a roll of .023 wire and some 75/25 argon/co2 gas and will play around with it next weekend. 
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um, ok....I guess I'll get some 030 too
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david amor Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Hey if you wanna come by and work on the car I'll > buy an extension cord to the dryer outlet.
You should put a sub panel in your garage.. I did a few weeks back and am loving it. I'm running a 60A panel with 2 15A lines into the garage as well. That should do me for a while I figure. Unfortunately, I believe it's all off a 100A panel.. I might have to run something back to the 200A panel at some point. (I've got lots of panels
But if you want to make a cord, the welder has the 50A 240V plug style (only draws 20A I believe though) I'll definitely drop by at some point.. I'm trying to get my garage in shape first tho (avoiding the oil paint fumes at the moment). Does your garage have heat?
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