Jack of many trades, Master of a few?!?!?! From my professional life to my hobbies I’m always tinkering with something whether it’s forging Damascus steel blades, small engine repair, household appliance repairs building something,, or learning a new skill, I like to stay busy. On this channel I hope to video and share my experiences and help you guys figure out how to go about fixing something or making something yourselves.
Does anyone out there know the name of the part on the circuit board that reduces the line voltage (120V or 220V) to the lower voltage required for the wire feed motor?
Sorry but i had to stop watching this a little over 3 minutes into the video. That 100lb propane cylinder is way to close to your forge from the phone/camera angle, and should be on the outside not inside of what is obviously your garage in a residential neighborhood. Disaster waiting to happen. I've seen videos and photos of well known makers whose tanks are close to their forge, and it makes me ask "What are they thinking?"
Thank you. I spent a lot of time trying to drill out a broken metal screw, with a screw extractor and then with multiple regular bits, but no luck. Then after seeing your video, I used a masonry bit and it cut though the screw in seconds. Thanks so much.
440c is no joke that stuff is stupidly hard. Some say harder than Iconel which is insanity all in its own. So I can't imagine how frustrating this stuff is to work with. Your press even seemed to have a hard time with it.
Your patience and sacrifice of time & money is appreciated! I learned a lot by you opening the machine, thanks! They are responsive but I wish they'd dial up the quality (and price a little) to give a 1/2 decent product. They offered to extend my warranty to 18 months for free if I left a good review. I didn't. That told me all i needed to know about their business model. Turning mine on today and putting the expectation station in a hopeful but realistic town.
I have a Hobart Handler 135 that will not feed wire ? I am not sure what is wrong I should check it for myself, the Miller dealer told me that it’s a common problem with the 135 and I need a new card that is obsolete. I think I will check out the voltages, I will have to order everything online because there is no one for miles
I usually just wrap the blade in a wet rag and blow torch the area I want to drill in the handle and then let it cool. Bring it to the drill press on low RPM and it’s like a hot knife going through butter.
This is dumb. What if you need to remove the weld on 2 feet of pipe? if you keep hammering on the smaller tube 2 things will happen. The square pipe will expand and get stuck inside, or you will smash a couple of fingers. Not very bright.
hmmmm interesting way to get the weld out , seen another way using a rotary butt but this is faster and cheaper to build i need to get in a bit farther and stop halfway up the outer pipe so i probably loose the hardened steel bit in the end and i need to make the smaller tube longer to be able to reach and be able to get it back out but i think it should work starting to wonder if i can make a tool that works like it but using a reasonably tight fitting square block of aluminium holding a round insert up about hafway up that block (gives you the start you need without the need for a chissel ) and make the round bar drive rod with a treaded end , that way you can unscrew the driverod and inser a piece of alltread and use the ring and nut method to pry the tool back out of the depts of the square tube
I know this video is 3 years old and I have watched all those other videos they are talking about and your method is by far the best especially if you don’t have all that high dollar equipment those other guys do. Thanks!
Regarding OIL: Unfortunately, the specific type of oil or coolant has a great effect on cutting. There are numerous oils out there and the best one will work dramatically better - so if anyone knows, please tell. NOTE: Decades ago the awesome cutting/threading oils were discontinued due to environmental issues. One in particular were the tapping oils which "stunk" from the sulfur content - they are still phenomenal when tapping tough metals.
Hi. I have a similar problem with my Hobart 140. Sometimes work really good but, some don't. The wheel feeder turns but, the wire wheel that feeds don't turn, like it where so heavy, you can see the little wheel turning but the wire doesn't move and I already put more pressure to the wire wheel but the wire doesn't move, did you think can be the same problem as yours? Thanks ahead for you help
Thanks! Mine is doing the same thing. I almost need a 2nd person adjusting the feed dial as I weld. I can get it running well for a minute or two then feed dies down. Frustrating
Tungsten carbide, which happens to be the inserts on a masonry bit. Just a little trick an old timer taught me when i was trying to drill a hole in a Jeep bumper.
@@lazyjmetalworks9626 well, i grabbed the hardest bits available and the masonry bit only worked when extreme pressure was applied making the bit blue and smoking which is something that I never do. It's been a few weeks and I'm glad I lost my patience, because I now have holes 😂
So, my neighbor gave me one of these non-working Ryob scroll saws, by putting in my to be recycled metal pile in my utiity trailer.. After watching the video, same thing - that same little piece on the circut board just fell off! So, I'll give this fix a try.