Michigan based DIY'er with a 9-5 desk job, a pathetic budget, and a constant influx of projects. See how I make the most out of minimal materials and repurpose what others consider junk.
I did… but not until after my first attempt to access the yoke loops. Lol. However, I was eventually able to fix my cam lean. The press also worked great for timing my cams.
I tried your idea. Actually it works very well! Unfortunately, the handles for quick release I built broked. So I just continued to use the vise with wedges.
Great idea but I have issues with the NO SAFETY practices you indulge in while achieving this. Using and passing your bare hands too close to the circular saw blade is pre-risky and shouldn't be encouraged. Just my observations though
I understand and appreciate your concern. The only thing I aim to encourage in my videos is to repurpose and reuse materials. I’ll start adding a disclaimer at the intro to my videos to NOT do things HOW I do it since they might not be the safest practice. I’ve been working with power tools since I was a kid and have a level of comfort at close proximity that others, like yourself, might not share or agree with. Again, thank you for your concern and I appreciate you taking the time to watch my video.
I just looked at yours again and at the literature on the front and it’s exactly the same as mine but I forgot to look at the date code on mine but I do remember it was about 1985 at Central Hardware and it was the only one they had and the shelve model to boot and they gave it to me $150 with no warranty cause being the shelve model.still looks new and all the switch and dial are both still hard to move.i used a small wire brush on the contacts today but didn’t really need it.i didn’t hardly use it the first 20 yrs then came all the car shows on tv and I learned how to weld,amazing now I have 3 of them and I started on brazing self taught and I love welding.you did a great job on yours
The contacts looked good when you opened it for as old as it is.i have one 35 yrs old I opened today just to check the contacts cause I have a little trouble with start up and sticking but mine looked as good as yours or better.guess I just need to clean the stinger once in a while.
As soon as I’m done getting my new pole barn wired & setup, I’ll do a video on how to build the flip-up wheels to put on my dad’s other Lincoln welder.
I did something similar. I did not add a smoke stack (non of my coal grills ever had one). My gas grill had a side burner, so I disconnected the 4 burners, but left the side burner.
If you don't want to fabricate a set of casters/wheels you can actually buy a wheel kit on Amazon or your local welding supply store. I am not sure on the price I want to say 30 bucks or so. I was going to use some push mower wheels and fab a handle (kind of like a hand truck) just because I got the wheels collecting dust. All I know is the easier you make it to move the more often you will use it.
Thank You for the upload! It was very therapeutic to watch you work miracles on your Dodge Truck. My Silver 2004 D *Dakota* is only now beginning to show signs of rust on the rear bumper, thus I plan to scrape the majority of it off and paint it black or dark dark grey. It's a damn shame today's #WokeGen will most likely purchase a ready to install bumper (then have *Petite* *Boys* do it for them) so they won't miss that Vanilla *Latte* meeting at *StarryBucks.*
