Poland308 wrote:Flight from Chicago to AUS. $ 2500. Shop use under experienced supervision. Priceless!

Yes indeedy.

Love the pics. That shed is just about spot-on for the size I'd like. As I always say, "big enough for the bikes, the tools to build them, and a test ride when I'm finished!"


Moz

Thanks Mike!



Moz

Nice find!



Moz

Kym, Ask yourself the question "Can I live without a mig machine right now?" If the answer is "yes" then ask yourself another question "can I live without a mig for the foreseeable future?" If the answer is still yes make a plan to start saving for a decent unit and wo...

Love watching stuff like this come together and LOVE big sheds. I built my own shed, too, but I've outgrown it. The goal is to move to the foothills in the next few years and build a monster shed so that I can fill it up with tools and motorbikes. Keep posting those pics! Moz Which foothills? Mount...

The token tools mig doesn't excite you? I plan on buying one day, a 250 amp mig, I keep an eye on ebay and facebook, but I just don't have the funds. I hear the 175i cigweld is a mint machine. Unimig razor, wia, lincoln powercraft are all good units. I would trust Tokentools machines all day long. ...

Coldman wrote:Just remember that a 135 mig is strictly sheet metal grunt only, l promise you won't be welding 5mm like cigweld claims in their spec


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Got that - but I'm sure it will tack just fine.



Kym

Well done!

And yes, I can highly recommend the Furick cups, they are awesome and worth the dollars. Happy practising!



Moz

You might have bought your tig online but it came from a bricks and mortar welding supply store. These other boxes you spoke of got nothing behind them except maybe smoke I recon. Sent using Tapatalk A good point, well made. The little CIG fits the bill in many ways. Fairly portable, should be easi...

Go to the justtools.com.au website in Melbourne, they have cigweld weldskill 135 mig for $329.00. Gotta be better than an ebay only box. Sent using Tapatalk Ooh, fancy. Brand name stuff! But all jokes aside, yes, it might be nice to have some human backup from an actual store. Mind you, my Tig has ...

Mmm....grinders. My 2 cents: 1) Own several, one for cup brush, one for slice wheel, one flap disc, one grind wheel, etc. So much faster to just pick up another grinder than to always be changing wheels. 2) When you buy it, tear it apart and grease it. You'd be surprised how many have either very li...

Hey all. I have an ACDC Tig welder and I'm very happy with it. However...(long story...) the Tig lives in the garage and most of my fabrication work on motorcycles happens in my shed. It would be super handy to have a relatively cheap DC Mig in the shed so that I could tack on the fly and then head ...

I've been slack and haven't posted much lately. Getting lots of little jobs now for my motorcycle racing mates. Below is a battery/electrics box for a race bike. Made with 3mm scrap aluminium, filler is 2mm 5356. Not weldporn by any means, but finding that 1 pps gives me that 'metronome' I need to ...

I am someone who prays.

Will be sending some up for Jeff, then. He's always brought a lot of life and humour to this place. I sure hope his trouble starts healing soon.


Moz

Love watching stuff like this come together and LOVE big sheds.

I built my own shed, too, but I've outgrown it. The goal is to move to the foothills in the next few years and build a monster shed so that I can fill it up with tools and motorbikes.

Keep posting those pics!



Moz

Nice work.

I assume you are using 4043 filler? Has that typical 'sandy' finish.



Moz

I do moto work as well. As others have said, add tacks quite closely together. When I use 'chill blocks' (clamping the thin sheet to thick blocks of aluminium) it helps control the heat. If you use AC frequency of, say, 100 - 120hz and a sharply pointed electrode I find it focuses the bead on the ed...

I've been slack and haven't posted much lately. Getting lots of little jobs now for my motorcycle racing mates. Below is a battery/electrics box for a race bike. Made with 3mm scrap aluminium, filler is 2mm 5356. Not weldporn by any means, but finding that 1 pps gives me that 'metronome' I need to m...

weldin mike 27 wrote:Welcome back. Cut drill cut. All day long

You go that right, Mike.

Then spend half a day vacuuming the silver snow off the floor!



Moz

For those with long memories...my drill press is now home, set up and has been working hard basically since the day it arrived. It is a great piece of kit, in excellent condition and fits my needs perfectly. I really couldn't be happier. Don't know what I did without it. Will post some pics as soon ...

That is some beautiful work!


Moz

Very nice!

Don't you hate hiding the good stuff?



Moz

I'm no expert, but I get reasonable results (granted, I am no Jody...) around the 20 amp range.

How low do you want to go?



Moz

Even just from a 'busy hobbyist's' point of view I have to agree with Pete. I work on jobs for mates often. And it's almost never just welding. It is head-scratching, re-thinking, cutting, fabricating, drilling, tapping...and welding. Now and then someone turns up with something that's just, say, cr...

Wow...that is a very decent rig. Well done. Bet you're gonna smile every time you use that big baby for about the next year! Moz I'm always smiling when I'm at the shop It's taken me over thirty years to get the tools and equipment That I have wanted. If I couldn't afford it I made it. I have a lot...