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    My evening.......


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    I've decided that the TCT bladed drop saw was an awesome investment!

    96 struts for the trusses required all up, made a good dent in them tonight.


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    Quote Originally Posted by bj_dove View Post
    I've decided that the TCT bladed drop saw was an awesome investment!
    I noticed that unit on your blog pics - where'd you get it? The only machine I've found so far is a Dewalt which goes for about $600.

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    I got it from my local machinery supplier - Nubco Hobart.

    Was $750 with a spare blade. Seems to be well built and surviving so far! The brand is Steelmaster.

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    That was a pretty good price seeing what they go for online. I thought the Dewalt was a bit pricey, but maybe it isn't such a bad deal.

    I'd be interested to hear how long the blade lasts.

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    Quick (and bad) time lapse of putting together a truss on Saturday. Excuse the inactivity during the middle - I must have lost interest for a while

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    Cool video.

    Having the camera pointing at the bright doorway made the auto-exposure go a bit kooky sometimes - better if you can set up the shot so the light level is consistent - maybe mounting it high above the doorway looking down would work?

    Your welder looks identical to my UniMIG/Jasic 165, but for the paint job and knob colour.

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    Yeah I'll find a better spot next time!

    At a guess I'd say the welder is just a rebranded generic one (as with most these days). Going really well so far with the flux core wire, just had to replace a few helmet screens! (So very smoky)

    4 trusses down, 4 to go!

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    Did I mention that flux core was very smoky?



    On the plus side, had some more welding tuition and they're ever improving!


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    Wow, that is a lot of smoke. Do you wear a filter or supplied air or something?

    And you aren't welding the tight inside corners of the truss diagonals? I guess they are under compression and it might be hard to get the mig gun in there anyway?

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    Wearing a respirator

    I am welding underneath, just hadnt yet in this shot. Goes in quite nicely, but any tighter and it'd be an issue.

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    For those of you following along....just did a big(ish) update!

    Project: Shed: It (really) begins! Truss construction and end plates

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    Having a neighbor with a magnetic drill - priceless!


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    Something a bit different - a video update!

    Thoughts?



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    I'm back!


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