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Hunting dry brown mallet . 90x35x 900mm lengths. if anyone in W.A has any I’d be interested in talking to them.

Grain orientation is important with vertical on the tall axis perfect .

900 mm...

I've used ratchet straps to bring things into line from time to time.

to level up your frame, perhaps strap the two middle sections down and with some heat (or cold ) you could ratchet the two...

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well, I ended up with a bramley number 2 flat bar bender.

big heavy thing!

for the price of a cheap Chinese lightweight one.........:2tsup:

thankyou TAFE for buying quality equipment and...

yes, this will be farmed out to an engineering firm who has rollers to bend/curve the steel.

from what a gather, the members are put through roller wheels and pressure is applied to one edge.
...

customer has sent me this.

not engineered yet.

all sorts of bends Kryn. all I have at moment is pipe bender portable generic P.o.s.

would like to be able to make structural brackets and fittings etc

also would be handy for solid rod I...

i must admit i havent read the whole post yet but I would sell a Lincoln 180c to you if you like?

infinite control of wfs and voltage ....30-180 amps

if if you are interested then get back to...

I'd take a ub100 if it was cheap secondhand :q

110mm x 10mm thick capacity would be ideal, but I'd consider any thing in the flat bar stakes right now.

i don't even have one !

thanks kryn
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Wanted : Flat bar bender.

if anyone has a Bramley or other good quality flat bar bender for sale or loan then I would be interested in hearing from you.

doesnt have to be modern - budget...

$500 or $750 including travelling to far flung areas of Australia :D

thanks Kryn,

never too big if the price is right :doh:


try try and beat him down : )

that's cool shed, I get the practicalities bit.

small inverters are great aren't they?

i'm a bit if a collector at heart : )

would love an Sa200, but the closest I've seen in Australia was a...

j and H and RC,

the 400 is as big as a would go realistically.......I'd mount it on a trailer probably, as I don't have a mini truck lifter yet.

ive got my eye on a 225 petrol, but think it...

g'day,

looking for a mobile welding machine.

does anyone know of one going to wast?

lincoln put out welder generators and stand alone diesel/ petrol welders in the past.

doesnt have to be...

Fabbing up a kitchen bench to go alongside an existing one.

scrap rhs.

fluxcore fab shield 23 .9mm self shielded .

minimal prep, not much grinding, just cut and weld mostly .....smooth...

yes the 40 mm part was perfect : )

you know, with e71t gs flux core you only get one chance really.

rated as a single pass wire since multi pass can mess with the weldment chemistry apparently....

no better feeling than running out of material and walking over the the scrap pile, having a rummage and coming up w it's exactly what you need!

needed to cap the tops of some rhs to deny water...

got one through a fellow welder in South Australia.

power of networking : )

long shot, but anyone got the bushing for fluxcore gun needed for the Ln 25 wire feeder?

they are shipped loose with the ln25 set up for solid wire.

part k1500-1

perhaps someone who only...

gotcha Mate. good thinking..........food for thought definitely :2tsup:

i reckon oversize openings will be a must, with trimming taking up any out of square.

thanks for the heads up!

reminds...

gday Ian,

Yes, bit of a concern.

Perhaps not packing the head of the window casing will allow for any upward deflection. Downward deflection in the form of sag may have to be taken up by a...

got the bearers in and cleaned up the site today. feeling good.

hopefully spray a top coat on tomorrow and go from there with welding the columns and trusses to suit the customers preferences.

good thinking Rusty ....thanks

specifically to use RHS as a roof purlin in a two bay situation span 2.8m instead of common 150 c/z sections.

im hoping 100x50x2mm RHS will be as strong of stronger than a c15015 or z15015 purlin....

G'day Mick,

flash rust by its name is quick acting surface corrosion as you know.

i I found that by power brushing ( wire wheel and cup brushes) and drill brushing with a rotary tip, removed...

Spray Primed the bearers today, but it was quite a job, since the "duty cycle" of a small generator which was on site today was pity full! Less than a minute and the compressor was...

this is how I interpret the other elevation.

bays essentially.

minus the wall purlins or battens.

the building is approx 900mm to the top of the Ub beam.

bays are at approx 2800 centres (...

this is how I interpret the customers structural steel requirements to date.

the drawing here is my drawing, based on sketches from the customer, which lacked sufficient knee support, and had a...

thanks Kryn,

interesting to hear your past experience.....

this is is a structure which will probably fly under the radar of a lot of departments. I'm letting the owner worry about permissions...

No welding today but did some wire brushing and priming. Should have done that when I had them on the trestles, but you know how things go! Now I'm in awkward positions outdoors Doh! Anyhow, better...

that's what I use Gavin...........awesome little welder. I think you will indeed love it !!

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Morning Dave,

The welded connection allows me to tweak the alignments as I go, since I will be doing a lot of the work myself. With bolting, I would have needed everything spot on for the holes to...

Everything is going too smoothly...........just waiting for the hiccup.

Welded beams in position this arvo and now waiting for some light tomorrow in order to survey the scene.

three layer...

When you don't have power or access to a generator, then it's doin' it the hard way....

creek water in buckets and mixing concrete with a mattock and shovel.

Commercially pre prepared aggregate...

kempi on gum tree Gavin

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yes going with stick Legion.... Lincoln 7018, Hyundai 6013, wia7016 and 6010 so far.

70xx rods with some 60xx for cosmetic patch ups and tacking.

there will be a chance for some fluxcore once I...

Something to house a granny.

starting with preparing the UB bearers.

there are three of them.

the said granny is sick of the caravan in the background !

from my experience the fillet weld would come out more consistent and possibly stronger.

good little shelf to run a bead along : )

my fillets always look better than flat /horizontals/...

id love it thanks!

ill try and message you to arrange it all

meadow

g'day Karl,

been hunting bargains as best i can.

Lincoln v350 pro used, Ln 25 pro unused second hand, just ordered the k126 gun unused second hand : )

there's heaps of the k126 on the...

thanks Karl,

ive got got hold of an ln25 and a good power source (350 amp) which will hopefully be coupled to a pro fax or k126 gun.

the smaller wires can go through my 255 Lincoln and the 180...

g'day ,

anyone got got any self shielded fluxcored rolls they are unlikely to use in the future and would like to sell or swap for some quality mig wires?

im looking for multi pass self...

gday.

Are work/ground cables and electrode cables usually supplied and fitted with similar lengths?,

or can you get away with having shorter work/earth cable from your experience I wonder?
...

I feel suitably determined now : ) thanks for the info guys

in the past I've started a three way weld, like pictured, in the corner and welded outwards.

should I indeed be wrapping the corner with a continuous weld (at least on the horizontal corners...

what's a good way of removing cutting fluid from steel I have just drilled, before grinding and welding?

don't want to add one contaminant in order to remove another, if you know what I mean?
...

good luck with your welding journey !

local auction rooms and junk shops have gotten plenty of blokes into welding very cheaply.

check local papers and ebay etc for good deals.

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sounds like a canter lever outrigger, similar to what you might find on a shed at the eaves to hold the eaves purlin and gutter out from the column.

if the "T" welds are adequate then all you have...

g'day,

got out the chance to buy a lincoln 350 pro

can run on both single and three phase But what sort of single phase power conditions would I need?

can the machine run underpowered I...