Here's a link to the correct instructions for Ridgid Instrument benders; https://cdn2.ridgid.com/resources/media?key=9f4f3920-5a21-4637-8e1a-2b39e4565075&languageCode=en&type=document
For ½" OD tube I would recommend that you buy a second-hand Ridgid 400 series Instrument bender from eBay, etc.
You will not find better manual benders for tubes up to ¾"OD than those made by ridgid
If you read the link I posted; "the instructions and specs originally supplied with the Paraweld SB250 torch. I’ve only owned and used these torches for five years and what I read was: Rated at 250 Amps CO2, 200 Amps Mixed Gas @60% Duty Cycle." It is the duty cycle that is the predominant...
Yes. Agreed, bump up to an MB36 torch and umbilical assembly, I saved an absolute fortune when I did.
Here is my experience from 5 years ago: www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/today-i-acquired.50192/page-412#post-1149054
That was off a 13amp supply with at least 50 metres of extension cable run out to my welder.
Most of the work was on 75 x 75 x 3 box section posts and 1.6mm wall thickness gate tubes but there was also some up hill multi pass 10mm thick hinge plates welded onto universal columns.
The only...
An essential tool in my workshop until I retired.
Used daily for 12 X 3 minutes per day, utilising P36 ceramic belts.... an excellent tool for removing mill scale and weld spatter in tight corners.
The broken down one................. then you won't feel guilty about using it as door stop.
In all seriousness buy a used second hand one from a better brand that someone has become bored with and get more value for your money.
I'm fumin' but it's atually my fault
In mid November I took my Draper vertical bandsaw to a local repair man who has both a very good reputation and has done PAT testing and repair jobs for me in the past, including replacing the power cables on various angle grinders, powerfiles and Jigsaws...
I use only one username and profile, advertise a particular item under a certain relevant category and then post the advert to all the local groups.
Sometimes I have the same item posted on about 50 pages giving me an advertising radius of around 50 miles.
When someone uses the search...
It's a debt collectors knee-capper hammer for dealing with defaulters when they are both standing up vertical and then a few moments later laying on the floor horizontal.
Today (actually yesterday the 17th of June) I acquired a new Wife!
We have been together for 13¼ years, have lived together for over 12 of those, we decided to make it formal and get properly hitched.
Here is another one I often have on in the background; Global breakfast radio.
This app plays a local radio station where the sun is currently rising and it changes stations automatically every few minutes.
https://globalbreakfastradio.com/