I made a circular former from a piece of 115mm round,place it in the “Norfolk “ bender and just pull the 12mm bar around it,there’s not much spring back,so ends up 90mm internal.
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@Hitch Can't you lower the dog over on a rope to go get it?Youngest keeps hitting his tennis balls over the fence into next doors garden.... issue is its a vacant house, so hard to retrieve....
Used to bits of wood like massive chopsticks last time... Another one over tonight.... so a 500mm pepsi bottle cut in half, screwed to a garden stick, we now have a 10ft long tennis ball retriever
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Oh how things change...so I upgraded, if you could call it that, to a more comfortable way to use this setup. Hard wired the setup above into my ride on. So now it gets 12v as opposed to 6v. Switch fitted the dash of my ride on to switch the 12v pump on and off. Really happy with this. Just need to refine the stowing of the lance perhaps.
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What tools are you using?? Nice job.
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I'll try that next time, one round his neck maybe.@Hitch Can't you lower the dog over on a rope to go get it?
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Sow secret seeds. Big expectations. Harvest can only be checked in autumn 2024 or spring 2025.
Seed germination in nature is 2%, wait a couple of weeks.
It's intrigue, oh yes. May the "wood & brick" be with us.
Seed germination in nature is 2%, wait a couple of weeks.
It's intrigue, oh yes. May the "wood & brick" be with us.
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second cut?!!
we havent even started our first!
Yeah this was the 150 acre we got done early at 1st cut, its gone to head o needed cut and hopefully the rain comes tonight and it'll come away ok this time.
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Today I've made the effort to start practising with my tig welder. And realised I've been using a 2.5mm tungsten instead of the recommended 1.5mm. Swapped the smaller one in, and had a play. Made a few fairly solid runs on various thicknesses and it all seems to work better now.
3mm angle iron.
2mm plate to 3mm box.
All I need now is more practise. Lots of it.
3mm angle iron.
2mm plate to 3mm box.
All I need now is more practise. Lots of it.
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Dont get hung up on diameter, I'd be running a 2.4 on that all day long.
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Welding ordinary steel is deceptive, it's the easiest TIG that can be. When switching to stainless steel, there will be a big difference in weld penetration, weld pool control and filler rod insertion. And yes, I put all my 1.6 electrodes away. I do not see the need for them when welding 1-4 mm, diameter 2.4 does an excellent job.
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Is that an optical illusion, or do I detect a bent spindle ?
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I was also using the 2.4mm on the 1mm steel dummy fuel tank I made last time I cracked up the tig. It went well when the fit was perfect but pretty rubbish if there was any gap.
They do say to start off practising welding on fairly thick plate.....
And I shall get some better glasses too, so I can see all the better.
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You growing pot or a beanstalk?
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Now made up from 4 pieces joined together
