Today I acquired...........

[Seadog]

How difficult was the arbour to remove?

 

[Memmeddu]

I've had to do that.
No way I could have left there to someone else to buy it
300 euro to get this
200A AC DC TIG new fully functional open box

No save option and probably not the newest model but it does everything I need because I can adjust everything in the ranges I need to adjust
Frequency, balance, pre flow, post flow, pulse current, base current
2T 4T.

The accessories it comes with

A yeswelder helmet.

Well I can say I'm happy for now.
I'll start using it with disposable gas bottle till I can get a proper 14L cylinder and regulator.

 

[Tigman]

How difficult was the arbour to remove?

Tap the arbour not the body of the tapmatic with a plastic mallet and rotate , took about 20 blows and it popped out , that's the advice from tapmatic uk

 

[Memmeddu]

How difficult was the arbour to remove?

R8 arbour is easy to remove because there's something to push on .
You can use two wedges sliding on each other using a wise like a press .
Or an hammer
Little heat on the female taper can help

 

[Tigman]

I had a morse taper in it , changed to R8 ! , I think Seadog has one stuck in his

 

[Seadog]

I know what it says, but so far, even with some heat, it's resisting.
Perhaps I need to be more persistent, or get a bigger mallet?

 

[nickk]

Is that a good thing?

Of course.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Found this nice box in a Charity shop, I liked it as I hoped it could be used to keep paperwork in.

When opening it up, it's real use was exposed.

I asked if they had the original contents, they did in a plastic bag.

When asked why they had separated them, the reply was "odd2

"Oh, no one knows how to play Chinese Dominos."

Got theses as well.

 

[8ob]

The other day I acquired a box of 7pin trailer plugs/sockets, get through these things at a hell of a rate.

Bob

 

[MattF]

The other day I acquired a box of 7pin trailer plugs/sockets, get through these things at a hell of a rate.

Bob

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How do they managed to get knacked up? Something your blokes do, I assume?

 

[OJCar]

How do they managed to get knacked up? Something your blokes do, I assume?

@8ob eats them.

 

[minimutly]

Here's the ready to tap Tapmatic , all the relevant bits fitted, cant wait to give it a spin View attachment 492714View attachment 492714View attachment 492715

So how does that work then? There's a collection of tool bits on aresebook, had one of these in...

 

[8ob]

How do they managed to get knacked up? Something your blokes do, I assume?

The plugs dont get pushed in properly or sometimes not at all, a fifty mile drag down the road later they are gone. Sockets get jack kniffed into, backed into when aligning/hitching trailers and reversed into piles of hardcore or timber.

Bob

 

[Pete.]

Leaving them dangling around the jockey wheel is a great way of getting them torn off. Drop the plug, un-hook the emergency cable and then pop the hitch if the trailer is not on flat ground the jockey wheel will screw around as the trailer finds its level, catch the plug and rip it off or stretch all the wires.

I bet you have a pile of emergency brake cables too. One of our guys got fined 300 quid just for not havinmg his one clipped on. He let the guy who watched him back hook it all up and didn't get out and check. Expensive day.

 

[Kram]

The plugs dont get pushed in properly or sometimes not at all, a fifty mile drag down the road later they are gone. Sockets get jack kniffed into, backed into when aligning/hitching trailers and reversed into piles of hardcore or timber.

Bob

Hmm, must be a pain swapping them.
Could the plugs be retained in their rough position by something like a foam wire tie, or 3mm steel rod bent in position. Enough flex to plug it in, but wont be falling in the road.

Sockets, a steel cover that pivots down when not in use.

 

[Robotstar5]

The plugs dont get pushed in properly or sometimes not at all, a fifty mile drag down the road later they are gone. Sockets get jack kniffed into, backed into when aligning/hitching trailers and reversed into piles of hardcore or timber.

Bob

Sounds like it's best to treat them as a consumable in your line of work

Would it be worth looking at fitting a downstream plug/socket arrangement on your vehicles and trailers?, you could have ready made "consumable" plugs/sockets on a fly lead that could be swapped quickly instead of having to re-wire every time.

Mrs Robo's horse trailer had a socket on the A frame and curly cord with a plug on each end, pic to give you the idea as you would need to mount yours somewhere more protected.

 

[sardine]

Lurking at the bottom of an old toolbox that was dumped.

solid bronze.

 

[8ob]

Sounds like it's best to treat them as a consumable in your line of work

Would it be worth looking at fitting a downstream plug/socket arrangement on your vehicles and trailers?, you could have ready made "consumable" plugs/sockets on a fly lead that could be swapped quickly instead of having to re-wire every time.

Mrs Robo's horse trailer had a socket on the A frame and curly cord with a plug on each end, pic to give you the idea as you would need to mount yours somewhere more protected.

That's how we have them, unfortunately doesn't stop the forgotten/not properly pushed in curly lead plug or towbar socket getting mullered.

Bob

 

[minimutly]

Lurking at the bottom of an old toolbox that was dumped.

solid bronze.


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Zone 1 (Hazardous area) use then. Petrochem, methane digesters etc..

 

[Tigman]

So how does that work then? There's a collection of tool bits on aresebook, had one of these in...

It works as you drive the tap in there are a series of clutches , help to save the tap from breaking , when you lift the handle it reverses the tap out automatically it's very quick and simple to use
I will put a video up next week of it in use !