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Plasma advice

C25..... argon/co2 mix...... They had absolutely no fuel odor, I suspect the one was never used.
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......If I mounted them as they were made
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......I like this better..... naturally 🙄 😛
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It just means a little bit of relocating....... the truck was on propane when I got it, but the tank etc was in terrible condition and gas is much more readily available. I have been driving it on an outboard motor tank while I was looking for tanks. My patience ran out and these were pretty close to what I was looking for.
Thinking about sprucing up the deck on my "Rolling Violation" while I am at it.... just have to keep the extremities out of harms way in the meantime. 😉
 
Ow - sumbitch... I got one of those too. It was last summer, so I can't remember the precise details, but I think I missed a part when I reassembled the tip. Why did I have to take the tip apart? Because I'd destroyed it by firing it without the air connected. Why did I do that? Because I'd just switched over from my little Miller plasma (still for sale, btw) that has internal air and forgot. Is yours a super-cheapie ArcCaptain from amazon too? I gather they're okay, but like it'd cost anything to put a pressure switch in there to prevent it from firing when there's no air supply. Cheap bastards.
 
I think mine is a Weldking cut 30. I bought it about 10 years ago and it has sat on the shelf long enough that I almost forgot I had it. 🙄
It was on a deep reduction sale at kms, was just over a hundred bucks as I recall.
 
Can't beat that price with a stick. Did you read the fine print for a notice that you were getting it that cheaply in anticipation of future injury?
 
Ah, hmm, so ah yes, o.k. And why and how long were you in the rubber room.
Anyway that is not how to have a day go having a finger hooked to a hot dog cooker.
 
I do...... they're 20 ft sea cans with a 12x20 shelter logic carport straddling between the two. I also have a 12 foot pickup deck welded between the two at the back that forms a small mezzanine that I use as a work space.
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Thread 'Whelp, there goes the neighborhood.'

I figured that I would start a thread of some of the random doings that go on around here. If I ever get back to on-topic type projects, I will try and give them their own thread.
They say that the line between brilliance and insanity is pretty thin line, I'll let you be the judge.
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I kinda go over it's birth in there.
I was using a kerosene/diesel heater when I was out there, but that is a little cost prohibitive right now...... even in the winter, the sun really warms up on the upper level, too bad we only get a couple hours a day of it for a couple months. And in the summer it gets pretty hot in there until the sun goes down.
It's a little bit redneck, but, I am kinda antisocial, have four german shepherds and drive old trucks and a jeep. I don't have a sister, but I swear if I did I would climb the water tower with a bucket of paint to defend her honor. 🙄 😎
 
20261009_174203.jpgI got the first tank closed back up again. This is where the original filler neck, guage, and fuel pickup were in its original configuration.
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And the first tank ready for paint.
I am doing this up in the "mezzanine" in the sea can shop....
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It's actually a fun little spot to hang out up there.

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