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Old 02-17-2012, 11:46 AM
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alright so i know it looks like poop right now. im not too good with a stick welder obviously but its strong. i still have a lotttttt of grinding and some filling in to do...and its my first bumper. 100% scrap metal i found laying around... be gentle

Whaddya think mine is made out of??? Looking good so far...
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Originally Posted by pulltabmike
I have a buddy that wheels up there all of the time, trying to get up that way to check it out...
When I go its a kill two birds with one stone event. 1) go wheeling 2) One of my other expensive hobbies is photography especially urban decay. Cant get better then a still blazing underground fire with rising steam and barren earth speckled with grotesque roadbed and dilapidated houses
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well i tacked it together with my little 110 mig but with the steel being 1/4 the 220 arc at work was a better choice
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Originally Posted by pulltabmike
Whaddya think mine is made out of??? Looking good so far...
i heart scrap metal
lol. thanks! lots of work to do to make it purdy and functional
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well i tacked it together with my little 110 mig but with the steel being 1/4 the 220 arc at work was a better choice
Turn your heat up all the way and use a slower then recommended wire speed and adjust your stick out to about even with the gas nozzle. I have welded structural 1/4 plate to frame rails with my 110 Hobart.
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Originally Posted by zwhiz
well i tacked it together with my little 110 mig but with the steel being 1/4 the 220 arc at work was a better choice
1/4" CAN be welded with a buzzbox, but metal has to be clean and wirefeed/heat just right. Multiple passes are a MUST on any load bearing joints...
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Originally Posted by Green2000
Cant get better then a still blazing underground fire with rising steam and barren earth speckled with grotesque roadbed and dilapidated houses
wow very descriptive... you should write childrens books
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Turn your heat up all the way and use a slower then recommended wire speed and adjust your stick out to about even with the gas nozzle. I have welded structural 1/4 plate to frame rails with my 110 Hobart.
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Originally Posted by Green2000
When I go its a kill two birds with one stone event. 1) go wheeling 2) One of my other expensive hobbies is photography especially urban decay. Cant get better then a still blazing underground fire with rising steam and barren earth speckled with grotesque roadbed and dilapidated houses
Then you want to stop at Conowingo dam and check these out...

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Originally Posted by zwhiz
wow very descriptive... you should write childrens books
somehow I dont think grotesque will ever be written in children's books lol I used to write columns in college, got lots of practice with adjectives.
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buddy of mine said I should head up to centralia pa and wheel at the abandoned land due to the coal seam fire... anybody done that? Sounds like an easy way to fall through some earth and get lit and not in a good way
i've been up there, but we had the fiance's Acura - not so good for ground clearance. It's pretty sweet up there, but you def need someone with you that knows where the trails are though.
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Originally Posted by pulltabmike
Then you want to stop at Conowingo dam and check these out...
I am game!
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I am game!
I leave for work around 3:30 PM, can take you to the spot....
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Need to find cut off wheels made by Sait, they are amazing, best I have ever used.
X2. All I use.
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Originally Posted by dukie564
i've been up there, but we had the fiance's Acura - not so good for ground clearance. It's pretty sweet up there, but you def need someone with you that knows where the trails are though.
Will be checking out Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area sometime next month. Rumor is that they are opening next year for business...
Will try and get my buddy to get me through Centralia...


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