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Glenns a fishing whore now - hit up KPR for sweet tune business, I'm sure I can convince him to travel down to do it

That'll run it sweet then

Lincolns are great units but tend to be quite pricey. I bought a 205amp Inverter ACDC Lincoln about 6 or 7 years ago and it was around 6k from memory with the pedal and water cooler etc but its done sooooo much work since then. Its probably been used for 3 solid days out of 5 every week at work since then and often right on the duty limit and its never given up. They certainly make good machines. I've tried a huge number of other TIGs over the years and not many have come close, maybe a miller. I used to be able to quite comfortably weld 0.9mm sheet with it and sometimes 0.7mm on a good day. Thats before I discovered pulse migs. I'm using a Mitech 160amp ACDC unit at home at the moment and its a great little machine (very similar to the first 3 above). As above the low current stuff they tend to be not so great but otherwise are more than adequate for the majority of work. Try to spend right on the upper limit of what you can afford. Its worth it in the long run

Nice! I was just reading this yesterday thinking I wonder where your at with it

Dude impressed with the dedication - looking real good.

Looking good

Yeah he does, he lives over at Parapara beach, rad place and have stayed in the bus on his lawn a few times. Its been years since I've spoken to him now sadly. I'll drop in for a coffee at his shop next time Im there. I went to the 00 gathering aka the mud fest - took nearly a full day to get out due to the mud. I remember everyone was stuck in a hours long queue avoiding a huge puddle that formed so we hit it at full speed and aquaplaned over the top and onto the road to everyones dismay. Guy behind us tried but didn't make it haha. I don't remember it being cold thou but was half crazed from lack of sleep and such like... I was also there for a couple of weeks over the christmas break in 99 mountain biking and generally lurking around the place with my best mate. So many cool memories! Can't wait to head back.

(HIJACK) Slightly but not really related - work hack is a 2002 N/A EJ20 manual wagon but its gutless as all buggery down low which can be very embarrasing pulling away at the lights. If the aircon is on it almost stalls. Can you reset the ecu on these things? Anything else to try? Have plugged in a diagnostic tool but no errors came up.

He's got a 16v dude

3au box with starlet tail shaft housing = stock gearbox mounts and shaft?

Green

Haha same - I remember an old teacher asking me how it turns on

I used to love that game

Yeah swapped out the whole servo pack in the control cabinet. We had major issues in the height of summer with the temperature in the control cabinet too.

We've had to replace one of the servo packs due to a similar issues with Z axis on flat bed router.

Kris - http://www.sunriseauto.co.nz/?q=node/2 Just around the corner so acceptable distance with Sat morning hang over... EDIT: Gay, not open on Saturday by the looks

This has reminded me, I though the photos I had were on a HD but they're actually proper photos, will scan and send.

Jesus thats a big ride man. Totally love that area, first visited while going to the Gathering at Canaan Downs then ended up returning heaps. Got a window seat on the plane yesterday and with the clear skies the whole area looked awesome, planning a Jan/Feb trip now. Do you know Martin at Quiet Revolution by any chance?

Should be fine, I roll around with a g size argon in the wagon and havent had any issues. Put a towel over it? Would get exciting in a crash however...

Awesome dude! Can't wait to see this going! A mate of mine built an orange 12a one years and years ago, no idea where it is now.

I'd give it a crack, those inverter units produce some nice welds if setup right.

We've got a couple of these at work - good for spot welding and nice big structural welds but not for pretty stuff. Saying that you can lay down some nice welds but making sure everything is super clean makes a big difference along with getting enough argon flow or else it'll carbon up like a bitch. I can weld down to about 1.2mm with it and not have to clean up too much. Pulse mig is better and we basically use this more than a tig these days other than the criticle work that you only get one go at and has to look mint where the tig is still used.

I'll try and find them this week - stashed on a hard drive gathering dust somewhere

Mount all engines with shafts pointing outwards, add wheels to each, bit of ply on top = skateboard of death. Steering optional.

What about an extra tank in line somewhere to hold extra capacity? Possibly build and ali tank with a few fins? Run some ducting to it from an inner guard or something?