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[Kevin Wood]

2woody was down today. He confirmed the speed dial for the wire feed inactive. Stuck on a fast setting.

If you want me to have a look at the wire feed controller, drop it round and I'll happily add it to the back of my queue of unfinished projects see if I can fix it. 

[chrisgixer]

Power. Need more POWEEEEEER

A new CU and a dedicated feed to the garage will sort that.

Not quite that straightforward, as we don't know the cable size from CU to garage, or if its a ring or spur.

The feed is 1.5mm˛ T&E which has been spurred off of one of the ring circuits 

Does it glow when he arcs up?

No, because he uses an extension lead plugged into the kitchen.

Probably for the best. We don't want a rerun of TuBys garage incident do we.

The extension lead is orange of that helps. Simulates any "glow" in the electrical dept. for those piro types.

[chrisgixer]

2woody was down today. He confirmed the speed dial for the wire feed inactive. Stuck on a fast setting.

If you want me to have a look at the wire feed controller, drop it round and I'll happily add it to the back of my queue of unfinished projects see if I can fix it. 

Well now there's a conundrum. Should I bring it over and get it fixed and working proper, or add in another variable that I can bollards up...?

[05omegav6]

Now there is a dilema...

If 2woody could make it do useful things, then it might be prudent to use it as is on the same setting

On the other hand... what could possibly go wrong

[Kevin Wood]

Now there is a dilema...

If 2woody could make it do useful things, then it might be prudent to use it as is on the same setting

On the other hand... what could possibly go wrong

.. when you go to welding thin bits of car instead of a great thick chunk of scrap...

[chrisgixer]

Now there is a dilema...

If 2woody could make it do useful things, then it might be prudent to use it as is on the same setting

On the other hand... what could possibly go wrong

.. when you go to welding thin bits of car instead of a great thick chunk of scrap...

Engine mounts will be similar thickness to those test pieces, slightly thinner hopefully, to bring it in range of the welder if nout else.

[chrisgixer]

Today i are be mostly.... Tidying up the garage, and found some useful things I could not find previously. 

But I also did a bit of welding. Guess which bit was done since Kev fixed it.

Set on max power and just under half wire speed.

[chrisgixer]

It made a lovely crackle, and was glowing brightly white hot directly after. Far more heat into the weld than before.

[chrisgixer]

Oh, and ran it off the garage electrics, as she moans the house lights are flashing if I run it off the house ring main.

No fires or smoke escaped. (yet)

[05omegav6]

Nice one was that the wishbone with the cracked weld from the last attempt?

[YZ250]

Yep.

A spark landed on my head, and I could smell me burning.

You wait until a spark goes down the V of your shirt Chris. It's gets stuck when it reaches your belly and burns you, you take a sharp intake of breath, it drops to your waist and burns you, you take a sharp intake of breath, it drops to your pants level and burns you.   
When I did fabrication I used to go home from work with a shirt that resembled a tea bag. 

Oh, and you wait until a spark drops through your laces. 

[chrisgixer]

Nice one was that the wishbone with the cracked weld from the last attempt?

Yep. All that buggering about trying to get it right, head scratching, fiddling about, try again.

This time it just worked.

[chrisgixer]

Yep.

A spark landed on my head, and I could smell me burning.

You wait until a spark goes down the V of your shirt Chris. It's gets stuck when it reaches your belly and burns you, you take a sharp intake of breath, it drops to your waist and burns you, you take a sharp intake of breath, it drops to your pants level and burns you.   
When I did fabrication I used to go home from work with a shirt that resembled a tea bag. 

Oh, and you wait until a spark drops through your laces. 

Looking forward to it.

I got lucky today. Just finished tea, sat back rubbed me head.... What's that, a stone? Nope. 2mm perfectly formed globe of metal. Didn't feel it land this time.

[Andy B]

Yep.

A spark landed on my head, and I could smell me burning.

You wait until a spark goes down the V of your shirt Chris. It's gets stuck when it reaches your belly and burns you, you take a sharp intake of breath, it drops to your waist and burns you, you take a sharp intake of breath, it drops to your pants level and burns you.   
When I did fabrication I used to go home from work with a shirt that resembled a tea bag. 

Oh, and you wait until a spark drops through your laces. 

I remember watching a lad welding the sills of his car in the apprentice garage. Sat on the floor cross legged a spark flew & landed between his legs. I've never seen anyone move as fast! 

[chrisgixer]

Oh and got a sparky coming in a week tomorrow to sort the consumer unit and run a proper ring main to the garage.

Tried to raise AndyRoid , but he's gone quiet.