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  1. frieed

    Shop / Tools Opportunity to learn/experience welding... Episode 1

    infinitely variable.. or the steps are really tiny.
  2. frieed

    Shop / Tools Opportunity to learn/experience welding... Episode 1

    I have a Tig button, https://www.6061.com/tigbutton.htm, not the one you are looking at but my impressions are. The bad: Tig button is too much money (would have tried the one you posted had I known about it). Cheap build quality. More like a slapped together home project than a commercial or...
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    Jeep Jeep upcoming Straight Six: Hurricane

    what don't you like ?
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    Shop / Tools Opportunity to learn/experience welding... Episode 1

    7014 supposedly doesn't absorb moisture like 7018. They are also considered a drag type rod so keep the arc so short that you feel the flux dragging on the metal. To me, that porosity looks more like contamination, which would also explain the variability from weld to weld. If the material is...
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    Is it ok to have a "make light of" thread?

    "fell" free to ask him :rofl:
  6. frieed

    New drill press!

    also on that thread, the clamps in action https://www.rme4x4.com/threads/tricks-to-get-a-job-done-easier.114203/post-1101443
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    New drill press!

    yep. Good clamps will increase accuracy and safety. Also remember my trick to square up the table with the spindle https://www.rme4x4.com/threads/tricks-to-get-a-job-done-easier.114203/post-1093428
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    New drill press!

    Mine were just Grizzly brand off Amazon. They work great. The best feature on my drill press, a Jet JDP-20MF, 20" Floor Drill Press, is the lowest spindle speed is 150 RPM. That coupled with a 1.5hp motor makes it a beast on large holes. You definitely don't want to get a shirtsleeve tangled...
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    Home walk-through advice

    something I'll do if/when I buy again is to get a cheap IR camera for my phone and look for any screwups in the insulation, window leaks, or hot wiring.
  10. frieed

    Heating a Cold Shop?

    The two car side of my garage (my shop) is insulated on 2 sides, has an uninsulated partition wall separating it from the the third bay, and an uninsulated front wall. I did hack up about about R6 in the single wall garage door and blew R24's worth of cellulose above the ceiling. In the...
  11. frieed

    Would you trust a Harbor Freight torque wrench?

    I prefer the split-beam types since there is no spring that must have the pressure unloaded to maintain accuracy. You folks do unload the spring on your caliper style torque wrenches, right? I have one by precision instruments PRECFR250F. 40-250 ft-lbs
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    Today I Want This....

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    Epic food porn

    I don't mean to cast shade, but in my mind, the whole point of barbeque is to take a cheap cut of meat and turn it into something amazing. This is Elon Musk throwing 10 mil at a vehicle in the Dakar and gloating when it won. I have no doubt that it was good, but damn, it better be.
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    Dimple Dies & Cutting Holes

    annular cutters for the win
  15. frieed

    Airbags VS. WDH?

    For the soft suspension on my F-150 I ran both. WDH will transfer some of the tongue weight back onto the front wheels of the tow vehicle which is better for steering and onto the the back wheels of a tandem axle trailer which evens out the tire wear. I ran my travel trailer with both a WDH...
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    Your Pic of The Day

    Sunrise light show this weekend
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    Your Pic of The Day

    good to see you managed to get Tim out of the house again
  18. frieed

    Plumber recommendations? SoJo?

    So I was looking for a plumber and tried the link above.. I'm pretty sure the service call from Pennsylvania would be cost prohibitive. New link is here https://myutahplumber.com/ My guess is the PA one wanted the domain and was willing to pay :)
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    Ford 2021 Ford Bronco

    the f-150 has had full electric since 2011 I think (mine is and it's a 2013)
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