Let's Talk! About anything.

loggers gogert wrote:

Finnaly got a welder

Nice! ARC, MIG, or TIG?

I'm getting a Millermatic 211 in like a week or two.

TheBeal wrote:

What kind of welder? Details!

this is the one i got
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I have the same welder and absolutely love it. But when you run out of wire, DO NOT buy Hobart wire. That stuff is garbage. I use Lincoln wire personally, but I’m sure there are other good ones. The wire that came with it is actually pretty decent

CraftsmanQuad19 wrote:

I have the same welder and absolutely love it. But when you run out of wire, DO NOT buy Hobart wire. That stuff is garbage. I use Lincoln wire personally, but I’m sure there are other good ones. The wire that came with it is actually pretty decent

i bought it, not to long ago, but still havent opened it yet XD
i want to but just havent yet

Maybe a new build?  Thoughts are brewing. 

Doesn't that have rear steer?

CraftsmanQuad19 wrote:

I have the same welder and absolutely love it. But when you run out of wire, DO NOT buy Hobart wire. That stuff is garbage. I use Lincoln wire personally, but I’m sure there are other good ones. The wire that came with it is actually pretty decent

I agree with not getting hobart wire. I dont know why it welds like crap in my welder, and like sloppy crap in my brothers welder. We both have lincoln welders.

Lincoln wire is cheaper too.

I think everyone should have a little 110 mig welder. Super handy.

Murraymountain wrote:

Doesn't that have rear steer?

Yes but that would come out. Still just a contemplation right now.

so whats the best way to learn to weld?

Watch a few videos on Youtube. That's how I learned, and granted I'm not a good welder but it'll get you started.

Something I see over and over.... @Doc Sprocket, @Doug just mentioned it in "Sprockets Garage" Facebook group recently. "watch the puddle not the arc".

On another note...  Did a little Halloween decorating this weekend.

The only way to learn how to weld is to actually do it. Only then will any advice or theory really make sense.

MightyRaze wrote:

On another note...  Did a little Halloween decorating this weekend.

dude! thats awesome!
lol i might do something like that XD
does that mower run?

MightyRaze wrote:

On another note...  Did a little Halloween decorating this weekend.

Hey that’s the same tractor my brother has. Different color though.

To weld, I move the pool in a C shape. Picture a butt weld, you’ll want to move the puddle between 1/8 and 1/4 inch onto each piece. My mistake when I started was welding too narrow if that makes sense. I was following right along the seam and not going wide enough to really bite into the material. Play with the settings, practice, and you’ll do ok. Also, get some flap disks for your grinder to shine up the welding surface and make sure you clamp the ground to bare metal. You can grind with a hard disk, but a flap disk is way easier to get a consistent surface

got a project going on!
as of now im restoring an abused craftsman push mower with a tecumseh and im gonna bring it back to life!
already started everything is taken apart and im about to sand it and paint.
if any body is interested tell me so i know if i should make a thread on it or not

loggers gogert wrote:

does that mower run?

locked up hard.

CraftsmanQuad19 wrote:

Hey that’s the same tractor my brother has. Different color though.

It should be silver. Looks to have had a hard life.

MightyRaze wrote:

Maybe a new build?  Thoughts are brewing. 

YES! ALL WHEEL STEER TILLER!

Side note: Shoveling dirt is for the birds.

That looks like it could've been a good ramp!

Some updates on my friend's Sears. He likes mutt's bumper so i made him one like it.


Made a fuel tank out of a hazard fraught air compressor and replaced the broken plastic dash with one i made out of aluminum.

cough cough watch it Rich you're stirring up all the dead forum dust.

Nice work!

Looks like one by one we are loosing people from the ATLTF family....  

MightyRaze wrote:

Looks like one by one we are loosing people from the ATLTF family....  

I'd be on more often but right now I'm trying to get my permit and I've got a LOT of school this year. I've been working on videos and a lot has been done around here but I just haven't had the time to post it. If I haven't really done too much updating by the end of November than everything will definitely be up to date by December.



I'm lovin' that Sears Richie. Looks sick... Minus the mirror. I'm not a crazy fan of Sears but that's one I'd would drive. It at least has the right engine for it. Single cylinders and Sears don't mix for me.

This week Late summer early fall... next week winter.

Same here in Indiana @MightyRaze 80 thurs 77 fri. then 54 sat. and down hill from there!

I'm not too big on the cold weather but ever since I got a 180 thermostat in my truck its been a lot more enjoyable to drive in the winter. Before I had a 160 in it and it wouldn't get warm till I got to school, Plus it runs a lot better when It can build up some heat.