Garage aaworkshop

[doubleboost]

Had a bit of a tidy up so hear it is

Chinese lathe bought second hand i stripped and rebuilt using new bolts and bearings the best improvement was halving the spindle speed with some different pulleys.
I have had some good results using this lathe it can be surprisingly accurate

Chinese mill drill no complaints at all with this for the money ou cant go wrong i bought this new

Cheap pedestal drill you would be amazed at the work this machine has done .

160 amp MiG welder this is a propper copper transformer job i have tried the cheap ones there is no comparison

140 amp tig unit this is a inverter type welder i picked it up on ebay for half the price of a cheap import a very handy piece of kit ,you can also do MMA (stick ) welding with it.

TIG welded wash out plug on steel boiler

The lathe again

 

[itowbig]

i saw that engine behind the drill press ;D how about a pic of it

 

[doubleboost]

There are some posted hear under marine steamengine

 

[stefang]

Nice assortment of equipment you got there

Yout tig/mma inverter doesnt have a hf starter? how well does it work when you start welding by touching the surface?

I ask, because i have a similar inverter and want to buy the equipment for tig welding, but i wonder if it works reasonable without a hf starter...

Nice weld, by the way

Stefan

 

[lathe nut]

doubleboost, like the shop and the tools, looks like a fun place to be and hide from everyone, love the marine engine, could you possible point me in the directions where I could get the plans, that look very nice and got some size, thanks, Cando

 

[Brass_Machine]

Nice toys!


Eric

 

[doubleboost]

Hi
Using the scratch start method for tig welding is no problem .It pays to use a scrap piece of metal to start the arc on to avoid contaminating the weld with tungsten.
You also need to use pure argon
John

 

[doubleboost]

Plans are available from this site my engine is the number 1
http://hasbrouck.8m.com/eng1.htm
I did not use the cast liner in the plan ,i used heavy wall steel pipe instead
John

 

[lathe nut]

John, the Mrs. will get the payment for the ones that I want the first of the week, thanks, Cando