Johnnybravo
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Hood
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Got back to the workshop at 3pm today and measured, did a model and then coded for a rudder then onto the plasma with some 10mm thick steel and cut it out.
Waiting on some 50mm dia bright bar so can't get it welded up yet so decided to get some Aluminium cut for the control panel for the SZGH CNC controller I just bought for the lathe.
Got it welded up.
The back plate fits in and will be fixed with a few screws so that I can get access for connecting things up.
Got the front face and edges cleaned up but time was marching on so have not got as far as doing the sides.
Next job will be welding on the hinge and then getting it etched and painted.
Waiting on some 50mm dia bright bar so can't get it welded up yet so decided to get some Aluminium cut for the control panel for the SZGH CNC controller I just bought for the lathe.
Got it welded up.
The back plate fits in and will be fixed with a few screws so that I can get access for connecting things up.
Got the front face and edges cleaned up but time was marching on so have not got as far as doing the sides.
Next job will be welding on the hinge and then getting it etched and painted.
Hood
I am obsessed.
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More clever than the operator
Hood
I am obsessed.
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Sometimes, but always looking to improveyou seem to know what your doing with it
Hood
I am obsessed.
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I have two EWM Phoenix Migs, the older 330 that I bought second hand and the 355 that I bought new. Both are excellent machines, the 355 being a wee bit better due to the ease of setting it up mainly. I haven't used the 330 since I gotthe 355 and I kind of feel sorry for it sitting lonely in the corner of the workshop
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Ashley Burton
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Not jealous or anything...Thanks but I think the CNC's should get most of the credit
Would love to get into aluminium welding, But I'm too tight
Hood
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Don't need anything fancy really, I started way back with a Sterling 180 (I think) transformer Mig. It was a good duty cycle for a 180 if I recall.Not jealous or anything...
Would love to get into aluminium welding, But I'm too tight
Progressed to an Arcos Lincoln 400 or something like that with a seperate wire feed then eventually got a spool gun for it. Next was an Esab 405 and again a spool gun then got an R-Tech MTS255S with spool gun and then the Phoenix 330 pulse and the 355Pulse. I have been welding Alu for probably 30 years or more and it is only in the last 2 I have had a pulse mig, would hate to go back to standard though as the pulse just makes life so easy, especially positional welds..
selectedgrub
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Frame for fish art
Johnnybravo
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Three more holes and they can go for hard anodising
dobbslc
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Not sure if I've already posted this but I've built a temp shed for storing all my crap / valuable stuff for when the builders start work on Monday! 
Base.
Built up.
The previous owner had stuck insulation in using expanding foam!
After 2 hours scrapping it all off!
Some "half hour" brackets for my pipe and timber,
Now to fill it up so I can't reach anything!
Base.
Built up.
The previous owner had stuck insulation in using expanding foam!
After 2 hours scrapping it all off!
Some "half hour" brackets for my pipe and timber,
Now to fill it up so I can't reach anything!
Hood
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I do it myself although there is very little in the way of electronics other than connecting things together so basically just wiring and configuring.
The first retrofit I did was a manual Bridgeport and it was a bit of a mess, the next a CNC Bridgeport and I improved a bit as I was starting to realise how best to do things, the lathe was next and then I think I made a coil winder for a client and then the Chiron and lastly the plasma. Have also helped a friend do a few machines and every time I do one I improve as I see how to do things better.
This will be a bit different as it is more of an interface of a unit rather than connecting lots of different things up.
