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000_0392.jpgintake yep welded up one in one day not looking to do any more in just one day

Yeah, I've tried one with the thumb control, friend of man has it on his. My hands are just a bit too crippled up to be able to use it anymore, guess I'll have to stick with the foot pedal.... Lack of mobility, decreased range of motion are the two main reasons I'm going to build the new rotisserie with a hydraulic motor to rotate it remotely, easier for me to turn the car into position rather then try to turn my body into position!!!!!

Dave I have the thumb wheel to although i very rarely use it, the foot pedal just gives you so much more control, i often use my head, knee etc etc to operate it, even been known to have it between my knees

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Yeah, I've tried one with the thumb control, friend of man has it on his. My hands are just a bit too crippled up to be able to use it anymore, guess I'll have to stick with the foot pedal.... Lack of mobility, decreased range of motion are the two main reasons I'm going to build the new rotisserie with a hydraulic motor to rotate it remotely, easier for me to turn the car into position rather then try to turn my body into position!!!!!

Originally Posted by roadster32

Dave I have the thumb wheel to although i very rarely use it, the foot pedal just gives you so much more control, i often use my head, knee etc etc to operate it, even been known to have it between my knees

yep i seen a skit were Benny Hill did the same thing it,s really personal preference i can play a tune with the foot pedal or thumb wheel

i hear cheap vodka work for coolant and you can tap in to it if you like it warm to very hot could run it past a super chiller

Now look guys---I don't want any of you to get the idea that I'm one of those great welders like Pat and all those others--I'm just a old farm boy that has done some welding on things over the years , however , I never worked as a welder and it is one of the things I wish I could do better(all them nice rows of weld ripples) I have had the support of some of the best in the world to answer my questions and give me guidance---I have tacked many things and took them to some of those guys who have then welded them up.

My biggest claim as a welder is that one of the machines I had was used to weld up some of the stuff in the space program and somes in museums and some got left on the moon!!!

Pat the reason we beat the Russians to the moon is because the welders got drunk drinking the vodka!!!!!!!!!!

come on jerry just having some fun with this i not the best far from it but i can make it work and some times make it look nice. i have the same thing dave has Firbo and some bad disc so i never can get to the point were i not jumping from the pain you have to be dead still for nice welds. i had one doc that was feeding me so many pills that i just flowed in to the chair when i welded .but the junk he was feeding me was eatting a hole in my guts

I have had a lot of fun because of things I have welded up --sometimes it was just to patch a hold in somebodies combine and the welding rod used was some coat hangers or a piece of wire cut off a fence--Welding certainly has enabled some creative things in history and even today with all the billet one piec cnc objects there is still a lot of welding---pipelines, bridges, etc


Hey ---that solar flux does take alcohol, doesn't it???

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

I have had a lot of fun because of things I have welded up --sometimes it was just to patch a hold in somebodies combine and the welding rod used was some coat hangers or a piece of wire cut off a fence--Welding certainly has enabled some creative things in history and even today with all the billet one piec cnc objects there is still a lot of welding---pipelines, bridges, etc


Hey ---that solar flux does take alcohol, doesn't it???

yes it will need alcohol it not that geat to mix abit like mud hey you want to see my welding??? here my watch dog and junk i hot glue together and the banjo player

Heck, I'd know him anywhere!!! That's Benny the Banjo Man!!!! Saw him on Ed Sullivan Sunday night!!!! I had no idea he lived in your shop, Pat!

How about a Spider??

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We have a good friend who taught developmentally challenged kids for more than 40 years, and she kept a pet tarantula in her classroom for many, many years. I decided she needed a more docile version to keep her company....

The WHO ...is that .. Boris the spider ???

I think you guys are starting something--maybe we should start a contest to see who can make the best art??? In these times it would be a lot cheaper than a hotrod---sorta like the 3 word thread----

that dog is made out of a auto lite plug just screwing around used allen bolts for eyes. steel stamp valve locks for ears some crank keys and lock washer for a tail and a rocker ball for a butt.i tried to base it off a pug dog but need a short plug for a body . was thinking i could make more money then boring blocks .... but i will be boring blocks tomorrow

well at least I now know what I can do with some of these valve springs and spark plugs, maybe even a couple hundred middle main caps--

If I only could get a vision for coi over springs and maybe camshafts, ring and pinion gears