Miller Dynasty 300, Miller Syncrowave 250 ,Miller 250 MIG(with alum spool) Victor OXY ,Lincoln Cracker Box ,ESAB Plasma Cutter,OXY Pattern Cutter in the works (partly homemade)
Last edited by msb184; 09-02-2006 at 06:17 PM..
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How about don’t wear nylon gym shorts while sitting under the gas tank welding relocation brackets as your first welding project and get tired of the sparks so you put a towel in your lap which ends up catching fire…
Miller 250 sycrowave Tig
Miller 250 MIG
Miller 2050 Plasma
Bridgeport Mill
Weiler Tooling Lathe
Hydraulic Tubing bender 5/8-2" dies
Mittler Bros. Tube notcher
Craftsman Drill Press
80 Gal. 7.5Hp Air compressor
80 Gal tank for xtra air volume
SpeedAire air dryer for incoming air
enco shear, brake, roller
Full set of Snap on tools
Some SK tools
Some craftsman tools
Buxton Engineering on head valve spring checker
Buxton Engineering bench mount valve spring checker
2 Snap on rolling tool boxes
Dayton 6" belt sander
Milwaulkee electric shears
Dewalt 14.4 cordless drill
Dewalt 12v cordless drill
Enco Tilt horizontal band saw
Full set of micrometers, calipers & indicators
Getting ready to buy a 2 post lift
Plus there is more I just cant' think of right now.
Here are some pics of some of the tools.
and yes everything is insured to the max, but dont get an idea of tryin to rob me. You will have to get past my arsenal of guns, cameras around the house and the house alarm. So try if you want, but don't expect to leave in one piece.
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Millermatic 180, Victor Oxy/Acectylene torch setup, working on refurbishing an old plasma cutter for the garage. I waited so long for the welder and torch, but when I started to get serious on the Model A frame for my '25 roadster I really needed them. Just added: an old school aircraft tubing bender!
Does anyone know of a heavy guage tubing bender for cages, and chassis tubing that wont kill a bank account? I have a tubing bender now but it's only good for brake lines, and quad/golfcart nerfbars and bumpers. Works great for thin-wall stuff, won't come anywhere near close to bending structural steel tubing.
http://www.jd2.com/shop/ is pretty much the standard for DIY bending, from what I've read. Over on Pirate4x4, there's a lot of owners of the JD2 benders. JD2 is about the "cheapest" of the decent benders (again, from what I've read). Go browse over at pirate4x4.com, they do a lot of rollbar (whole truck, actually) fabrication.
IMO it's good to stick with a common name bender, so that you know that you can get dies in the future if you need a different size. Dies certainly aren't cheap, and an off-brand bender - if you can't find the right die for it - does you no good. The dies are as important as the bender itself.
And don't discount the usefulness of bending software. Pretty cool stuff.
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