I have not LOOKED at a stick electrode holder for ??20years?? having done everything with the little Lincoln 140 or the 180c migs. I FINALLY got most of the backhoe mounting brackets tacked up, and now "let's weld" I still have some bracing to make, and the actual mounts for the pins on the hoe itself, but the major part of the brackets are tacked together.
So I got the bright idea, "maybe" it will be easier/ faster/ cheaper to stick weld the thing instead of spending hours and hours with the mig
I DO HAVE a huge, gigantic, heavy duty, not to mention "big" Lincoln 250-250 AC/DC stick tig which weighs about 400lbs. I bought it YEARS ago thought I was going to be the "big TIG man" but life happened.
I never got a stick stinger/ lead with it, although I DID make a stab at some TIG. IF I have a stick cable anywhere, and I don't know that I do, I have NO idea where it might be. The thought of spending ?? 100 bucks or more on a holder, cable, etc did not "do it."
So "we" clamped a pair of old booster cables to the TIG gas/ power tap, and clamped THEM to some old boat battery cables for a "whip" and bolted THAT to a pair of ugly old vise grips
I do have a small amount of 7018, some 6011, and went and bought a whole pound of 6011 (ELEVEN BUCKS A POUND!!) ..............and I actually got a few beads in.
Below the one bracket. This is 2" really heavy wall square tube with a piece of 1/2x3 flat on the outboard side. I still have to make the piece for the pin. You can see the pump which is connected to the PTO, and I will have to "carefully adjust" the height so the footstep above it clears, and so it is not jammed up against the oil tank. I would have liked to tuck it in closer to the tractor, but it just won't happen
Below, other side. The castings are a pear shaped deal which drop down below the actual differential and have the final gearing out to the wheels
The huge Lincoln. It is set up for remote control TIG and when I first was trying to set it up I forgot about this switch.....and the power control on the front panel has no effect!!! until you properly set this switch!!
This is the TIG connector coming out of the welder. Power taps in to the TIG cable, as well as shield gas. Since I have no proper stick connectors, I just "rednecked" it!!
World famous redneck stick electrode holder. Old pair of vise grips not worth much anyhow!! Don't let the colors fool you, these are small cables in parallel as are the booster cables.
So I got the bright idea, "maybe" it will be easier/ faster/ cheaper to stick weld the thing instead of spending hours and hours with the mig
I DO HAVE a huge, gigantic, heavy duty, not to mention "big" Lincoln 250-250 AC/DC stick tig which weighs about 400lbs. I bought it YEARS ago thought I was going to be the "big TIG man" but life happened.
I never got a stick stinger/ lead with it, although I DID make a stab at some TIG. IF I have a stick cable anywhere, and I don't know that I do, I have NO idea where it might be. The thought of spending ?? 100 bucks or more on a holder, cable, etc did not "do it."
So "we" clamped a pair of old booster cables to the TIG gas/ power tap, and clamped THEM to some old boat battery cables for a "whip" and bolted THAT to a pair of ugly old vise grips
I do have a small amount of 7018, some 6011, and went and bought a whole pound of 6011 (ELEVEN BUCKS A POUND!!) ..............and I actually got a few beads in.
Below the one bracket. This is 2" really heavy wall square tube with a piece of 1/2x3 flat on the outboard side. I still have to make the piece for the pin. You can see the pump which is connected to the PTO, and I will have to "carefully adjust" the height so the footstep above it clears, and so it is not jammed up against the oil tank. I would have liked to tuck it in closer to the tractor, but it just won't happen
Below, other side. The castings are a pear shaped deal which drop down below the actual differential and have the final gearing out to the wheels
The huge Lincoln. It is set up for remote control TIG and when I first was trying to set it up I forgot about this switch.....and the power control on the front panel has no effect!!! until you properly set this switch!!
This is the TIG connector coming out of the welder. Power taps in to the TIG cable, as well as shield gas. Since I have no proper stick connectors, I just "rednecked" it!!
World famous redneck stick electrode holder. Old pair of vise grips not worth much anyhow!! Don't let the colors fool you, these are small cables in parallel as are the booster cables.
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