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This is sound advice. I assumed it was as simple as welding the ring on em and going. Had no idea how involved it is.

Will be sending em off now. If they were steel, I wouldn't have a problem doing it. But alloy= not my specialty.

They aren't gonna be my DD's anyway. They're gonna be my trail set of wheels and tires.

Thanks so much man for breaking it down and explaining the process!

 

yup i'm dumb, theyre forged not cast. welds look good i'm sure they'll hold fine, mine look similar from the po and i haven't really had a problem

 

I hate running 308s. TIG all of the things.

 

Thought I might be able to get an answer here without starting a new thread. I am going to tackle some rust I have on my sliders (welded to the frame) thanks to my city using copious amounts of salt (enough to help Margaritaville for 10 years after an apocalypse). I have some concerns about protecting the paint and heard about 3M's welding and spark deflection paper but it is over $100 a roll Harbor Freight have welding blankets that I have looked into and for the price, it's a no brainer.

My question is how does the blanket compare to the paper? I don't have a welder (yet) so until then, I feel the paper would just be a waste.

Any information would greatly help me out. TIA!

 

If it was me I would just go for it and wire brush the rust or whatever you plan to do. Your paint will be fine.

 

just use normal brown paper and masking tape... you definitely want something, the little pieces of metal and rust will destroy anything. however, they won't be hot enough to burn through the normal brown paper.
if youre really concerned, use some tin foil over the paper.
welding blanket is legit but unnecessary for what you will be doing imo

 

Time to get this old thing rebuilt and back into the workforce. Its not a SA200 but it should make a decent fenceliner rig.

 

That will,make a great welder just get it up and running

 

It runs now but needs electrical work. It only runs on high idle and you have to turn it all the way up to burn 1/8" 7018s. My dad bought it new idk how many years ago and its just been sitting here collecting dust for the past 10 years. He said I can have it since I was looking for a machine to put on the back of a truck lol. Guessing getting the electrical side gone through and rebuilt should be around $500-$700. Then gonna get the cover and face and everything powdercoated as well.

 

I can tell you where to get faceplates and all you can pm me if you want. I got my welder completely refurbished for 500 runs like a uh well like a welder should lol

 

Neighbor wants me to repair the ramp on his trailer, pretty simple.
Replace the bottom tube, and one of the support tubes, and plate the hole in the top tube, and replace one of the hinges. Any ideas on how much to charge?

 

Depending on how you feel id. If you have to go buy tube for the repair than probably $75 . If you have scrap laying around then $50. Charge him for the hinge as well.

 

Depends on your skill set. Its how's I feed my family so I'm a little more pricy than some guys buddy. I charge 35 an hour plus materials which is still cheaer than most but now to go mobile and all is a different story

 

35 is pricey? Most people around me charge $40-$60/hr

 

I don't have any scrap around that would match, so I'm gonna charge for materials.
I may have scrap to build the hinge though, it's the simple peg and tube design.

Well I don't have a family to feed and it's kind of a "for fun" job.
I'll probably charge ~$40 for labor and Misc (Gas/wire, grinder discs) and see how much materiel will be.

 

I know what I ment by pricy is more than a bottle of Jack or a case of beer lol. I have so many that want to pay that way. If I go mobile or do a job immediately it 75. I do 35 because I try and make my money in quantity. Average around here is 60. It's hard though with China stuff being so cheap role would rather replace something every year

 

Just buy a hinge IMO. They're cheap and will save you time and time= money

 

That's a couple hours of work. If it was brought to me I'd probably charge $150-200.

 

And I'm take the aws d1.1 3g&4g unlimited plate thickness test tomorrow. 1" plate

 

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