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Labour Saving and General Guntering

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  • #2522
    f140
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 875 ✭✭✭f140


    pedigree 6. did you weld it vertically on the tractor? some welding if you did


  • #2523
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,679 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Nice bit of welding there P6, and no traces of a bolt buried in the big hole!

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #2524
    O.A.P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭O.A.P


    Reggie. wrote: »
    That's where I learned to weld
    Me and all .
    I'm thinking about buying a mig welder though for smaller metal, but have never used one . I wonder if the fact that I'm able to arc weld (kind of) be enough to buy and learn or should I do another course ?


  • #2525
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    Reggie. wrote: »
    That's where I learned to weld

    Twas in the FAS centre in moneenaguisha in Galway City that l did mine.

    I thought you would have done an apprenticeship through the army or are those days gone?


  • #2526
    pedigree 6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭pedigree 6


    f140 wrote: »
    pedigree 6. did you weld it vertically on the tractor? some welding if you did

    Yea vertical.
    I got an inverter welder now and very good adjustment on it now to suit the metal.
    Also use vapormatic rods. Very good.


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  • #2527
    f140
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 875 ✭✭✭f140


    pedigree 6 wrote: »
    Yea vertical.
    I got an inverter welder now and very good adjustment on it now to suit the metal.
    Also use vapormatic rods. Very good.
    are you able to run the welder constant until the rod is used with the vertical welding or was there a lot of stop/staring?


  • #2528
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,470 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Muckit wrote: »
    Twas in the FAS centre in moneenaguisha in Galway City that l did mine.

    I thought you would have done an apprenticeship through the army or are those days gone?

    Them days are pretty much gone now


  • #2529
    pedigree 6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭pedigree 6


    f140 wrote: »
    are you able to run the welder constant until the rod is used with the vertical welding or was there a lot of stop/staring?

    Yea constant. The piece was vertical but the weld was going sideways.
    Trickier doing up down weld on a vertical piece (if you know what I mean).
    Some good vids on YouTube now.
    God I might get a job out of all this.:D;)


  • #2530
    EJ88
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭EJ88


    O.A.P wrote: »
    Me and all .
    I'm thinking about buying a mig welder though for smaller metal, but have never used one . I wonder if the fact that I'm able to arc weld (kind of) be enough to buy and learn or should I do another course ?

    Mig was the easiest type of welding I learned. It's basically set up your welder and keep the hand speed steady. Ever since I bought a Mig, the stick welder gathers dust.


  • #2531
    f140
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 875 ✭✭✭f140


    anyone ever make a log splitter. I have an old ram off a shear grab and was half thinking of making one in the winter.


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  • #2532
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,470 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    f140 wrote: »
    anyone ever make a log splitter. I have an old ram off a shear grab and was half thinking of making one in the winter.

    Not a good idea unless you can certify your welding


  • #2533
    queueeye
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭queueeye


    f140 wrote: »
    anyone ever make a log splitter. I have an old ram off a shear grab and was half thinking of making one in the winter.

    Made one using screen grab from donedeal as a pattern. Shear grab ram, works a treat. Measure twice and cut once, be grand.


  • #2534
    IH784man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭IH784man


    f140 wrote: »
    anyone ever make a log splitter. I have an old ram off a shear grab and was half thinking of making one in the winter.
    Vertical or horizontal? We made one years ago of a light girder as a frame,welded on a 3 point linkage and set up the ram with the controls of a old teleporter


  • #2535
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    And they are all sitting up idle now. You still have to handball them on and off them. And ttactor ticking over the whole time. Could never see a use for them.

    You'll split biggest of them tipping around the edges. Use a chainsaw to put a few nicks on troublesome ones then good maul or sledge and steel wedge.


  • #2536
    queueeye
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭queueeye


    Muckit wrote: »
    And they are all sitting up idle now. You still have to handball them on and off them. And ttactor ticking over the whole time. Could never see a use for them.

    You'll split biggest of them tipping around the edges. Use a chainsaw to put a few nicks on troublesome ones then good maul or sledge and steel wedge.

    Idle now yes. But then I don't use it during the summer. If I'm to follow your rationale should I flog the combine too and go back to the scythe?


  • #2537
    mengele
    Registered Users Posts: 877 ✭✭✭mengele


    IH784man wrote: »
    Vertical or horizontal? We made one years ago of a light girder as a frame,welded on a 3 point linkage and set up the ram with the controls of a old teleporter

    I think the horizontal seem to be a better job.


  • #2538
    Bullocks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,890 ✭✭✭Bullocks


    Muckit wrote: »
    And they are all sitting up idle now. You still have to handball them on and off them. And ttactor ticking over the whole time. Could never see a use for them.

    You'll split biggest of them tipping around the edges. Use a chainsaw to put a few nicks on troublesome ones then good maul or sledge and steel wedge.
    The parents house and sisters house are fully heated with solid fuel and I just have a stove in the sitting room , I can cut with tractor saw and split with the splitter for the lot in a few whiles of days . I wouldn't like to be tipping with the chainsaw and hatchet .
    If I get nice timber I do an hour or so with the hatchet alright just to keep my eye in as they say !


  • #2539
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,859 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    f140 wrote: »
    anyone ever make a log splitter. I have an old ram off a shear grab and was half thinking of making one in the winter.

    I have the cylinder and I-beams already so only need the valve, 2 hoses and a few hours welding to finish. Whenever I get the free time.
    Ideally you should have a separate pressure relief on the splitter, two hand operation and the cylinder should only move when the valve is operated. Safety first and all that.

    'If I ventured in the slipstream, Between the viaducts of your dream'



  • #2540
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    queueeye wrote: »
    Idle now yes. But then I don't use it during the summer. If I'm to follow your rationale should I flog the combine too and go back to the scythe?

    No silly. Get a contractor. Look at all the shed space you'd save!! :)


  • #2541
    9935452
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭9935452


    Reggie. wrote: »
    f140 wrote: »
    anyone ever make a log splitter. I have an old ram off a shear grab and was half thinking of making one in the winter.

    Not a good idea unless you can certify your welding

    Out of curiosity why would you say that.


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  • #2542
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    I suppose for fear someone got a ram in the face!


  • #2543
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,470 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    9935452 wrote: »
    Out of curiosity why would you say that.

    If something went wrong no farm insurance will cover ya. All welding now has to be certified aswell for insurance. Plus on the negative side there is slot of pressure on the ram when it's pushing through a block in fairness.

    I have a homemade one. I made the pieces but got the welding done by a professional. At the end it was feck all cheaper than a bought one.


  • #2544
    foxy farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,194 ✭✭✭foxy farmer


    The nanny state rides again. Sure we might as well sell the welders and grinders so. Make it an offence to own a welder without a certificate of competence. More H&S bureaucracy keeping people in cushy jobs


  • #2545
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,859 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    H&S is s joke until someone gets seriously injured or killed. But sure we know that doesn't happen on Irish farms.

    'If I ventured in the slipstream, Between the viaducts of your dream'



  • #2546
    9935452
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭9935452


    Reggie. wrote: »
    9935452 wrote: »
    Out of curiosity why would you say that.

    If something went wrong no farm insurance will cover ya. All welding now has to be certified aswell for insurance. Plus on the negative side there is slot of pressure on the ram when it's pushing through a block in fairness.

    I have a homemade one. I made the pieces but got the welding done by a professional. At the end it was feck all cheaper than a bought one.

    What about all the welding that was done in the past. Repairs and home made machinery. Do we need to dump all of it or get it certified.
    The reason I ask is we have a good share or home made machinery at home which by and large is stronger than what is available on the market.
    One of which is a logsplitter.


  • #2547
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,470 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    9935452 wrote: »
    What about all the welding that was done in the past. Repairs and home made machinery. Do we need to dump all of it or get it certified.
    The reason I ask is we have a good share or home made machinery at home which by and large is stronger than what is available on the market.
    One of which is a logsplitter.

    If something happens insurance will ask who made the machine or who repaired it. Only right in fairness once lives are spared. I'm on about critical repairs or load bearing items


  • #2548
    Conor556
    Registered Users Posts: 281 ✭✭Conor556


    One I made a few years ago, 20 tonne ram,

    Snapchat-864864861208394603.jpg


  • #2549
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,219 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    9935452 wrote: »
    What about all the welding that was done in the past. Repairs and home made machinery. Do we need to dump all of it or get it certified.
    The reason I ask is we have a good share or home made machinery at home which by and large is stronger than what is available on the market.
    One of which is a logsplitter.

    Just don't post pictures to the 'net of anything more complex than the "spud" of a gate.......


  • #2550
    Odelay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,867 ✭✭✭Odelay


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    Just don't post pictures to the 'net of anything more complex than the "spud" of a gate.......

    A welded spud?? Are you joking? Serious trip hazard there:rolleyes:


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  • #2551
    SuperTortoise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭SuperTortoise


    O.A.P wrote: »
    Me and all .
    I'm thinking about buying a mig welder though for smaller metal, but have never used one . I wonder if the fact that I'm able to arc weld (kind of) be enough to buy and learn or should I do another course ?

    90% of the work with MIG is setting up the machine, getting your voltages and feed speed correct, the rest is point and click.
    Do your research before buying one though, there's an awful lot of shyte out there.


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