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Happy New Year......Yes, hopefully better. This last year got a lot of us down.

I check in here most days. Things should pick up a little with members doing winter projects in their heated shops, something I don't have.......o_O Doing leaves and getting tractors ready for winter plowing.

I can't see how both those would be connected at the same time. The "B" acetylene and that may be a "Q" O2 tank are usually owned outright.

Too much info there Gary......Yes, on the peanut butter.

When this forum started, I had 2 projects on the go. Lately, nothing much, but I do check in every day.

Look at this thread.... https://www.weldingsite.com/threads/used-engine-oil-catch-pan-tank-from-scrap.243/ Craig is cutting up BBQ size tanks.

I would think filling with water would be the way to go. I take it you are going to cut it with a cut off blade in a grinder rather than a torch......lol

Received my gloves today too. Like said above, they are really nice, and they even fit my huge ape hands......Thanks Muhammed....Great site.

Very cool...thanks Muhammad

Seems to be a few of us Canukleheads here......(y)

Chances are, sitting out in the weather like that, the metal is pretty weak. I wouldn't use it....just sayin'

Rural on 1 1/2 acres. It's in a tiny hamlet, no store or anything. About 4 miles to town. I grew up and spent most of my life in a medium sized town 1/2 hr from Canada's largest city.....I much prefer rural.

Nice work adding the hydraulics. I built my own bucket from scratch, am still using the winch and trip dump. Would love to convert to hydraulics one day. I am doing about the same as you right now with the gravel.....lol

I use an old set of harrows that I found to smooth my driveway.The spikes leave little grooves in the driveway..... I am planning on welding something flat on the top side and flip it over when I want to really flatten the driveway.

Welcome to the forum.......You know what they say, when you have no money, you get creative.......

My old welder, the cable that the rod holder is one is about 15 ft long. The ground cable, I bet is 25 to 30 ft long, maybe longer. It is also thicker. Question is, does this matter? I know with electricity, the longer a wire, the more resistance it has. Would I be better to make the lengths...

Agreed.....Corroded metal is just going to keep corroding.

Another Canadian.....lol....Welcome from Ontario

Welcome from Ontario.

I agree...."Like" is so Facebook.

I did get that notice, should have put 2 and 2 together.

..........How did we go from about 300 members the other day to over 3800 today?

The location must be recently added. The lack of location was an issue when we first started. I see your location under yiur name now.

Nice work Noel.....I know under the box on my pickup is getting rough too....I am scared to get under there and have a good look.

81,86,101 I think I like that

Looks mainly like surface rust on the box Noel. Are there any rusted through spots? If so, I would patch using the mig welder for sure.

Here's an interesting one....What amperage to use

Here are some charts I found....

I bought a box of 7018 for my bucket build. They penetrate good and the welds hold well. The downside I find is that they tend to stick when starting and the flux is brittle.

Well, I found a bit of a design flaw in my build. Put some heavy rocks in the bucket and bent the bar that the lift pully sits on. Had to straighten it and add some support to it.

Nice...Wish I had the skills and money to build something like that.

Lacking here, for sure.....I do have a fire extinguisher, no idea of the charge on it, been sitting by the garage door for years. I do most of my welding with the garage door open or outside.

I am thinking maybe a gift card towards the cost of a welder or whatever the prizes are. If that could be done........Would save on shipping etc.

Mine need filling........

I built it in the early 90s....I cut the frame and welded a Chevy Nova frame clip into it. Drove it all over for 20 years.......Sold it a few years ago.

test.......2592x1944

LOL....No...The tractor is mine, but that mess in the last pic is just something I saw on the side of the road and just had to have proof that I saw it.......

Welcome Tim I will let the more experienced guys give you advice on the welding part, but I can pretty much assure you, you will not electrocute yourself.

Test to see if larger pics load now......2592x1944 .....The uploaded file is too large. 800x600....... 1280x960.....

Following this, as my 50+ year old welder is likely just AC

Nice....I need a better drill press, just have one of those cheapo Harbor Freight type ones, extremely under-powered.

too large....

From my phone. Not sure of size

Cool....I am thinking of a roller as my next project. I have an old welding cylinder that was left here by the previous owner of my house. Hope it is large enough.

When you go to the pic on your computer, just hover your pointer over the pic and that info will come up

OK....just uploaded the same pic, 2592x1944 on 2 other Xenforo forums and was successful.

The site should automatically resize the pics. I already sent a message to MC as another member was saying the same thing. Can you tell us what resolution the pic was you were trying to load (Dimensions 800x640) or whatever? Trying a 2592x1944 OK...says too large. That is an old pic that I...

Happy Easter Noel.......It's going to be a lonely Easter with the family not around. We will be Facetiming with the kids and grandkids according to the wife.

There shouldn't be a problem, Will report this to the admin...maybe he knows why

I had a couple of plow trucks too....very hard on electrical systems

Welcome Noel....we need more Canadians here...lol

Welcome DAC, good to have you aboard.

Welcome Noel, glad you could make it. I just tried this site on my phone, on both Google and Tapatalk...it works for me. The XenForo format that they use is designed for mobile use, phones, tablets etc...That is why so many forums are going to it these days.

Cool...Looks very versatile being able to move the belt from vertical to horizontal.

Just put in a plug on my garden tractor group on FaceBook

Thanks....Used it to move my compost pile around a bit today. The trip bucket doesn't want to tilt when right at the top, have to lower it some, trip it then raise. Will see how it goes with heavier stuff.Might have to move the pivot point back a bit.

This Covid 19 thing is screwing with everyone......You will get through it. That teaching thing sounds like it might be fun.

That's the way I build things too, engineer as I go along.....Sometime it works, sometimes not....lol

Nice trailer. I built one about 10 years ago. It could use a paint job and some fixing up now. I should get at it. I started with an old house trailer frame that was given to me. I shortened it from 24' to 16;, beefed up the crossmembers and put pressure traeted 2x10s on it.

And, back together....just waiting for the grass to grow now.

Bit of paint this morning, will reassemble tomorrow.

A few welds, since this is a welding site....lol

I threw some castors on it this morning and took it for a test spin....There is no grass yet, but there were some leaves there that shot out pretty good. Will have to see when the grass grows. My concern is that this is only a 3.5 hp engine. Wondering if it has enough power. The pulley on the...

Hi Muhammad I see with your new forums, you are using the XenForo software. Another tractor site that I mod/admin on went to it a few months ago. Over there, we have the option of a dark mode background. Have to thought of using that? I find it much easier on my old eyes...lol. Just a...

Finished my bucket project, (https://weldingsite.com/threads/bucket-for-garden-tractor.20/) so on to another. Got to spend my Covid downtime somehow......lol There won't be so much welding on this, but there will be some. I have this steep bank across the front of my property with a guard rail...

Cool....does it dump?....Where do you sit?

Cool...they do look like twins, don't they.

It is what it is guys, and I am happy with it. It cost me about $120 to build it and does what I want it to. I guess I am just too easy to please.

I used to braze when doing body work back in the day, never tried gas welding. Would be interesting to see some threads on it.

Thought it might be interesting to show what we use to weld with. I bought my old stick welder over 35 years ago at a garage sale for $75. It is a Wilson brand and has a Winchester (Canada) tag on it. Not sure if there was ever a Winchester gun factory here, but it looks like similar script I...

Well, I would love to have a loader. However, being retired and on a fixed income, I am not made of money.This will serve for what I need to do on my 1 acre.

None that really failed in the welding aspect, my welds usually hold pretty well even if they do look like crap. The first bucket I built was sort of a failure in the design aspect. I tried to use the hydro lift of the tractor to lift the bucket. Due to the geometry, I guess it just wasn't...

Also a member of TBN, but I got a PM from Mohamed on a lawn care forum taht I haven't been on in years.....Didn't know he owned that too....lol

Messaged a couple of friends

The winch lifts the bucket. The bucket tilts when realeased by that rod on the left.

Welcome...guess we are an international site now, eh

Guess I am in trouble then......:eek:

I have 2 cinder blocks that I filled with cement, about 75# each I guess. Plus my 220#......I am trying that, if I need more, will fluid fill the tires.

Well, I started it in the fall, but it got put aside during the cold weather (non heated shop)...Got back to it a couple of weeks ago. I had built another bucket a couple of years ago, but it was kind of hokey. This one lifts higher and holds more.

No, that lever is for the deck lift.....There is a toggle switch on top of the dash. I have to mount it a bit better yet.

Welcome....me too

I just finished this up the other day...It is a bucket for my garden tractor to moved gravel, dirt etc around the yard....some pics. Don't mind the crappy welds

Looks like it might be fun....and helpful. ........and beats talking politics....lol

Hi all...Been welding for a long time, not real good at it, but passable I guess.....I have an old arc welder that I picked up at a garage sale about 30 years ago. I also have oxygen/accetene tanks and a flux core wire welder, haven't used it much. Hope to improve a bit before I die.........lol