Learned to weld, and built something too

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yesterday I learned to weld (got a little old stick welder that is like 45 amps or so) and i'm liking it! I built a slip scoop bucket for my old Bush Hog garden tractor. Here's some photos. It will hold 2.5 cu. ft. of whatever. It's 3' wide. This will be my mulch mover :D works pretty good.

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http://www.geocities.com/bush_hog_v36/images2/bucketb.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/bush_hog_v36/images2/bucketd.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/bush_hog_v36/images2/bucketscooping.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/bush_hog_v36/images2/bucketdumping.jpg

[plow kid]

Nice little www.anyplace.com/image1.jpg.~NaTe

[vipermanz]

i saw a small one made by campbell hausfeld at wally world i liked , it would be for my random usage so power for building skyscrapers isn't required

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don't think the others worked. let me try again.

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need to make a better latch asap

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also got to paint it when i'm completely done with latch. gonna make brackets to put it on front of tractor also. Then I can have a blade on back or something. Can use the blade to push up piles better etc.

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oops - #3 again

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[stslawncare]

very impressive, thats one thing i wanna learn

[75]

So that's why I haven't heard much from you............ ;)

Congrats on taking the plunge and trying your hand at "burning". Best way to learn is by doing, IMO - then try out what you've built and see how it works.

Are you sure that machine is 45 amps? Even for 1/16" rod you'd want to try about 50 - 60 amps as a starting point I would think: "rule of thumb" is 1 amp per thousandth of an inch of electrode diameter. (1/16" = approximately .060)

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Rob, it's actually a 15 amp welder after I looked. Old Wizard brand. More of an electro magnet than a welder lol it sticks too much. You can burn up a 1/4 of a stick before getting a good spark going. If i'm gonna do much or need a good solid weld I go use my neighbor's welder. It's big and has many many volts. I crank it up to 55 amps with these 1/16 electrodes and it works quite nicely ;) :D
The bucket works great, i've made a better latch now, I just wish I had hydrualic lift. But I can't afford hydraulics just yet. BTW, someone called and wanted me to give him an estimate on 2 acres. Told him $75 trim every other time, he said last guy did it for $45, but had a 60" ZTR and several places in the community, so I said well I'll do it for $65. He said he needs his wife's ok first. He has his own business and his only kid is a teenage boy always at sports stuff so noone to mow but me :D :D :D
hope I get it. got several other 'maybe's' too. :blob4: :blob1: :blob3: