I have a Hobart 135. It is a low budget base MIG which has a descent regulator for gas; around $500. I have used it for many years. Let me rephrase that, I have abused it for many years; hard. I have asked it to do many things outside the scope of what it was meant for. I have used well past...
I got the electric motor from an auction some time back. The speed controller and coupler come from Surpluscenter. The foot pedal is a HF switch (on/off) but the speed controller can adjust the speed.
Before modern power steering caster is smaller to reduce turning effort. In some cars I have messed with, 2 to 2.5 degrees is normal. With power steering it is common to go to 5 or more for positive road feel and stability.
If you are not using power steering you can limit the caster. It will...
I have a video of it running but it does not do it justice. The sound over modulates and you really cannot hear it running:
http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/panttransam/434.AVI
The first set of headers was collected wrong. I made a test set up and a computer program to read some parameters...Just...
I have built one from scratch. Basically I made mounts to the engine with down tubes and built the frame to line up to the downtubes and size I wanted:
Years ago I bought a Hobart 135. I torcher this machine and have it's entire life and yet it has served me well. I weld all thicknesses. There is one thing to remember. Use .023 wire because the machine shines with it. It struggles with penetration with .030 but is in it's groove with .023; even...