i've been chippin away when i can. just hasn't been anything good to post.
i do have the side shown above almost finished, gotta shear the top to size tormw and it's the last piece on that side. it was a bit more welding than expected to put it all together, but it's' tied well and should do the trick. the other side should go faster, i know what needs done.
my biggest issue is rust. i cannot start anything and leave it mid point........just the morning dew rusts the new welds and raw steel, it's been a constant battle to either get done all the way to paint or know i need to clean it b4 working that area next time i get ti it or priming temp'd stuff and having to strip all that b4 final welding and repainting.
burnt up my HF CM welder......the washers on the power line melted into carbon dust and were not conducting any more, so i put some fancy grade 2 zinc plated washers on it ............that'll teach it right.........works again and runs cooler actually, but i'm lookin for an excuse to have me that eastwood 250. this -20-30% duty cycle stuff is killin me. i set a job up and weld it out last and all i do is wait for this machine to cool enough to run the next bead or 2.
20% is 2m out of 10.......more like 2 runs and done for 8-10m. the eastwood runs 60% at max power, lincoln doesn't at least not the units i could afford and miller is even further out of reach.
dodging rain drops over the wkend i got all the wiring done in the main box...... all that's left is to tie in the e-brake switch.