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Hooo Yeah! Congrats to the winners and all who participated and to EVERLAST!

Contests are great fun.

OK, Thanks mark. I guess I just didn't understand how to set up the project count.

I still have many projects not all relating to welding that I haven't posted. Waiting for the next contest.:D

OK, Made a plexiglass surround for my small table and got a diamond barrel sander and more 1/16" thoriated tungsten. Practice welding .030" SS (304). Tig set at 60 amps with and without pulse. Casio...

I got 107 posts during the 2 months.


Projects during the contest:
Replica cannon
Nautical belt buckle
Bow railing for boat
Swim platform for boat
Convert Casio foot pedal to Tig pedal

Been busy getting ready for a vacation.

Started out having trouble getting the pedal position correctly aligned with the gear assembly. Ended up just using the Casio foot pedal. Epoxied a piece of...

Ordered 2 slide, 2 switches and one rotary. :)

If I can't use it as a foot pedal, I can always use it as an interior light for my van. :D

I'm just gonna order 2 of the switch, slide and round POT, just to have something to play around with.

I've already altered the everlast foot pedal so it ain't so high off the ground.
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While I was welding up some small washers to 1/8" TIG rod for making a TV antenna, I noticed the whole tungsten would have like a coating of an electrical arc...kinda the whole tungsten was sheathed...

Hells bells, didn't even think about the wiring of the slide type. Maybe I can figure it out with a ohm meter.

Are those the discs like the scotch brite pads? I got some for my little air angle grinder. Didn't even think about those. I think I'll try them out. Gotta re-fill my argon first, though.

Oh heck, I've seen 50 gal SS drums that would make beautiful BBQ or even storage tanks for veggie diesel oil. Just didn't have the money to buy them, even at $2/lb, which is cheap.

Oky Thanks! Gonna order.:)

Just to make sure, is that .2 watt rating enuff??

http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Alpha-Taiwan/RA4545F-20G-15LC-B50K-C/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMurJeyiEZqTm8Fxed40QFM99fVD3HTvqDk%3d


I'll place an...

Oh yeah, I went looking for 3/8-1/2" round SS to make rod holders. Found 3/8 sq SS so I got maybe 15'. It's just been laying around so just for giggles I tried it as a guide for the PP50. It 'rode'...

OK guys, I think I'll get one of each just to try out. Maybe I can find a way to seal that slide rheostat. It would make design Sooooo much simpler. I still have the gear set-up from the Casio pedal...

OK, The nay sayers were right. It was FUGLY. I rinsed and scrubbed after the acid real good lat night and dried over 12 hrs. There was so much contamination that came up it looked like a pepper...

Got muriatic acid and phosphoric acid. I think the muriatic is a bit strong so I tried the phosphoric. It cleaned it up some. I'll try some test beads tomorrow

I guess I'm a lousy searcher.

First, what would be an acceptable watt rating. .1-.5 watt doesn't sound like much.


For specs, I'd like about 45 mm travel(1.77") for a short pedal throw. but...

Ok I'll give it a try. The geared pedal gives the POT 7/8 of a full revolution so about 315* of rotation.

By the way, how would you look up a sliding POT?

Yeah, I guess I could go to a scrap yard. I been doing that for some years. It's just that I've had this platform from the back of a truck just laying around. I might try laying some beads for...

My problem is I don't even know what to look for. I know it's a 50K pot but that's about it. I couldn't tell if it was a good one or not.

I was also interested in a sliding POT, kinda like them...

I have some old (1/4") diamond plate aluminum that has lots of pitting and needs clean-up in order to make a foot pedal housing for a foot pedal project for the TIG.

I don't think wire wheel...

OK thanks guys. I'll check into them. I remembered I have some aluminum diamond plate laying around. I'll check it out to see if it would work as a case.

Went to 2 different Radio Shack. No 50K pots. Not even close. So I'll have to wait before starting.

In the mean time, I've altered the everlast foot pedal to get it a little lower just by cutting...