Welding requires a very high level of hand eye coordination. This doesn't happen overnight. It can take years to master various types of welding. The best thing to do is take a course at the local tech school and not just from someone who's welded on the farm. Sorry, guys. If it's worth learning, it's worth learning how to do it properly. Welding is more than just picking up a rod and burning away. If you buy a cheap welder, you get a cheap welder. Once you use a good DC welder, you won't be happy with a cheap buzz box. A used Idealarc 250 AC/DC or Dialarc 250 AC/DC would be a good machine. A course at the tech school would be a wise investment. They will teach you about safety, machine differences, rod selection, joint prep., type of load and tons of other stuff as well. Learning how to weld with a cheap buzz box will be very, very frustrating. Cast Iron is a specialty application of welding and requires very specific techniques. You can watch videos till your blue in the face but as far as welding, nothing beats practice and proper instruction. Look into a course before you waste your money trying to find a "good used welder for $100"! Another misconception is the heat someone or a book says to burn a rod at. Every machine will weld differently. A good welder sets his heat by how the rod burns for the job he's doing, not because some book or the dial says to burn it at a specific amperage. The dial is just a reference point to hopefully get you in the ball park of the right heat. Good welders like Puddles, who's posted some pictures on here, make it look easy but he's been doing it for a lot of years and knows what he's doing. Dave
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Today's Featured Article - Hydraulics - Cylinder Anatomy - by Curtis von Fange. Let’s make one more addition to our series on hydraulics. I’ve noticed a few questions in the comment section that could pertain to hydraulic cylinders so I thought we could take a short look at this real workhorse of the circuit. Cylinders are the reason for the hydraulic circuit. They take the fluid power delivered from the pump and magically change it into mechanical power. There are many types of cylinders that one might run across on a farm scenario. Each one could take a chapter in
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