I'm sorry to have to ask... but what is a MIG?
A glue gun.
That uses steel.
I'm sorry to have to ask... but what is a MIG?
A glue gun.
That uses steel.
You would not believe the number of oyster dredges, dredge rigs with winches, crab pot winders, hydraulic power packs, hydraulic steering setups, net rollers, etc etc that we've built and rebuilt. Or ..maybe you would.
Suspension Engineering by Thor Heyerdahl and Adolphus Bush......
I told them that I was an explosives engineer (I was once) that I gathered up all the ingredients to make a trail version of Thermite, filled the beer can with it, pulled the two pieces of busted arm together and lit it with a cigarette. Voila!!
Has a solid ring to it..sounds impressive even..totally legit. ;-)
The beer can is duct taped to an 1-1/8" combination wrench that is inside that rectangular tubing to "splice" it together...the cable from the front winch is pulling it together. Took us a few beers to figger out how to make the combination wrench splice stay put...;-)
I've put that picture out on numerous 4x4 forums over the years and told them it was a "beer can weld". Got lotsa "wows" and no few "Bullcrap..how you do that?" posts in response. I told them that I was an explosives engineer (I was once) that I gathered up all the ingredients to make a trail version of Thermite, filled the beer can with it, pulled the two pieces of busted arm together and lit it with a cigarette. Voila!!
Many believed. I hope I'm not somehow responsible for anyone getting burned over the years... ;-p "hey..you kids..don't you try this..."
I've been known to improvise a bit when it comes to trail fixes...like this busted front radius arm that I welded back together with a Bud Light can, and my very poplar front suspension design (swidt?)
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Was that a 10 oz. bud light?
I'm sorry to have to ask... but what is a MIG?
A Russian Fighter Plane that Putin gave Trump for colluding with him..
Thank you all for the advice and inputs. Despite what one individual said, I am an "industrious kind of man" and most often fix things no problem; however, I do seek out information known that there are a lot of skill sets represented by the Forum members. So I can look at all options and go with the best suited one for the situation. The mower is fixed and all's good. I appreciate your taking the time to respond. It was helpful. Thanks.
If I may ...
Uh, yeah, sure. If you were truly and industrious kind of man, you would have looked at the problem, formulated a solution, and fixed that broken deck support right quickly. And then, if the fix was of a Popular Mechanics style, you would have posted pictures of your studious industriousness to share your super fix to help others who might have a similar issue. You ever see Gilligan on here asking for help like this? Nope. Because he is an prideful independent industrious fellow, that's why.
stfu