Nige
Senior Member
Take lots of photos of the equipment (if they'll let you) and post them here ............
One of those outfits did not have their photobucket account password protected or protected from public viewingTake lots of photos of the equipment (if they'll let you) and post them here ............
AQMD might screw that up.:BangheadWilliam I have a BB5000 that is hydraulic drive that I power with the hydraulic system on my service truck, works well for me.
Hydraulic motors are not that much$$$$ from hydraulic shops.
They aren't quite home made Stan. They are manufactured by a bloke south of Perth using cnc machined components. Bars and feed box are supplied by Hofmann. He makes his own support bearing brackets and quite a bit of other stuff. There are quite a few working around WA and also in the Eastern States. He also makes a different welding attachment. Hofmann welding bar but a different rotating joint and the welding end has some nice mods. Its electric powered independent to the hydraulic system.
In that pic the motor is at the bottom but the unit can be mounted in any position and the bracket that receives the lead screw can also be rotated 360 deg so the feed unit can be conveniently mounted at any position to suit the operator.
I did not realise how much difference small adjustments on voltage/wire speed would make.
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