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Recent content by blucllrplt

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    Rather work than Play

    Appreciate the recommendations, have had enough gun time during my service to the country LOL. Sheri’s place sounds fun but as old fashioned as it sounds I couldn’t go there and return home with a clean conscience. Hung out and went to the world of concrete convention which was interesting...
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    Rather work than Play

    I have a request that probably 99.999% of people reading this think is Stupid, Crazy or Insane but will ask anyway. Will be in Lost Wages (Las Vegas) from Sunday night until Thursday morning. As I've been to Vegas at least 100 times in the last 25 years I have no desire to gamble and hang out...
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    Some shop projects

    Haven't worked much over the past couple of weeks so decided to make something in the shop. Its been very windy here lately so decided to make some weathervanes of the equipment that I have. Need to get a little more metal before I can mount the dozer cutout. I machined both ends of a 1"pipe...
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    what happened to welding web forum?? any members here too?

    Mainly lurk on WW with only 100+ posts. Might have to think up something to say here. Always got a good chuckle out of the political forum.
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    This dam HEAT......

    103 here north of DFW. Installing AC in the shop was one of the best gifts I ever received. Actually now enjoy working in there.
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    Happy Birthday to me..New Dozer

    Nice machine. Owned a 5G that was a joy to operate. Only issue I ever had was the AC evaporator under the seat plugging with dirt when I neglected to change the air filter for the unit on a regular basis. The condensation plus our nasty black clay made a sticky black plug that took a while to...
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    Anyone been a victim of an equipment scam?

    Have purchased several machines out of state. Coordinated with seller to have a local cat dealer come and inspect the item and instruct the mechanic to only give me the report. After any price negotiation I’ve always used a third party escrow agent of my choosing where the money is not...
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    What controls should I have my kids learn?

    Both. As children they will be able to easily transition from one to the other similar to kids coming from a home where a foreign language is spoken there and they have to speak English in school. They transition from one language to the next without even thinking. Learning multiple patterns...
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    Electric fan to cool engine bay

    ^^^^^ Had an excavator that would do the same thing. Tried everything obvious and while searching for a part in the parts manual noticed that I was missing some gasket material around the radiator that was allowing some air to bypass the radiator. Installed the new material and problem solved.
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    Re-tread from Texas

    Hi all! Was a member from 2012 as Dig_Texas until my divorce in 2013 which forced the sale of all my equipment. I was able to buy back my welding equipment and did mostly aluminum fabrication which seemed to pay the best. I’ve just recently started to repair some heavy and farm equipment...
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