lazycyril Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 came across this on the net: http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~weinfurt/gaswelder.html build your own portable gas powered welder. I would prolly want to add on more gear to give options for 12v dc and an inverter circuit for 120 ac. I remember my father had a great big red lincon gas powered unit. it did not put out a good sine wave though, so had to be carefull what you pluged into it. Still I would love to have a portable unit for field work. to many projects...arg! -C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLOZ UP Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Hm... my impulse says yes, but my gut says no... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 yep...do it. Or you could go to www.ZENA.net and get one of their 150 amp GENERATORS. It's not an alternator. It is built inside of a GM alternator housing for ease of mounting but the interior is completely redesigned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some-Guy Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 hehe wicked now imagine 2 or 3 alternators on there w00t now your cookin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop N Wood Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 I saw something like that in a Mother Earth News magazine 20 years ago. That guy simply bolted an alternator to a plain ole lawn mower and rigged up a belt. They had to add a battery or else the 3 1/2 HP motor would stall when the arc was initially struck. Pretty good survival skills should one ever have to survive in a post nuclear apocalypse world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some-Guy Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 imagine the power you could make in your car replacing the alternator with one of those generators hmm more Actualy I guess stuff would just explode or burn up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 I am planning on puting one of those Zena welding systems on my Z hooked up to the unused A/C pully so I can make money without too much of an investment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some-Guy Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Your goona power the welder outa your Z ??? haha thats kinda cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 plannin' on it...and when I'm not welding just pop the belt off to not put drag on the engine. I mean how many people have a 200hp welder with headers? well soon to be 200hp... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some-Guy Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Thats awesome take pics when you get it done lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 will do...it sems like it will e a real easy setup since there is soo much room without A/C... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big-phil Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 wow thats cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtcookson Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 http://myweb.cableone.net/rschell/TIG.htm http://classicbroncos.com/homemade-welder.shtml I've been wanting to put one of these together forever. I need to do that sometime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some-Guy Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 mtcookson that is awesome iam actualy going to try it you can probly put it together for around 400$ if you went with all new parts cool stuff iam actualy going to try and make one...as soon as i find a garage iam trying a hell of alot of stuff actualy lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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