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Finishing and Testing my Bargain Welders Plus a Channel Announcement - PowCon 300, Bluestar 2E
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- Опубліковано 30 січ 2023
- I finish the welder repairs and test them by building a stand for my 2x72 belt grinder.
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From heavy duty mechanic to welding to electronic board repair. The breadth of your skill set is amazing.
Thru hole circuits are pretty easy actually, give it a try you'd be surprised
And a grand entertainer!
You missed the CNC and machinist videos then
What you said!
What about huntin squirrel?
Asking Maxx to Call 911 funny stuff.
Max always looks like he's cold. I also noticed an massive rush of sympathy when Mrs. Wess reported a workplace injury. 🚑
I noticed that too! lol.
Number rule for a Boss, never admit to seeing an injury, reacting to an injury 🤷♂🤷♂😁😁
@@bostedtap8399 Not sure who's really the boss in this relationship....
@@thomasfrancis5747 Very good, diplomatic and absolving of responsibility 👍👍👌👌
Cracking job Wes didn’t know you had a second channel will check it out I think your welding looks good and painting not so bad either looks cold over there hopefully wether warms up soon take care to you all 👍🔧🔧🔧👌
I don’t know why, but when that Miller welder responded correctly by increasing the engine speed to weld it brought a smile to my face. So great to have the correct parts.
All three side by side looks like a scene from a Star Wars droid factory circa 1977. Great job love seeing old stuff brought back to life and still be useful.
Well my Tuesday suddenly got less productive. Thanks for all the videos, here and on the other channel. I'm waiting for the big yellow elephant in the room to make it's return to our screens.
Max’s look and stillness when you were giving the 911 instructions on the plug is was classic.
Around where I live Airgas came in and bought everybody. And yes, they are a screw job. A smaller regional company called Maine Oxy came in, I switched and can't say enough good about them. Great to deal with and prices are reasonable.
Airgas did the same thing in my area, they have been horrible to deal with.
Waterville?
I sold my gas computer to AirGas. Great deal for me horrible for my customers. When buying a tank make sure there is no company names stamped or molded in or on the tank.
Airgas is absolutely awful, I'd drive 30 minutes out of my way to go to the praxair place over them. Not that they were better on price, but definitely better on service.
Nowadays I don't weld much, so I eat the cost of tank swaps at the farm store. Less hassle and I usually run out of gas at 7pm on a saturday anyways, and both of the welding shops within an hour of me close at 4pm.
That's interesting. I've heard better and experienced better service with air gas than Maine Oxy. I'm in Bangor if that makes a difference.
There is sooo much dry humor is your videos it almost makes me cry. 😂
Every time your wife makes an appearance or is referred to I think in my head about the white knuckle recovery service!
Killin me smalls…
Thank you…
For those of us without a solder pump you can put a little of that liquid flux on the solder wick before you try to desolder. Helps the wick to draw in the old solder.
Thanks man, been soldering electronics for decades and had never thought to try this.
Also do this when using the vacuum desolderer, helps there, too.
And clean the tip Wes! I personally prefer the dollar store pot scrubber but the sponge works fine.
To clear solder from plated through-holes that refuse to give up easily: Dip the corner of your wick end into the offending hole, then lay the side of your iron tip on top of the wick and gently squash the wick down against the board. The idea is to get at least a couple strands of wick down far enough to actually touch the offending solder. Cut a fresh end on your wick & dip the last 1/4" or so in liquid flux before each attempt for best results.
If a through-hole still refuses to clear even with this method, the problem is almost always insufficient heat transfer from the iron tip to the wick and solder. Raising the iron's temperature generally does NOT improve things at this point; it will mostly just nuke the flux faster (very counterproductive). What you want instead is more thermal mass and a larger effective contact patch transferring heat from the iron into the wick. In other words, switch to the biggest chisel tip you've got that you can fit into the available space on the board.
And add a little fresh solder with the flux, the use braid or suction
Never had any doubt that as long as the parts needed were available, you would be able to make them work!
Love the way you jumped to the rescue when the wife said she was bleeding. Oh and by the way, you used too much thermal transfer paste🤣🤣
Came home from another less than inspiring day at work to learn one of my favorite UA-camrs has started a second channel. Maybe today isn't so bad after all. Thanks, Wes!
this is like Watch Wes Work of old days, very cool always enjoy watching over the masters shoulder
My late father bought some oxy/acetylene tanks from the US Navy back in the 70s. Used them for years until sometime in the late 90s when our usual supplier retired and air gas came to town shirtly there after, then all of a sudden they were useless. Something something about still being stamped government property.
This was priceless and had me chuckling all afternoon: "Alright Max, go head and dial 9-1, and then just hold your paw over 1..." 🤣
A slag tank and Log for oxy acetylene is 1500 bucks here in az and there not big tanks at all highway Robery very violating for sure @Watch Wes Work
Always nice to see a REAL repairman at work! Not like a carmechanic nowadays "module-replacer"...
Parts Swappers Deluxe...the new so called Techs
Good luck with the attempt to actual repair a modern car. You have, for the most part, no choice than replacing stuff. Not the techs fault
@@baggerbegger There is a lot of room for stuff like that, but the problem is the warranties. You have to be confident enough to not get comebacks all day every day because you couldn't fix it right... You could still do board work and the like, but gotta be sure you know what to do and that is a specialty business especially when there are no schematics.
I used to torment a co-worker calling him a module swapper. He had 20 years on me but never figgered it out.
Oh well. and this was in the late eighties.
rainman rays repairs, & south main auto..
I appreciate that the announcement was low key and after the main content. I click on "special announcement" videos which always seem to announce something to sell.
Only man who can say jack of all trades and master of them all.👍
Thanks for encouraging the idea of
" maybe I don't need a brand new one"
Way too much is tossed aside as junk.
oh buddy are you ever right about welding gas I'm a welder in Alaska and i feel like I'm constantly being taken advantage off its outrageous. Honestly your videos are second to none thanks for the entertainment.
Max is “hounding me”… I see what you did there… hahaha…
Loving these repair/resto video(s)., and the past ones., nice fabrication work.
Thank you sir.
always enjoyed checking the Proof dates on the O2 bottles. they last forever it seems. had one show up in our shop with it's first proof stamp back in 1917! still worked...
i've got one that was ex nazi, seized after ww2- with a swastika mark that has been branded over to just make a little grid
I always got a kick out of finding bottles with small squares stamped in them (a square consisting of four smaller squares, tipped up on one corner)... Just imagine a swastika with the open ends filled in - which is exactly what it was.... Thousands were brought back to the U.S. during WWII.
Love to see USA displayed proudly on the side of the cabinet. A very rare sight these days.
Max is so interested in that particular welder because it has the same construction as a plastic dog crate!
As far as the welding tanks are concerned, you are so right. I bought a set of oxy/acetylene tanks off Craigslist and after stopping at a place right up the road from me I was told I had to drive an hour away to get my tanks filled.I did spend a fortune at the same shop up the street buying a tank for my new Tig welder but you are right it’s a cartel.
Wes's Welder Warren! Glad that purchase worked out so well for you. I've seen computer techs with way less skills than you on the electronics repairs. Thanks as always.
Amen on the welding gas. I worked at a place that would send me to fill their tanks and even with an account and "owning" the tanks it was an ordeal. Praxair bought out most places.
For old assemblies, you are advised to ALWAYS apply fresh solder BEFORE you start the sucking operation, either with wick or with vacuum. Often avoids causing damage. Just a simple note...
Mrs. Wes returns! Nice to have her back. I thought that she may have run off with the welding rod salesman. I am torn with all the things that you can do but the challenge is to become professional at any one task. I end up falling short in all areas so that I am a so-so carpenter, mechanic, plumber, electrician, welder, painter and anything else that I try and work at. Still, I am impressed at all the things you do and all the things that Mrs. Wes puts up with.
So so is basically my middle name.
Been too long Wes! Good to see you back.
Glad happy ending and workable units for welding 👍💯
Simplify your life:
Lease your tanks.
We never had time for the ownership horse shit. Hassle = lost money.
Love your channel!
We need more Wes!!
15:50 - that's genious solution for cable management :)
You are correct. I was unaware of your second channel but despite its hidden status it’s already bigger than my first! Lol Looking forward to the projects .
Great Video.
Howdy @Mrs Wes ! Good to see you again! (Stay warm in the ugly weather).
You are right about the "welding gas cartel" Wes lol. The only arc welding gas I buy is 100% argon for my TIG and it had gone up $%&)FCKrr % in the last 2 yrs. I use self shielded flux core wire on my small wire feed [fake MIG] welder. The rest of my heavier steel welding is good old stick SMAW. My cousin has a XMT 304 and you are right on about it. That powercon is a great welder. That idle control is needed to save GAS $ and engine wear $ and your hearing lol!
Now you can weld all sorts of things, even a chain to the kitchen sink... but I never said that ! Well done Wes I am inspired.
Oh, the horrible bottle mafia--dealing with them is about as fun as going to the dentist--cartel is a good word for it, you ain't wrong. Those bandits have been the primary motivator for me to git gud with FCAW (single-shield) and I regret nothing--it works almost as well as MIG down to 18-20ga, albeit a bit ooglier. That's okay, it's what's inside that counts.
When I was a pipe welder/ fitter we used to fight over the powcon welder. They were the smoothest welding machine around. When welding xray good arc stability was crucial. This was 30 years ago, I'm sure better equipment is available now, but in its day they were awesome machines.
The old tic, tic, tic they made and the squeal from them when you weld is etched in my memory.
I great luck stick welding with
Aluminum rod , using my POWCON 200SM
Never cease to amaze with all you know Jack of all trades and master of some😮
Love the Ford wheel attached to the cart...great touch. 🤣
👍👍👍Beautiful welders. 👍👍👍
Love old welders with real Amps. And 100% to the 3/4 from maximum Amps.
💪💪🔧🔧 Good job on the welder repairs. Pow- Con was bought by Miller and they have parts for the older Pow-Cons, at least a few years ago when I was repairing welders and generators at an electric motor shop.
Thanks for sending you videos that's very kind of y'all little lot from you you got a nice family it seems like you're having a good time at it thank you for teaching me all that you taught me please continue
I love old welders, I have fond memories of the old 1949 P&H welder I was given and hauled home from Wilmer Tx. It had a V4 Wisconsin for power, had a rod through the block. I procured another and let me tell you after much cleaning it worked great. Yes it was Only stick welding. It would burn a rod big as your little finger. IT WOULD MAKE A HALF ASSED WELDER SUCH AS MYSELF LOOK LIKE A PRO. THICK STUFF, HEAVY NO PROBLEM.JUST CRANK IT UP SOME. UPHILL, DOWN HILL OVERHEAD. YEA I LOOKED GOOD AS I ONLY HAD A CRACKER BOX PREV.
Awesome, love to see good tools given a new life.
I enjoy the electrical videos as much as the automotive/tractor ones. Just finished watching where you put an electric coolant pump on a saw. Glad to see all is well, although a tad cold. Can’t wait to check out the new channel. Be well.
You plugged that in and my dryer began working!
hahhaaaa omfg what a comment , Nice one ! 👌👌
I had myself chuckling... thinking how funny it would be if you built that stand at the end......but without using a single piece of the new equipment. 😂
😂 Idk why but it had me laughing thinking about it.
Hey Wes, when you're using that desoldering braid, flux it! It'll make it so much easier. I also like cleaning boards before and after working on them with some 90%+ iso alcohol using one of those push-top alcohol dispensers and some acid brushes.
For anybody else reading this that struggles with soldering, clean what you're working on really well with alcohol, use flux on the joints you're soldering/desoldering, and keep your tip clean! For the last one, get a brass sponge and some tip tinner. Guaranteed good results.
Well said
I guess I need to look up a video about what flux does now and how it works lol thanks
I would use the biggest chisel end in the iron too. Seems dumb but it works well getting heat in quickly without heating up everything else over time. Use it all the way down to SMDs sizes. I used to hate solder wick too till I started fluxing everything after watching Louis Rossmann. Everyone should have a desoldering station, invaluable for through holes.
If you were one of the social influencers, UA-cam would be pushing the new channel like a Cadillac the day before payday.
Smart move with the second channel, as pew pews can get you on the naughty list, all the while YT will take the ad revenue that was generated during the suspension. It’s nice to be the king.
Your skill set is amazing and some of your original vids were about repairing machine tools. Wes , you da mans.
I think the cart is awesome, I wish I had something like that. It even has built in storage and those reels are great.
I agree. That cart hit all the buttons for me.
"Max is hounding you"...haha, I see what you did there
Since you have questions about what to do with that PowCon, you can switch the polarity and run the negative on the wire feeder and the positive on the work piece clamp and run a self-shield flux core like Lincoln NR 211. That will enable you to have a wire feed but no gas bottles.
I’m a wayward wanna be welder. Can I stop by? Nice stick welding. A man after my own heart.
Wow that’s a really cool hand tap rig you got there. Never seen such a thing. Cool Wes. Awesome job on all 3 welder repairs.
This is fantastic! The plasma cutter will be a wonderful asset,soon you will be making your own fabrication videos ,no, wait ,you already are!LOL .Love the content Wes!
HOW COOL IS IT that the repair depot sent you just the board you needed! Love that.
It really is!
I like that you told max to dial for help in case 😂😂😂😂
tip, when removing through hole take iron first add new solder on connection then use the sucker that way you are pretty much sucking fresh solder makes things easier imo. and always use sucker to remove its less of a pain in the ass then trying to heat up pull the leg out then have to go back in with wick.
A little flux on the solder wick makes it work a lot better. I really enjoy your videos, heading over to check out your other channel.
Came here to mention using flux with solder wick.
Wes I wouldn't be worrying about getting parts for them welders ud make up parts urself ur a genius ud fix anything as I said to u before I hope u charge enough for ur time and patience thanks for all ur great videos I like that laugh sometimes thanks wes
@@arthurkeane1657 What is with this text?
I always learn something when you get out your soldering iron.
You are 100% accurate on the welding gas deal. For the home gamer, it is a complete PITA!
Great content! And congrats on getting these three gems back into service.
Awesome as always Wes. You take your time and do things right as best ya can. That's a quality some don't have.
welders,,moma bear,,popa bear & baby bear..so nice..good luck with new channel..
i miss your old fabrication vids from back in the day, will def check out the 2nd channel
Great work with the stick welding. I learned to weld with a cheapo Lincoln coffin box years before I ever heard of a MIG. I think it made me a better welder. Not sure why stick gets frowned upon so much these days. It still works great for a lot of applications.
Thank you so much for getting that PowCon running beautifully! The 2007 Suzuki Eiger, 400 is all ready for the trade. We just need to set up a time and we’re good to go. Thanks, Wes.
Awesome...I just purchased a slightly used Binford 9000 for a song. I'm in the market for a trade Wes
The doggo look, as the plug is plugged in ;-D
Put your board repairs in a parcel and send them to Lois Rossman.........that would be epic. Welding/Cutting gas is a scam........avoid it like the plague. Cooking on the new channel.........outstanding........can we get an episode on cooking the books, FTX style ?
Not until April.
A great series to get those welders going. Thanks for the show! 😊😊😊
Max is “hounding” me… 😂
Max is really “hounding you” LOL. Of course I did NOT get the notification! What do we expect? This is UA-cam! (Not sure what their issue is) Looking forward to seeing what you have time to come up with and a second channel, Wes!
27:50
Ahhhh yes. Because your channel is so well known for being provocative and fringe....
UA-cam algorithm at its best. 😂
On the plus side maybe that means we'll get some more electronics troubleshooting vids. You did a few of those way back on your channel and I've always very much enjoyed them
Very nice to see you get them all going. Not sure if you have a Matheson TriGas near you but they are awesome to deal with for welding gas. They don’t care whose name is on the bottle or when it was certified, they will sell you whatever size you want and their prices were reasonable. Last year acetylene was $60 and oxygen was $20 for the large bottles (not sure what proper size name is) and they just swap bottles with you, they don’t fill yours..
I have around 25 bottles total between the truck, garage, farm, and my parents place and I can confirm that Matheson is the best I've deal with. They won't take everything, but they will take anything under a certain size and anything with a slick neck. They have a list of companies that have been bought up or are out of business that they accept bigger bottles from too. Last time I saw them bring it out it was about 4 pages long
Used idle board works amazing
The video turned into A Charlie Brown Christmas at the end. Nice. 😁
Hey Wes, next time you do any desoldering do not forget to use flux, use more than you think you need because the original solder joints are already in there and they're flux is gone. So you need to add flux and it will help the solder desolder a lot easier. When you were using the desoldering braid if you had squirted some flux on there it would have sucked those holes clean. And afterwards you can clean it up with a q-tip and some 90 plus percent isopropyl alcohol. And also when heating a joint and pulling on a component be very careful and only move it a little bit at a time, that's why you pulled that through hole via. Also with that desoldering pump, which I hate, adding some flux and then working it around in a circular motion while lightly pulling on the component is the way to remove them. But I prefer to just throw some solder on the joint, drop some flux and then hold my iron on it and lightly pull it out and work the component back and forth and then use braid. ripped so many via's out learning how to do it correctly.
Wes, I have done a lot of alternator and starter repair and have found canned air computer duster to work really well for removing melted solder.
Thanks for the tip
I think you should use flux on the desoldering side as well. Flux while desoldering might have saved your plated thru hole. Alcohol for flux cleanup. Always nice to see old equipment brought back on line.
About 55 years ago my parents bought a very early (for the UK) colour TV and shortly after it arrived, an engineer appeared to carry out some safety mods. Some caps wired to the base of the display were subject to failure if the tube flashed over (25kv) and unfortunately tended to explode. The fix was to fit modified caps which had a plastic wrap to contain the resulting damage ! Must admit that I had heard of the reputation of your problem caps - maybe some shrink-wrap would have been enough of a fix :)
Hey Wes! Just a suggestion on removing components from the board. Use a de-soldering wick to remove the solder from the board. That way, you won't put too much heat on the board & lift the tabs.
Great job getting the welders going.
You are absolutely correct with refrigerant and gas being a cartel. Ever since they started replacing R12 and equating it to the "hole in the ozone" layer I've felt our government was up to no good! As the years have passed by I have no doubt "cartel" is the right word! Good luck with the new channel!
Im lucky enough to have a gas supplier local who is privately owned, I can turn in a bottle for equal trade with or without another company name on it. Re-certifying a bottle is $50. After many years of getting bent over from big name companies its nice to have a good supplier, I can only hope they never get bought out.
Wes, you are so right about getting oxygen and acetylene tanks filled. I have bill of sale and ownership docs for tanks that got traded out a couple decades ago. It's like you offended them by coming into their business and trying to buy something.
Oh yeah Filling welding gas will make you feel violated pretty fast with Pricing gotta hate you can't own the tanks and trading takes over filling sucks @Watch Wes Work
Wes you are exactly right about the tanks. I leased my tanks for 45 years and the lease became so high I decided to turn them in and buy the smaller tanks and that way my son could inherit them. No dice . Now they keep telling me there is a shortage of tanks and will not sell me any. I used a local supplier for 40 of those 45 years and Airgas bought them out. What a game changer. I just call it Un-Social Socialism.
Why not call it what it is? Capitalism.
I had so many issues with gas suppliers I won't mig, tig, or gas weld unless I have to. Just stick or flux core for almost all my projects. Back then they would make you buy their new bottle. Then refuse to fill it, only swap it out. Give you back the oldest bottle they had. Then when it needs filled it would be out of date and would not swap it out. Wanted you to buy a new bottle or pay for pressure testing. They would even try those scams on a large company I worked with. For someone only doing a little work it is way too costly to play those games.
ICWELD would be proud!
Jazz piano outro...very classy. Always a good time hanging out in the garage with Wes. Stay warm.
At least now I get an idea how ILM did that Star Wars Blaster shot sound back in the day :)
And sad to hear that the welding gas deals are about the same over there.. I thought it only sucked that way in Europe..oh well.. guess greed is universal.
So Mrs Wes lifts the heavy end. Then Mrs Wes lifts other heavy stuff while Wes idly watchs. And in the middle of all this Mrs Wes suffers a horrific injury and Wes completely ignores her carrying on like it didn't happen.
Respect! 🤣
Normal day…
I enjoyed the quick cut to "where they came from" gave me a chuckle. Good job Wes.
All honesty I enjoy your content and always have. I REALLY love that you don't say like and subscribe. Almost every youtuber does and it's incredibly annoying.
Well Wes I’d just tell the nit pickers to piss off. I just love the keyboard commando’s they get so frustrated. Your doing a great job don’t let anybody get under your skin.