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  Was gonna do the holes last night, but thought I was out of distilled water for the coolant tank....................After driving clear to town today, buying some gallons....................I see another gallon that was hiding under some stuff in the back of the pickup


Reply:Just a tip on distilled water, Mother nature provides distilled water every time it rains, fresh from the down spot.  The sun evaporates moisture from the lakes, trees, ground, sea etc.  Gathers in the clouds and when enough is collected it dumps it in the form of rain.  plus it's free for the taking, just have to run it through a coffee filter and plan ahead of needing it.  Bob
Reply:I get a supply of distilled water via the condensate from our gas furnace to supply our humidifier. I have a 3 way valve to direct water into a 5 gal water bottle which I siphon from to fill the humidifier tank or direct it outside.Ol' Stonebreaker  "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes"Hobart G-213 portableMiller 175 migMiller thunderbolt ac/dc stick Victor O/A setupMakita chop saw
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  Was ready to turn the pins, and the chuck wouldn't close.  All that boring for the gas tank filler neck, filled the inside of the chuck with chips.  Note how the jaw positions are labeled on the chuck for disassembly.  You have to match the jaws with the right slot, or the chuck won't center properly.

  Just some of the trash in the scroll.  It was pretty bad, but it's been a year since I cleaned it out.  Reassembled it with a very light coat of oil on the scroll, and jaw teeth.

  I was really happy with the cleaning.  The chuck had developed some pretty serious runout.  Getting rid of the crap brought runout back to around .0025-.003, which is pretty good for a 3 jaw.  At least that's what it measured at with a piece of rusty cold roll in it.  It might be better with a good piece of HSS round tool stock that's actually ground true.

  The pins are pressed into the plate, and will be welded on the backside.  It's a simple thing I guess, but it ought to keep K'kins from getting frustrated trying to chain portable cattle panels together.  We use portable panels in place of gates sometimes, and they have to be chained together.  Used to be, the cows saw the panels, and stopped.................then they got wise, and learned to push them out of the way.  Now they have to be chained together so that the cows can't push them.  The cattle will mill around, and try to push the panels when we open them up...............it's a bit nerve wracking.......this will make the process fast, and simple.All that's left to do is weld the pins, and weld the chain to the plate.
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Originally Posted by farmersammm


  Was ready to turn the pins, and the chuck wouldn't close.  All that boring for the gas tank filler neck, filled the inside of the chuck with chips.  Note how the jaw positions are labeled on the chuck for disassembly.  You have to match the jaws with the right slot, or the chuck won't center properly..
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Originally Posted by rhunt

Just a tip on distilled water, Mother nature provides distilled water every time it rains, fresh from the down spot.  Bob
Reply:We can agree to disagree.  Bob
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Originally Posted by rhunt

We can agree to disagree.  Bob
Reply:I agree to agree with John T.....


Reply:Last time I bought distilled water it was about $1.50 CDN per US Gallon. If you want your own source you could always buy something like this:https://www.h2olabs.com/p-50-conveni...reservior.aspx    But converting it to distill alcohol is a no-no.

---Meltedmetal
Reply:During WWII , the US Navy sent a barge up the James River from Norfolk , to west of Williamsburg to purchase the well water that came out of the well on my BIL's farm.The mineral content was so low, the water could be used to fill lead-acid batteries and other places that ultra low content water was needed.I would imagine that the cooler on a TIG welder is not as critical to solids as a battery on a war ship??That water also went to their home,, when you took a shower, it was almost impossible to get the "feel" of soap to go away.The water was amazing. Coincidentally, the rain water that runs off of my shed feels identical when you wash your hands using the water.I have a 55 gallon barrel that catches the water,, just for the purpose of hand washing.So, I would say, that our rain water is pretty low in solids.On the other hand, the water sold in a grocery store in a plastic jug, and labeled "DISTILLED",, is not distilled like moonshine is done in a Franklin County VA still,,To remove most of the solids, the water company has some low cost process that filters the water,,it meets the specification of "distilled" ,, so they can label it as such.I think it is similar to the process that they use to remove water from maple tree sap.Maple syrup used to be a boiling process, but, boiling is way to energy expensive to make cost effective syrup.So, the tree guys know how to "filter" the sugar out of the sap,, as a way to increase profit.
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Originally Posted by John T

I’m not agreeing to anything. If you want to disagree with Scientific facts, that’s your business. Rain water is NOT distilled water.
Reply:I will propose that rainwater falls into "used to be" distilled water. After it falls though a 1/2 mile of polluted air, who knows what is dissolved in it?---Meltedmetal
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Originally Posted by duramax-rob

why is rainwater not distilled water after you filter out the dirt particles the rain picks up as falling rain drops?
Reply:Rain drops usually form around dust particles so that is one difference. The second difference is the pH. Gasses in the atmosphere get dissolved in raindrops, making them acidic. Distilled water starts out at a pH of 7.0 but becomes acidic over time as it also absorbs atmospheric gasses (ph of 6.9-5.5). But rain water in many areas is demonstrably more acid (pH of 4-5- Acid rain). I really don't want to put a weak acid in my TIG cooler if I can help it, plus those acids make rain water more conductive. I don't know at what point that becomes an issue with HF. But to say rainwater equals distilled water is demonstrably false.Miller Multimatic 255
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Originally Posted by Louie1961

But to say rainwater equals distilled water is demonstrably false.
Reply:Plain and simple...."distilled" water describes water that is condensed from steam in a distillation apparatus...nothing more, nothing less.  It's not rain, not dewdrops, not any of that.  Talk about a runaway thread.What happened to the chain coupler???!!
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Originally Posted by shortfuse

Plain and simple...."distilled" water describes water that is condensed from steam in a distillation apparatus...nothing more, nothing less.  It's not rain, not dewdrops, not any of that.  Talk about a runaway thread.What happened to the chain coupler???!!
Reply:Sorry for sammm's sake...this one went off the rails....back to the chain couplers?????  I like his farm projects.
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Originally Posted by shortfuse

Sorry for sammm's sake...this one went off the rails....back to the chain couplers?????  I like his farm projects.
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Originally Posted by shortfuse

Plain and simple...."distilled" water describes water that is condensed from steam in a distillation apparatus...nothing more, nothing less.  It's not rain, not dewdrops, not any of that.  Talk about a runaway thread.What happened to the chain coupler???!!
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Originally Posted by John T

Thats funny...Usually it's Sammm that runs the threads off the rails....


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  Finished this about 2 weeks ago.  Upload some pics of where it's being used later in the evening.Our transponder tower got taken out by what they think MIGHT have been a tornado about 2 weeks ago.  It's about 5 miles from the house, and sends the signal to my dish for internet.  They just got it back up today.  I guess it was totally destroyed, including ruining the concrete foundation.
Reply:You better give Kkins some instruction using those hitch clips. In my experience they like to bite fingers, LOL!!Ol' Stonebreaker  "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes"Hobart G-213 portableMiller 175 migMiller thunderbolt ac/dc stick Victor O/A setupMakita chop saw
Reply:Yea... the stiff ones they used to put in hood pins were pretty much like loading a mouse trap. Welcome back Sam.250 amp Miller DialArc AC/DC StickF-225 amp Forney AC Stick230 amp Sears AC StickLincoln 180C MIGVictor Medalist 350 O/ACut 50 PlasmaLes

  We had been using lengths of chain wrapped around, and looped, etc..................  The little coupled lengths make it really easy to work with when we have to open/close the crossing.She helps me hook up 3pt equipment, so she knows about the lynch pins