Thread: Pontoon Dingy build.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

The Tig or the Mig? the tig is a boc branded ac/dc.

https://www.boc.co.nz/shop/en/nz/boc...oc185acdc-fc-p

Its a nice little single phase unit for the money but be aware it wont run 185 amps on stick,it must run more volts and less amps for stick(stick requires more volts for stable arc esp with low hydrogen)

The Mig is a Ewim? it is a pretty flash programmable pulse mig but with the push me pull you handpeice some parameters are not user adjustable and it has a habit of loosing its shit and you have to get the rep in with the laptop to reset parameters which is as gay as a handbag full of rainbows.

The other two we run on steel with no pull handpeice are great.....force arc is incredible.

48OCV for 6012 and 6013
70OCV for 7016 and 7018 etc

Pulse MIG come a long way since the days of the WIA CDT
@Maca49 you are showing your age. Caddy was a model from Esab. They were the bee's knees when they came out

Originally Posted by sako75

48OCV for 6012 and 6013
70OCV for 7016 and 7018 etc

Pulse MIG come a long way since the days of the WIA CDT
@Maca49 you are showing your age. Caddy was a model from Esab. They were the bee's knees when they came out

Yep.....it's now common slang for a single phase portable stick/tig welder.
We have lots of caddys but none of them actually are.

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I think the 'caddy' is abit like the cresent. If you ask someone to grab the caddy, they know it's the small portable welder that punches well above its weight, no matter what colour or brand


Or as you've just said^^^^^^^^^^^

Originally Posted by Mathias

When's part 2 VC? The trailer build story

Be a few weeks away yet.
I was going to build an alloy but for the sake of speed of build I am just going to throw together a steel one as basic as possible and get it arc sprayed.

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Originally Posted by sako75

48OCV for 6012 and 6013
70OCV for 7016 and 7018 etc

Pulse MIG come a long way since the days of the WIA CDT
@Maca49 you are showing your age. Caddy was a model from Esab. They were the bee's knees when they came out

Ha I learnt to weld on a old Lincoln DC, about the size of a small jet engine!

It catches flounder but might need a bit more experience to really get the hang of it.



The 8hp planed me and a 85kilo mate and a wet net ok so she definitely planes more weight with less horsepower.

Still needs 15 plus tho.

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Originally Posted by Maca49

Ha I learnt to weld on a old Lincoln DC, about the size of a small jet engine!

And sounded the same,nice whistle to the arc but

200 is more than 15 @vietnamcam

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

It catches flounder but might need a bit more experience to really get the hang of it.



The 8hp planed me and a 85kilo mate and a wet net ok so she definitely planes more weight with less horsepower.

Still needs 15 plus tho.

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Whoooohow!! Break her in gently VC! Well done!

Originally Posted by Dorkus

200 is more than 15 @vietnamcam

She is pretty boyant but dont think she would handel 250 kilos hanging on the transom

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

She is pretty boyant but dont think she would handel 250 kilos hanging on the transom

You could drive from the front

Originally Posted by madjon_

You could drive from the front

I thought I saw you and the boss off to poach my flounder spot as I drove up to rocky point, turned out it was a yellow pontoon rib....in my favorite spot....,ah well,I could have set in front of them 50m away like every other bugger does but I went and set in a side channel to be polite.

A couple of hours into the trailer.



Just tacked up and nothing mounted yet.

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What size I beam are you using there veitnamcam?

Originally Posted by madjon_

And sounded the same,nice whistle to the arc but

Geeze forgot about that noise, awesome to weld with, we had a dedicated welding Bay in those days, had to get all welding done by that team. Fitters and fitters mates, and then the machine shop and dedicated black smiths shop!