Thread: Pontoon Dingy build.

Bungs in,transom wood in,seats in.

Maiden voyage a success, I am very happy at this point.
Stable ! shit yes!.....lower minimum planing speed than the 10f Parkercraft by quite a bit and only dropped around 1-2 kph top speed with the 8hp yam.
Also even with the low transom and allsorts of being a dick/worst boat handling practices I could not get green water over the back into the boatGranted it was flat calm but doing the same in the Parker would sink it.



Being so flat it barely makes any wake at all so despite my best efforts to stir up some chop to test it in that will have to wait for some real chop.
My full 100kilos sitting on the aftmost corners with nobody else onboard it wont dip a corner under,certain swamping in the old girl.

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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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!

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

Originally Posted by Savage1

What model welder are you using there cam? Is it any good for steel?

BOC had a special on their little red caddie stick and Tig, I believe $350 plus. Had a guy bring two into work for T&T. They have a 15 amp plug,

Originally Posted by Maca49

BOC had a special on their little red caddie stick and Tig, I believe $350 plus. Had a guy bring two into work for T&T. They have a 15 amp plug,

$350 for a TIG? Did it accomodate gas or is that run seperate? Sorry I've never had anything to do with TIG.

That looks epic Cam, looks like you could just lift it onto the back of a ute. You'll start receiving orders soon.

Originally Posted by Savage1

$350 for a TIG? Did it accomodate gas or is that run seperate? Sorry I've never had anything to do with TIG.

That looks epic Cam, looks like you could just lift it onto the back of a ute. You'll start receiving orders soon.

Maybe a singlecab flat deck.

Looks like it draws like 3" haha that is awesome!

Really good shit VC. Hats off to you on the whole project.

When's part 2 VC? The trailer build story

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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Time for the 4.5m big brother

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^^^^^^^^^^^