Finished up some fettling on my Yamaha today then went over to a mate's
place to help him hang some pretty heavy iron gates he'd been given. Took
the usual welder/grinder/scrap steel lengths etc over in the van and we
made a start. All of the brackets and hinges on the gates were useless so I
cut off the old ones and knocked up some which got the first gate hung off
an existing post. No problems so far.
As it was pretty windy today I had the MIG shield gas flow turned waaaaaay
up.
As a result, the bottle ran out. Arse.
Back home for spare bottle. Also empty. Double arse.
The only other guys I know who had a spare gas bottle are away on the Exeter
Trial offroad event this weekend. Now where the hell am I going to get some
gas......
Mmmmm.....looks at big CO2 fire extinguisher in the corner of the
workshop....
That fitting thread on there looks familiar....mmm...I think I can adapt my
argon regulator for that.....
rummage, rummage
Success! One slightly modifed regulator later, I have just finished the
remaining welding with a fire extinguisher connected to my welder.
It's good when a plan comes together.....

JB

On Sun, 8 Jan 2012 20:07:19 -0000, "JB" wrote:

Finished up some fettling on my Yamaha today then went over to a mate's
place to help him hang some pretty heavy iron gates he'd been given. Took
the usual welder/grinder/scrap steel lengths etc over in the van and we
made a start. All of the brackets and hinges on the gates were useless so I
cut off the old ones and knocked up some which got the first gate hung off
an existing post. No problems so far.
As it was pretty windy today I had the MIG shield gas flow turned waaaaaay
up.
As a result, the bottle ran out. Arse.
Back home for spare bottle. Also empty. Double arse.
The only other guys I know who had a spare gas bottle are away on the Exeter
Trial offroad event this weekend. Now where the hell am I going to get some
gas......
Mmmmm.....looks at big CO2 fire extinguisher in the corner of the
workshop....
That fitting thread on there looks familiar....mmm...I think I can adapt my
argon regulator for that.....
rummage, rummage
Success! One slightly modifed regulator later, I have just finished the
remaining welding with a fire extinguisher connected to my welder.
It's good when a plan comes together.....

Well done, MacGyver.

--
Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult,
whereas I am merely in disguise.
-- Margaret Atwood

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sun, 8 Jan 2012 20:07:19 -0000, "JB" wrote:

Finished up some fettling on my Yamaha today then went over to a mate's
place to help him hang some pretty heavy iron gates he'd been given. Took
the usual welder/grinder/scrap steel lengths etc over in the van and we
made a start. All of the brackets and hinges on the gates were useless so
I
cut off the old ones and knocked up some which got the first gate hung off
an existing post. No problems so far.
As it was pretty windy today I had the MIG shield gas flow turned waaaaaay
up.
As a result, the bottle ran out. Arse.
Back home for spare bottle. Also empty. Double arse.
The only other guys I know who had a spare gas bottle are away on the
Exeter
Trial offroad event this weekend. Now where the hell am I going to get
some
gas......
Mmmmm.....looks at big CO2 fire extinguisher in the corner of the
workshop....
That fitting thread on there looks familiar....mmm...I think I can adapt
my
argon regulator for that.....
rummage, rummage
Success! One slightly modifed regulator later, I have just finished the
remaining welding with a fire extinguisher connected to my welder.
It's good when a plan comes together.....

Well done, MacGyver.

G
You're not the first person to say that today! Another sent me a link to a
Youtube clip of the A-Team intro music!

JB

Now, to be a real Mac, you need to look distastefully at
a military rifle, pitch it aside, and do something impossible.
Using your Swiss army knife.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"JB" wrote in message ...

Success! One slightly modifed regulator later, I have just finished the
remaining welding with a fire extinguisher connected to my welder.
It's good when a plan comes together.....

Well done, MacGyver.

G
You're not the first person to say that today! Another sent me a link to a
Youtube clip of the A-Team intro music!

JB

"JB" wrote:

Success! One slightly modifed regulator later, I have just finished the
remaining welding with a fire extinguisher connected to my welder.
It's good when a plan comes together.....

Success is when you get that fire extinguisher refilled.

Wes