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| | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,384 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,384 | Bought it 8-9 years ago and have used it here and there on a number of small projects. Works fine.
Until today. Have been using it on cab panels up to 2 days ago. Today got set to do a section of 200 or so welds and nothing.
Doesn't owe me anything, but I'll take it apart and see if it is repairable.
Anyone have any luck repairing them?
Last edited by Jim Sears; 06/30/2017 3:11 AM.
| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,065 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,065 | Never messed with one, but I'd start by checking where the power cord connects to it. Might be just a cord with a broken internal wire. If it has an on-off switch. That would be my next check. After that (especially if it has a circuit board attached), the next step would be break out the HF 3-lb hammer and use that on it.  Fixing electronic stuff just isn't worth the time.
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Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,384 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,384 | Nothing more than a failed solder joint at the power cord.
Of course the plastic plate that mounts the switch broke when I went to check the switch. Badly molded piece of crap.
10 extra minutes to make a new one.
Back to work. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,280 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,280 | Nice fix Jim! Good thing, because those are heavy and you could rip out a shoulder seeing how far you could throw it if you couldn't have fixed it.
A good friend of mine (who has a bit of a bad temper) has a swamp behind his house which is littered with HF tools. I envision archeologists in the future excavating that swamp and concluding that China was indeed part of North America in the ancient past.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,065 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,065 | Nothing more than a failed solder joint at the power cord. Glad I could help.  Nice fix Jim! Good thing, because those are heavy and you could rip out a shoulder seeing how far you could throw it if you couldn't have fixed it.
A good friend of mine (who has a bit of a bad temper) has a swamp behind his house which is littered with HF tools. I envision archeologists in the future excavating that swamp and concluding that China was indeed part of North America in the ancient past. LOL. That's about right! 
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | |
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