[TheForge] Beware the quiet welder

[Andrew Vida]

Kudzu?

Jeff & Leslie wrote:
> Today I noticed that my Lincoln buzzbox while working nicely was running 
> very quietly.  Now I don't exactly have a shop and it lives under a tent 
> by my garage here in soggy Tallahassee where I'm constantly fighting one 
> fast growing vine in particular that tries to take over my azaleas and 
> now my "shop".  Took the back off and at first I thought it was a tiny 
> wire that had gotten in the fan, but it was a thin tendril of white vine 
> that had stopped the little fan from running.   After I removed the 
> little #$%&^%$#@ and put the back on it ran noisily as before and blew 
> air out the back.  So, watch out for your welder running too smoothly.
>