[TheForge] Beware the quiet welder

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, 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.
>

sounds like wild morning glory vines. they are 
all over the fence rows in northern illinois.
city folks come out here to dig them up and put
them in their yard in the city. within a few years
their neighbors will be cursing them for bringing
that 'weed' into the neighborhood.

>
> Jeff Valentine 
>

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terry l. ridder ><>