Ready for some final welds.
I also weighed this frame, and it was close to my previous guesstiment, of 30-40 pounds.
However it is a bit more than I thought, which doesn't surprise me.
As you see it, it weighs 42 pounds.
So roughly the build total, sits at around 152 pounds. I doubt I will be under my goal of 200 pounds,
so now I'm thinking, maybe .. 250 ish.
But,.... It is, what it is !
A FYI, final note regarding welding.
I have been having more difficulty seeing my weld beads, lately.
So I went looking for some answers, and the first place I like to go to, is Kevin Caron.
After watching his video, I checked my Vulcan helmet, and sure enough, the setting was way to high.
My helmet has the adjustments inside, with itty bitty letters and numbers.
I readjusted the setting from 11 1/2, back down to a 9. Voila!, I can see again.
The same story with my welding gas. Because I'm getting low, I thought maybe I'm using too much.
And here again, was a change, in my gas flow meter. Somehow, or a number of somehow's,
the flow was increased by +/- 10 cfh. I'm guessing that over time the hoses or something has come in contact (bumped)
up against the handle and has slowly moved it, to a higher setting.
And though I turn off my tanks on a regular basis, sometimes, when I've gone in for a cool off,
I found I had left the tanks on.....thus (leak off)
My bad. I usually check how much is left in the tank, but rarely check what the flow rate is, once I've set it.
THAT ! is going to change.