The Orbot lives to clean another day

[Nomad74]

Last week the handle broke on my Vibe. It just snapped off in the middle of a job and was flopping around like a rag doll. I guess the years of riding around in my van jumping speed bumps took its toll.

Today I pulled her apart and welded her back together. It’s not pretty but it will work.

 

[Trip Moses]

JAC

 

[Cleanworks]

Last week the handle broke on my Vibe. It just snapped off in the middle of a job and was flopping around like a rag doll. I guess the years of riding around in my van jumping speed bumps took its toll.

Today I pulled her apart and welded her back together. It’s not pretty but it will work.

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Time to buy a Phoenix.

 

[Nomad74]

Time to buy a Phoenix.
Why? I fixed it.

 

[Cleanworks]

Time to buy a Phoenix.
Why? I fixed it.

Just in case

 

[Nomad74]

Time to buy a Phoenix.

Whoever has the best deal. Excellent Supply? The Encap store? Mikey?

 

[Cleanworks]

Whoever has the best deal. Excellent Supply? The Encap store? Mikey?

I would shop around.

 

[Trip Moses]

Whoever has the best deal. Excellent Supply? The Encap store? Mikey?

I would encapstore for you. Closer.

Has Mikey ever Given a deal?

But that Vibe has several thousand dollars left in too be made.

 

[Cleanworks]

I would encapstore for you. Closer.

Has Mikey ever Given a deal?

But that Vibe has several thousand dollars left in too be made.

Mikey gave me a good deal.

 

[Nomad74]

I would encapstore for you. Closer.

Has Mikey ever Given a deal?

But that Vibe has several thousand dollars left in too be made.

Well my next unit I’ll try a Trinity. But I’m not ready to order one. I just don’t have $4k extra sitting around. Thats why I’m in my 110 degree garage welding on my Vibe.

 

[Trip Moses]

Mikey gave me a good deal.

Good. I bet it still better for him.
It’s still capitalism at the end of the day

 

[Trip Moses]

Well my next unit I’ll try a Trinity. But I’m not ready to order one. I just don’t have $4k extra sitting around. Thats why I’m in my 110 degree garage welding on my Vibe.

I’m in the same boat. Exhausted from buying.

 

[Nomad74]

Good. I bet it still better for him.
It’s still capitalism at the end of the day

I bet he’s still internally upset about it.

 

[Trip Moses]

I bet he’s still internally upset about it.

Un-payable

 

[Nate The Great]

Mikey gave me a good deal.

Idk where Mikey ends and Ron begins….!

And Holy bird sh!t welds…..You sure you got penetration in the metal?!?

You’re a better man than me, trusting your own welds.. I don’t trust mines, I make my friends weld it..

 

[Cleanworks]

Seriously, if you like the Vibe, you'll love the Phoenix. A little faster, a larger orbit and the tamping action makes it a faster machine. Not perfect. I had to widen the jug tray and add a bungee cord to keep the jug in, especially if you forget to lower the handle. The power cord is pretty wimpy but does the job. I have the Sprayborg, which I assume is similar to the Vibe in performance. I much prefer the Phoenix. Order some extra jugs and make up enough solution for the job at hand. I bring my own chemistry to every job made ahead of time. Or in the case of Oxy encap, bring the jugs of water and add the solution at the last minute so it's fresh. Saves filling at the job site.

 

[Nomad74]

Idk where Mikey ends and Ron begins….!

And Holy bird sh!t welds…..You sure you got penetration in the metal?!?

You’re a better man than me, trusting your own welds.. I don’t trust mines, I make my friends weld it..

The welds are good. It took me a while to get the arc welder set on the right power setting. Just ugly as sin.

 

[Mikey P]

Has Mikey ever Given a deal?

Not to whiners, no.

 

[hogjowl]

“Tamping”
That simply hilarious

 

[Nomad74]

Hey now. I didn’t start this thread to bash brands or equipment. I just wanted to share my day in burning hell.

 

[Nomad74]

Has Mikey ever Given a deal?

Mikey once gave me a brass brush for grout. I have it framed and hanging above my toilet.

 

[DAT]

The welds are good. It took me a while to get the arc welder set on the right power setting. Just ugly as sin.

Is it? Did you forget to turn on the Co2? Or is it Flux core?

 

[Nomad74]

Is it? Did you forget to turn on the Co2? Or is it Flux core?

OMG

 

[Nate The Great]

ran out of Argon..

 

[Mikey P]

stick to upholstering.

 

[Trip Moses]

Not to whiners, no.

That’s ok

 

[Mikey P]

That’s ok

People earn my graciousness in odd ways.

Ill give a guy I never heard of ten minutes prior a free glide, yet a 15 year acquaintance gets squat because I know whats in his gun safe....

 

[Jimmy L]

A 175/300 rotary buffer works for me : )

 

[Mikey P]

A 175/300 rotary buffer works for me : )

So does a Castex wand.

 

[Trip Moses]

People earn my graciousness in odd ways.

Ill give a guy I never heard of ten minutes prior a free glide, yet a 15 year acquaintance gets squat because I know whats in his gun safe....

Don’t be so ruffled