fowler mainliner

By pypLynr (***)

Date 03-12-2009 12:37

Its like taking your camaro to the hotrod shop and getting it hopped up . Fowler hops up lincoln's . Adds this and that and does away with nick nacks that you don't need . Basically he trims off the fat and adds muscle to your 'money maker' .

By Sharp Tungsten (**)

Date 03-12-2009 22:17

The name Fowler is what makes them so good. If Kaye Sellon says the man is a welder whisperer thats some pretty heavy rankings in the welder repair world.

By tigrooter (**)

Date 03-13-2009 18:01

could the conversion be done on a shorthood? now that would be cool

By welder5354 (**)

Date 03-15-2009 02:18

tigrooter, just curious; Did you buy the STT power wave or the Miller power source.
You were debating this late in 2008 as to what power source to buy.
We do have an STT power source and it is a very nice machine. We just completed a procedure on duplex piping.
First pass was done with filler 100X [0.045] (STT) and remainder was completed with filler 2209[0.045]FCAW.
All side bends and tensiles passed.
dh

By tigrooter (**)

Date 03-15-2009 23:00

I got the miller and it's the best process i've ever run a root with. have not done any jobs with stainless yet but have played with some duplex i had in the scrap pile. used rmd root and pro pulse fill all with .045 2209 wire no test but looked good. wish i knew they were coming out with the new pipeworks machine i would have got it. you don't have to change everything around just select your process and weld. who do you work for if you don't mind me asking.

By welder5354 (**)

Date 03-16-2009 15:29

Hi there, glad you like your power source. I guess no matter what we buy we hope that we do make the
right decision because it's always costly when it comes to our pocket book.
You ask me who i work for, well i teach welding, so i like to be on top of all those new gagets.
Having said that we do a lot of procedures for companies. I am from canada.
I'm atttaching a sample of a stainless steel welding coupon with no purging.
The root pass is what you see; i think the quality is excellent.
Completed with the STT process.

By tigrooter (**)

Date 03-16-2009 17:27

Thats a good looking root. I think you should have no problem teaching this process. If a student can't get this down they sould be inspecting haha. wish the invertech machine had pulse like the powerwave machine. The powerwave is just to big I like my machines to be moble so I can put them where I need them.

By roundydownie (**)

Date 03-15-2009 03:57

i have a buddy who has one and its sweet

By mody454 (**)

Date 03-22-2009 17:19

my buddy bought a new 200d it wouldnt downhill pipe for nothin so he paid like what 10,000 for this machine then turned around and sent it to fowler completely re did it there anothere 4,000 but it is a downhill pipe machine now no doubt

By B.acosta (**)

Date 03-29-2009 05:23

i just had a welding machine made by allan bryant out of corpus christy & its what u call a fowler mainliner but it just wasnt it he build it but it just wouldnt weld like it should.right after i got it i went to work on a 16" pipe bore & da first day it work fine but the second day it worked like crap & ythere on so 2 make da story short i traveled almost 600miles to get it fixed by mr tom fowler which he made my trip worth the whole way so now my machine works great u can check it out on this wed site on shop talk under texas pipeliner rockin d its a red welding machine n its a welding mother/.,.,,,

By kmp

Date 03-29-2009 16:20

what did fowler do to it to get it to weld right?

By B.acosta (**)

Date 03-29-2009 21:39 Edited 03-31-2009 12:31

to start with the polarity was switched & he had the idle linkage jury rigged every time it idle up it was on different rpms was never steady.also he didnt even seated the brushes

By kmp

Date 03-29-2009 22:53

i bet u were ready to spit nails when it would not weld right after u spent a ton of money on it. im afraid to ask how much it cost!!

By raftergwelding (*****)

Date 03-30-2009 00:30

i heard allan was the go to guy in south texas i guess not

By pypLynr (***)

Date 03-30-2009 13:13

I heard Jay Corus was the 'man' ... he's from down south somewhere .

By raftergwelding (*****)

Date 04-02-2009 00:14

Yup you are correct and his name is Jay Korus very good with machines and only about 20 miles from my house went and saw him monday when the bottom alt. bracket bolts broke off and got a new bracket and some pointers you caould say he is the male version of Kaye. He built a machine for his brother thats a 200 machine with a newer diesel motor in it no it's not a yanmar the engine is made by continential

By KSellon (****)

Date 04-02-2009 14:31

Was it a Cont TMD27???

By raftergwelding (*****)

Date 04-03-2009 01:25

yup he found 1 for me but the guy wanted to mcuch

By KSellon (****)

Date 04-03-2009 15:34

standard Classic IIID engine

By 250pipeliner (**)

Date 04-03-2009 23:59

is it true that the tm27(gas block) be converted to a diesel?

By JHarlos (**)

Date 04-01-2009 02:30

I was trying to look up fowler mainliners and came up with hiberweld is that the correct site?

By tigrooter (**)

Date 04-01-2009 03:11

yes. not alot on the site about it

By pypLynr (***)

Date 04-03-2009 03:25

No its not ... its ' hybriweld.com'

By stanantonio Date 04-03-2009 23:33

yeha fowler makes a good machine. But honestly I think wyoming welding works makes a better machine. I believe he worked under Tom. His machines are basically the same but puts alittle more attention in them. An old short hood completly redone, cut down, with a yanmar diesel and all stainless coverings will cost you about 11 to 14k. As soon as pipeline work picks up I will be purchasing one.