Weekend Project

As some may remember, TC, Altiain, and I took a welding class last fall and I subsequently bought a welder. Got some work on my first project with the thing this last weekend.

http://www.8x8pan.com/gallery2/main....serialNumber=2

Apparently, if you buy a mig welder, you are required to built a cart for it (according to all the welder sites I've been reading anyway). It's not finished yet, but getting closer. I have the front wheels but didn't have the right bolts to put them on. I need to put a shelf (or something) in the space below the welder and then some hooks and what not to wind cords around.

Nice cart. Here is the one I built.

http://www.hudsonhawk.net/table8.jpg

http://www.hudsonhawk.net/table13.jpg

wanna trade? :)

Don't think it will fit in a Miata. ;) And it weighs around 500 lbs.

The top is a 34x50 inch piece of 1/2 plate steel. The top and bottom are made of 3x3x1/4 inch angle and the legs are 3x3x1/8 inch rectangular tube. The wheels are industrial roller casters rated at about 500 lbs each.

mig, tig, arc....I'm so confused!

oh... I'll bring my truck and pick it up...

btw: what did you use to make the ring your gas bottle sits on? Did you bend it yourself?

Cut it off the end of a pipe?

Looks good Dave... What size tank is that and what did it cost? I need to get my shielding gas but can't decide if I really need a big tank or if I can live with a small one... yours looks in between the 2 sizes I saw at TSC.

It's the largest size Home Depot sells... I want to say (from memory mind you) buying your first full tank is ~$240 and then you can exchange empty for full for around $30. They were the cheapest on the refills I found anywhere. I think they call it a size Q. LINK HERE

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Originally Posted by Dave04

It's the largest size Home Depot sells... I want to say (from memory mind you) buying your first full tank is ~$240 and then you can exchange empty for full for around $30. They were the cheapest on the refills I found anywhere. I think they call it a size Q. LINK HERE

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Cool... I will have to check that out... TSC just had the size S and size R ones. That size Q looks like a nice compromise.

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Originally Posted by Dave04

oh... I'll bring my truck and pick it up...

btw: what did you use to make the ring your gas bottle sits on? Did you bend it yourself?

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Cut it out of an old o2 cylinder that was no longer good. I have another piece if you want it.

The brace below it I made by cutting down a piece of the 3x3 angle to the shape I wanted then welded it all together.

http://www.hudsonhawk.net/table6.jpg

http://www.hudsonhawk.net/table5.jpg

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Originally Posted by HudsonHawk

I have another piece if you want it.

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Sure! I could use it for another project I'm looking in to ...