Learning to weld (welder cart)

[lilscorpion]

I came across this while digging for another pic. My first welder and my first project with it welding. Being cheap, I cut apart a Jeep CJ7 tire carrier and used pieces of it. The handles were made with conduit and a pipe bender and all cuts were with a chop saw. I probably spent an entire at on it. Those were the days. The welder worked really well and I got my money out if it. It's duty cycle killed me and prompted me to upgrade to my first Miller.

 

[luvit]

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i felt like i had to re-learn welding from MIG to AC Arc welding when my dad gave me this welder.
i modded the table a bit so i could move it around.

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[lilscorpion]

Cool, an old spark box. I used to go over to a friends house to use hid when I needed to burn something home on thicker material (way back in the day). Those were not pretty welds. Fairly certain I used the wrong rod for the vertical welds I did once. Bumper never did fall off though.

 

[luvit]

this is probably not of interest to you, but i found these videos pretty valuable for arc welding.

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