idahochevy
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Well I finally broke down and bought a new welder, so of course I had to build a new welding cart for it.
Show us your welding projects
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TauntDevil
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Looks good.
Just curious, this is to everyone I guess, are you not able to put the bottles horizontally? Never do I see any of the bottles mounted sideways and wondered why. Out of curiosity of course.
MP&C
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They take up far less space oriented vertically, especially once you get up to 110 and larger size tanks.
TauntDevil
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I appreciate the answers. Was just curious. I use to have a mig and a small bottle which I thought about putting horizontally but since I never see anyone do that, I bought a welding cart instead and kept it vertical. Larger ones I definitely understand. Thanks all
TauntDevil
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I'm a fan of breaking bad as well. haha kidding. Looks good! Planning on Powder coating it when its done or spraying it down?
Strouty
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1/2 the weight too. I am afraid though that they are going to be essentially non repairable. Once the warranty is out, if it breaks you will end up having to buy a new one. What I mean by this is that the board will contain most everything on it and you would need to replace the entire board to fix one part. Essentially you get it diagnosed, they tell you it needs a new board and it will be $700 for the board, and the diagnosis is $100, then shipping is $50 or you can buy a new welder for $950.
Thanks! Just gave both of them high temp bbq paint.
jimgood
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Doesn't hold a candle to some of the other projects on this thread but I needed to solve a problem.
The problem:
A bunch of Tiki torches leaning up against this corner.
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The solution: Build a hanger with materials I had on hand (almost).
I started with 25" of 1" square tube and 48" of 3/4" tube. I have 12 Tiki torches and they're just shy of 4" in diameter so I reckoned I could get all 12 on the 48" tube but that would be impractical to orient and support. So I decided on an "L" shaped hanger with three 15" prongs (minus saw kerfs). I would bolt the top of the "L" to a ceiling/floor joist.
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I cut the 1" tube into two equal pieces. I notched the first piece on each end and the middle. The ends got this treatment. I actually drilled a 3/4" hole through first, then used the angle grinder with a cutting disk to rough out the notch.
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I used a rasp to dress the notches until the 3/4" tube fit snugly.
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The middle notch I cut this way:
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I didn't want to fiddle around with trying to hold the hanger, a nut, a bolt and a ratchet while hanging this thing so I decided to weld a nut to the back of the vertical part of the "L". I drilled a 5/16" hole near the top of the "L" then threaded a bolt through the nut to hold it in place while I welded it.
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I sprayed the nut and bolt with some of this stuff to keep any weld spatter off of it. Probably didn't really need this. But better safe than more work.
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Though some here claim you can't weld with 110v, I commenced to welding anyway.
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Then the hanger forks to the notched tube:
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I didn't feel like painting this so I just slathered it with Boeshield T-9. I drilled a 5/16" hole in the joist and bolted it up.
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And,. viola! Tiki torches are off the floor and kind of out of the way. I don't know if this is where they'll live permanently yet but it's good enough for now.
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The problem:
A bunch of Tiki torches leaning up against this corner.
View media item 53395
The solution: Build a hanger with materials I had on hand (almost).
I started with 25" of 1" square tube and 48" of 3/4" tube. I have 12 Tiki torches and they're just shy of 4" in diameter so I reckoned I could get all 12 on the 48" tube but that would be impractical to orient and support. So I decided on an "L" shaped hanger with three 15" prongs (minus saw kerfs). I would bolt the top of the "L" to a ceiling/floor joist.
View media item 53396
I cut the 1" tube into two equal pieces. I notched the first piece on each end and the middle. The ends got this treatment. I actually drilled a 3/4" hole through first, then used the angle grinder with a cutting disk to rough out the notch.
View media item 53397
I used a rasp to dress the notches until the 3/4" tube fit snugly.
View media item 53398
The middle notch I cut this way:
View media item 53401
I didn't want to fiddle around with trying to hold the hanger, a nut, a bolt and a ratchet while hanging this thing so I decided to weld a nut to the back of the vertical part of the "L". I drilled a 5/16" hole near the top of the "L" then threaded a bolt through the nut to hold it in place while I welded it.
View media item 53402
I sprayed the nut and bolt with some of this stuff to keep any weld spatter off of it. Probably didn't really need this. But better safe than more work.
View media item 53403
Though some here claim you can't weld with 110v, I commenced to welding anyway.
View media item 53404
Then the hanger forks to the notched tube:
View media item 53405
View media item 53406
I didn't feel like painting this so I just slathered it with Boeshield T-9. I drilled a 5/16" hole in the joist and bolted it up.
View media item 53407
And,. viola! Tiki torches are off the floor and kind of out of the way. I don't know if this is where they'll live permanently yet but it's good enough for now.
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Sometimes it's the simple things that give us the most pleasure! Nice work.
amlee
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I built a cool bench for my fire pit. Gotta love Craigs list for used boards.
joseph.a.owens.9
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Not only is it a space saver but if you lay one down you get liquid co2 and freeze your machine up.
mv213
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I think this is the real reason.
PCO6
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I'm currently working on an expedition trailer for camping.
It's not "all welding" but here are a few pics of it ...
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... and my Garage Journal thread on it ...
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=303504
It's not "all welding" but here are a few pics of it ...
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... and my Garage Journal thread on it ...
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=303504
joseph.a.owens.9
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We get our co2 from the local feed store, one time we got a co2 bottle with a stem in it.
.....boy did things get frosty. Lol
Magneto
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Amlee - "I built a cool bench for my fire pit. Gotta love Craigs list for used boards."
Love it! Good Job....
Love it! Good Job....
fred d
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Knocked out a couple projects this weekend
First off I had a chair that was bolted to a plastic 5 wheel base that is for trash cans. Got the base and chair for free many years ago.
Base finely failed, so I built a new one.
Casters are for shopping carts
Guy out front of lowes a few years back replacing casters on shopping carts sold me 20 swiveled casters For $25
So now that I am in the garage, I'm finally putting them to use
My welding skills are pitiful.
Everyone I have talked to says to get good at welding you gotta practice. So these 2 projects are my practice. I have built some 6' gates from steel tubing that I screwed pickets to, that are working and holding together for about 4 years
Everyone tells me it sounds like bacon frying when it's going correctly.
But I must be doing something, or more than one thing wrong.
Hear the bacon sound but not consistently.
Welds are holding and seem strong, but look bad
My problem is that when it's not going well, I don't know what am I doing wrong.
Am I too hot,
wire to slow,
Hand moving to fast,
marginal ground connection,
Material not clean enough
wrong type of wire, (with gas-no gas)
wrong diameter of wire,
to close, not close enough to material
Does having a fan blowing on me and the project have a effect in the weld cooling to fast?
I know I have trouble seeing what I am welding, even with the sensitivity turned down
Working on having my Internaional harvester "Scout" club over for a welding 101 class and have a couple of the better welders/fabricators over to show us how to weld.
I have a Lincoln 180 220v mig.
First off I had a chair that was bolted to a plastic 5 wheel base that is for trash cans. Got the base and chair for free many years ago.
Base finely failed, so I built a new one.
Casters are for shopping carts
Guy out front of lowes a few years back replacing casters on shopping carts sold me 20 swiveled casters For $25
So now that I am in the garage, I'm finally putting them to use
My welding skills are pitiful.
Everyone I have talked to says to get good at welding you gotta practice. So these 2 projects are my practice. I have built some 6' gates from steel tubing that I screwed pickets to, that are working and holding together for about 4 years
Everyone tells me it sounds like bacon frying when it's going correctly.
But I must be doing something, or more than one thing wrong.
Hear the bacon sound but not consistently.
Welds are holding and seem strong, but look bad
My problem is that when it's not going well, I don't know what am I doing wrong.
Am I too hot,
wire to slow,
Hand moving to fast,
marginal ground connection,
Material not clean enough
wrong type of wire, (with gas-no gas)
wrong diameter of wire,
to close, not close enough to material
Does having a fan blowing on me and the project have a effect in the weld cooling to fast?
I know I have trouble seeing what I am welding, even with the sensitivity turned down
Working on having my Internaional harvester "Scout" club over for a welding 101 class and have a couple of the better welders/fabricators over to show us how to weld.
I have a Lincoln 180 220v mig.
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fred d
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Here is 2nd project
Oxy/Acy tank cart
Waiting for paint to dry to reassemble
Large mower wheels in back, swiveled shopping cart wheels up front
Handles are new for a wheelbarrow that I bought 4 sets of at Lowes a few years back for $1 per set.
I cut them down and welded together. Material on handle was about 14-16ga
All other tubing was 3/16
Oxy/Acy tank cart
Waiting for paint to dry to reassemble
Large mower wheels in back, swiveled shopping cart wheels up front
Handles are new for a wheelbarrow that I bought 4 sets of at Lowes a few years back for $1 per set.
I cut them down and welded together. Material on handle was about 14-16ga
All other tubing was 3/16
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wbrian63
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It's hard to tell for sure what the issue is with it being painted.
However, when the weld "puddles" on top, that's a sign of "too's." (You're either Too Cold on the weld or Too Fast on the wire, using Too Big wire, or Too Fast on the hands.) Could be one of those items, or some, or all.
You will know for sure if the polarity is wrong - hard to mistake the sight.
Check the settings from the panel that's probably on the inside of the door where the wire goes on your welder.
As for too close - I usually keep the tip about 1/4 to 1/2" away. 3/8" is probably more ideal - too close just puts a bunch of splatter into the tip and you end up obscuring the arc with the torch tip.
Gotta have clean metal. Gotta have clean metal. Gotta have clean metal.
That goes for the area where you're going to be welding, and the area where the clamp is installed.
As for air blowing on you - this will absolutely cause problems, but typically it just involves welds that look really rough from the outside. A weld bead should be a smooth ball of metal. This goes for solid wire with MIG gas and also for flux-core wire. The shielding gas (either from a bottle or from the flux), if it gets blown away, will have a decided negative impact on the weld.
If the fumes bother you, get a mask that will fit under your helmet. 3M makes some good ones for reasonable $. Probably not a bad idea anyway.
Creating good MIG welds is a balancing act involving voltage, wire speed and tip progress across the welding seam.
Practice on some pieces. Use the chart I recommended earlier as a base - not as gospel for setting the voltage. If the weld has "undercut" edges, turn the wire speed up a bit. If the weld is standing too proud of the surface, turn the wire speed down a bit and slow down. Slowing down will tend to make the weld material puddle more, so you may have to further reduce the wire speed.
Take two pieces of thin material (.040 to .050 thick) and **** them edge to edge - no gap. Set the machine on 3, using .025 (I think that's the #) wire. Set the wire speed somewhere in the middle of the dial. Put one small tack in the middle of the seam to be welded. If the weld burns through or erodes the edge, turn the voltage down one notch. If that results in a weld that doesn't seem to penetrate, turn the voltage back up and increase the wire speed until it doesn't burn through.
Once you get a good weld in the middle, then connect the ends.
Weld the pieces together with small tacks to join the middle to the end. Alternate locations - don't just tack, tack, tack - you'll add too much heat along the seam which will make it easier for the weld to blow through.
If it's done right (and I've had some very small success in this area), when you're done, you can grind the weld away and you won't be able to tell where the actual seam is.
See postings by MP&C for examples of what to do.
As for seeing what you're doing - I've got a couple of Joby lights (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002IT5DIU/?tag=atomicindus08-20). They work really good for putting a nice bright spot right where I'm welding. It helps me.
Just my 2 cents from another Houston welder (hobbyist).
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vintagespeed1956
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gotta be blackdog scouts?
hard to tell from the waaaay too far away pics, and you painted over the welds so hard to know what we're looking at.
but.
it looks like you're too far away, you're jumping around a bit and probably moving too fast.
slow down, get closer to the material and keep the fan away from your shielding gas.
WeldTightFab
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raddksn
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jimgood
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tig?
I built a cool bench for my fire pit. Gotta love Craigs list for used boards.
Very creative, but functional and cool re-use! Good job. You should try to sell those to your local board shop.
Steering spindle gussets for a Toyota Tacoma.
These look like what's-his-name's welds! Nice!
Thanks! Yeah, that was kinda the look I was after-------it really helps out this thing's cornering and acceleration abilities to cut a bit of weight!
jimgood
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Been doing these things for a local bar chain "Johnny's Tavern" we did a new location and after they saw the work contracted 9 additional existing locations... There are other designs besides the Trout on the dividers but they are licensed images and I can't share those...
Anyway I cut the designs on the plasma table then weld them together, get them to my business partner and he does the finishing...
Anyway I cut the designs on the plasma table then weld them together, get them to my business partner and he does the finishing...
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zmotorsports
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Been doing these things for a local bar chain "Johnny's Tavern" we did a new location and after they saw the work contracted 9 additional existing locations... There are other designs besides the Trout on the dividers but they are licensed images and I can't share those...
Anyway I cut the designs on the plasma table then weld them together, get them to my business partner and he does the finishing...
Very nice work.
Mike.
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zhaddock
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Been doing these things for a local bar chain "Johnny's Tavern" we did a new location and after they saw the work contracted 9 additional existing locations... There are other designs besides the Trout on the dividers but they are licensed images and I can't share those...
Anyway I cut the designs on the plasma table then weld them together, get them to my business partner and he does the finishing...
Are you located in KC? Is the pic with the trout divider the Johnny's on Shawnee Mission Parkway?
No that one is Lee's Summit the other "Big Johnny" is for the Antioch Location along with an arrow....
zhaddock
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Are you in the metro? Do you offer CNC Plasma services?
Yes and Yes... Need something cut? I do a LOT of 18 ga and a bunch of 3/16 plate... I can do up to 3/4" and easy 5 feet by 5 feet... I can scan patterns on the table then cut them right away or edit the scan in CAD...
raddksn
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Yes! Had mAchine set at 60 amps used nowhere near full peddle