Tig Torch Cooler

[engnerdan]

I am not done yet but I thought I would share some pictures of the coolant tank I welded up yesterday. The tank was made from a piece of 6 in ID aluminum tube 26.5" tall that was laying around, it has some heavy pitting but no holes through and it was free. I added 3 NPT bungs to the side and a fancy fill cap for the top. It hold 3 gallons of coolant with some room to spare. I have a carbonator pump on the way to replace the intank EFI pump.

Not shown on the back is a sight level gauge so show how full the tank is.

 

[MXtras]

Nice work!

Keep the thread up to date with your progress.

Scott

 

[engnerdan]

One more picture with the new pump

-Dan

 

[engnerdan]

Here are a couple pictures of the cooler (circulator) mounted to the welder. I have decided to ditch the heat exchanger for now, the fan in the back of the welder moves a lot of air over the aluminum tube that is the reservoir.

I still need to add a brace of aluminum angle along the edge of the plate that I used. For now I am just plugging the pump in ever time I use the welder but I plan on wiring it into the welder to come on when I turn the welder on.

-Dan

 

[chainz]

Very cool. I was just contemplating on how to build one myself, since adding one to my Miller Syncrowave would cost as much as the unit itself.

Thanx, Chainz

 

[engnerdan]

It is amazing how much they want for a cooler and coolant. I ended up using a silicate and phosporous free Dexcool mixxed with distilled water.

-Dan