Wall mounting a Lincoln MIG

[northerngmc]

I am looking for ideas to build a wall mount for my Lincoln MIG PAK 180 welder.

Has anyone done this? Looking for ideas. Did you just mount the welder? Or make a cabinet?

I am thinking of starting with an angle bracket I can mount on the wall.

 

[1967lemans]

Never seen it done but, it sounds like you got the right idea. Make a mount out of angle iron and slap that thing to the wall.

 

[CARS]

The only wall mounted welders I have seen was when I welded truck bodies (dump boxes) years ago. The wire spool was on the floor (couple hundred pounds of wire, delivered by fork lift) along with the power unit. Just the control panel (with torch cable coming out of it) was on the wall.

It was on a swivel. Like you would have a tv on so you could keep the cable straight when you were welding. That is one thing I would diffidently add to your plans.

 

[northerngmc]

I only have a 24 x 28 garage and I think most of my welding will be done within 6 ft and probably all of it within 12 ft.

I am trying to picture how this swivel would work? I was thinking of making a hook on each side to roll up the cables, ground on one side and the gun on the other side.

 

[Oldbear]

Think a wall mounted jib crane - but with the welder on top. Ours at work have an air cylinder to adjust the height to work on, adjust and load. Some of our units have the wire roll attached some use the large drums on wire.

I like the idea - but would make it easy enough to take down - just in case you need to weld out of reach.

 

[lilredex]

Not a MIG, but along the same line. It is mounted on a bracket made from 2" angles and screwed into studs. The welder just slides in so it can be taken down easily for remote jobs or for lubing that fan, when it starts to squeak.

 

[steel 35]

How about hanging a lincoln tig. I have seen migs hanging from a track that worked very well but they need to move.

 

[northerngmc]

Not a MIG, but along the same line. It is mounted on a bracket made from 2" angles and screwed into studs. The welder just slides in so it can be taken down easily for remote jobs or for lubing that fan, when it starts to squeak.

That is what I was thinking.

I am wondering about having access to the side panel to change spools on the Mig. Maybe I should mount it sideways!

 

[BigMike782]

I made a frame from 1" sqr tube with a platform for the welder to sit in and it is screwed to the ceiling.It hangs about 6' off the floor.....high enough that I don't whack my head on it but low enough I can reach the controls.

 

[BD1]

This may help, see picture on post number two.
http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?t=229291
This is pretty elaborate but gives you a idea.

 

[Kevin54]

Are you really sure you want the MIG mounted to the wall? It seems to me that there would be so many things that would need to be done that if it was stationary you wouldn't be able to do.

But if you want to mount it to the wall, all you need is some 2x4's, with a 45 degree angle on each end, fastened to the studs and a top put on them. Two 2x's and a top fastened correctly can hold a lot of weight.

 

[northerngmc]

Are you really sure you want the MIG mounted to the wall? It seems to me that there would be so many things that would need to be done that if it was stationary you wouldn't be able to do.

But if you want to mount it to the wall, all you need is some 2x4's, with a 45 degree angle on each end, fastened to the studs and a top put on them. Two 2x's and a top fastened correctly can hold a lot of weight.

No I am not sure, that is why I thought I would ask and see if anyone else has done this.

My dad has his stick welder mounted on the wall and it has always worked great. But I am starting to realize that a MIG is a different story as the cord is quite a bit shorter and I need to access the unit to change wire.

I am also considering buying the Lincoln cart for it. At least then I can move the welder 6 ft away from the plug and have another 6 feet of cable from the welder.

I just thought if it were up off the floor it would be one less thing in the way. I expect most of my welding to be done on small projects on the welding table.

 

[northerngmc]

This may help, see picture on post number two.
http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?t=229291
This is pretty elaborate but gives you a idea.

WOW is all I can say.........

 

[Oldbear]

Here is one of the many units at work. The power unit is under the swivel for the boom. And the boom is a tad long for your garage... bit this is the idea.

 

[Oldbear]

I am also considering buying the Lincoln cart for it. At least then I can move the welder 6 ft away from the plug and have another 6 feet of cable from the welder.

I just thought if it were up off the floor it would be one less thing in the way. I expect most of my welding to be done on small projects on the welding table.

I'd vote for a welding cart - but think about building it yourself. It's a great project to learn on. Or put the welder under the table - always where you weld and doesn't take up anymore floor space.

 

[Case IH]

I would avoid a cabinet to allow for adequit ventilation...

 

[bad_idea]

I built a wheeled table 2'x4' for my small garage. I put the welding machine on a shelf under the table. Will have to blow the machine out more frequently due to the dust falling on it from the table (gravity is a *****), but the machine is always in reach when working on the table. I have also had several projects that the machine gets dragged to.