What welding projects are you working on? Are you proud of something you built?
How about posting some pics so other welders can get some ideas?
Tig cart for my Invertig 221 and watercooler
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Weldor
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I have had a syncrowave 200 for many years and strpped up to an inverter.... First thing is to get it off the bench! This is stuff i had laying around the yard and shop.
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Weldor
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And more....
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Weldor
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And finished
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Nice project you have going there Weldor. Hope you have a cherry picker to pull that beast off the bench. At ~240 pounds I can see why you want it off the bench! :o
Go break something, then you can weld it back the right way.

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Guess I didn't wait long enough. You were posting and I was still typing...

Nicely done cart Weldor!
Go break something, then you can weld it back the right way.

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Alexa
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Weldor.

You might want to control the ventilation, if necessary, a slight modification in the area(s) of the venting slits.

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Weldor
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Yea i was thinking of that... We'll see how it works out ducting it shouldn't be needed... But if it is, well, i am a jm sheet metal guy shouldn't be too hard
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Very nice! Diamond plate makes everything look better.
Welding☞Syncrowave 250,Millermatic 252,30a Spoolgun Cutting☞12" Hi-speed Cutoff Saw, 9x 12 Horizontal Bandsaw Milling☞Gorton 8d Vertical Mill Turning☞Monarch EE Precision Lathe Grinding ☞Brown & Sharpe #5 Surface Grinder
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Weldor
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Lotsa room for air flow!
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TamJeff
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Nice work.
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Alexa
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Weldor.

You using the floor and/or the hand control for the amps?
If hand, which model did you buy?

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Weldor
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I am using the foot pedal... The one that comes with the HTP is similar if not a rebadged SSC Controls pedal. I used the SSC pedal on my syncrowave but sold it with the machine. Really good quality pedal. Not using a hand control at all.
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Alexa,

I use a thumb-control on a synchrowave at work when the foot pedal is impractical. Mine is from Profax, an MFTC-14, for the 14-pin connector on the machine. I think the Profax part # is PX129-341.

It's quite reliable, but has a long travel like a volume-knob on a radio, so I tend to set my max Amps far higher than I need, so my intended range is within the first 1/3 of the dial.

CK Industries make one that has a "slide" action that I haven't tried, but I believe the slide action will feel more natural than working a small dial with your thumb.

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