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?
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Decided I needed to get the equipment off their indivual carts and all in one place that was easy to roll around and feed off just one cord and outlet.

So this is where I'm at with it at the moment....The red metal box is a gang box that contains all the Nema 6-50 outlets-each welder will remain plugged in and the cart will be powered off 50 ft of factory made 8/3 extension cord.

So far I've built a tray to hold the little Longevity 140 inverter stick machine....My Hobart Mig will sit on very top....plasma and 225 AC/DC stick will fit below.

Those are 5" swivel casters slung low so it's really easy to roll around and very stable.

I'm thinking once it's finished and sandblasted I'll coat it with beadliner to keep it tuff nuff.

I designed it to hold two 125 CF bottles, one C25 and the other straight Argon.

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That looks to be well thought out. Nice work!

The only thing I'd do different (because of my particular circumstances) would be pneumatic-tire casters for my rough-ass driveway.

Please show us the finished product when you get there.

Steve
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Thanks, Otto

It's a work in progress....all made from scrap so far-even the casters were picked from the trash....It's just a matter of me finding more scrap and the time to work on it.

I started this whole welding thang a couple of months ago cause I plan to swap a V-8 into my Jeep TJ, but needed to learn to weld in motor mounts and suspension mods when I do it...So here I am, and I'm lovin it :)...Welding is FUN and it's that final thing I needed to learn to do for myself :)

This site and others like it, and guys like you here make it really easy to learn, so keep posting :)
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Are there other site like this one? I suppose there must be, but I haven't found them and gave up looking.

I've visited several other dedicated welding-trade sites, and I've found them to be contentious, ego-driven pissing contests more than useful information. Sure, the information is there, but I don't care to shovel all the bullshit to reach it.

If you can recommend other sites that are friendly AND useful, I'd love to check them out.

Thanks,

Steve
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My welder and grinder gang boxes....It'll be nice being able to leave all grinders plugged in and just grab the one wearing the disc/wheel I need....Dug those metal boxs out of the trash too :)

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Hi,

Its amazing what some people throw away. I work for a place like that.

Mick
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weldin mike 27 wrote:Hi,

Its amazing what some people throw away. I work for a place like that.

Mick
Yup, they were used to house 120/24 VAC transformers for obsolete bldg management sys....I cut holes in them for the outlets and baked the paint on...I used one of the transformers to trigger my shop heater.
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Fluxcore,
Is that little blue device your MIG/TIG torch holder? Looks like a simple good design if it is. Nice work on the electrical as well. It looks very neat.
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