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Put the cart together, picked up an argon tank and got everything hooked up.
Checked the gas flow and made sure the water cooler was working.
I Picked up some scrap stainless and aluminum from the scrap yard and just have to wait on my tungsten and a few other things.
I will be watching some of the welding Tips and Tricks video’s tonight or tomorrow.
It should be a lot of fun.
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Looks like you are off to a good start. The local welding supply did not have tungsten or wanted too much? And you need some filler too.
Post up pictures and have fun.
I f you have a ace hardware they usually carry welding supplies at a good price
When the tank was purchased, I looked at the prices on the tungsten and filler at the LWS and decided no thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by everlastsupport
Ended up buying from WeldingCity.com and WeldingSupply.com.
The tank is large and normally picked up locally. But there are deal online for sure. Just restocked tungsten, MIG wire and filler from the internet.
Brad same here were i live are welding supply price are crazy way to much i get all my stuff on the internet
YepQuote:
Originally Posted by Rodsmachineshop
Everything I looked at was at least double the cost.
brad were did you get the cart , nice looking cart
It is actually the Powercart 250 that Everlast sells.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rodsmachineshop
I was quite impressed on how nice it was for the money.
All I have to do is add some filler rod holders and I am good to go.
looks good have to buy one great price on cart I like the handle on the front oh what are you using for coolant
A welding cart that's bolted together?!? BLASPHEMY!
Agreed. One of the first things to be made with my 250EX will be a cart, most likely from aluminum.Quote:
Originally Posted by redbeard
Redbeard i am making a welding cart out of wood 2x4 and duct tape lol
Have you TIG welded before?
I love my 250EX, it's a smooth machine!
Can't wait to see the pictures! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rodsmachineshop
So your building the cadillac of welding cart, 2X4 tough to weld :D:D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rodsmachineshop
I was kidding lol' but going to start building a double cart soon so my mig and plasma are on one cart 'since i just having them sitting on a old craftsman tool box rite now , cant believe how steel is going up order a bunch today for my skids and under plating bill came to like 600 bucks. I do a lot of jeep Cherokee skids . I copy jcr skids since like how he designed them .Attachment 6196 He has a good price on his stuff but the cost of shipping today makes better to just make the stuff at my shop shipping on the skids are like 80 bucks . almost half the price of the skids for shipping since heavy since done with .188 3/16 wall tubing
lolQuote:
Originally Posted by redbeard
If I had the time welding one would be an option but for now it seems that it will work very well.
Not yet, but no better time for learning I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by CGCINC
I will start on some mild steel and then try some stainless.
I picked up a bunch of 16 gauge SS pieces that are about 8" x10" from the scrap yard for cheap and figured they would be a good place to start from.
I must admit that it is quite a bit better than the old TV cart I am currently using for my plasma cutter.Quote:
Originally Posted by brad3579
I just started TIGing in December, I actually found it to be much easier to make pretty practice beads on AL than on mild steel. Haven't even tried SS yet.Quote:
Not yet, but no better time for learning I guess.
I will start on some mild steel and then try some stainless.
I picked up a bunch of 16 gauge SS pieces that are about 8" x10" from the scrap yard for cheap and figured they would be a good place to start from.
I agree about the Aluminum. When I took welding classes last year, they started me TIG'ing on Aluminum, he said if you can Tig Aluminum you can Tig anything. After months of working with Aluminum only, I found it difficult to Tig mild Steel at first. I finally got in the groove but you can make some nice looking beads on Aluminum!Quote:
Originally Posted by redbeard
I would say, the mild steel is more flexible for TIG welding. Aluminium cannot be welded without a filler rod (I cannot do that for sure), and one is very sensible for temperature, so you have to preheat the parts or you should use a pedal to control current. On other hand, I use to weld some tools made of mild steel without a filler rod using 2T mode and it really works.Quote:
Originally Posted by CGCINC
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I Tig welded this Aluminum box in welding class without filler rod. It was 1/8" material with an overlapping corner joint and I just pulse welded it using the extra material overlapping for fillerQuote:
Originally Posted by FordSloman
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It's a nice box! I will try to weld aluminium corner w/o a filler rod someday. Did you try to weld such seams w/o pulse or this is the only way to make the magic? Btw, which pulse mode did you use? I believe it was HI pulse >100Hz?Quote:
Originally Posted by CGCINC
The only joint I could weld w/o a filler rod is an edge joint, and a butt joint cracked right after I finished to weld. So, I suppose it could be done technically, but it might be not reliable.
that looks awesome really nice welds. the pulse is really nice i sure like it on my 250ex
lol i have not even welded steel with my 250ex and have had it for over 2 years now
What do you weld with it? Just AluminumQuote:
Originally Posted by Rodsmachineshop
yes mostly cylinder heads that are cracked . lots of boat and jet ski exhaust and thick aluminum , most steel i stick or mig lots of cast iron also with stick . if i had the bucks would like a spray welder to do cast iron spray weld like about 20 thousand dollarsAttachment 6226