Wanna see my very first ever weld?

[Rambozo]

Wood?????? What wood? Hey,who put that there?

With steel it's not such a big deal, but when welding aluminum on a wood surface, apart from the fire hazard, as the wood heats up it starts out-gassing all kinds of stuff that will get sucked into your argon stream and contaminate your weld. So you could end up chasing your tail trying to get good welds. The watch word for TIG is clean clean clean and with aluminum even more so.

[JohnT]

Maybe my first project needs to be a welding table instead of a cart

[everlastsupport]

Maybe my first project needs to be a welding table instead of a cart

Long as a metal table

Nah, go for the cart. It is fun, plus no two seem to be the same.