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Howdy all, new guy here. Looking forward to harassing you all with questions from time to time. Might be a while before I'll be able to offer any help to others though, as I am very much the newb weldor... (read= never welded anything in my life!) I hope to strike my first arcs this weekend on some scrap. My first project will be a square tube workbench for my new shop. I just bought a new Millermatic 175 for use with old Chevy sheet metal, and the occasional 1/8" steel tubing project. I intend to use solid core with shielding gas, so I need to buy a cylinder. The instructions that came with the cart say the maximum weight for the cylinder is 75 pounds. I've seen several posts here that almost but not quite answer my question:What's the biggest size tank I can get that's under 75 pounds? Thanks...-"byrdman"
Reply:Picked this info off another board to give you an idea. Seems about right to me but I'll try and weigh a couple of my cylinders later (think my largest is 155 CF) and post the results."The 125 cylinders are about 75 pounds and the bigger cylinders can go over a hundred pounds. An 80 cubic foot cylinder weighs 50 pounds."You've got the right idea, get the largest cylinder your cart (and your back) can handle. More economical fills and less trips for refills.TinkerCentury 135GS, ThermalArc 250GTS
Reply:The big bottles weight about one forty eight empty and one fifty five more or less full.I used a liquid bottle (equal to five big bottles at least) for about one seventy if I recall correctly a couple of months ago. Volume is the great discounter. life is good
Reply:Thanks for the replies gang. I bought my tank this weekend. I'm still not sure what size it is, but it was size "#3" of the 4 they had to choose from. It feels less than 75 pounds, and looks at home on my cart. -Byrdman |
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发表于 2021-9-1 00:20:43