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Some of my first projects in my Welding JourneyI inherited an old stick welder when my father passed away 5 years ago, and only just recently started using it to repair things around the house. (wifes chastity belt !) I stick welded a stand for my vice in the shed out of some old scrap found laying around. I find having the vice away from my work bench more convenient.The next project (again out of scrap) was to make a stand for my 355 mm drop saw. This works very well in conjunction with a couple of rollers stands. Then a need arose for a stand for my grinding wheels.Storage space soon became a problem, so I made up a wife pleasing overhead storage rack from some 40 x 40 square and some 19 x 19 square with a thin top of MDF board. Its all stick welded and is supported by two cross bars on each end, with a central threaded rod hanging from the ceiling beams. Works very well and is supporting a lot of weight.The welding bug having been well and truly bitten, I lashed out and bought a used 210 amp MIG from a farm auction spooled with 1.2 mm wire. I have a crook back so the next item just had to be (you guessed it), a welding bench. After spending about a week going through about a trillion ideas in this and other welding forums, I decided on the open top table to give endless clamping options.I bought some old, rusted iron from a local salvage yard (1/5 th cost of new stock) and set about making my table. I wanted something that was as close to square and level as I could possibly do without having a flat surface to start with.My idea was to lay 3 lengths of 100mm H iron on the concrete floor, and spend a lot of time getting these perfectly level by putting shims underneath. Once this was achieved it was a simple matter of laying all my steel on top, squaring up using the 3-4-5 method, then get to work with the mig. The steel for the top is C channel, 75mm(3 ) x 40mm (1 1/2) x 6mm (1/4), with cross bars out of 25mm (1) x 10mm (3/8th).The legs are 80mm x 45mm.The whole thing took about 6 hours to construct and I am fairly happy with the result. I welded some round tube off cuts on the four corners as a holder for the mig gun.As I live a few hundred metres from the ocean, everything I do in steel gets a coat of Zinc Oxide metal primer, to keep rust at bay. I left the top clean for good weld contact. I learnt a lot MIG welding this bench, the main being I cant weld for s**t. But now that I ave a bench that saves my back, I intend to practice, practice, practice, till my up coming welding course in TAFE collage starts. Till then, If it moves and I can catch it, I am going to weld the sucker !!!!
Reply:It looks really good from what I can see.I've had to refresh the page 3 times already in order to get the download, and I still don't have 3 complete pics. Pics that are too big wreak havoc with guys, like me, on dialup.Compound angles are hard to do. Looks like you did the fitup really well.There's a really simple trick to the compound layouts. It works using a straightedge, but it's a little unwieldy. Don't have pics of how to do it. You did well without it. job!"Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:Originally Posted by farmersammIt looks really good from what I can see.I've had to refresh the page 3 times already in order to get the download, and I still don't have 3 complete pics. Pics that are too big wreak havoc with guys, like me, on dialup.Compound angles are hard to do. Looks like you did the fitup really well.There's a really simple trick to the compound layouts. It works using a straightedge, but it's a little unwieldy. Don't have pics of how to do it. You did well without it. job!
Reply:eyspyYou must be in OZ to have a WIA welder.
Reply:Originally Posted by LarryOeyspyYou must be in OZ to have a WIA welder.
Reply:They are also the Miller distributers in Australia
Reply:That's right. They make and sell WIA, but just sell the 'Miller'Both very good machines from what I understand. Because the WIA is made here in SA, it is the machine I was after. I have heard nothing but good reports on them. I spoke at length with one of the head honchos at WIA before my purchase and he assured me that this older model 210s that I have purchased, is better than the one's they are punching out now. Mainly due to the fact that they have had to source a lot of their components from China so they can be competitive with price. The older models all had top shelf components and inevitably last longer. At least that is what I have been told. I am new to MIG's, so I could be told anything and I have to believe it!!
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Reply:Lotsa good stuff!keep the pictures coming!I think in regards to Brand Names, we all have our preferences and for various reasons. I am a Lincoln guy by choice. I don't think Lincoln has any REAL advantage over Miller. I have never heard of WIA, but it probably isn't any worse than Miller either. Now, having owned a Hobart, I can say you got REAL lucky inheriting a WIA and not a Hobart.Now go build some more stuff so we can see the pictures!Lincoln Power Mig 210MP MIGLincoln Power Mig 350MP - MIG and Push-PullLincoln TIG 300-300Lincoln Hobby-Weld 110v Thanks JLAMESCK TIG TORCH, gas diffuser, pyrex cupThermal Dynamics Cutmaster 101My brain
Reply:I love that table-I'm feeling inspired!- If you can jump across it you can weld it! - anonymous old boilermaker |
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