Looking for pics of GREAT welding booths from training centers

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I am getting ready to reconfigure my welding lab here at school, and was wanting to see pics of the best you have seen.  Feel free to post any pics of small welding booths from training centers / schools you've been to.  I have an area approximately 5' x 6' to fit the welding machine, table, and person into - and have 15 of them to build.I've heard the newish Lincoln training center in GA has done away with conventional tables.  Instead they have a large vertical pole mounted to the floor that has adjustable arms clamped to it.  One of the arms has a small (say 12" x 16") table on it.  Two arms are simply there for supporting your arms, wrists, elbows, etc to brace yourself.  Finally there is a clamp for holding weld coupons.  Since they are all adjustable you can really dial in the both to your needs.  It also frees up a lot of space since you have no table in the way for the overhead, etc.  I have not seen it, just heard a description - but sounds like the way I want to go.So, please post any pics you might have of ingenious weld stations that require little space!  Thank you!
Reply:Might be a little bigger than what you have room for, but these were great.  Pole in the middle with clamps to put stuff out of position or you could clamp it on the edge/underneath the table and lay on the floor for a challenge.Also kept the noise down, dirt contained and curtains made it almost impossible to get arc'ed walking around the shop.Heres a link to the picture if its not coming uphttp://www.pct.edu/schools/iet/weld/...ilities/02.jpgHave we all gone mad?
Reply:Hey snoborder.  You went to penn tech?  Howd you like it?
Reply:Its been great so far, ive still got some time to go as well.  PM me if you have other questions.Have we all gone mad?
Reply:Sno - looks like about the same amount of space I have to work with, only I have to squeeze the welder into the area as well.  Are the welders open to another room behind that back wall, or just stuffed into little cubbyholes? Here is the shop as it was when I started last quarter:As you can see we have no dividers between the workstations.  Also, the way it was set up a welder and a table side by side are wider than the fume hoods so every couple of hoods you lose a space.  The hoods are 3' x 4' and about 18" from the walls.  I'm planning on building some divider walls as class projects that will be made from square tube and 1/8" steel plate that are 6' deep to place between each work area.  Picture the stalls in a bathroom only building them ourselves heavier and cheaper.  The other really annoying part of the lab shown above is the "de-helmetter" curtain rod.  For most people they are the perfect height to either remove your helmet or snap you neck back every time you step into the booth.  You then pull the curtain around 3 sides of you with your machine on the outside of it.  The really bad thing is when it's time to change a bottle - gotta coil up all the leads, pull the welder part way out, squeeze in behind and unplug it, then pull it out to the middle of the shop to swap bottles!  All in all it is horribly laid out right now.The good news is the school wants me to make it better - so I just want to make it as great as I can.
Reply:The booths are open to the back, some have a small walkway inbetween the outer walls of the shop and the booths in which the machines sit, others have 2 rows of booths back to back with the welders inbetween.No gas cylinders to deal with, all gas is run through a manifold system.  Oxy, acy, c25 and argon hookups are all over the shop.  Some booths also have space for a bottle of 99/1 98/2 90/10 ect. to try out for different mig applications.I would suggest considering at least running a manifold for your tig machines.  Ours hooks 6 (I think) bottles together.Have we all gone mad?
Reply:I'll post up pics soon of the UA-72 welding school I'm working on in Lithia Springs,Ga. I promise you won't be disappointed. No expense has been spared. An orbital welding lab, Lincoln Electric fume evac equipment throughout. Nearly finished installing the SS tubing for the Argon/CO2 lines today. Plasma cutters for our coupons; each booth to have easily accessible grinder motors, file, brush etc. You can choose between Lincoln or Miller machines.You won't believe the stands we have for each booth either. We have the first UA weld test this weekend at our new facility. Several other trades will be using our facility as well for cert'g/educating their welders.Tubularfab, we're less than a mile from the Lincoln Training Center and they've been an incredible help in getting our facility together, including equipment, technical support, or otherwise. Many other companies have helped also and I'll spill the rest of the beans when I get the pics up.Last edited by regularfella; 06-24-2009 at 08:12 PM.
Reply:Reg - Brook from Lincoln is on my advisory committee, and he has been very helpful.  I emailed him yesterday asking about pics of their shop, and while he didn't have any pics he did send me all the detail drawings to make the post style stations.Sounds like Lithia Springs is turning into the place to go for welding training in the Metro Area!  I might have to make a trip over that way...
Reply:Tubular Fab,I would guess you haven't seen the stuff at ECTC down south...Just like to make you drool.lol. Attached ImagesEsab Migmaster 250Lincoln SA 200Lincoln Ranger 8Smith Oxy Fuel setupEverlast PowerPlasma 80Everlast Power iMIG 160Everlast Power iMIG 205 Everlast Power iMIG 140EEverlast PowerARC 300Everlast PowerARC 140STEverlast PowerTIG 255EXT
Reply:Well, some are outside, most are inside, some have wheels, and most don't.I couldn't find a pic of just the inside booths, it's around here somewhere, if not I'll get another one!  Attached ImagesCity of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Here's a pic of a cool plasma cutting demo table that Hypertherm used at trade shows in the US and Europe for many years. I built 2 or 3 of these units about 8 or 10 years ago. It has a motorized top screen assembly...the shade 8 glass top lowers so the person demonstrating the plasma torch can talk to the crowd...then he flips the switch and the shade motors up. Built into the base is a powerful fan and a fire resistant filter (like the ones used in a portable Torit fume extractor) to pull the cutting fumes downward. You can see the circular panel where the filter goes on the side. The raise lower mechanism uses a gearmotor and a chain drive. Jim Colt Attached Images
Reply:Just as a side note on the PCT booths.  Can't see it from the picture, but they also have another round tube clamp coming off the table into the "cubby" hole.  This allows you to tack pipe off some round bar in any position for 6G's, etc.  It was tight, but always enough room to do what you wanted in there.
Reply:Here's a thread that you may be interested in. Will post up more booth photos to include the new stands we're usinghttp://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php...d=1#post297820
Reply:i've interested this .where is it?..please tell me address..Princes d'Annam
Reply:Take a look at these booths at www.oskarsales.com . The welding booths are customized to fit the needs of the welder and school. The entire booth is powder coated steel and includes a backdraft and updraft hood. http://www.oskarsales.com
Reply:These booths were manufactured and designed by http://www.oskarsales.com for Westinghouse. Attached Images
Reply:We at Oskar Air Products are on the cutting edge of the welding industry.  We have a newly redesigned welding booth that we offer that customers have really been impressed with.  They can be customized for any application and to what ever special needs you have.  We also offer fume arms, fans, and collectors to assist in the removal of harmful fumes and dust.
Reply:Here is a booth we offer with optional welding table and welder rack!
Reply:Please see the attached photos of the welding booths provided by Oskar Air Products installed at the Westinghouse Training Facility in Chattanooga, TN.  You can also view more photos @ www.oskarsales.com. Attached Images
Reply:Here is a picture of the new Oskar Enviromental booth that I've been seeing more of lately. Oskar has really stepped up the game and is offering great booths, fume arms and downdraft tables. The guys at Oskar are great to work with and will make a custom booth for each application. Attached Images
Reply:At Clean Air America, Inc. We invent, engineer, manufacture and sale an entire line of weld smoke removal systems. The ones I have listed are completely self contained, requireing no ducting what so ever, also these are extremely portable in the event of the school or facility were to expand or simply rearrange an area. Visit our website at clean-air.com for more information on our Clean Air Weldstations, or other Clean Air weld removal systems.
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