For the suitcase welders

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No.I'm not talking about contract weldors who follow the pipelines.The small hundred and ten and two twenty migs that look like a suitcase.I once had to build some panels out of galvanized sixteen guage two and three eighths tubing.  Normally I weld up this stuff with 5P+ three thirty two.  Just have to move fast and make sure the fit up is tight as possible. But this job involved a bunch of panels so I got out my two twenty volt hundred and thirty amp Lincoln suitcase with it's flux core wire.  The panels were six by sixteen feet six rails and I didn't want to drag the cart around.So I made an overhead rack for the welder above the table.I used a Unistrut channel and two Unistrut rollers.  But one could use a sliding barn door track and the their rollers.I had it where the track extended beyond the table.  One piece of quarter by two was welded to one roller and hung down.  At the lower end I welded on a piece of one by two channel three inches long.  I ran a diagonal from just above the channel to the other roller.The channel is for the handle on the suitcase welder.  All I had to do was lift the welder up and hang the handle on the channel.  I could then drag the welder back and forth as required with it being up and out of the way.I'll see if I can dig up some pictures.  This is some time ago.If one was using gas and bare wire then they'd need to have a gas line from the bottle to the machine.  Should be a simple fix.But if someone was welding up large projects and dragging a cart was inconvenient then a suspended machine would come in handy.  I know it did for me in this situation.life is good