Will probably put another steel plate under the base just to reinforce the lower section. The 1/2" RHS seems abit small but will see once the cart is built.
Here is what I am going to work on next. A proper cart I copied off the web. Tonnes of example in the net but found a cart that I like. Will be using 1" x 2", 0.5" x 0.5" and 1" x 1" MS hollow section for this. Will add 2mm thk steel plate on top.
Here is the website of the seller. Its an Eastwood Mig 175.
http://www.eastwood.com/mig-welders-175-amp-mig-welder-w-spool-gun.html
I got mine from Amazon but shipped from Eastwood. Went through IPSPARCEL. Eastwood won't ship outside the States. You can get from Frost UK. Can have...
Ya, I really should be using C25 but currently have a tank of pure argon. Will see how it goes and splurge out on another tank of C25. Maybe my weld will look better. Hehe.....
Got myself 2 pairs of caster wheels. Will be putting that on soon. Planning to get some sheet metal first and weld...
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Chris, I think you made a very good point about the lighting issue. I also had to lower my shade down to minimum and still couldn't see the weld pool properly. I guess the only way is have a lot of light shine on the work piece. Will try this out the next time I am welding.
I have a...
Thanks for the comment. The wider weld bead was done with a cursive e motion. It was all good with test beads but when it comes time to welding the actual pieces together, as Jody would say it, the weld beads look like FIDO's butt.... :(.
I have just weld up the top portion of my welding cart...
Hi All,
Here is a weld test I did with 100% argon on steel. Not very clean steel but the area I test welded I had it grounded to clean metal.
Got some porosity in the weld but not much. I am currently welding up a welding cart for my tig and mig. Got a lot to learn about welding...
Hi guys,
I am looking at getting Tweco style nozzle for my Eastwood mig 175. The one that came with the mig welder fell apart after only a few uses. Very poor quality. Seems like the inside threaded ring held in place by a layer of white cake.
I still have a couple more nozzle from...
Hi Jim and Ed, thanks for the comments and your answers were what I was hoping to read. I guess my glove was damp with sweat while I was tig welding. But with HF, seems like most glove will not offer any protection. Will work on the techniques.
Jasic welder like the one I bought and I am pretty sure its the same, the frequency is fixed at 60Hz for AC welding. I could be wrong but when I set my pulse frequency to max, the arc seems a bit more focus.
I tried welding aluminium with 1.6mm electrode and it was a total failure for me...
Working on it mate. Just started tig welding a month ago and can't seem to keep my hand stable enough. I guess practice will help. But I was wondering if this is normal and can I get zapped even with tig glove on.
Sorry not quite get what you mean.
Yes I was wearing Tillman tig glover. They are thin for the feel.
OK. I did read a few times where people suggested grounding the table to some water pipes or something. So I thought you may be referring to that. So I assume then the ground cable clamped to the table from the welder should be...
Thanks for the info. Concern if its my machine not functioning properly.
My table isn't grounded apart from the ground clamp from the tig welder. Should I ground the table by connecting another cable from the table to the electrical ground circuit? Will this prevent future shocks when I...
Hi all,
While tig welding aluminium today I accidentally touched my filler road on the tungsten and got a shock. In fact I was shocked twice before having the filler road touched the tungsten.
Is this normal? Does this happen when tig welding in DC? BTW, I wear Tillman tig gloves when tig...