Tig 102

[Vince@Meanstreets]

remember don't weld your table top on, always bolt it down. And put a hole in it so you can move it with your cherry picker.

Your care package is almost ready. Taking advanage of the "if it fits... it ships"

LOL

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab

remember don't weld your table top on, always bolt it down. And put a hole in it so you can move it with your cherry picker.

Your care package is almost ready. Taking advantage of the "if it fits... it ships"

LOL

Thanks Vince

Top is 3/8" x 30 x 42 (134 lbs) so I'll be able to drill and tap it for fixturing which will be a new luxury. The plan is bolt it down in some manner.

[GregWeld]

See those lights in the metal supply store? I'm removing all of those from my new shop and they're running all new banks of "high bay fluorescents"... 2.5 times the light and 1/4 the wattage.


Your welds look good buddy!


I love the smell of metal!

[MoparCar]

What! No high bay LEDs? Even less power and 50000 hour life!
J/K. I'm an electrical project manager and we install LEDs more and more for production facilities.

Wes

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by MoparCar

What! No high bay LEDs? Even less power and 50000 hour life!
J/K. I'm an electrical project manager and we install LEDs more and more for production facilities.

Wes

Wes! Dang it!


PM me if there's something I should consider please. I'm pretty sure the electrical guy said fluorescents but he might have said LED's.... The ceilings are about 20' off the floor... and I told him "I've never had TOO MUCH light". He assured me he was in my camp and thought the same way.


We did talk T5's in the tool room area -- and he said no way -- he was going to run T8's I think he said.

[Sieg]

Hey Wes, is your middle name happen to be Charles?

[Sieg]

While a few of you were shoveling coal in the Text Train I actually made forward progress on my midget table. Base is .188 2x4, uprights and top frame are .083 2x2. 9' of 1/16" filler made for decent practice. Took my time and played with pulling angles with the welds to get a feel vs. just blocking and clamping everything solid.

I have no idea how many laps I made around this stupid thing to obtain the proper welding positions. At one point yesterday when welding mounting tabs on the top which was flat on the floor I was running the foot pedal with right elbow while holding the torch and feeding rod with the left hand........goofy sport this TIG Welding is.