Noob weld cart build.
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I'm a long ways from that! Haha, I did practice a little on two leftover 1x1 pieces from the cuts. I was a bit rushed last night so I dove right in because I felt pretty good about it.
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I'm taking a class right now, and there is a chart in the classroom with all the different weave techniques in chart form on the wall in there. Looked for something comparable in google, but didn't find it. I'll take a pic during my next class and post it up when I can. Early next week. Good thing to have, you can practice different weave techniques for various positions/materials. Look into taking a class at your local CC, fairly inexpensive, and great place to get answers to all the little questions you will come up with. And, it's a fantasy world in there, what with pretty much unlimited steel with no cost!!!LMAO
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I'm taking a class right now, and there is a chart in the classroom with all the different weave techniques in chart form on the wall in there. Looked for something comparable in google, but didn't find it. I'll take a pic during my next class and post it up when I can. Early next week. Good thing to have, you can practice different weave techniques for various positions/materials. Look into taking a class at your local CC, fairly inexpensive, and great place to get answers to all the little questions you will come up with. And, it's a fantasy world in there, what with pretty much unlimited steel with no cost!!!LMAO
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LMFAO...understand completely. I started out just like you, but ended up taking classes because I just wanted to know more. Plus, I have a stick and a mig welder, but never used the stick and figured might as well take a class and learn to use it properly. Taking OAW now, yeah it's outdated and rarely used for anything other than cutting, but am taking tig next, and figured it was good practice for getting the feel of feeding rod. That's the other benefit of classes, you can learn different styles of welding if you don't have the equipment...haha, YET...LOL
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LMFAO...understand completely. I started out just like you, but ended up taking classes because I just wanted to know more. Plus, I have a stick and a mig welder, but never used the stick and figured might as well take a class and learn to use it properly. Taking OAW now, yeah it's outdated and rarely used for anything other than cutting, but am taking tig next, and figured it was good practice for getting the feel of feeding rod. That's the other benefit of classes, you can learn different styles of welding if you don't have the equipment...haha, YET...LOL
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I would actually like to take the welding course at my local CC but don't have time at the moment. Not to learn mig but for other stuff like tig, OA, brazing. crap like that.
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It's an excellent resource for learning other types of welding you can't yet afford or don't have, plus you get to find out if you really like doing it before you purchase any equipment. The weld program near me is pretty cool about about letting you use their equipment for personal projects, too, as long as you aren't taking booth time from anyone in a class ATM. As long as you are enrolled in a class for the current semester, you can walk in anytime they're open and burn some rod. Pretty cool. I know some other programs nearby that don't let you do that. Not too shabby for a couple hundred bucks a semester.
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It's an excellent resource for learning other types of welding you can't yet afford or don't have, plus you get to find out if you really like doing it before you purchase any equipment. The weld program near me is pretty cool about about letting you use their equipment for personal projects, too, as long as you aren't taking booth time from anyone in a class ATM. As long as you are enrolled in a class for the current semester, you can walk in anytime they're open and burn some rod. Pretty cool. I know some other programs nearby that don't let you do that. Not too shabby for a couple hundred bucks a semester.
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Update: I just got the OK at work to take one of these fire extinguishers, and this tray drawer thing. I was hoping for a drawer, but this could work well as a tool tray. It's about 24" across, which may interfere with my design/the tank...I'll take it home today and see.
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Well, the tray itself is plastic, but it seems pretty sturdy enough for the things it could possibly hold. Welders pliers, small hammer/brush, etc. We'll see. I may or may not end up using it. I already got the base together, and I'm not sure this tray is worth cutting it apart again to build around it.
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Well, the tray itself is plastic, but it seems pretty sturdy enough for the things it could possibly hold. Welders pliers, small hammer/brush, etc. We'll see. I may or may not end up using it. I already got the base together, and I'm not sure this tray is worth cutting it apart again to build around it.