Got some new toys at work.. Building a TIG trolley too... and other Stuff.

Long story short needed to cut a few thousand slotted holes that my press couldn't do, so said to boss whose a top dude "can't cut these with oxy that'll suck mass balls" a few days later got this....

fun little gadget after using the oxy for years.

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Also I'm in my 3rd year now and my TIG skills weren't up to par I don't think with a total of a few hours experience and not wanting to fudge my tafe expectations I asked for a HF TIG Welder.
and voila.. on a side note we have ZERO need for a TIG in my workshop but we got one anyway so I'm chuffed with that, let the foreigners begin..

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Had a guy come out from allweld today and give me a run down on some basics before leaving me to make my own mistakes..

The only bit of stainless I had laying about was some 100x100x10 Equal angle.. thought hey it'll do for a butt and some fillets, this is my first attempt ever at stainless I just set it on some settings the manual suggested, turned out to be a very flat butt and a very concave fillet, sooo neeeed a lot of practice..

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Then for the Aluminium, same deal manual suggested settings. It was only an outside corner on 50x3 flat, I honestly thought it was going to be a lot harder but I found it the easier of the bunch compared to SS or MS.

Ignore the burred bottom edge I just cut it off with the grinder to run some beads, I only had a few pieces of alloy..

So anyway new toys new skills to work on much fun..

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hmmm i gots me some things that need tig welding :)

good job dude and will make life alot more easy now..

Custom stainless exhausts anyone?!

Who was it from Allweld Todd? Ive been with them just over 2 years now:cool: The Razor range are a good unit I know the boys at work love them

De bur everything, that Shitty ground edge wouldn't fly in my factory...

Nice welds for you first runs... Practice as much as you can..

Mark, I gots me heaps of stuff to weld, not sure If I'm any good at it either lol.

Dan that would be the bombdiggity if I could do a custom zorst.

Big Dan, it was ummm Paul I think, good dude.

Will do Ivan, practice practice practice..

Started making my trolley today, tig on top, plasma on bottom..

500 x 900 shelves made from 3mm plate and 25x25 RHS..

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then cut up some 40x40 for the frame..

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Welded it all up..

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I was going to bolt the wheels but ended up spot welding them to some 90x10 plate..

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Mounted the wheels and chocked up the rear to sort out the back wheels..

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fucking spolit

The overall trolley looks rather large compared to the wheels but they are 200 x 50ish they'll do the trick nicely.. used some 1/2 inch tube and thread bar to suit the axle diameter req for the wheel..

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welded the tube under the back rail..

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Progress so far..

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gas bottle ?

Things to still do..

*fit the back end to support the G size bottle of argon.
*fit hooks for cables etc.
*mount my allooominum :p drawer I made from earlier.
*sort a mounting out for the 40mm PVC I'm storing my filler rods in.

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Originally Posted by ozzy1100

fucking spolit

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LOL just motivated to make shit at the moment, for which I blame you Lynton..

I even got rid of my half cut 44's with various stock cut up and made a spiffy little shelf..

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then i would move the wheels to behind where the bottle will be or there will be to much weight over the axis imo

it sounds silly cause im such a messy worker but work flow just makes things so much easier

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Originally Posted by ozzy1100

then i would move the wheels to behind where the bottle will be or there will be to much weight over the axis imo

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I was thinking that, If needed I will for sure I'll only need to unbolt the wheels and weld another tube on behind the wheels i really only put them where they are for now because I prob won't get to it again for a little while..