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

[Gitzy]

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.



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..



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..





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..

[Snaffler]

hmmm i gots me some things that need tig welding

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

[Dano919]

Custom stainless exhausts anyone?!

[Big Dan]

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

[latheboy]

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..

[Gitzy]

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..

[Gitzy]

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

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

[Gitzy]

then cut up some 40x40 for the frame..

[Gitzy]

Welded it all up..

[Gitzy]

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



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

[ozzy1100]

fucking spolit

[Gitzy]

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..

[Gitzy]

welded the tube under the back rail..

[Gitzy]

Progress so far..

[ozzy1100]

gas bottle ?

[Gitzy]

Things to still do..

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

[Gitzy]

fucking spolit

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..

[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

[ozzy1100]

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

[Gitzy]

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

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..