So what’s the first project for any noob welder to tackle? A welding cart of course. Shortly after I purchased my Miller Dynasty 200DX, I quickly got sick of picking it up and moving it around with the tank as well. Instead of wasting my money on a flimsy sheet metal cart I decided to just build my own. Square tubing is 1" mild steel and the rods sticking out on the sides are stainless. I turned the end of the rods down on a lathe so when my knees ran into them it would not draw too much blood. I used a 3/32 tungsten with a medium size gas lens w/15-20 cfm of pure argon. This was only about my 3rd time tig welding. The 2 other times were just playing around at full-race with another employee who also had never tig welded, and making a dump tube. I still have to make something to hold the tank better, the chain is just temporary for right now. It will receive a nice coat of powder coat when completed. For everything it only cost me around $45 and a few burns. Now on to my next project, a welding table. Please feel free to comment or add any advice you like.











The larger tank was too good of a deal to pass up, so I plan on using it once I am done with my welding table.


Modified by AZSTATEPOLICE at 6:42 PM 6/24/2006


Modified by AZSTATEPOLICE at 9:35 PM 6/24/2006

 

nice

 

The good thing is, you have a fire hydrant in your front yard for those times that you are welding a new drain plug on your buddies gas tank.

My advice, build a second cart for my 200dx.

 

thats pretty cool.

what did you use to cut the "hasport"

and how thick is it? 1/4 inch? 1/8 inch?

 

Your weld bead looks good, but it looks burnt, like either your using to many amps or your not moving fast enough.

 

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what did you use to cut the "hasport"

and how thick is it? 1/4 inch? 1/8 inch?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I believe it is 1/4' thick and a plasmacam was used to cut it out.

 

nice work buttfarmer

 

i like it.............one day (in the following months i hope) i too will have a dynasty dx. how do u like urs?

 

I like it, it kind of hurt my wallet a bit', but I think it is worth having a machine that only weighs 47 lbs vs. 247lbs in my opinion.

 

Keepin' it alive.

 

O and no thanks to Javier at FR for not teaching me how to weld. Thanks buddy, you can make it up to me by tutoring me in calculus!

 

Looks great man! Couple things...the tubing I am assuming is pretty thin(1/16" or so??)...if so...try some 1/16" tungsten. The welds look great, but you want to use the smallest tungsten possible, that will still carry the ampergae properly. 3/32" is a bit big for thin tubing type work. As far as the beads looking burnt...someone else said something about not enough gas or too much heat...which is not the case here. Its mild steel, and it will always look dark and grey like that...thats just how mild steel turns out when tigged.
One more thing...I would completely weld all the tubing where it meets another piece. In picture 4, it looks like there is still a unwelded gap between the 2 tubes...thats just a place for rust to start even once it is powdercoated...nd once it starts in there, and ever get wet or anything...it will leaves rusty water stains all over it. Just another suggestion.
Thing looks great though! I love SS hose/cord hangers. And the way you turned them down is very professional looking!
Kyle

 

QUICK QUESTION. HOW MUCH DO THOSE MACHINE'S RUN. ON THE AVERAGE.
THANK YOU,
JUSTIN

 

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THANK YOU,
JUSTIN</TD></TR></TABLE>

Just over $3,000 for the power supply, torch, and pedal. Then you still need the tank and other misc. items to get it running.

 

all of it looks sexy

 

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no problem chief