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Now it's time to start with the drawers... This is going to be interesting. I don't have a metal brake so I had Carl cut the sides and bottoms as individual pieces, to be assembled with a ridiculous amount of outside corner welding. The parts are sized to be assembled inside corner to inside...

After jacking with the sheet metal for so long, I have a new favorite tool, an 8" bench shear. I bought it to clean up the edges on plasma cut aluminum coupons so I could start practicing TIG welding different joints on aluminum but it works just fine trimming this 16ga and 10ga mild steel. You...

Next, let's weld it all up. I've been doing all this with TIG and I'm happy with the results so far, or at least this particular weld :D But then reality kicks in. There is a 10" unsupported leg at the back of the lower frame and welding in the back separator caused the tube to bend. That's...

My current cart is a flimsy three shelf cart from Harbor Freight modded by removing the middle shelf and cutting a hole in the top shelf for the argon cylinder. The TIG welder sits on the top shelf, the water cooler on the bottom, and a cheapo plastic hose reel on back to hold cables and a...

I remembered the size wrong... they're 1/16" not 3/32" I'm pretty sure the sizes are standard. This is just the collet body so you'll need the specific gas lens cup to go with it.

they don't take up much space, so no rush...

gone New Tillman TIG gloves. Deerskin, large. These things are sexy soft. I tried some mediums and they fit much better.

gone I have a pair of gas lenses for a CK 17 style TIG torch # 4GL332. Worth maybe $30 $22 but sent in error and replaced without return. These are new/unused since I don't have a 17 torch.

When does a joke become a Dad Joke? When it becomes apparent.

I've had six of the Costco lights in a 2-car bay for over a year and love them. Lots of light, instant on, and no temperature issues. The one above where I'm standing to take the picture stays on 24-7. I bought these when Costco was changing brands (exact same lights, different name) and had...

this was created in 2012

maybe a bit of feedback to the forum software company..

what I'm really talking about is a test thread with several posts from me before it goes public. I know, I can start a thread and put several placeholders, but this would be cleaner.

I guess this goes here.... Is there anything in the forum software that allows building a trial thread before it goes live? Specifically, I'd like to build a new thread (think build thread) and edit ord add to it gradually before it goes public.

Never thought to add this 'til now. The boyscouts have a welding merit badge and I've run about a dozen or so scouts through the process. Scoutmasters included. For scouts, I've found two at a time works best (and I have two extra welding masks). Any scoutmasters out there ?

Mike, you and "This Old Tony" have me jonesing for both a lathe and a mill......

They let me have 3 tries at the general after I passed the technician and missed by 1 freaking point each time.

a few design tweeks adjust a couple of dimensions and split the drawer, consumables on top, cables on bottom. I had Carl cut up the plates and picked them up today. Thanks Carl Drawer parts on the left, bottom plates middle, top plates on the right. The wheels and drawer slides I picked up...

you know it's a big world out there Dave, you really should get out into it once in a while :)

I'm going to more than double the size of my argon bottle when I trade it in so I need a new TIG cart. Here is my first pass....