My best welding cart yet!

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Building my ultimate DIY welding cart for the Stamos S-Multi-180H welder.
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00:00 – Intro
00:31 – Welding cart design
00:41 – How many TIG electrodes will I dip?
01:12 – What about the unicorn?
02:45 – Mail time
05:06 – CK9 torch
06:58 – Cart drawers
08:46 – Electrode grinding set up
09:57 – Prep the tubes
11:58 – Start welding
18:28 – Filling a hole
19:42 – Mockup
22:40 – Day one over
25:38 – Painting
27:30 – The finished cart

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22 thoughts on “My best welding cart yet!”

  9. I like your idea for the foot switch, that will give you a bit more of a steady hand when finishing welds. I noticed you have quite a lot of stick out on your tungsten, there really is no 'correct' length and you will have better luck with avoiding the dip if you shorten it up and use the edge of the cup as a steady to help you control the distance to the puddle. Harder to see without a glass cup but also harder to dip. With it shorter you will get a little better gas coverage, and you may be able to dial back your flow to compensate and conserve a little.
    Once you have a foot control you will see how easy it is to close up holes in sheet, and to prevent them in the first place. The control you will have is for me what makes tig so great. Good to see your progress!

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  12. When your a rough welder like me, you will learn to fill, burn through holes, by small spot welds around edge of hole until you fill hole. Cheers from Melbourne Australia.

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  13. You're on the right track learning to weld ambidextrously. Ray Ludeman, my old instructor was a firm believer in welding competency in both hands for the simple reason you never know what handedness the work requires. With a little practice, the penetration, appearance, etc will be the same either hand, either direction.

    I've been TIG welding for 40 years and in that time I have NEVER, EVER dipped the tungsten. Believe that? Have I got a deal for you! Wanna buy a used car?

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  14. I'll guess 36.
    Also some tips for you.
    Try to remember to let the post gas run out. When you pull the tungsten away while it's still hot you end up with oxides on the tungsten even when you haven't dipped it.

    If you do dip it grind all of the contamination off the tungsten.

    Push your tungsten back in a fair bit and then you can rest your cup on the work to stay stable.

    The left handed weld came out good because you welded back towards your eyes and therefore could see what was going on. Always try to angle the torch away from your eyes so that you can see the tungsten tip, puddle and where your puddle is wetting out to.

    If you're looking for full penetration you will have to bevel the joint.

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  16. For some reason I thought you were building a GoKart .. that would be a nice project btw 🙂 old weed whacker.. couple steel box tubes .. endless fun 🙂

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  17. hmm. I don't recall having that much trouble with dipping on the tig welder i made years ago. i never used filler though, maybe that made it easier. also i may have just held the tip further away with more or less current as aproperate.

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  20. At least 49 times.
    Don't be too ashamed though. I dip the tungsten at least half of that on a similar size project. I'm also still learning to TIG.

    Go and😢have a look at Tim Weld videos. He is quite a good teacher.

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