I had to shell out £££ recently for a bit of laser cutting and while it wasn't expensive it did give me the kick up the back side i needed to start putting a DIY cnc plasma table together . Closed loop steppers and drivers have already been shipped as well as 5-1 gearboxes for the motors otherwise i have everything, i just need to get some laser cutting done after i decide how i want the carriages but it should go together pretty. #diy #diycnc #cncplasma

I finally got this little welding table put together, It should be fine for the weekend stuff. There is a build video up with free cad files like the necessary dxf files for laser or plasma cutting, a step model and pdf. It was a fun build ,the top is 1000mm x 1000mm x 100mm with 6mm steel used. The frame is made up of 80mm x 80mm tube.

Thinking of putting together one twice the size but using 10mm or 13mm I thought the laser cutting was surprIsing cheap and the entire project, minus - gas and wire came to a little over £450. Let me know your thoughts , Thanks 👍

Made a cool little mag drill stand for my Evo mag drill, it works surprisingly well. Theres a build video and free plans on my youtube.

Added DC outputs, quick disconnects, a 50amp SR22-50 modular power inlet, and a 120v service module. Hammered dollied all casework, plugwelded the old lead holes, and painted most of the surfaces (all visible and most of the inside). Every last nut, bolt, connector, switch, wire, and compontent was scrubbed clean, burnished, painted, or replaced. It took about 30 days of part time labor to get to this point. I'm finishing up the decals and faceplate soon.

DC mode runs great!

Nearly all of this metal was free, too. Hooray for scrap and free stuff.

I have a ways to go yet, but it feels good being able to post some tangible progress and see my beads get better with practice. I have a fair amount of experience with gas MiG, but very little with stick.

The cart/frame is for a Lincoln AC225 which I'm refurbishing and adding DC outputs. This machine was built in 1971 and still runs great. These old transformer based machines are built like tanks.

This was a fun DIY Welding project. my attempt at building a welding positioner. It works well variable speed in forward and reverse., I plan to make another a little less over complicated. #welding #migwelding

This was a fun project, Some room for improvements it it got the job done

Some fillet welding trying out a new mask ,Its my first OPTREL hood , amazing glass, but my 20 year old speed glass is still top dog.

I'm just getting into welding, and I'm going to try and learn mig.

Truthfully, I haven't even attempted it yet. I've just been gathering the necessary material and this weekend I thought I had everything I needed.

Unfortunately, me being the ignorant person I am, I got an inert gas tank from a 3rd party and swapped it at my local airgas for a 100% argon tank.

Most of you probably see the problem. I haven't used any of the gas yet, and I'm hoping to be able to swap it back for the blend and pay the difference. However, if I'm unable to I wanna try and come up with some alternative options.

Option 1: I work at a brewery and was hoping our gas supplier would be willing to swap it, but I'm not sure on that.

Option 2: I'm trying to see if a gas blender is feasible, as I already own a CO2 tank. And perhaps I could use the argon tank later for tig welding and get a CO2 tank that isn't beverage grade and be all dandy in that regard.

Option 3: Just buy another tank, I like this option the least as they aren't cheap and that means the argon tank just sits there and collects dust.

Option 4: Just learn how to tig welding first.

What would you do in this scenario?

I have very little experience and I'm looking to get a welder of my own.

What welder would you get and why? It can be any of the types, but try to back up why you'd pick that one.

This is part 4 of his series fabricating a belt grinder

Been doing stick welding for a bit, but when it comes to thin steel such as on cars, sticks blow right through. I was thinking about getting a flux core machine to do some exhaust work on my car because I don't want to mess with gas.

What should I know about flux core? What are the biggest cons about it?

-pulling my hair out-

Press for hub assembly did not work due to not having correct shim, so make one your self I said!

I'm going to learn some welding and I've bought myself an auto darkening helmet. I tested it my holding it up to the sun, and it darkens, but stops darkening right away (depending on the delay I set). Also tried with a powerful flashlight and it does the same. Also left it outside for a while for the solar panel to maybe charge the battery, no dice. Is my helmet is defective or is it going to work as intended with real welding?

I need to weld some nuts to a steel tube. Are there any issues with using regular zinc coated nuts or are there other, plain steel nuts I should be using?